SONIA SARA SONGISO
Lusaka
Summary
Dependable team member trained and contributes to smooth operations, and goes beyond requirements to handle the team's needs. Reliable, team-oriented, and efficiently completes assignments.
Stay on top of accounting needs by proactively updating journal entries, financial schedules and budget tracking reports. Highly organized, hardworking, and accuracy-driven.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Cashier
J&J Transport Zambia Limited
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Upload and post daily transactions onto Sage for reporting purposes.
- Review general ledgers in Sage for accurate accounting and reporting.
- Reconcile respective bank and petty cash accounts.
- Assist with invoicing clients.
- To issue receipts for any funds received from branch clients and group clients.
- To prepare a daily statement of receipts, fully reconciled against the Company System Records.
- Capture all payments in the daily revenue statement.
- Upload and pay all driver expenses in real time against the company system across three countries.
- Manage petty cash imprest for the Lusaka branch, along with all subcontractor float.
- Prepare and send daily, weekly, and monthly cash summaries for Zambia and all other subcontractor float reports.
- Attend to Driver Payment/Expense Queries.
- Assist with payroll preparation, and staff deduction list against cash collections.
- Ensure that driver bonuses are paid.
- Attend to raising queries from other branches concerning payments made in Zambia.
- Prepare monthly subcontractor expenses paid in Zambia for inter-company reconciliation at the group level.
- Ensure all Zambia trips are closed immediately after paying driver trip bonuses.
- Prepare the Staff Medical Monthly Report against cash payments.
- Track driver recoveries against arising trip shortages and trip bonus payments.
- Prepare the daily schedule for MTN Company platform payments to drivers out of the office.
- Prepare a weekly reconciliation of MTN Mobile Money payments.
- Ensure to take responsibility for all expenses paid out.
- Follow up on the acquittals of all expenses.
- Make projections of cash needed on a weekly basis across all fleets.
- Processed customer transactions accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained a clean and organized checkout area.
School Cashier/Revenue Assistant
Crested Crane Academy
04.2019 - 05.2021
- To issue receipts for any funds received by the academy ensuring that the funds have been deposited into the school account.
- To prepare daily statement of receipts fully reconciled with the bank statement.
- Capture all payments into daily revenue statement.
- Upload all revenue into School Software.
- Manage petty cash Imprest.
- Assist with payroll preparation.
Digital Ambassador
Zambia National Commercial Bank PLC
11.2017 - 12.2018
- On-boarding of new customers
- Assisting Customers through the registration process and ensuring customers are well equipped to use the services going forward.
- Assist to update customer data where registration fails due to wrong customer data on the system.
- Collect missing know your customers where applicable.
- Assisting customers through self-help functions for (PIN resets/unblocking) processes and ensuring customers are well equipped to use the services going forward.
- Updating customer data where reset unblocking fails due to wrong customer data on the system
- Cross-selling digital channel products
- Educating customers on the benefits of using digital channels Sharing lists of Zanaco Xpress Agents with clients.
Project Accountant
Kaoma Cheshire Homes-Kaoma Farm Development Project
KAOMA
10.2015 - 06.2017
- Ensure that the payment package is complete and accurate before processing.
- Ensure that vendors, suppliers, staff, and sub-recipients' payments are prepared and paid on time.
- Prepare a cash receipt voucher for cash collected and deposited to the bank account.
- Prepare cash and check deposit slips for banking on an as-needed basis.
- Prepare a stock count report on a monthly basis.
- Prepare cash receipt vouchers.
- Ensure that the soft copy and hard copy month-end closing packages are filed properly and done within the due dates.
- Ensure that data is posted on a daily basis, that the financial information is processed accurately, and that reliable reports are generated in a timely manner.
- Ensure that internal financial reports are generated accurately and disseminated in a timely manner.
- Perform systems analysis to identify any irregularities, such as wrong posting, and propose immediate corrective actions to the finance manager.
- Draw up supplementary budgets with the supervision of management.
- Receive and issue goods to the project site.
- Liaise and negotiate contracts and agreements with service providers and business partners.
- Prepare monthly and annual financial reports.
- Ensure that financial policies, procedures, and donor compliance requirements are adhered to expected standards.
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations.
- Prepare ZRA and NAPSA returns.
Sales Agent
Pan African Distributors (MTN Distributors)-Lusaka Office
04.2011 - 01.2013
- Marketing and sales of MTN (Mobile Telecommunications Network)-ZAMBIA products
- Cashiering
Assistant Registration Officer
Field Electoral Commission of Zambia
08.2015
- To register, transfer and correct details of voters.
Education
CA APPLICATION-ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTANCY
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountancy
Lusaka12-2024
CA CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTANCY
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountancy
Lusaka06-2024
CIMA CBA
Zambia Centre For Accountancy Studies
Lusaka09-2014
SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
Roma Girls’ Secondary School
Lusaka12-2010
Skills
- Sage Accounting software proficiency
- Microsoft Excel
- Cash flow management
- Invoice processing
- Invoicing clients
- Attention to detail
- Statutory accounts preparation
- Intercompany transactions
- Accounts payable processing
- Ledger maintenance
- Payroll processing
- Month-end closing
- Expense tracking
- General ledger maintenance
- Ledger and journal entries
- Reconciliation procedures
- Data inputting
- GL accuracy
- Expense reports
Languages
English, Tonga, Nyanja, Silozi
References
- Kwezekani, Zulu, Finance manager, 260 962 913764, kwezekani@gmail.com, J&J Transport Zambia Limited
- Rebecca Nyendwa, School accountant, rabeccanyendwa@yahoo.com, +260 979 374100, Crested Crane Academy
- Kasyonta Siamatendu, Operations Manager, kasyonta.siamatendu@zanaco.co.zm, +260 977 491046, Zambia National Commercial Bank PLC
- Miyanza, Nakuponga, The Board Treasurer, miyanzaponga84@gmail.com, +260 968 618145, +260 950 409241, Kaoma Cheshire Community Care Centre-Kaoma Farm Development Project, P.O Box 940133, Kaoma
Timeline
Cashier
J&J Transport Zambia Limited
06.2022 - 06.2025
School Cashier/Revenue Assistant
Crested Crane Academy
04.2019 - 05.2021
Digital Ambassador
Zambia National Commercial Bank PLC
11.2017 - 12.2018
Project Accountant
Kaoma Cheshire Homes-Kaoma Farm Development Project
10.2015 - 06.2017
Assistant Registration Officer
Field Electoral Commission of Zambia
08.2015
Sales Agent
Pan African Distributors (MTN Distributors)-Lusaka Office
04.2011 - 01.2013
CA APPLICATION-ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTANCY
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountancy
CA CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTANCY
Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountancy
CIMA CBA
Zambia Centre For Accountancy Studies
SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
Roma Girls’ Secondary School
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