Gerald Chungu
Lusaka
Summary
A motivated professional with a proven truck record of implementing financial reporting procedures seeking for a challenging and steady career growth.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts Assistant
Emeritus Reinsurance Zambia Limited
04.2022
- Reconciliation of payables accounts with creditors
- Facilitating payment of insurance premiums and claims monthly
- Address and resolve discrepancies, errors and transaction disputes
- Ensure compliance with all statutory payment ie, Income Tax, PAYE, NHIMA, NAPSA and PIA Levy are paid before the due date
- Generate financial reports relating to payables such as ageing reports, cash flow and expense analyses
- Provide financial advice and insight to senior management regarding priority obligations falling due to cash flow projections
- Monitoring of cash disbursements and collections to maintain financial stability
- Writing journal entries and posting them in Sun Systems Accounting ERP and in Pastel accounting system
- Prepare and maintain financial records for audit purposes
- Prepare monthly accounts up to trial balance for the finance manager on a monthly basis
- Ensure expense ledger analysts are up to date always to enable check for possible errors and clean up the accounts
- Updating petty cash expenses and reimbursements
- Update the receivables ageing analysis and follow up on outstanding debtors
- Update IFRS 17 insurance expenses
- Handle inter-company reconciliations with sister companies
- Any other duties assigned by the Senior Accountant and the CFO
Assistant Accountant
Future Ventures Ltd (Cheers Super Market)
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Bank reconciliations daily
- Posting suppliers and expense invoices in appropriate accounts
- Posting all petty cash expenses for all branches daily
- Preparation of supplier reconciliations for all branches
- Preparing and filing for VAT, WH Tax and PAYE Tax monthly
- File all payment vouchers and receipts sequentially
- Make sure all suppliers are paid based on their credit terms for all branches
- Process all supplier payment invoices with appropriate claim deductions
- Liaise with suppliers over any outstanding invoices
- Carrying out audits with fellow accounting members
- Checking and supervising work done by other 3 other accounting members
- Any other duties assigned by the lead accountant.
Accounts Assistant
WFM & Associates
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Preparing different clients' financial statements
- Preparing filing of different clients' VAT, WH Tax & PAYE monthly
- Calculating and making NAPSA payments for clients monthly
- Updating clients' creditors and debtors' reconciliations monthly
- Updating clients' bank reconciliations monthly
- Carry out external audits on clients' premises
- Any other duties assigned by the managing partner.
Assistant Accountant
Decorsil Limited
04.2016 - 04.2018
- Updating the cashbook daily and reconciling with the monthly bank statement
- Bookkeeping of all journal entries daily
- Assisting the Accountant in preparation of month management accounts
- Filing returns and making payments for VAT, WH Tax on a monthly basis
- Preparing the payrolls and sending wages to respective employee bank accounts
- Company bank agent, handling all cash withdraws and deposits from the bank
- Assisting in preparing financial accounts by the end of the financial year for audit purposes
- Updating all creditors and debtors' reconciliations
- Management of petty cash
- Any other duties assigned to me.
Education
Diploma -
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA)
12.2020
No Degree - Accountancy
Zambia Institute Of Chartered Accountants
Lusaka Zambia05.2017
Skills
- Good with Microsoft Office Applications
- Good with Sage Pastel 200 accounting package
- Financial modelling, analysis and valuation
- Good with Sun Systems Accounting ERP Software
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
Nrcno
355212/20/5
Professionalmemberships
Zambia Institute Of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA), 021137455, 01/01/23, 12/31/24
Workphone
260955648946
Personal Information
- Title: Mr.
- Date of Birth: 10/23/95
- Gender: Male
Awards
Decorsil Limited, 01/15/17, Decorsil Limited, 2016 employee of the year. Spearheaded the company's tax amnesty with ZRA.
References
- Mr. Aaron Chinyanta, 0966198867, aaronyohchiny23@gmail.com, Financial Analyst, First National Bank Zambia (FNB)
- Ms. Geraldine Chileshe, 0977607190, geralchileshe@gmail.com, Human Resources Manager, Future Ventures Ltd (Cheers Super Market)
- Mr. Bright Mwila, 0777952353, bright@nemerit.co.zm, Accountant, Nemerit Properties Limited
Certification
Financial modeling and forecasting financial statements
Timeline
Accounts Assistant
Emeritus Reinsurance Zambia Limited
04.2022
Assistant Accountant
Future Ventures Ltd (Cheers Super Market)
04.2020 - 03.2022
Accounts Assistant
WFM & Associates
06.2018 - 08.2018
Assistant Accountant
Decorsil Limited
04.2016 - 04.2018
Diploma -
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA)
No Degree - Accountancy
Zambia Institute Of Chartered Accountants
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