Accounting, Finance and IT Consultant
Resume:
Youdjeu Ngagom Cedric
*************@*****.*** I +237********* I Etoug-Ebe, Yaoundé, Center Region, Cameroon www.linkedin.com/in/ youdjeu-ngagom-cedric-64835782 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am a dedicated, self-motivated, and results-driven professional with over a decade of experience in accounting, personal finance coaching, and business consulting. My expertise spans treasury management, financial statement analysis, budgeting, financial modeling, as well as personnel, inventory, and logistics management. As the eldest of six children, I am deeply motivated by the goal of achieving financial independence to support my family while fostering economic growth in my community through job creation and opportunity development. My dynamic approach, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to excellence make me an asset in driving organizational and community success.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Admissions and Visa Application Officer Mar 2024 - Present Globus Education Systems (GES) • Yaoundé, Cameroon
* Welcome clients attending to their queries and provide them with service details and updates, in both French and English thereby, increasing customer positive appraisals by 30%;
* Created a client data collection system using Excel and uploaded it into Google sheet; this helped to increase client file follow-up and response by 70% and permitted real-time file status updates;
* Assist in the development and planning of field sales campaigns and follow-up sales strategies for our services;
* Assist in the recruitment of field agents and supervise their work;
* Brought about the institution of a work program specifying tasks per calendar date, drown alongside the budget; this has helped to reduce the occurrences of variances and increased productivity by 35%;
* Establish logistics needed for fieldwork;
* Do admission and visa applications for completed files;
* Perform other administrative tasks as may be assigned;
* Prepare weekly and monthly operational reports.
Accounting and IT Consultant Aug 2023 - Feb 2024
Self-employed • Buea, Cameroon
* Marketing of my services through the different social media handles and in person;
* Handled bookkeeping, account payables and receivables, payroll management, and created a cost analysis to increase the monthly efficiency of my clients;
* Served as the finance consultant and auditor of my clients, doing regular controls to ensure conformity with operational procedures and GAAP, IFRS, and OHADA accounting standards;
* MS Office designs and Excel programming for financial data collection and analysis;
* Minor computer systems maintenance and repairs for my clients. General Manager May 2022 - Jul 2023
Mountain Cooperative Credit Union • Buea, Cameroon
* Welcome clients attending to their queries and provide them with services details and updates;
* Increased quarterly efficiency by 5% by handling bookkeeping, financial statements preparation, bank reconciliations, and other accounting duties;
* Daily controls of cash, transaction receipts and accounting records to ensure conformity with system balance;
* Established the budget and action plans and regularly monitor operations to ensure we conform leading to a reduction in operation costs of 45%;
* Perform periodic audits and communicate financial discrepancies to Finance Director thus reducing variances by 10%;
* Planned and execute sales campaigns and follow-up sales strategies for our services;
* Assist in the recruitment of field agents and supervise their work;
* Logistics for fieldwork and the institution’s assets management;
* Do periodic field work, and prepare periodic sales and operations reports;
* In charge of risk analysis and due diligence in the loan analysis process;
* I did business analysis for members’ businesses to determine loans and grants readiness;
* I did routine controls to ensure all operational procedures were being followed;
* Organized and took down minutes during Board of Directors and General Assembly meetings. Finance Consultant Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
Mountain Hub • Buea, Cameroon
Worked part-time with Mountain Hub where I assisted in the preparation of financial statements, payroll management, company tax and CNPS and other declarations, inventory management, financial modeling, and business analysis of member startups, to ensure they are investment-ready and can benefit from grants. Accounting and IT Consultant Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
Self-employed • Buea, Cameroon
* Marketing of my services through the different social media handles and in person;
* Handled bookkeeping, account payables and receivables, payroll management, and created a cost analysis to increase the monthly efficiency of my clients;
* Served as the finance consultant and auditor of my clients, doing regular controls to ensure conformity with operational procedures and GAAP, IFRS, and OHADA accounting standards;
* MS Office designs and Excel programming for financial data collection and analysis;
* Minor computer systems maintenance and repairs for my clients. Administrative Secretary and Accountant Nov 2016 - Nov 2019 Tour-Cam Group Limited • Limbe, Cameroon
* Welcome clients attending to their queries and provide them with service details and updates;
* Answer phone calls and manage the Director’s meeting agenda;
* Systematically classify and archive files of clients who want to travel;
* Ensured proper bookkeeping and treasury management, leading to an increase in service delivery rate of 10% and a reduction in cash shortages of 30%;
* Manage prepayments and returns in accordance with policies thereby increasing customer satisfaction by 15%;
* Prepare and monitor budgets closely, reporting any variances to management and make recommendations where possible;
* In charge of recruitment, managing payroll and preparing employee pay slips to enable compliance with regulations;
* Prepare and analyze financial statements to demonstrate company growth;
* Tax declarations and compliance.
