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COLLINS

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A self-motivated individual with a great desire for learning and continuous improvement, with accounting, budgeting and contract negotiation. People skills and advanced MS Excel skills attained through education and working experience, have been the driving force of Innovativeness, teamwork and being result oriented. Over the years we worked as a team to improve e ciency and e ectiveness in the finance and operations department.

WORK HISTORY

Finance Operations Manager, 07/2019 to 11/2022

Uganda Tobacco Services Ltd, Hoima, Uganda

● Negotiated transportation rates which helped to reduce transport budget by 30% at the end of the financial year. Transport takes about 30% of the company's budget.

● Introduced MS Excel templates that tracked 80+ supplier activities which reduced the risks of over-paymenting by checking the accuracy of supplier invoices and coordinated with the Group finance department for payments.

● Reduced seasonal sta wage costs by 25%. This was done by changing the wage calculation method from Time rate plan to piece rate system which is ideal for the business.

● Introduced a daily manning plan for all stations which helped in formulating weekly and monthly payrolls and helped stations to operate more e ciently and e ectively.

● Monitor stock movement and end of month stock takes to compare with the physical stock balances on stock cards follow-up on any variances.

● Monitor company activities such as tobacco purchases, input distribution and tobacco nursery site activities.

● Responsible for applying operational licenses for the company by making sure that all the required documents for licensing are acquired. Internal Auditor, 08/2016 to 06/2019

Uganda Tobacco Services Ltd, Hoima, Uganda

Address: 3133 Buckeye Dr, West

Columbia SC

Phone: 803-***-****

Email: adub7j@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

● Management and Team

Leadership

● MS Excel

● Inventory Control

● Operations

● Budgeting

● Attention to detail

● Communication skills

● Created and monitored inventory trackers for di erent company warehouses which greatly increased on the level of inventory management.

● Improved budget management by creating di erent trackers of any budget item that was allocated above 10% of the total budget.

● Tested and made adjustments to the existing internal controls in inventory management for both farmer inputs and tobacco, Petty cash management and other cash payments.

● Checked the accuracy of all upcountry expenses and verified whether all procedures were followed at every level of approval.

● Increased Loan recovery purchase ratio by monitoring daily recovery reports and purchases and making recommendations.

● Ensured that farmer debit accounts and inventory stock balances matched with General Ledger and physically verified stock.

● Continuously carried out value for money audits which included making spot- on checks on company activities where the company spent money and compared with market value and quality of work done.

● Made audit reports and presented them to the Head to Audit indicating all areas that need improvement.

General Manager, 02/2016 to 07/2016

Freedom Hotel, Kakumiro, Uganda

● Managed sta (solving sta issues, recruitment, training, formulate payrolls and wage payments).

● Inventory management which included monitoring, verification, valuation and usage.

● Verification and authorization of all expenditures and making payments both cash and bank where needed.

● Balance all the Hotel books and file TAX returns.

● Checked the arrangements of all the sections, making sure that everything is clean and arranged properly.

Internal Auditor, 08/2014 to 01/2016

Keshwala Group of Companies, Jinja, Kampala

● Confirmed di erent accounts (Accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank accounts and balances) to ensure that there were no discrepancies with the ledger.

● Confirmed expenses incurred by checking their accuracy, authorization and value for money.

● Audited company fixed assets which involved checking their physical existence and condition.

● Performed Stock taking, verified and confirmed whether they match with the accounting system.

● Bank Reconciliations for all company bank accounts and petty cash verification and ascertain whether bank and cash balances match with the general Ledger.

● Made recommendations by writing audit reports which as a result brought policy changes on accounts receivable and payable days, fixed asset, inventory and Human resource management. Parish Supervisor 2014 Census Exercise, 07/2014 to 07/2014 Uganda National Bureau of Statistics, Kampala, Uganda

● Retrieved census materials and checked their accuracy.

● Distributed census materials to enumerators.

● Disseminated information about census.

● Recommended enumerators for pay based on how satisfactory work was done.

● Liaised with the sub county supervisor for any challenges and brainstormed on solutions.

● Prepared daily progress reports.

Junior Instructor, 05/2014 to 06/2014

Makerere University Skills & Distance Learning Center, Fort Portal, Uganda.

● Taught Fundamentals of accounts and introduction to financial management according to the provided course outlines.

● Provided course work to students and made sure that they were marked and returned in not less than one week.

● Prepared reports on course materials covered and students' progress on general understanding of concepts taught.

Internee - Assistant Warehouse Auditor, 06/2013 to 08/2013 Bollore Africa Logistics, Kampala, Uganda.

● Verified Stock during in-bounds and out-bounds.

● Performed weekly stock taking in di erent warehouses.

● Wrote, updated stock cards and prepared stock reports at the end of the month.

● Arranged records, checked signatures and attached related documents.

EDUCATION

Master's, Arts in Organizational Leadership, 2021

Southeastern University - Lake-land, Florida.

Bachelor’s, Commerce Accounting Major, 2015

Makerere University - Kampala, Uganda.

REFERENCES

Craig Clow

Operations Director, Uganda Tobacco

Service.

Address: Kampala O ce, Uganda

Tel: +256********

Email: adub7j@r.postjobfree.com

Immaculate Akello

Group Human Resource Manager,

Uganda Tobacco Service.

Address: Kampala O ce, Uganda

Tel: +256*********

Email: adub7j@r.postjobfree.com

Isakwa Patrick

Internal Auditor, Keswhala Group of

Companies.

Address: Masese- Jinja, Uganda

Tel: +256*********

Email: adub7j@r.postjobfree.com

Paul Jarvis

Retired 35 years working with the SC

State Treasurer’s o ce..

Address: 3216 Glendale Rd, West

Columbia, SC 29170.

Tel: 803-***-****

Email: pualjarviswindstream.net

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