Musiwa Saasa

I am a forty-five (45) year old qualified and experienced male tax administrator and Forensic Accountant who is analytical, pays attention to detail, hardworking, fast learner, problem solver and effective team player. My strong communications skills allow me to easily build healthy relations with workmates and clients/customers of diverse backgrounds. I have work experience in Local Excise Management (Audit, Enforcement, Taxpayer Education and Returns and Payments), Customs enforcement and almost (11) years of work experience in corruption/occupational fraud and financial investigations. Additionally, I have extensive work experience in corruption prevention techniques and community mobilization/education. I also have four years work experience in conflict management and mediation; having served as Conflict Management Committee (CMC) Chairperson/Lead Mediator for Kabwe District in Zambia’s Central Province. Furthermore, I am a trained institutional integrity manager and served as Zambia Revenue Authority Integrity Committee Focal Point Person (ZRAIC-FPP) for Zambia’s biggest and busiest border in terms of revenue collection, Chirundu One-Stop Border Post, from July, 2017 to September, 2019. I am self-motivated and can work productively under minimum supervision. My vision is to gain competence and excellence in all that I do in order to achieve operational efficiency and prudent utilization of available resources. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with over 17 years combined work experience in occupational fraud investigations and tax audit. Brilliant tax mind with proactive drive to maintain complete mastery over tax situations that could affect client. Dedicated to understanding broad operations of client company to enable staunch and informed advocacy and support of goals and objectives.

• 08/2018, Present, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Sydney Chapter, Australia, 952628
• 05/2016, Present, Association of Certified Compliance Professionals in Africa (ACCPA), 32687958

• 09/2022 - 08/2023, Indirect Taxes and Excise Basic Course [Covered Value Added Tax (VAT), Insurance Premium Levy (IPL) and Tourism Levy (TL)], Zambia Revenue Authority
• 11/2020, Advanced Tax Audit Training, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF)
• 07/2020, Local Excise Management Training, Zambia Revenue Authority
• 01/2018 - 06/2019, Post Graduate Global Leadership Programme (GLP), Macquarie University
• 01/2020, INTERPOL Database Training, Southern Africa INTERPOL Regional Bureau
• 08/2019, Customs Scanner Training, Zambia Revenue Authority
• 10/2018, Online Orders Management Induction, Woolworths Supermarket
• 06/2017, Customs Basic Course, Zambia Revenue Authority
• 04/2015, Institutional Integrity Management, Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU-SPACE)
• 02/2015, Financial Investigations, National Crime Agency of United Kingdom
• 03/2011, Weighbridge Operations, Road Development Agency (RDA)
• 07/2011, Mediation and Conflict Management, Electoral Commission of Zambia
• 10/2006, Investigative Techniques, Corruption Prevention and Community Education Induction, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

• 08/11/2021, Present, Tax Inspector, ITE SMTO Lusaka and earlier Excise Directorate, Zambia Revenue Authority
• 11/16/2017, 06/14/2020, Examining Officer – Head of Enforcement, Chirundu OSBP, Zambia Revenue Authority (Kindly note that I had career break from January 7, 2018 to August 5, 2019 to pursue my Master’s Degree).
• 07/01/2017, 09/2019, Zambia Revenue Authority Integrity Committee Focal Point Person (ZRAIC-FPP), Chirundu OSBP, Zambia Revenue Authority
• 12/2013 & 09/2014, 01/2015, Acting Regional Manager – Central Province, Anti-Corruption Commission, Zambia
• 04/2012, 04/2017, Vice Team Leader, Government Joint Investigations Team (GJIT), Central Province, Comprising Anti-Corruption Commission, Drug Enforcement Commission and Zambia Police
• 07/2011, 06/2015, Chairperson/Lead Mediator, District Electoral Conflict Management Committee, Kabwe District. Appointed by Electoral Commission of Zambia

• 2019, Global Leadership Programme (GLP) Post Graduate Certificate, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• 2017, Australian Awards Scholarship, Australian Government, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia

• Mr. Rodgers Bwacha, Collector, Ndola Port Office, Zambia Revenue Authority, Zambia, +260971283705, BWACHAR@zra.org.zm
• Mr. Charles Mwanda, Regional Manager – Central Province, Anti-Corruption Commission, P.O. Box 80112, KABWE, +260215221418/73, cmwanda@acc.gov.zm
• Mr. Louis Nyambe Nyambe, Senior Inspector, ITE LSTO, Zambia Revenue Authority, Zambia, +260971282041, nyamben@zra.org.zm