Accounting Assistant Revenue Accountant

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ROSA MUZUMA

F I N A N C E A N D A C C O U N T I N G P R O F E S S I O N A L PO BOX 8 6 7 5 1 E R O S WINDHOEK NAMIBIA T EL: + 2 6 4 8 1 764 9 9 5 0 EMAIL: *******@*****.*** INTELLIGENT ANALYTICAL OUTCOME FOCUSED PROFESSIONAL Specialist in finance, accounting and administration Results-oriented accountant and finance professional with broad experience base. Skilled in finance, taxation and management accounting. Quick learner who adapts to new settings rapidly. Demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions, which optimize overall performance and productivity. Outstanding leadership and teambuilding skills. Intelligent, analytical and articulate. VALUE OFFERED

Sectors

Private sector

State-owned Enterprises

Non governmental organisations

Experience

Financial/Management reporting

Preparation of budgets

Tax and VAT administration

Treasury management

Financial/General Management

Expertise

Finance and accounting

Risk and Compliance

Strategy and Planning

Management and Change

Budgeting

EDUCATION

Masters in Development Finance, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Namibia Business School, University of Namibia, Namibia Bachelor of Accounting, University of Namibia, Namibia National Certificate in Accounting, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia CAREER SUMMARY

NAMIBIA HOUSING ENTERPRISE 2004–Present

Financial Accountant [April 2017- Present]

Cash Management Accountant [2007–March 2017]

Revenue Accountant (Acting) [2006–2007]

Assistant Revenue Accountant [2004–2006]

MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (MISA) 2003

Accounting Assistant [2003]

WALVIS BAY SALT REFINERS 1998-2002

Trainee [1998-2002]

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NATIONAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA [April 2017- Current] Financial Accountant

During my time at the National Housing Enterprise, I have gained invaluable business focus, knowledge and experience in Accounting and Finance. As an Acting Financial Accountant I am responsible for the following:

Management and overall responsibility of financial accounting department and staff;

Monthly reporting including: compilation of monthly financial reports and management accounts;

Cash-flow forecasting, quarterly reports and yearly budgets;

Preparation of financial records for audit, year-end audit file preparation, reconciliation of year-end audit file;

Preparation of variance reports (monthly income and expense reports) for all branches in Namibia;

Reconciliation of cashbook balance to trial balance and bank statements;

VAT returns and Income Tax returns;

Checking of cheque requisition and approving cheques for payments;

Signing off all cashbooks and journal entries;

Checking and balancing all clearing accounts;

Authorisation of creditors payments; and

Maintenance of company’s insurance contracts.

[2007–March 2017]

Cash Management Accountant

Investments

Cash-flow forecasting, weekly and monthly reports;

Investments, obtaining quotes from different investment institutions,

Compilation of Investment Analysis tender;

Coordinating Investment Committee meetings;

Preparation of award letters to the selected Investment institutions and instruction letters for transfers to the bank and instruction for the release or re-investment at maturity. Bank Reconciliations

Processing of Cashbook entries;

Reconciliation of the cashbook balance to trial balance and bank statements;

Maintenance of favourable bank balances by effecting interbank transfers. Supervision of Cashiers and Petty Cash

Supervision of Cashiers and daily cash-ups;

Assist cashiers on resolving bottlenecks;

Takes corrective measures to remedy trends of poor balancing when such situations arises;

Banking of Cashier sessions on the system

Manages the petty cash of the entire organisation by verifying and reconciling all petty cash requests before reimbursements.

Supervision of Creditors payments

Verification of creditors payments;

Ensure that accounts payable invoices are processed within accounting guidelines and targeted processing periods;

Review correctness and validity of all accounts payable invoices and payment batches;

Verification and posting of purchase orders from procurement department. Accounting for long term loans

Preparation of amortisation schedules for long term loans;

Processing of journal entries for interest payable on all long term indebtedness on a monthly basis;

Reconciliation of GL accounts for interest received, accrued and paid. Rosa Muzuma Page 3 Confidential

Accounting for Work in Progress (WIP)

Ensure that transactions processed on the project ledger are retrieved in the general ledger;

Review transaction for completeness, validity and accuracy;

Reconciliation of WIP to the practical percentage of completion certificate of each project and approved budget. Financial Reports

Compile standard monthly report of Other Depository Corporation for Bank of Namibia ;

Produces any other reports as may be required by management on an ad hock basis. Revenue Accountant (Acting)

August 2006 – April 2007

[2006–2007]

Disbursements/ Loan payments

Verifies remittances of supporting documents;

Authorises loan disbursements on the system.

Cashiering

Review and authorise multiple receipts allocation;

Review sessions and bank statement summary.

Payments and Journals

Verifies that all the supporting documents required are attached to the payments;

Authorisation of creditors and contractors payment;

Review and approval of journals.

Reconciliations

Reconciliation of selected general ledger accounts;

Reconciliation of cashbook to trial balance and bank statements. Assistant Revenue Accountant

Cashiering [2004–2006]

Loan Administration, daily processing of payments by clients; General Ledger Reconciliations

Processing of cashbook entries;

Processing of journals to correct errors on client accounts;

Reconciliation of selected GL accounts.

General Ledger Reconciliations

Payments of creditors and contractors, received and reviewed payment requests from all NHE brances;

Post payment batches;

Print payments on the system.

Client Queries

Attends to queries on client accounts and liaises with the relevant branches or stakeholders for solutions;

Visit all NHE agents to update them on any changes related to existing operations and to find out any challenges they are experiencing.

MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (MISA) 2003

Accounting Assistant

Cashbook reconciliation to bank statements;

Payment of creditors, processing of invoices and printing of cheques;

Electronic funds transfers to other MISA branches;

Foreign currency reporting to donor organisations. Rosa Muzuma Page 4 Confidential

WALVIS BAY SALT REFINERS 1998–2002

Trainee

Wages Payroll, computation of total hours worked per week obtained from the job cards;

Fixes Assets Register, adding, removal and verification of assets listed on the register;

Update of creditors and debtors database.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

MASTERS IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 2017-2018

University of Stellenbosch

I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Development Finance to be completed in 2018. Coursework completed: Development Finance, Economic Development Perspectives, Governance and Ethics, Issues in Banking and Finance, Micro-Finance, Project Finance, Research Methods in Development Finance, Small Scale Enterprise and Environmental Finance.

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2013 Namibia Business School, University of Namibia

I have completed the course work and mini-thesis. Coursework included: Advanced business law and ethics, Strategic decision making and Research methodology, Strategic human resources management, Strategic marking management, Strategic operations management, Strategic project management, Academic writing for post graduate studies, Business project, Economics, Strategic financial management, Managing information technology and Strategic management .

BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING 2001

University of Namibia

Key coursework included: Financial Accounting 1 – 3, Management Accounting 1 – 3, Auditing, Taxation, Business Mathematics, Statistics, Commercial law 1 & 2, Computer Literacy. NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING

Polytechnic of Namibia

Key coursework included: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, and Quantitative Methods.

TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGES

Technology snapshot: highly proficient in: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel), Accpacc, Pastel, IFCA and MYOB.

Languages: Fluent in English, Afrikaans and Otjiherero. REFERENCES

Helvi Vatileni, Project Accountant, National Housing Enterprise, Cell: +264-**-******* Lukas Petrus, Manager Technical Services, National Housing Enterprise, Cell: +264-**-******* Theofilia Usurua, Manager Finance and Administration, City of Windhoek, Cell: +264-**-*******

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