Experience:
Bakelines Limited (Biscuits, Sweets & Snacks Manufacturing Company), P. O. Box No. 40085, Kanengo, Lilongwe, Malawi (Southern East Africa).
January 2021 – Present
Senior Accountant:
Working closely with the director of financial reporting to maintain the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of all aspects of financial reporting.
Coordinated the full month end procedure, including preparation of balance sheets, income statements, and trial balance statements.
Liaising with external Auditors at year-end.
Verification of data and Maintenance of Outstanding reports for debtors and creditors.
Prepared payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements
Manage the Bank Reconciliation Statements of the Company for all receipts and payments.
Accurately updating financial records on a daily basis.
Prepared general ledger and journal entries analysis.
Preparation and submission of tax PAYE, WHT, FBT, Provision and VAT returns.
Preparing weekly & monthly salary sheets for 200+ employees.
Generate and Maintain of sales inventory report
Preparing and distributing to sales manager and director daily, monthly, quarterly and annual sales reports.
Supervised junior accountants and monitored their work daily
Handle customer queries/feed back as well as resolving their problems
Preparing costing of importation and monitoring cost effective uses of raw materials.
Any other task required by the Management as per their requirement.
Super Sip Limited (Beverage Manufacturing Company), P. O. Box No. 6035, Mbagala Mission, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (East Africa).
June 2017 – January 2020
Accountant:
Preparation of MIS daily basis.
Monthly budget preparing and cash flow statement.
Follow up with bank for PIL (Post Import Loan) interest and loan liquidation deadlines.
Prepare and process of company internal fund transfer bank to bank.
Daily bookkeeping and accounting processes.
Monitoring Suppliers credit limit and process of payments.
Debtors and Creditors reconciliation.
Receive and deposit all revenue.
Receipt, issue and inventory control of material and costing of raw material up to final product.
Performed bank reconciliations, account reconciliations between the general ledger, subsidiary ledgers and between the general ledger and financial statements.
Cross-checked data between the physical documents and the system.
Checking all the tax related documents and preparing VAT returns.
Correcting the ledger accounts.
Import and Export transaction handling.
Preparing daily production report and rejection report for PET materials, Preform, Bottles, Caps & other raw materials for production costing purpose.
Prepare & monitoring sales target and making incentives on sales for all salesman.
Preparing transportation agreement between transporters for delivered the finished Goods to distributors and branches.
Performed other tasks required by the Financial Controller.
Triple A Hauliers Ltd. (Transportation Company), P.O. Box No. 19697, Mbagala, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
August 2012 – May 2016.
Accountant:
Preparing MIS for management daily basis.
Administered online banking functions.
Bank Reconciliation.
Responsible for all bank, line of credit and loan reconciliations.
Preparing sales invoices & the upkeep of an accurate accounts filing system.
Debtor and Creditor reconciliations.
Preparation of various reports for senior managers.
Supervising junior financial staff.
Maintained VAT Account and prepared Tax Returns.
Coordinated monthly payroll functions for 150+ Employees.
Conversant with PAYE, SDL, PPF and VAT Reconciliations.
Managed accounts payable & accounts receivable.
Monitored and recorded company expenses.
Prepared weekly confidential sales reports for presentation to management.
Handling Petty Cash.
Preparing Cash flow and Funds flow.
Accurately and promptly processing documentation.
Preparing cash journals so that all items are recorded in the correct accounting periods.
Assisted Chief Accountant with various tasks including financial closing, preparation of financial statements and tax returns.
Karibu Textile Mills Ltd. (Textile Manufacturing Company), P.O. Box No. 6035, Mbagala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
June 2009 – January 2012.
Accountant:
Managed accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Prepared company accounts and Monthly VAT returns.
Administered online banking functions.
Update Bank Balances and Bank Reconciliation.
Ensured compliance with accounting deadlines.
Monitored and recorded company expenses.
Prepared Daily confidential sales & stock reports for presentation to management.
Preparation of Import Files and Accounting in Tally.
Prepared Tax Invoices for Sent to TRA by Fiscal Device.
Entering in Tally all Petty Cash, Sales & Inventory Vouchers.
Entering of Suppliers Bills into Tally.
And other correspondences.
Skills:
Reconciling
Vendor Management
Accounts Payable
Account Receivables
Invoicing
Financial Reporting
Financial Statements
Journal Entries
General Ledger
Additionally:
Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive experience in accounting systems.
Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make well thought out decisions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical.
Resourceful in the completion of projects, effective at multi-tasking.