Emmanuel Silavwe
Kitwe
Summary
Honest, responsible, self-motivated Accountant with good organizational skills. An accounting professional with over eight years of experience in finance providing timely information and reports to senior executives.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Director
Fort Beaufort Farms
Kitwe, Zambia
05.2018 - Current
- Directed the organization's daily operations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored staff members.
- Managed budgeting and financial planning processes for the organization.
Club Accountant
Nkana Golf Club Kitwe
Kitwe
11.2015 - 03.2018
- As a Club Accountant I was responsible for the club's financial management and reporting
- In this position I reported to the Club Vice-Captain - House and finance who is the treasurer
- My main duties included the preparation of the club's financial statements, management of the club's finances, preparation of the club's annual budgets and quarterly cash flow forecasts, maintaining of cashbooks, management of accounts receivables and payables, payroll management, and managing the club's projects and events
- Ensured all statutory returns were done and submitted on time.
Cost Accountant
Mopani Copper Mines PLC Kitwe
Kitwe
12.2014 - 11.2015
- As a Cost Accountant I was responsible for making sure the company's operations were cost effective and within budget
- In this position I was reporting to the Business Controller, Group Accounting Manager and HODs for the departments I was charged with
- My main duties included the preparation of management accounts, weekly and monthly reporting of costs and investigating/explaining variances, assisting departmental heads in the preparation of budgets and promoting cost awareness, ensuring that all costs are captured in the correct period and properly allocated to the correct cost centres, ensuring proper accounting for all prepayments and accruals, ensuring proper classification of different cost types (Capex and Opex), reviewing of requisite details on invoices before they passed on for further processing, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
Audit Assistant
Gadsden Grillo Chartered Accountants Lusaka
Lusaka
05.2010 - 04.2013
- Worked as part of different teams that were responsible for carrying out audits and other accounting assignments
- Ensured that works on these assignments were accurately performed and completed before set deadlines
- Performed audit tests on most elements of a complete set of financial statements, resolved audit queries with audit clients' staff, compiled reports of audit results for the Audit Manager, identified gaps in client systems and made practical recommendations, assisted in the training of new members of staff, and communicated clearly and effectively with the audit team.
Accounts Clerk - Receivables
Zamnet Communication Systems Limited
Lusaka
07.2007 - 02.2010
- While working at Zamnet I reported to the Accountant and my responsibilities included maintaining of cashbooks and carrying out of bank reconciliations, billing customers using Emerald a billing system, carrying out of customer account reconciliation which usually involved updating individual accounts with bills and payments received, raising of credit or debit notes where necessary, chasing outstanding customer accounts and resolution of billing queries, assisting in selling some of the company's products as I was mostly in direct contact with the customers, and performing other routine assignments from time to time such as answering customer emails and filing of accounting records in an orderly manner.
Education
Advanced Accounting Diploma -
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
United Kingdom01.2017
National Accounting Technician -
ZICA (the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Lusaka01.2006
GCE'O LEVEL: Grade twelve certificate from the Examination Council of Zambia [ECZ] -
Chiwala High School Ndola
01.2001
Currently Studying, Advanced Financial Management - P4, Advanced Performance Management - P5 -
ACCA Part III, Governance, Risk and Ethics - P1 [Passed], Corporate Reporting - P2 [Passed], Business Analysis - P3 [Passed] -
Skills
- Financial reporting and management
- Auditing
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Project management
- Strategic Planning
- Accounting software
- Business Planning
- Human Resources Management
- Capital Spending
- Product development and Marketing
Accomplishments
I was very involved with the day to day debt recovery which I helped improve by recovering some of the oldest receivables the company kept on its ledgers
Languages
- English, Fluent
- Bemba, Fluent
- Nyanja, Fluent
- Namwanga, Fluent
References
- Mr. Cephas Mwanza, Group Accounting Manager, Mopani Copper Mines PLC, Kitwe, 0691021885
- Mr. Ron. Manyoni., Audit Manager, Gadsden Grillo & Co, Lusaka, 0977302651
- Mrs. Maureen Ngala., Accountant, Zamnet, Lusaka, 0977755628
Timeline
Director
Fort Beaufort Farms
05.2018 - Current
Club Accountant
Nkana Golf Club Kitwe
11.2015 - 03.2018
Cost Accountant
Mopani Copper Mines PLC Kitwe
12.2014 - 11.2015
Audit Assistant
Gadsden Grillo Chartered Accountants Lusaka
05.2010 - 04.2013
Accounts Clerk - Receivables
Zamnet Communication Systems Limited
07.2007 - 02.2010
Advanced Accounting Diploma -
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
National Accounting Technician -
ZICA (the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants)
GCE'O LEVEL: Grade twelve certificate from the Examination Council of Zambia [ECZ] -
Chiwala High School Ndola
Currently Studying, Advanced Financial Management - P4, Advanced Performance Management - P5 -
ACCA Part III, Governance, Risk and Ethics - P1 [Passed], Corporate Reporting - P2 [Passed], Business Analysis - P3 [Passed] -
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