EUNICE MLAMBO-CV
Email: *******@*****.***
Phone: +27-83-638-****
Educational and Professional Qualifications
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, (ACCA), UK
Association of Business Executives (ABE) – Advanced Diploma in Business Information Systems, UK
National Certificate in Computer Studies, ZIMBABWE
Profile
An accomplished Bookkeeper with good experience in data capturing using excel and various accounting packages. l have worked under demanding environments and in different industries and l have transferable skills. l am looking for roles at entry level: bookkeeping, credit controlling, accounts receivables and payables.
Technical Skills
Accounting packages:
oQuickBooks
oPayplus
oPeachtree
oSage
oPastel
MS Office Suite – Word, Excel, Access, Power point, Publisher, Outlook
Knowledge of cash management principles and/or procedures - billing clients promptly, collecting payments in time and dealing with deposits promptly also balancing the accounts receivables with accounts payables so as not to run out of cash
Data entry, analysis and management
Knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements
Work Experience
Bookkeeper
N. J. Semwayo, East Tilbury, Essex, UK
Sep 2012 – Oct 2015
Job responsibilities
Performing bookkeeping for all financial transactions, data capture using QuickBooks.
Receipting and invoicing clients timely
Reconcile and balance all accounts checking for errors
Manage inventory, ordering appropriate quantities required to run the business
Complete month end closings
Process salaries for the staff
Cash Management, daily banking and reconciliation of bank statements with the cash book
Monthly reporting
Calculating, preparing & dealing with HMRC tax file reports
Achievements and Highlights in this role
Suggested using electronic accounting system instead of books system thereby increasing efficiency
Managed to keep the amount of inventory held to required levels thereby freeing the cash for other ventures
Finance Assistant
A. Rocha (Christian Organisation), London, UK
Jul 2011 – July 2012
Job responsibilities
Assist the Accountant in preparing final accounts by providing the required data
Inputting data accurately into the system for monthly report production by the Accountant
Debtors' and Creditors' ledger data inputting
Bank reconciliations
Invoicing & receipting customers' transactions and arranging payments to suppliers
Daily banking
Attend to ad-hoc accounts queries
Dealt with customers face to face.
Part time Administrator
Southall Community Centre, Southall, UK
Aug 2007 – Jun 2011
Job responsibilities
Invoicing of Community Centre’s clients
Dealt with the clients' bookings and queries
Cash management – receipting, collection and banking
Preparing salaries
Dealt with HMRC tax paperwork
Data entry of daily accounting transactions using excel
Achievements and Highlights in this role
Introduced the petty cash system to deal with small office transactions
Improved the filing system of Community Centre
Administrator – Maternity cover
Northolt Grange Community Centre, Northolt, UK
July 2006 – Sep 2006
Job responsibilities
Invoicing of Community Centre’s clients
Cash management – receipting and banking
Dealing with the Centre’s correspondence
Answering the phone, fax, photocopying and filing of documents
Achievements and Highlights in this role
Introduced the petty cash system to deal with small office transactions
Improved the filing system of Community Centre
Volunteer - Office Assistant
Viking Community Centre, London, UK
Nov 2005 – Aug 2007
Job responsibilities
Arranging bookings for the venue hirers
Invoicing of Community Centre’s clients
Cash management – receipting and banking
Answering the phone, faxing, photocopying and filing
Bookkeeper
Institute of Environmental Studies (NGO), Harare, Zimbabwe
Dec 2000– Sep 2005
Job responsibilities
Recording business transactions, i.e. cash receipts, payments to journals and ledger using the Pastel accounting software
Handled financial reports for over 20 donors at different time intervals
Dealt with cash advances to staff members and monitored that they are repaid in time agreed
Verifying accuracy of all invoices, payment requisitions before making payments
Reconciling accounts payables, accounts receivables, expenses, payroll and other ledger accounts
Receipting and banking all monies received
Checking funds and maintaining all financial records from different NGO donor projects
Assist in preparing monthly reports, financial statements such as billings, budgets, and cost reports
Updating the creditors and debtors’ ledgers
Salary processing using the PayPlus salaries package
Accompanied Researchers on field trips
Updating projects and inventory databases using Microsoft Access
Achievements and Highlights in this role
Improved efficiency by introducing a system on how to manage advances given to staff working on different projects and ensure the expenses are allocated correctly to the proper donor.
Met targets and deadlines set by the donors
Credit Controller
Radio Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe
Feb 1995 - Dec 2000
Job responsibilities
Check customer ratings with Dun & Bradstreet
Grant credit to qualifying customer and setting credit limits
Debt collection
Liaise with Accounts and Sales departments
Deal with customer and internal queries about payments
Ensure customers pay on time
Negotiate payment plans
Achievements and Highlights in this role
Successfully reduced the debtors’ ledger by vigorous debt collection and achieved set targets
Improved debt collection methods
Ensured customers’ issues and queries were dealt with promptly and professionally
Core Competencies
Organisational and planning skills
Prioritising
Attention to detail
Information gathering and management
Analytical skills
Problem solving
Confidentiality