Finance Manager Accountant

PRINCE B. REZA Accountant [ACCA, BAcc (UZ)]

Harare, Zimbabwe 077*******/073******* *****************@*****.*** Professional Summary

A focused chartered certified accountant with multiple years of experience in accounting and financial reporting, budgeting and budgetary control who is seeking to meet new and rewarding challenges and succeed both as an individual and as a team player. Achievements

• Participation in the preparation of a business proposal which was successfully approved resulting in the engagement of Lobels Bread and Cairns Foods labour broking business which has resulted in an increase in business profits by over 70% in 2018.

• Successful cashflow management for financing protective clothing, wages and salaries for over 1 300 new employees recruited to service the new clients for labour broking.

• Developed and implemented Accounting and Finance Department SoPs in areas such as procurement, invoicing, asset management, creditors and creditor’s payments, cash book, cashier cash handling and general petty cash handling at Cailo Marketing Services.

• Participated in the crafting of the transfer pricing policy at Cailo Marketing Services.

• Brought creditors section at Cailo Marketing Services under control within 6 months and recovered thousands of debts from long outstanding from customers.

• Re-organized corporate excel prepayments and sundry expenses template into a flexible spreadsheet to accommodate all necessary sundry expenses, bank charges and taxes thus saving time for junior level employees.

• Built, developed and fostered lasting relationships with corporate bankers. Work Experience

Accountant - 2018/01 – current

Cailo Marketing Services

• Preparation of IFRS compliant periodic financial and management reports (monthly and annually) in line with Head Office deadlines together with commentary and analysis.

• Preparation of IFRS and statutory compliant group annual report complete with accounting policy notes, IAS 29 adjustments for prior and current year and complete roll over of prior period balances.

• Preparation of quality monthly management reports mainly focusing on revenue/income, debtors, creditors, cashflow property plant and equipment and statutories.

• Preparation of annual budgets and quarterly and five-year forecasts in line with the organisation and the Group’s objectives and strategies.

• External audit process coordination as directed by the group FC ensuring that all group company audits are executed on time and that the overall group audit is finalised on time.

• Quarterly internal audit process coordination as directed by board of directors, ensuring tracking and updating of all outstanding issues before the next board meeting.

• Working Capital and Cash Flow management - planning and forecasting for immediate and foreseeable future cash and funds use, to ensure salaries, statutories and other expenses are paid on time.

• Tax Administration; assisting the finance manager with technical tax matters and making recommendations on correct treatment and strategies, interacting with Zimra, planning and drafting defences for the benefit of the company in order to minimize tax bills, reviewing all tax computations and filing returns when due.

• Preparation of quarterly board packs for the board meeting to ensure circulation to board members is before the notice period.

• Accounting and systems management; focusing on periodic closure, analysis and reconciliation of the general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Contribution to the continuous improvement of finance department processes, procedures and manuals and implementation of appropriate accounting and internal control systems in liaison with the finance manager.

• Undertaking and performing adhoc trading and performance updates and analysis work as required and requested by the finance manager or the group analysist.

• Prepare monthly and regular reconciliations and reviews of various KPIs e.g. Cost per Merchandiser, Revenue per Merchandiser, Fuel Use.

• Guiding the team of clerks and assisting the finance manager in supervising towards achievement of departmental goals and organization and assessing the department's training and staffing needs for recommendation to the finance manager.

• Reviewing work undertaken by clerical staff, this includes review of invoices for payments, bookkeeping and other performance reports.

• Maintain and monitor intercompany transactions and balances between Cailo Marketing and related party customers such as Lobels Bread and Cairns Foods ensuring that all outstanding balances are cleared on time.

• Analyse financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes and other strategic initiatives as requested by management, monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variances.

• Procurement of assets and other consumables, in line with the budget and capex expenditure. Assistant Accountant 2013/02 – 2017/12

Tacshen Investments

• Preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, as well as adhoc reports to aid management in decision making.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets and in the budgetary control to ensure actual performance is in line with the organization objectives.

• Preparation of tax computation for review before submission to the tax authority.

• Performing regular inventory counts, costing and valuations in line with IAS2 and identifying slow moving and obsolete inventory lines to avoid waste and losses.

• Receiving, verifying petty-cash and travel advances, and disbursing the approved requests accordingly and in a timely fashion to enable smooth of operations.

• Preparation of salaries and other payments for processing timeously to avoid any disruptions of operations.

Education

Current Education

Master of Business Administration (2022)

National University of Science and Technology

Current Qualification

ACCA – Member (2021)

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) Degree (2009 – 2013) University of Zimbabwe

2.2 Degree Class

Skills

Accounting and Bookkeeping

• Financial Accounting and Reporting

• Revenue Accounting and Control

• Payroll Accounting and Control

• Accounts Payable and Receivable

• Budgeting and Budgetary Control

• Tax Management

Information Technology

• Proficient and solid use of the Microsoft Office packages including Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint.

• Adequate knowledge and use of accounting, financial and ERP systems for example Sage Software, Syspro and Openbravo System.

• Knowledge of Belina payroll system.

Personal Attributes

• Highly ambitious, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual who is willing to learn new things.

• An excellent team player who believes in sharing of knowledge and skills through efficient and effective communication across all levels in an organisation.

• High analytical ability, with a keen eye for details, a high level in numeracy and excellent time management.

• A holder of a clean class 4 drivers licence.

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