Hydro Power Accountant

Christiane Raphael Kissolo

***** ********** **. **********, ** 20874. United States 571-***-**** ******@*****.** Fully Work Authorized No Visa Sponsorship Required PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Resourceful and dynamic accounting professional with over 10+ years of experience processing, reviewing, and tracking general ledger postings, preparing financial statements and performing account reconciliations. Result-oriented and strategic leader with extensive experience in accounting reconciliation, payroll processing, financial analysis and reporting, fluent in French, with a Master Degree in Financial Accounting, Key Skills

Finance, Banking and Accounting: Budgeting,

financial statement reporting (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flow), bank

reconciliation (cash and credit card reconciliation),

Bookkeeping, journal entry, internal and external audit, payroll, processing invoices, accrual accounting,

accounts payable/accounts receivable (AP/AR), cash management, general ledger, general accepting

accounting principle (GAAP)

Implementing accounting transactions, financial and month-end close reporting and end-of-the-month

accounting procedures

Knowledge of International financial reporting and accounting standards (IFRS/IAS)

Computer and software skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel with Pivot tables, PowerPoint, Outlook),

QuickBooks, Oracle for Accounts Payables and

Invoices, Sage

Language skills: French, English.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STAFF ACCOUNTANT 08/10/2020 - Present

NJ Lema & Co, Baltimore, Maryland,

Accounting, Tax and business Consulting Company with 10+ employees

Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and year-end US GAAP financial

Completed balance sheet accounts reconciliation and conducted cash flow analysis.

Experience in general ledger, inter-company reconcilitions, and analysis of general ledger data for transaction research.

Attention to detail in analytical assessments.

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT 02/15/2017 - 07/31/2020

NACHTIGAL HYDRO POWER COMPANY,, Yaoundé, Cameroon

International development organization with 420 MW Nachtigal Upstream hydroelectric project on the Sanaga River

Created financial reports in accordance with IFRS, and managed a budget of about $2 million with a reduction in costs of about 15% over two years.

Supported all areas of responsibility and supervised an accounting team of 4 people, ensurings mooth internal and external proccess and collaborations.

Analyzed, examined, and interpreted accounting records, and compiled financial information.

Processed journal entries and performed accounting corrections to ensure accurate records.

Reconciled financial accounting data against various systems and sources of information to identify discrepancies, delinquencies, and abnormalities.

Reduced operational expense by 10% through placing policy for getting quotations before purchase of equipment

Fostered relationships with outside entities including.

Monitored and maintained internal controls, researched and developed tools to assist in management of the accounting system.

Developed internal procedures, and forms using Microsoft Excel formulas, Pivot Tables, or Adobe.

Implemented business process improvements to help with the reconciliation of various accounting and financial processes.

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT 08/17/2009 - 02/10/2017

SEEF S.A,, Douala, Cameroon

SEEF S.A, is the holding company for a forestry products group specializing in the logging and processing of tropical woods

Performed weekly and monthly reconciliations for all corporate banking statements and general ledger accounts.

Maintained and oversaw account receivables, calculated and tracked monthly cash-flow projections.

Processed customer payments and ensured accuracy and completeness of payments received.

Maintained Reviewed and analyzed over 500 bills/invoices received per month from vendors to ensure billing accuracy. Over the course of these analyses, found 30% bills/invoices with incorrect charges.

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Inventory accounting records, supervised physical counts or annual physical inventories. ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Sale Associate 08/13/2020 - 11/03/2020

Kohl's Inc, Burke

Assisted team members when necessary in handling cash registres, organizing inventory room, labeling products, unloading merchandise and cleaning up.

EDUCATION

Master of Science (MS), Accounting Finance Audit, 09/14/2015 University of Douala,

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS

*Data Security & Privacy• *Managing Bias•*Harassment & Discrimination Prevention, Fairfax 07/20/2020.

APPLICATIONS & SOFTWARE

QuickBooks *Sage*SAP * Oracle financial * Adobe*Microsoft Excel* Microsoft Word* Microsoft PowerPoint * Lotus*Outlook*Slack Technologies *Zoom Video Communications.

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