Christopher Phiri
Lusaka
Summary
Highly organized in handling accounting needs and clerical support. Knowledgeable about accounting requirements and regulations, taxation law and accounting processes. Skilled with accounting software and quick to learn new processes.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance and Administration Intern
Self Help Africa
Lusaka
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Grant Management: Ensuring accurate expenditure verification of grant beneficiary companies i.e those that have received funds from the Enterprise Zambia Challenge Fund (EZCF).
- Payment Voucher Preparation: Crafting payment vouchers accurately and comprehensively.
- Organizational and Client Report Maintenance: Ensuring meticulous and precise maintenance of reports for both the organization and its clients.
- Meeting Minutes Writing: Proficiently recording and documenting meeting minutes.
- Statutory Contributions Upload: Uploading statutory contributions, including NHIMA, NAPSA, and PAYE, with attention to detail and accuracy.
Accounting Intern
Battery Empires
Lusaka
10.2023 - 02.2024
- Bank Reconciliation: Regularly conducted bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Petty Cash Handling: Managed petty cash efficiently, including the issuance of petty cash vouchers.
- Debtors Control and Cash Sales Reconciliation: Implemented control over debtors and reconciled cash sales accounts accurately.
- Payment Tracking and Follow-Up: Tracked payments and followed up on outstanding payments diligently.
- Invoicing and Documentation: Prepared and issued invoices, receipts, debit and credit notes, as well as quotations meticulously using CA premiere
- Stock Management: Managed stock effectively, overseeing inventory levels and movements.
- Customer Query Resolution: Addressed queries from diverse customer portfolios promptly and effectively.
- Payment Processing: Received and accurately posted payments to customers' accounts.
- Daily Reconciliation: Conducted daily reconciliations of sales, stock reports, and other company records diligently.
- Journal Creation and Posting: Created and posted journals accurately and in a timely manner using CA Premiere
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Copperbelt University
Kitwe04-2024
Some College (No Degree) - Obtained Various Certificates
Corporate Finance Institute And YALI
Online12-2022
Skills
- CA premier accounting package
- Quickbooks accounting package
- Excel, word, power point and outlook proficient
- Office Administration
- Program Oversight
- Recordkeeping and File Management
- Project Management
- Data Confidentiality
- Deadline Adherence
- Attention to Detail
- Customer Service
- Strategic Planning
- Reporting and documentation
Affiliations
- Reading books
- Entrepreneur
- Watching sports
Certification
- Quickbooks accounting software - Copperbelt University ZICA student chapter
- Excel - Copperbelt University ZICA student chapter
- Careers in commercial banking - CFI
- Analyzing growth drivers and business risks - CFI
- Accounting fundamentals - CFI
- Capital IQ fundamentals - CFI
- Corporate finance fundamentals - CFI
- Excel fundamentals - CFI
- Macabacus fundamentals - CFI
- Reading financial statements -CFI
- Fundraising concepts - YALI
- Understanding and countering disinformation - YALI
Languages
English
First Language
Nyanja
Proficient (C2)
C2
Bemba
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Finance and Administration Intern
Self Help Africa
02.2024 - 05.2024
Accounting Intern
Battery Empires
10.2023 - 02.2024
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Copperbelt University
Some College (No Degree) - Obtained Various Certificates
Corporate Finance Institute And YALI
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