Elias Kampamba
Kafue
Summary
- SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION - Elias Kampamba is a qualified Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) CA Advisory Professional in Accountancy, and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) finalist doing the last paper Strategic Case Study (SCS). Born on the 21st August 1980, Christian Roman Catholic by faith. He has twenty (20) years of accountancy practicing experience. He is working for Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST), a parastatal body, trading in postage/courier Services & other enterprises as Area Accountant for one (1) year currently. Before joining ZAMPOST Elias Kampamba worked for:
- Sport Lupiya Limited, Private company, trading in sports betting - Head Finance and Administration for four (4) years
- Family Health International (fhi360), an International NGO trading in providing health care services under USAID - Associate Finance Officer for five (5) years
- Autoworld Limited, Private company, trading in Auto & Marine servicing & parts sales - Accountant for two (2) years
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Area Accountant
Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST)
Kafue
11.2021 - Current
- Collects and analyze financial data to identify improvements for controls and compliance.
- Ensuring that all the revenue generated by the Area/region is accounted for and deposited promptly through confirming the daily cash transactions using online systems and verification of balance books (CS6 and CS8), remittances and deposit slips.
- Preparing monthly returns for all the Corporation’s business lines transacted by the Area/region.
- Authorizing payment vouchers and cheques.
- Preparing and submitting requests for funding for the Area/region to Head Office.
- Preparing annual & quarterly Area/regional operating Budgets & Forecasts.
- Inputting daily credit billings and all financial transactions in the Accounting systems in a timely and accurate manner.
- Conducting regular financial inspections at Branches to ensure full compliance to laid down financial procedures and internal controls.
- Conducting snap verification of physical and cash held by Cashiers and reporting any malpractice revealed during the exercise.
- Conducts statistical analyses to determine trends and significant changes and writes narrative reports explaining findings.
Head Finance and Administration
Sport Lupiya Limited
Lusaka
10.2017 - 12.2021
- Set up the chart of accounts on QuickBooks and compiled up accounting processing manual procedures.
- Compiled budgets and work plan for smooth operation reviews.
- Registered the company to all relevant statutory bodies (i.e. ZRA tax types, NAPSA, NHIMA, Workers Compensation Fund Control Board, ZICTA, Lottery & Betting Control Board. This entails compliance.
- Consistent and timely statutory returns filings and compliances (i.e. ZRA taxes, NAPSA, NHIMA, Worker’s Compensation Fund Control Board), and payments of the same.
- Monitoring and reconciling merchant accounts to General Ledger (GL).
- Payroll, General Ledger (GL), and Account Payables (AP) processing
- Asset registers management.
- Bank Online payments initiating, and Petty cash processing, and all reconciliations.
- Preparation of monthly management financial reports and attending to external audits.
Associate Finance Officer
Family Health International (fhi360)
Kabwe
01.2012 - 11.2016
- Accounts payable (AP) and General Ledger (GL) accounts processing for financial report compiling.
- Bank and petty cash processing for finance balances monitoring.
- Preparing Sub-Awardees Financial Reports (SFRs) for projects expenditure analysises.
- General Ledger (GL) accounts.
- Trial Balance compilation in readiness for the financial reports prepration.
- Bank reconciliation to ascertain the correct cash balances.
- Purchase Invoice (PI) temperate processing to ascertain procurement costs.
- Advances i.e. (travel per diems and workshops advances cash) processing and monitoring to ensure smooth utilization of project funds.
- Facilitating payments to workshop participants for their lodgings, meals and incidentals.
- Asset registers management.
- Petty cash spot checks; etc.
- Prepared bi-monthly and monthly financial reports for consolidation by the Lusaka head office.
- Verified, documented and requested disbursements to facilitate payments.
- Analyzed monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Completed budget plans for approval and funding by head office.
Accountant
Autoworld Limited
Lusaka
11.2010 - 01.2012
- Accounts payable (AP) processing for costing and liability build up.
- Accounts receivable (AR) processing for revenue and debtor build up.
- Cash Book (CB) processing for cash balance monitoring.
- Maintenance of various manual operation registers e.g. landed assets for valuation and statutory rates payable ascertainment.
- Have an upper hand in systems operation implementation (in-house consultancy) for smooth accounting processing.
- Journals & reconciliations processing for correctness of accounting posting.
- Achievements:-
- Provided an in-house training to Autoworld Limited & sister company Impala Service Station Limited staff for competent operation of Pastel Evolution software at system conversion from legacy Tecfinity.
- Provided hints and reasons for Autoworld Limited chart of accounts reformation which has since been revised.
- Provided solutions to brainstorming situations whenever such arises in accounts department e.g. Tax advice, journals compilations etc.
- Acted as a focal staff in Pastel Accounting system operation (in-house consultancy).
Education
CA Advisory Professional in Accountancy - Accounting And Finance
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accounts (ZiCA)
Lusaka10.2020
MBA - Accounting And Finance
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants CIMA
EnglandSkills
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Cost Principles:
- 2 CFR PARTS 220 (A-21), 225 (A-87), AND 230 (A-122); AND
- FAR 312 (ONLINE); and
- Pastel accounting, QuickBooks, Micro-soft office, Internet and partial knowledge of SAP FICO;
- Best Practice Spreadsheet Modelling, and Proficiency in: Formatting, Functions, Lookup, Pivot Tables
- Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, & Payroll Processing
- Bank reconciliation
- Budgeting, Forecasting, & Taxation
- Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Accounting Policy and Control
References
- Benjamin Cohen (Mr.) - Chief Operations Officer (COO) - Sport Lupiya Limited - Cell.: +56 9 6121 6269 - email.: benjamin.cohen@sportlupiya.com | benjamincohen7@gmail.com
- Claire Chihili (Mrs.) - Finance and Operations Director - CMMB USAID ECAP I - Cell.: +260 96 6902466 - email.: cmchihili@yahoo.com
- Andrew Malembeka (Mr.) Finance Manager - AUTOWORLD LIMITED - Tel.:+260 211 237716/19 - Cell.:+260955495519 - andrew@autoworld.co.zm | mwila2@yahoo.com
Timeline
Area Accountant
Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST)
11.2021 - Current
Head Finance and Administration
Sport Lupiya Limited
10.2017 - 12.2021
Associate Finance Officer
Family Health International (fhi360)
01.2012 - 11.2016
Accountant
Autoworld Limited
11.2010 - 01.2012
CA Advisory Professional in Accountancy - Accounting And Finance
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accounts (ZiCA)
MBA - Accounting And Finance
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants CIMA
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