Accounting Financial Manager
MULTI TRANSPORT GABON (Port-Gentil)
Total des années d'expérience :11 years, 9 Mois
Notable Achievements:
• Drove disciplined growth, strengthened controls, and advanced automation of critical financial and accounting operations by:
• implementing the SAGE Immobilisations for fixed assets management
• SAGE Financial Module for Tax and financial reporting
• administering the SAGE Commerciale
Responsibilities:
• Presenting leadership and operational direction to baseline financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk analysis, and financial reporting functions while maintaining requisite books of accounts as per CEMAC (West Africa) accounting and tax rules.
• Leading a team of 6 members to ensure sound financial management and control; generating year-end financial statements including reports and models that exhibit the overall financial position of the organization.
• Formulating annual budgets for various operations, identifying cost-centers, deploying financial models, and streamlining processes to minimize expenditure and enhance operational efficiency.
• Recommending strategies to optimize cash flows, monitoring financial position/ performance in line with the set targets/ budgets; outlining variations, and advising management on progressing financial structures within the organization.
• Maintaining a positive working capital cycle - facilitating timely payments to creditors, while expediting collection efforts to receive payments from outstanding debtors on time.
• Establishing high-quality operations for payroll, bank reconciliation, accruals, prepayments, including month-end closings; exploring various cost-saving opportunities to positively impact the bottom line of the organization.
• Calculating tax liabilities arising out of business income in addition to other applicable social declarations, facilitating timely filing while researching any tax-saving opportunity by interpreting various tax laws and amendments
• Facilitating the smooth execution of preliminary/ annual audits and coordinating with internal/ external auditors to ensure that the audit recommendation/conclusions are effectively implemented.
• Representing key finance liaison to all internal and external stakeholders; addressing financial discrepancies by presenting the best possible solution and expertise that aligns with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and goals.
Concurrently worked as Consultant - Administrative Officer & Accountant - Location Manutention Mecanique Industrielle Et Marine - Gabon, (Port Gentil)January 2018 - November 2021
Responsibilities:
• Provided financial planning, reporting, and analytics support to achieve business and financial objectives while ensuring the vision aligns with the firm’s overall objectives
• Responsible for all financial efforts and results pertaining to general accounts - accounts receivable and accounts payables, maintenance of accounting records including internal controls, budgeting, and financial planning.
• Managed finalization of year-end financial statements; scrutinized figures, general ledger posting, and other relevant documents for accuracy and conformance to applicable accounting standards and principles.
• Analyzed financial facts/ figures and computed projections as well as performed a range of variance analyses (targeted vs. achieved/ actual vs. budgeted/ fixed cost) to aid in financial planning and strategic decision making.
• Strengthened the financial integrity by establishing work-procedures; supported in smooth execution of audits and coordinated several essential functions to implement all audit recommendations/ conclusions.
Responsibilities:
• Extracted financial information from business activities to prepare periodic financial statements along with detailed schedules and narratives in sync with all accounting standards and principles.
• Continually monitored movements in bank accounts and prepared bank reconciliation statements to maintain uniformity and integrity between books of accounts and bank accounts.
• Served across a variety of accounting operations like reconciling statements, processing payroll, expense reporting, facilitating audits in addition to maintaining general ledgers.
• Summarized critical business data and developed MIS/ analytical reports that exhibit financial performance vis-à-vis benchmarks with corresponding action plans for senior management review.
• Closely monitored aging debtors and advanced collection strategies to receive payments on time while provisioned timely payments to accounts payable and supplemented such payments with requisite documents/ approvals.
• Provided strong support to management in ensuring the financial domain of the organization is organized, well structured, defined, and complies with all regulatory requirements and generally expected internal controls.
Currently Pursuing Higher Diploma in Management & Accounting (DSGC) – Intec CNAM – Paris, France (2020 – 2021)
Master’s Degree in Accounting – Business School of Sfax – Tunisia (2010)
University Degree in Undergraduate Studies – Science Economics & Management – Business School of Sfax – Tunisia (2008)