Seasoned Accounting Professional with 15+ Years Experience
Resume:
HENRY JOSEPH SSEMMANDA
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I am an accountant with over 15 years’ experience. I am an outstanding communicator, with meticulous attention to detail, who contributes to company profitability through providing accurate, timely and comprehensive accounting information. I have relevant work authorization to work in the USA. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Retail Accountant Kampala Uganda
Petro Uganda Ltd Jan 2015-Oct 2024
As a retail accountant, I performed the following roles as outlined below.
Manage Cash Management Module ensuring all cash related transactions are recorded accordingly, properly approved and dispatched.
Oversee the financial activities of all fuel retail stations to ensure staff understood the inventory and revenue policies as set out by management.
Carry out regular reconciliations of inventory (fuel, lubricants, and LPG) against cash and revenue banked.
Prepare Account receivable and Accounts payable reconciliations as well as ensuring that all variations are cleared with the account manager.
Ensuring that product purchases are correctly recorded in the general ledger.
Reviewing and approving stock in transit ledgers, performing regular inventory and revenue audits and corresponding reconciliations as per policy.
Participate and fully support the Finance Manager in month-end and end of year closing processes.
GL accountant Kampala Uganda
Ola Energy May 2013 to Dec 2014
As GL accountant I performed the following tasks below:
Forecast cash needs reviewing all cash projections from budget holders, and ensure all projections are prepared on a quarterly basis.
Ensure payments to vendors timely and dispatched within a reasonable lead time as per policy.
Coordinate with the sales team when billing clients.
Coordinate banking operations and maintain liaison with company bankers.
Review and recommend investment of short-term cash surpluses to the Finance Director.
Coordinate with the company’s bank and advise the Finance manager of the plans to minimize exposure to foreign currency losses.
Review all supporting documents and entries in the system ensuring correctness and that the entries are booked to the appropriate account codes as per the Chart of accounts. As Accounts receivable accountant from 2010 to 2012, I performed the roles below:
Supervise the recording of all receivable transactions, client billings, ensuring accuracy of invoices and receipts.
Follow up and collect all receivables including staff and other miscellaneous receivables.
Follow up any long overdue receivables and escalate where the debtor does not respond. Inventory Accountant Aug 2005 – July 2008
Airtel Uganda Ltd Kampala Uganda
In this role I performed the roles below:
Performed the monthly and any ad-hoc stock counts.
Prepared and sent out monthly stock counts sheets and coordinated the count.
Prepared stock reconciliations for all plants and products.
Ensure all variances on the stock reconciliations are properly and adequately explained and resolved as per policy.
Ensure stock adjustments are approved before being booked to the general ledger.
Review stock transit reconciliations to ensure accuracy, sufficiency and adequacy of explanation.
Prepared and posted monthly provision of slow-moving stock items and other stocks products where necessary.
Performed weekly price checks in the system to ensure accuracy in that product costing and invoicing.
Provision of necessary information to internal and external auditors upon request. SKILLS
• Proficient with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) • Team player • Analyst experience • Demonstrated track record of effective performance management and developing staff • Foster and cultivate business opportunities and partnerships • Exceptional accounting and reporting skills • Attention to detail • Goal-orientated and committed to delivering quality outputs • Detailed process and analytical ability • Good self-management practices and able to work well in a team • Ability to work with people at various levels of the business • Strong verbal/analytical reasoning ability • Excellent interpersonal skills • Ability to prioritize, manage complexity and deal with multiple stakeholders • Policy Adherence • Finance Acumen, Accounting package SAGE Accpac, SAP, Tally ERP
EDUCATION
Uganda Martyrs University Kampala Uganda
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2010
Uganda Martyrs University Kampala Uganda
Bachelor of Business administration and Management (Accounting) 2001-2004 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education 2000
Uganda Certificate of Education 1998
(Academic qualifications have been evaluated and accredited to US standards. Report can be emailed or presented) Referees
Emmanuel Mudoola
Staff Accountant
Melmark New England
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Martin F Kyeyune PhD
Former Lecturer
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