Acting Cost Accountant

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TAKATIZWA LUKE MAZIVEI,

Acting Cost Accountant Southern Division (ZUPCO),

Cell: +263-***-***-*** Email: ***********@*****.***.

An Accounting and Finance degree holder studying towards ACCA full membership.

Possess three years of working experience in the Teachers Association, Agriculture and Transport Industry.

Audited 2021 Revenues and Expenditure at ZUPCO.

Raised revenue for petty cash in order to reduce dependency on donor funds.

Provided strategic decisions such as calibration of fuel tanks which ZUPCO implemented.

Investigated the abnormal variance for the year 2020 and prepared an Audit response.

Reduced costs for ZIMTA’s project during inflationary period by processing payments according to the importance of the expenditure. Pay-net was used to make payments

Investigative in account reconciliations.

Development of internal controls to reduce theft and inherent losses.

Excellent in presentation of financial statements using Pastel software and Microsoft applications.

Excellent communication skills in English, Shona and Ndebele.

Customer Service.

Audit coordination.

Summary

Acting Cost Accountant Southern Division (ZUPCO) August 2021 till date.

Fuel Reconciliation Officer Khami Depot (ZUPCO) August 2020 till date.

Analysis Clerk Khami depot (ZUPCO) June-July 2020.

Assistant Finance and Administration Officer (ZIMTA) January –March 2020.

Finance and Administration Intern (ZIMTA) August 2017-July 2018.

ACTING COST ACCOUNTANT SOUTHERN DIVISION. (ZUPCO) AUGUST 2021 TILL DATE.

ZUPCO is an entity that provides transport services on the road.

Managing 21 depots in Southern Division in different cities such as Gweru, Gutu and others.

Developing and maintaining cost accounting systems, documentation and records.

Reviewing cost and efficiency of company purchasing activities.

Reviewing costs for all external inventory and material systems.

Analyzing and recommending costs and cost savings.

Collecting and compiling purchasing data for analysis.

Preparing and completing internal cost audits.

Reviewing documents and interpreting financial information regarding cost improvements for managers and executives.

Maintaining company accounting procedures and processes.

Presenting cost estimates and budgets for new purchases.

Accurate record keeping and update existing and new purchased materials and goods.

Compiling documentation on standard costs and company production costs.

Forecasting and planning future purchasing costs according to fiscal needs.

Compiling operator payment schedules and processing payments.

Entering revenues and expenses in Pastel.

FUEL RECONCILIATION OFFICER (ZUPCO) AUG 2020 TILL DATE.

Compiled and kept independent fuel records from other concerned departments.

Carried out the fuel decanting process and was always available when the process and kept all fuel GRVs and invoices.

Maintained opening, closing and fuel issue balances per tank or pump on daily basis and reconciling them in order to ascertain variances which may be emanating from the fuelling process and to give an indication as to when another fuel order can be done.

Allocated fuel to buses using consumption rate, kept issue figures per vehicle and inspected the documents used.

Monitored fuel in buses leaving the depot for service.

Compiled monthly reports on the reconciliation of fuel receipts, issues and transfers in order to establish the efficient use of fuel.

Monitored the fuel issuers on their compliance to the rules on fuel management.

Provided essential managerial decisions and as such ZUPCO’s management calibrated its fuel tanks and pumps in response to the Fuel Reconciliation Officer.

Reviewed audit requests, prepared responses and followed up on the implementation of audit recommendations.

ANALYSIS CLERK (ZUPCO) JUN 2020-JULY 2020

Checked waybills from the cash office and from conductors for accuracy.

Carried out bus costing which includes calculation of total covered kilometers per route per bus and revenue collected per bus and the incurred expenditure per route.

Analyzed ticket books, checking for irregularities, compiling reports and advising respective authorities where necessary.

Filed record sheets and waybill continuity and inputting the information into the SAP system.

Collected data and information for context analysis, management, monitoring and evaluation purposes and to facilitate deficit funding for ongoing activities.

Analyzed of buses fuel vouchers and records ensuring the collected fuel tally with the dispatch records and preparing reports where they are any anomalies discovered.

POSTS AT ZIMTA

FINANCE AND ADMINSTRATION ASSISTANT. JAN 2020- MARCH 2020.

FINANCE AND ADMINSTRATION INTERN. AUG 2017-JULY 2018.

ZIMTA is a trade union for teachers and had a business project in Ehlekweni where the candidate was situated. There was a vocational institute, chicken project and real estate management which were handled by the candidate.

Duties.

Supervised other staff members and contributed to the organisation’s meetings, conferences, events and actions on behalf of the Finance Officer.

Recorded cash receipts, filed cash registers and performed bank reconciliations.

Managed Donor funds minimising cost during the development of the project by following a proposed budget.

Prepared Final Accounts using Sage Pastel and Microsoft applications.

Reconciled inventory on a monthly basis and managed to formulate internal controls.

Managed Fixed Assets, Debtors and creditors.

Company tax returns preparations.

Prepared Contracts for other employees.

Processed Salaries after taking into consideration NSSA.

Managed the internal leave registry.

Maintained external relationships with service providers to ensure the efficiency of the office systems, supplies such as Internet, premises and equipment.

ACCA STUDENT.

Studying towards full ACCA membership preparing for Applied Skills exams, Audit Assurance and Performance Management modules by December 2021.

LUPANE STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degree in Accounting and Finance 2015-2019.

SOFT POWER LTD.

Certificate in Pastel Processing version 18 obtained in 2019.

FOUNDATION TECHNICAL COLLEGE

3 -A Level subjects passed in 2013.

9 -O level subjects passed in 2011.

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