Accounting Office

P.O. Box *** layibi, Gulu City, Uganda Mob: +256-***-***-*** Email: ********@*****.*** Skype: akotokot1

Sex: Female.

Nationality: Ugandan.

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Irene Akot Okot strives to continue to be one of the most sought after specializing in accounting option in Business Administration as a course taken, To obtain an accounting position where I will be able to contribute my skill, knowledge and experience to a organization or company that will give me an opportunity to develop my career, putting in use the organization’s policy that will guide in the running achieving the set goal.

EDUCATION

2019: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and

Management (Accounting option), Gulu University,

2015: National Diploma in Accountancy, Norther Institute of Business

Studies (UBTEB) affiliation

2013: Certificate in Public Administration, Kampala International University, Uganda.

2010: Uganda Certificate of Education, Alliance High School Gulu,

OTHER TRAININGS

2019: Girl Centered Design,

2017: Entrepreneurship creativity,

2016: Photography (reporting with images and storytelling with image),

2013: Accounting and Book keeping, Computer application.

Skills and competence

Computer literate – Knowledge on advanced Ms Office (Excel, word and power point packages and other relevant Computer Applications including Internet research skills. And other Accounting package QuickBooks

Proven leadership ability, excellent communication skills and a spirit for teamwork.

Knowledge in financial Accounting

Committed to continuous learning

Analytical skill, self-driven with high sense of responsibility, honest well organized and reliable, creativity and ability to team work, strong interpersonal skill and plan,organized and priotised work

Clear reporting with evident or pictures prove.

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadline

Clients & result orientation

WORK EXPERIENCE

November: 2018 to Date: finance and Administration. Better World International, Uganda office. Operating in Palorinya refugee settlement

Roles

Finance and Administration

• Maintain Ugandan law and policies on returns and contribution by following the established internal control system and complying with the Country regulation (Tax, NSSF i.e. Making Monthly return to URA and NSSF and compliance with finance policies and procedure of the Organization and for the funded KOICA.

•Inventory management

•Payroll, staff benefit and tracking staff advances and timely communication on the deduction base on the records

•Checking the cording/ input of an item of the expenses for clear recording is the accounting system.

•Administrative work (making official appointments, documents, and meetings)

•Safe custody of Receipts, petty cash, organization stamp, and other items of value in line with the organization policy

•Monthly bank reconciliation and update of the cash book on a daily basis and balancing the book at month-end.

•Record keeping, filing all transaction supporting documents and monthly financial reporting base on payment made to suppliers and service provided and any receivables

•Monitoring project expense over the project budget to ensure liquidity position at all times for smooth operation.

Fieldwork activities

•Monitoring of projects, project inventory at the field base, and periodic reporting.

•Assistance to the project team with strong team leading and fulfillment of gaps

•Communication with the government leaders on the matter that need their consent being the high-interest stokehold with high influence

•Programming and work planning relating to day activities

•Attending coordination meetings, Community base meetings, and training

•Managing communication, calls, emails, and organizing meeting

•Research work for the needed data from both primary and secondary data

•Reporting of each activity in the field base.

•Management of assigned tasks in the field base and Uganda office

•Flowing the sponsorship students on their daily attendance

•Participating in the selection according to the sponsorship criterial set by the org and by the sponsors

•Coordination with the implementing partner on project activities

•Filed payment and related documents

•Ensured Stakeholders engagement on the project activities

Jan.2018 – 2020. Administrative advisor Northern Institute of Business Studies, Gulu

Roles part time:

Coordination of administrative staff and the board of directors, administrative staff and the teaching staff.

Students and parent meeting and reporting to the concerned bodies.

Planning and organizing school activing and following to school calendar and policies from NCDC and Ministry education and sport.

Financial planning (budgeting on activing and training)

Jan.2015 – Oct. 2018. Finance Administrator [Bursar Northern Institute of Business Studies, Gulu

Roles Jan.2015 – Oct. 2018. Finance Administrator [Bursar Northern Institute of Business Studies, Gulu

Roles

•Issue of receipts to students upon payment.

•Writing requisition and forwarding for management decision, ensuring maintenance of record-keeping for the institute and maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of institution -related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential and sensitive information.

•Reconciling bank statements to the cash book for proof of student payment and for monthly reports.

•Monitoring the school income and expenditure in relation to the budget

•Responsible for all bank transactions (cash and cheque transaction)

•Managing school’s finances, including School Fund and other external funding.

•Payments (Tax, following invoices among others)

•Preparing financial reports as required by the Governing Body and other budget holders; attending meetings of Governing Body, as required, to present reports on financial matters.

•Monitoring of all income and expenditure relating to internal budgets; keeping budget holders informed of their balances and expenditure limits.

June 2015 – Dec. 2017. Volunteer Internal Auditor. Gulu University Trust Land Project

Achievement

Verified the accounting records for the year 2015-2016 and 2016-2017

Organized the necessary files for Audit and Recommendations on other missing document in the expenditure files

Reporting the findings to the coordinator Trust land project correction before the external audit.

April, 2014- Administrative assistance. United Youth Entertainment, Gulu

Achievements:

Community base training and training in school using arts and videography to the youth on Drugs consumption

Reviewed of financial accountability for accuracy and completeness, but also for compliance with the internal policies and the sponsor’s requirements.

Supported field activities including programmatic trainings and meetings; ensure meetings are well planned.

Internal auditing of the accounting records as for the project.

Budgeting and budget reviews in response to project demand.

Reconciliations of accounting records at every end month.

Training of youth on community responses to drug abuse case.

Managed procurement processes from liaising with the supplies to ensuring that the goods are supplied, and their payments are made.

LANGUAGE SPOKEN

English: Fluent.

Luo (Acholi): Fluent.

REFEREES

Name Onen Martin Caleb

Organization Better World

Position WASH Officer

Phone Contact +256*********

Email Contact *********@*****.***

Name Mawadri Charles

Organization Global Aim Moyo

Position Director of program

Phone Contact +256*********

Email Contact ***********@*****.***

Name Ogwal Emmanuel

Organization Hope is Education International

Position Program Coordinator

Phone Contact +256-*********

Email Contact *****@*********.***

*******@*****.***

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

Irene Akot Okot.

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