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Skills:Budgetary Control, Invoice Processing, Internal Audits, Microsoft Office, Accounting, Financial Statements, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting, Account Recocniliation, Microsoft Excel, Internal Controls, Invoice Processing, Accounts Payable

Finance and Administration Manager 01/2021 - 10/2023
Delta Beverages, Bulawayo, Bulawayo Zimbabwe
Industry: Beverage Manufacturing
Senior accounting and finance professional with over 6 years of comprehensive experience in financial operations. demonstrated proficiency in internal controls, cost management, budget forecasts, accounts payables and receivables, working capital management and financial reporting, a keen problem solver who exercises a meticulous approach. My management philosophy is situational leadership and keeping team members highly motivated, empowered and highly engaged in execution.
1. Budgeting and Budgetary Controls by preparing annual budgets that are aligned to business plans through Zero Based Budgeting and implementing budgetary controls. 2. Financial Reporting - Review and submit weekly and monthly Income statements generated by Assistants. 3. Accounts Payables - Review and authorize all Supplier payments and ensure prompt payments of all invoices by adhering to the set credit agreements with suppliers. 4. Internal Controls & Systems—ensuring adherence to internal control systems through SOP adherence and striving for continuous improvement. 5. Risk Management & Internal Controls- ensuring adherence to systems of internal controls to ensure adequate protection of company assets and striving for continuous improvement. 6. Monitoring Expenditure - Control and monitor expenditure and ensure it is adequately authorized, managing and ensuring that all costs are within standards and budget parameters and reporting all actual costs monthly. 7. Procurement/Purchasing - Monitoring the procurement process by checking and authorising all purchase requisitions and orders including supporting documentation (i.e. 3 quotation system) 8. Working Capital Management - effective management of current assets and liabilities to ensure business continuity. 9. Managing Human Resources - Identifying training and developmental needs for all direct employees and generating training plans. 10. Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate by initiating, developing, and maintaining relationships in accordance with collective agreements, conditions of employment, core strategies, and values. 11. Manage own performance – through quarterly and bi-annual performance reviews. 12. Communicate effectively in the workplace – ensure internal and external customers are kept informed of Company and departmental progress and changes.--
Assistant Accountant 09/2017 - 12/2020
Delta Beverages, Harare , Harare Zimbabwe
Industry: Beverage Manufacturing
Assistant Accountant responsible for manufacturing reporting to the Finance and Administration manager
1. Budgeting - preparing annual budgets that are aligned to business plans through Zero Based Budgeting. 2. Financial Reporting - Generate and submit weekly and monthly Income statements to the Finance manager coupled in accordance with company guidelines and accounting procedures. 3. Reconciliations - preparing reconciliations for raw materials and finished goods, preparing monthly control accounts. 4. Monitoring Expenditure - maintain a fixed costs tracker ensuring all expenditure is adequately authorised, 5. Accounts Payable - maintain a weekly/monthly vendor ageing report, review all supplier reconciliations done by subordinates. 6. Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate by ensuring that relationships are initiated, developed and maintained in accordance to with collective agreements, conditions of employment, core strategies and values. 7. Manage own performance – through quarterly and bi-annual performance reviews. 8. Communicate effectively in the workplace – ensure internal and external customers are kept informed of Company and department progress and changes.--

University of West London 09/2005 - 07/2010
London, London, United Kingdom
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Accounting and Finance
Introduction to Financial Accounting Professional Skills Quantitative Methods Introduction to Management Accounting Introduction to Economics Financial Accounting Auditing in Context Taxation Management Accounting Financial Management Business and Corporate Law Financial Reporting Performance Management and Control Corporate Finance Auditing

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