Management Financial

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name : Manyi Tabot Besongagi

Date of birth: 20thMarch 1984

Place of birth: Kumba

Nationality : CAMEROONIAN

Gender : MALE

Marital status: MARRIED

Telephone : +237********* /675457199

Vision:

To increase the shareholder value and maximize profit by improving the operational efficiencies and maximum utilization for the available resources.

Keys for Success:

Integrity, Ethics, Leadership, Teamwork, Training, Recognition, Communication, Continuous Improvement

CAREER OBJECTIVE AND SUMMARY

To find a challenging position to meet my competencies, capabilities, skills, education and experience.

MBA -Finance with 9 years experience in the field of accounts & finance and evaluation

Expertise in spearheading corporate and financial planning initiatives in Commercial Operation, Accounts & Finance, Auditing & Taxation, MIS, Exports Management and export document negotiation.

Expertise in designing and implementing systems to achieve financial discipline and improve the overall efficiency of the organisation.

Strong analytical skills

Good relationship management & negotiation skills in liaising with Banks, other financial institutions and various regulatory authorities.

Well versed with SAP, OHADA, Sybel, Accpac.

KEY SKILLS

Determining financial objectives. Designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial control.

Preparing Annual Budget and forecasting trends.

Developing reports for top management summarizing the business financial position in areas of income, expenses, capital usage and cash flows, and coordinate the preparation of strategic plans, budgets and financial forecast.

Developing and updating accounting, finance and management policies and procedures.

Effective Cash Flow Management

Monitoring budgets and comparing them with actual cost and revenues related to production, marketing and capital.

Coordinating the preparation, maintenance and filing of projected P&L Account, Bills Discounting and Balance Sheet as required by bank authorities and other financial institutions.

Coordinate the preparation of Financial Statements, Financial Reports for internal usage.

Getting control accounts reconciled and sorting out the discrepancies

Liaison with business related organizations such as Banks, External Auditors, Taxation, Custom Controllers Etc. and preparing budget cum systemizing departmental work.

Handling the Company’s queries for export/import matters and carrying out all correspondence with the banks.

Filing VAT return, withholding tax payment & sales tax quarterly return, Independent handling of VAT, & Income tax assessment.

Remitting foreign currency for import advance & other expenses like traveling, consultancy, advertising and project export.

Negotiating with the banks for export documentation requirement.

Opening LC for inland and foreign party, bank guarantee for the import & foreign orders for the purchase.

Processing of Purchase Bills of Raw Material, Asset & Passing Bills of expenses from various departments

Implementing training courses for new recruits and interns.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

YEAR

SCHOOL

CERTIFICATE OBTAINED

2014

XIBMS Bangalore India

MBA Financial Management

2006

University of Buea

BSc (Hons) Accounting

2003

BGS Molyko Cameroon

Advanced Level

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

1)May 2016 to Date: FINANCE CONTROLLER –BRITANICA DRILLING CAMEROON(Oil and Gas)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Head of the Accounting and Finance. Set up of financial and management of administrative systems and procedures. Ensure compliance with administrative, financial, legislative and legal requirements.

• Financial (Working capital management, Capex spend, Tax, Treasury, Credit Management)

• Business Processes (Business planning / budgeting, Financial and management reporting, Business and IT controls, Corporate Governance, risk management, performance management, managed employee relations)

• Customer (Internal and external stakeholder engagement)

• Financial Accounting (General Ledger / trial balance, analyzed and reconciled Income Tax and VAT returns, managed year-end and month end cut-off, ensuring “today’s business is done today” – immediate processing of entries)

• Financial and management reporting (month / year end and quarterly reports submission, elaborate annual financial statements (statutory and Group) to ensure compliance with legislation and company policy and procedure, Cooperating with external and internal auditors and clearing any queries resulting in the audit report)

• Treasury (Administering foreign exchange and bank relations for security of funds to meet the Company’s cash flow need and minimize finance cost, Forex revaluation reports preparation and comments provided, Optimised currency exchanges, Cash flow management and forecast, Financing sourced cost effectively, Managed cost of finance, Treasury report – forex analysis, variation in products, reporting on requests for disbursement of funds

• Managed AR/credit (Managing the process of recording and tracking trade receivables from customers extended credit and overall activities involved in handling of cash flow.

