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Bennar Angella Najjemba

Summary

Promoting more than 5 years of proficiency in identifying and analyzing trends and partnering with other departmental leaders. Action-oriented individual with experience tracking actual business results against plans.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Director

Maktech Investments Limited
01.2022 - Current
  • Generate quarterly financial and operational reports to assist senior management with business strategy and informed decision making.
  • Manage day-to-day operations within a 5-person Finance and Accounting department, fostering a culture of continuous improvement which increased our team productivity by 20% in 2022.
  • Improve resource utilization with data management systems, reducing costs through strategic coordination and contract analysis.
  • Spearhead financial planning and analysis processes for data-driven insights.
  • Led the company through 2 consecutive clean audits, maintaining 100% accuracy rate in financial reporting and compliance.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in development of comprehensive budgets.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Execute analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Constantly examine accounts payables, receivables and payroll procedures.

Senior Accountant

Maktech Investments Limited
11.2018 - 12.2021
  • Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
  • Reviewed budgets and communicated discrepancies to senior management.
  • Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
  • Mentored and supervised an intern, accountant and a book keeper.
  • Collaborated with project managers and operations teams to develop and maintain project cost accounting systems for accurate allocation of costs and revenues.
  • Monitored projects budgets and expenses to ensure projects remain within budgets.

Accountant

Maktech Investments Limited
01.2016 - 11.2018
  • Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
  • Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
  • Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
  • Prepared and filed tax forms to meet needs of customers.
  • Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy.
  • Conducted technical and analytical reviews of tax returns to check for accuracy and qualified deductions.

Accounts Intern

Maktech Investments Limited
07.2015 - 12.2015
  • Maintained clean and organized files by keeping accounts payable records up-to-date.
  • Processed payments and documents such as invoices, journal vouchers, employee reimbursements, and statements.
  • Checked general ledger entries to increase accuracy, prevent significant errors and identify adjustments.
  • Used accounting software to prepare weekly and monthly financial reports.
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
  • Coordinated office supply ordering to avail materials for streamlined operations.
  • Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
  • Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
  • Input financial data and produced reports using QuickBooks.

Student Intern

Sheraton Kampala Hotel
06.2013 - 09.2013
  • Gained operational knowledge and supported departmental needs.
  • Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
  • Created invoices and statements to aid accounts receivable decision making.
  • Analyzed the account receivables aging report and set recovery strategies.
  • Collected 10% of $120,000 that had been outstanding for over eight months.

Education

Accounting

Makerere University
Kampala
01.2015

Skills

  • Budgeting and Variance Analysis
  • Internal Control Management
  • Financial Budgeting and Reporting
  • Tax Preparation
  • MS Office Suite
  • Needs Assessment
  • Prepare Budgets
  • Intuit QuickBooks

Timeline

Finance Director

Maktech Investments Limited
01.2022 - Current

Senior Accountant

Maktech Investments Limited
11.2018 - 12.2021

Accountant

Maktech Investments Limited
01.2016 - 11.2018

Accounts Intern

Maktech Investments Limited
07.2015 - 12.2015

Student Intern

Sheraton Kampala Hotel
06.2013 - 09.2013

Accounting

Makerere University

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