Senior Accountant and Administrative Secretary Jun 2015 - Oct 2016 Union Weledji Limited • Limbe, Cameroon
* Welcome clients attending to their queries and provide them with service details and updates;
* Record daily entries of deposits from clients into their “Akao” Accounts;
* Perform daily control of cash balances to ensure they conform with the required ceiling;
* In charge of procurement and logistics of food crops for wholesales and inventory management;
* Analyze the market trends in order to make informed recommendations to management on when to purchase stock, and storage methods, thereby reducing losses due to surpluses of up to 30%;
* Perform periodic stock control thereby reducing the occurrence of damaged goods;
* Designed an inventory management that helped to reduce the occurrence of shortages thereby resulting in a timely, efficient and effective delivery;
* Manage prepayments, accounts payable and receivable;
* Budget establishment and monitoring thereby increasing operations efficiency by 12% and reducing costs by 35%;
* Perform periodic bank reconciliations thereby reducing cash variances by 25%;
* Managed payroll which led to a timely and efficient deliverable on staff salary payments on a monthly basis; Personal
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
(customer service)
* Very organized and attentive to detail;
* Excellent time management;
* Results-oriented and have a penchant for
productivity;
* Enthusiastic and dynamic;
* A good team player and also good leadership
skills;
* Dynamic and a team player;
* Strong ethics, professionalism, and loyalty.
* Assets management;
* Tax declarations in compliance with organization operating standards and country accounting principles. Survey Assistant / Logistics Officer Feb 2014 - May 2015 Herakles Farms (SG-SOC) • Talangaye, Cameroon
* Assisted in the establishment of fieldwork budgets;
* Ensured proper logistics of field equipment;
* Ensured inventory control and management for field equipment;
* Ensured payroll management for field workers;
* Prepared field operational reports.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
As an Accountant
* Bookkeeping
* Financial statements preparation;
* Reconciliation and consolidation of accounts;
* Inventory Management;
* Account payables & receivables management;
* Human Resource and Payroll management.
As a Finance Consultant
* Budget preparation and monitoring
* Financial data analysis and interpretation
* Risk analysis
* Financial modeling
As an IT Technician
* Installation of operating systems and other system software;
* Diagnosing system problems and provision of solutions;
* Mastery of Sage Saari 100 & QuickBooks Accounting software;
* Mastery of Windows operating systems and internet browsing;
* Mastery of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint. LANGUAGE
* Proficient in English language (Native)
* Proficient in French language (Native)
EDUCATION
Computerized Accounting and Advanced MS Office Suit Sep 2013 - Feb 2014 IT & Services • Limbe, Cameroon
* Studied Computerized Accounting (Sage Saari 100, QuickBooks), Advanced Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher) and Personal Computer (PC) maintenance. B.Sc Degree in Accounting - University of Buea, Cameroon Oct 2008 - Jul 2011
* Studied Accounting as Major and had as minor, Economics and Finance Courses. Cameroon G.C.E Advanced Level - Government Bilingual High School • Limbe Sep 2006 - Jul 2008
* Studied A4 Series comprising of Economics (C Grade), Geography (C Grade) and Mathematics (A Grade) CERTIFICATIONS
* EF SET English Language Certificate – C1 Advanced
* Driving License – Category B
HOBBIES
Swimming, fishing, graphic arts, sports, traveling, and cooking.
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