2)June 2013 to April 2016: Project Accountant/ Controller- CDC/Del Monte Cameroon

RESPONSIBILITIES

Prepare and submit the group’s monthly financial results, budget and quarterly rolling forecasts and complete the reporting requirements to the parent company

Perform detailed account analysis and corporate month-end processing and reporting

Maintain the general ledger, ensuring compliance with OHADA.

Prepare the annual sales report and company tax return.

Deliver a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within timeframe

Provide innovative tax planning and review complex income tax returns

Identify and mitigate tax risks

Manage tax provision and tax compliance process

Manage and coordinate tax audits

Maintain tax balances on general ledger

Prepare all tax papers in regular basis and handle all information data requests

Prepare payroll taxes and CNPS deductions and submit same to state authorities

Preparation of DSF and other tax returns

Review the monthly Business Activity Statements and review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Monitor stock levels and perform inventory reconciliations

Supervise the annual audits (internal and external) of the project.

Review and make decisions on credit limits of new and existing customers

Review and authorise the weekly accounts payable run

Liaise with corporate office and local brokers for company insurance policies

Improve existing processes and streamline workflows

Perform monthly bank reconciliation.

Supervise payroll calculation and perform payroll tax deductions.

Management of intergroup accounts and carry out general liaison account

-I participated fully in the liquidation of the CDC/DMC partnership which is worth more than forty billion francs

-Also managed EU funded projects through the ATF/BAM funding streams.

3)October 2007 to May 2013: Finance Analyst/Charge D’etude- Cameroon Development Corporation( CDC)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Managed the corporate finance tasks including all financial, management and statutory accounting and reporting

Prepared and interpreted the actual monthly financial statements, forecasts, budgets and 10-year strategic plans and reviewed the balance sheet reconciliations

Managed intercompany processes and monitored KPIs

Prepared documentation to assist with preparing legislative and statutory returns, including income tax, and SIC returns

Prepared statutory reporting and liaised with auditors on the year-end audit

Supervised back office operations including management of staff

Managed, reviewed, evaluated, selected and implemented group consolidation and group ware house operations.

Maintained and administered the corporate financial accounting system (Sybel Financials)

Prepared maintained and developed the corporate section of group policies and procedures (finance instructions)

Reviewed and compiled financial data from 9 estates in the project including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, treasury reports, budgets and forecasts

Prepared and reviewed variance, cash flow and KPI reports

Produced the year-end financial statements according to accepted OHADA accounting principles

Controlled the Treasury function for the group

4)JUNE 2010 TO DATE: AUDIT AND EVALUATION MANAGER –GREEN CONSULTING

(Green consulting is an Accounting and evaluation firm, performing independent audit reviews and project evaluation for NGOs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Managed all aspects of financial statement audits, compliance and internal control reviews.

Ensured timely completion of all projects with often competing statutory or client-proposed deadlines.

Identified process improvements with a focus on financial controls, compliance, data integrity, and efficiency

Presented financial statements to clients, lenders or investors and educated process owners, including non-finance individuals on new accounting pronouncements and their impact.

Coached, motivated and developed staff, provided timely performance evaluations and effective training

Extensively communicated with clients and audit team to provide status updates and ensure client satisfaction.

Developed training manuals to keep current with accounting and audit standards.

Carry out evaluation and reporting

Independent Reviews and Monitoring

Preparation and realization of action plans and budget

Blogger-Entrepreneurship and Personal finance

Have experience in EU funded projects

LANGUAGES AND FLUENCY

English: Fluent

French: Average

OTHER KNOWLEDGE

Computer: Microsoft Office, ACCPAC, SYBEL, SUN, SAGE, FLEXTRA, ALPHA

RESEARCH WORK:

oAnalyzing the impact of internal control on decision making

The effect of climate change in agricultural productivity.

Accessing the impact of Microfinance in the alleviation of poverty and women empowerment

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