US CPA, CA

Tineyi Gwariwa, US CPA, CA, CPA (Zim), MSc Acc. (Univ. of Arizona), MBA (Univ. of Zim)

Norcross, Georgia, United States • 404-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Offering over 10 years progressive advancement in management roles spearheading growth initiatives and maximizing corporate financial opportunities. Possesses expertise in strategic business planning and analysis, financial management, and program development. Demonstrated leadership in developing and implementing new business opportunities, operating cost reductions, technology improvements and resource utilization programs that improve profitability. Expertise in both IFRS, US GAAP reporting, Financial Statement Review, Budgeting, Forecasting, Project Management Process, training, and staff development. Experience obtained both from the United States of America and Zimbabwe. WORK AUTHORIZATION

Currently based in the United States. Available 1/1/2024 CORE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Audit & Assurance, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Financial Reporting, Analytical Skills, Tax planning TECHNICAL SKILLS

Oracle (ERP), OneSource, Advanced Excel, Tableau, QuickBooks Desktop/Online, Omnia & Power BI Desktop PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deloitte LLP, (United States)

Audit Analyst Senior Associate 10/2022-TO-DATE

Audit & Assurance

Audited financial statements, quarterly financial information, and clients' annual reports.

Taking part in pre-audit planning to assess the risk of material misstatement of financial accounts to design effective audit procedures.

Identifying accounting and audit issues and performing research to solve issues.

Responsibility for testing internal controls, policies, and procedures and making recommendations.

Performing audits under Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) auditing standards.

Proactively building relationships and communicating with clients and associates.

Teaching, training, and developing incoming staff/interns. Global Tax Tech Support 01/2022-09/2022

Autoliv Projects (Americas and beyond)

Global Tax Technology Analyst

Managed and supported external service tax providers provider selection and bill reconciliation for payments.

Budget tracking for Tax Service Providers and Data management

Projects reporting

Project Management Objectives

Project alignment set up, meetings and closing off action items from the project.

Project steering committee set up, meetings and closing off open items from the project.

Systems development and documentation

Development of systems manuals for approval by the Director of Tax Technology

Project actual and budget reconciliation and Project budget tracking Account Vice, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Public Accounting) 01/2019 – 12/2020 Accounts and Audit Managing Executive (Remote)

Audit planning, execution, and audit reports and directing audit engagements.

Firm level quality control and Firm level financial reporting

Oversaw financial ledger maintenance and posting of transactions for the firm and various clients using QuickBooks software.

Prepared bank reconciliations for a portfolio of clients using QuickBooks.

Prepared monthly and year-end financial statements (Profit and Loss and Balance Sheets) for various clients using QuickBooks.

Prepared tax returns for corporate clients using Profile Tax system in adherence to the requirements of the Canadian Revenue Authority policies and procedures.

Payroll duties including payroll inputting, running payroll, generating pay stubs for distribution, and making payments to various employees (average of 10 employees per client) for various clients using QuickBooks.

Recommended and implemented QuickBooks for manual clients, and operational efficiency for the clients improved significantly.

XEROX Document Support Centre incl GPC Financial Services 01/2016 – 12/2018 Finance Executive (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Overall responsibility for the financial function and financial reporting

Compiled, developed, and monitored company budgets, tracked plan performance by cost performance and forecast accuracy, reconciled data discrepancies, and corrected errors.

Analyzed financial reports and implemented recommendations based on findings that present the most profitable scenarios to the Board.

Prepared monthly consolidated management accounts and annual financial statements.

Prepared business commentary, forecasts, and projections to inform financial decision making.

Advised key management on all financial matters, affecting the company and operations.

Prepared monthly financial reports containing operational spending analysis, cost analysis, expense analysis, variance analysis, and inventory reporting using Activity Based Costing.

Statutory and compliance with laws and regulations reporting.

Prepared costings for Strategic Business Units.

Led the external audit process.

Successfully diversified the company and introduced financial services portfolio. Montclair Resort and Casino Pvt Ltd (Nyanga, Zimbabwe) 01/2014 – 12/2015 Finance Manager (Head of Finance)

Overall responsibility for financial reporting, creating, and maintaining the Chart of Accounts

Prepared monthly consolidated management accounts, annual financial statements annual report & investigated variances thereof and set recovery plans to track profitability.

Prepared quarterly results for the board for analysis and decision making.

Provide appropriate, accurate and timely financial information, analysis and advice to senior management, and finance colleagues to enable them to full fill their responsibilities.

Responsible for strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, new business development, financial modelling, and general ledger accounting.

Managed financial functions including AR/AP, bank account reconciliations, GL coding, customer credit applications and collections.

Prepared audit schedules and led the external audit process.

Successfully obtained funding for the purposes of the Hotel refurbishments Deloitte, (Harare, Zimbabwe) 01/2011 – 12/2013.

Audit Senior

Audit planning & Leading small engagements

Finalizing Audit Reports

Working on complex sections of the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet

Clients worked on in Zimbabwe: UNFAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, Zimbabwe Aids Network, Cancer Association of Zimbabwe, Hospice and Palliative Care of Zimbabwe, financial services, and agriculture industries.

Industries worked on in United States of America: Real Estate and Health Care industries. SUMMARY OF OTHER ROLES

Over 3 years’ experience as Component Lead Auditor for Norwegian Governments Projects in Zimbabwe, 01/2020 – 12/2022 (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Project Grants Financial Statements and Audit Report & Expenditure Verification Reports

Intern, Rainbow Tourism Group Ltd, 01/2010 – 12/2010.

Intern, AMG Global Chartered Accountants, Zimbabwe, 09/2007 – 09/2008. EDUCATION

MSc in Accounting, University of Arizona, United States of America, 2022

MBA Strategic Leadership, University of Zimbabwe, 2019.

Bachelor of Accountancy Honours Degree, University of Zimbabwe, 2009. MEMBERSHIP AND CERTIFICATIONS

Regular member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Zimbabwe

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe

Registered with the Public Accountants and Auditors Board. REFERENCES

Available on request.

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