C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

WILSON KISITU

P.O.Box 7814, Kintu Road, Kampala

Mobile: 077*-******, 075*-******

E-mail: ac71um@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSION PROFILE

A self –motivated, organized, dedicated and enthusiastic professional with over four (4) years of work experience in the field of accounts with interpersonal skills and ability to communicate, negotiate concisely and articulately at all levels with exceptional relationships and thrives in highly pressured and challenging working environments for continued excellence. And i have consistently received outstanding feedback from high level management. OBJECTIVE

To work with an organization environment that is challenging, responsible, long term career oriented, protracts self-motivation and inspires me to be innovative to fully engage professional skills and experience of the service industry.

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 2012 to date Kampala Serena Hotel

Income Controller

Duties and Responsibilities

Examining and assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of company’s operation process and internal controls designed by management.

Daily verification of all sales from outlets reports to ensure that the revenue is accurate including checking on the authenticity of discounts given.

Provide support to the auditors when carrying out external project audits by providing the necessary documents and information.

Uploading transactions from Micros system and Opera to Sun Fidelio’s system using Cityapp application.

Identifying High risk areas in the process where theft and manipulation could occur.

Preparing accurate and timely daily and monthly revenue reports for the Property and checking on the accuracy of the reports produced by the Opera system.

Supervising the Restaurant Auditor, Income Audit Assistant, and the Night Auditors

Preparation & posting of debtor journals, credit notes & any other authorized adjustments to revenue.

Transferring hotel expenses to correct accounts and calculation of manual Journal Vouchers to ensure timely close of monthly accounts.

Carrying out service provider’s reconciliations such as Telephone, Taxi services, Third party supplies including daily & monthly credit card reconciliations.

Verifying the day’s collection with the general cashier and check the correctness of the banking report on a daily basis and to ensure that all collections have been banked intact.

Developing audit programmes for planned audits and ensuring that audits are conducted in compliance with Internal Audit manual and the International Accounting and Auditing standards.

Verifying the accuracy of all revenue and posted into the PMS system and making adjustments to postings

Archiving financial records in Laserfische and retrieving them when required.

Preparation and posting of monthly journal vouchers and ensuring that all reports exported from PMS to SUN (accounting system) are reconciled daily. June 2010 to December 2012 Kampala Serena Hotel

Restaurants Auditor

Duties and Responsibilities

Developed Checklists that are used in the day to day financial operations that are in line with the different financial rules and regulations.

Leads the restaurant audit function and manages 1-2 direct staff auditors

Plans the restaurant audit schedule and ensures timely completion of audit plan objectives.

Conducts annual risk assessment of restaurant operations and annual review of the restaurant audit program to ensure alignment with risk, coverage of regulatory compliance and support of business objectives.

Prepares management reports related to the restaurant audit results and communicates to key stakeholders.

Coordinates the monthly schedule of restaurant audits and ensures timely execution of the schedule.

Partners with restaurant management teams to develop corrective action plans to address areas with opportunities for improvement or that where non-compliance with corporate or regulatory policies exists.

Performs restaurant audits, including pre-audit planning, field work, reporting and follow- up of issues and corrective actions.

Assists with corporate operational audits, performs data analytics and other special projects.

Coordinates with Security/Loss Prevention function to monitor for and investigate potential theft or loss

Verify Night Audit reports before preparing the Daily Revenue Report and Cash spot check on Reception & F&B Out let.

May 2008 to June 2010 Kampala Serena Hotel

Assistant Income Controller

Duties and Responsibilities

Preparing journal vouchers and posting all journal entries into the accounting system.

Ensuring that all financial transaction documents have all the adequate supporting documents before payments are effected.

Checking, reviewing of staff advance accountabilities before being posted in the accounting system.

Maintained the filing system of the finance department to ensure that the financial documents are filed accurately for easy retrieval.

Generating invoices for the different clients, and following up the credit sales for payment.

Issuing receipts, invoices, payment vouchers, expenses claim forms and requisition forms and ensuring a smooth dispatch of debtor invoices daily.

Conducting regular reconciliations of cash and Bank accounts, creditors and debtor’s reconciliations as well sending their monthly statements.

Banking for money intact together with senior Accountant.

Counting money received form daily collections with the general Cashier and making sure that money is banked intact before a report is sent to the senior Accountant

Participating in stock taking

July 2006 to May 2008 Kampala Serena Hotel

Unit Cashier

Duties and Responsibilities

Handling all the cash transaction of an organization, including receiving payment by cash, cheque, credit card etc. and ensuring that all cash collections are banked intact.

Verifying and processing of daily collections and drops, processing of armored car pickup sheets, completing daily cash reconciliations and cash in safe.

Distributing all relevant reports and backup documents needed for operational controls to appropriate head of departments.

Maintain petty cash and adequate float (till management) at all times to keep the property running as well as petty cash re-imbursements.

Assisting customers with waiver completion and Providing training and assistance to new joined cashier

Maintaining monthly, weekly and daily report of transactions

Checking daily cash accounts and participating in stock taking EDUCATION & TRAINING

Year Awarding Institution Title of qualification awarded 2013- 2016 Bugema University Bachelor of Business Administration- Accounting 1999-2002 YMCA Kampala Diploma in Accountancy

1996-1998 Natete College Mackay UACE

1992-1995 Sam Iga Memorial College UCE

1985- 1991 Kanyange Primary School PLE

SKILLS & COMPETENCES

Accounting skills ( Proficiency in the use of SUN, Tally, Vision Executive, Cityapp, Opera, Micros and Quick books )

Computer skills (Use of Ms Excel, Ms Word, Power Point and Internet )

Communication skills

Leadership skills/Organisational skills (I am a very organized person able to prioritize heavy workloads. My guiding principles are that I am God fearing, self-driven, client service oriented, team motivated and result oriented)

Analytical Skills

STRENGTH

Hardworking

Ease in adopting to a given environment

Motivated by team work and participative managers

Meeting deadlines

Learning from others

Good time management.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

English- Excellent, Luganda- Excellent, Lusoga- Fair, Kiswahili- Fair HOBBIES

• Reading novels, journal articles and important material, watching documentaries

• Making friends and meeting different people

• I enjoy reading the Bible, Christian and other educative literatures, researching and doing investigative work

REFEREES

• EVA BANTURAKI

Financial Accountant

Kampala Serena Hotel

P.O.Box 7814

Kampala

Tel: 075*-******

Email. ac71um@r.postjobfree.com

• JOSEPH KAAYA

Senior Editor of Hansard

Parliament of Uganda

P.O BOX 7178,

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: 070*-******

Email. ac71um@r.postjobfree.com, ac71um@r.postjobfree.com

• MOSES LULKYAMUZI

Financial Analyst

Bank of Uganda

P.O Box 7120,

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: 077*-******, 070*-******

Email. ac71um@r.postjobfree.com

Certifications:

I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this data correctly describe my qualifications, my experience and me.

Signature Date 21st October, 2016

Full Name: Wilson Kisitu

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