Samson Kambarami, Finance Manager

Samson Kambarami

Finance Manager

UNICEF

Location
Switzerland
Education
Master's degree, Audit Management & Consultancy
Experience
34 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :34 years, 10 Months

Finance Manager at UNICEF
  • Switzerland
  • My current job since February 2014

Responsible for managing the Financial Services team, the National Committees/Country Offices Financial reporting team/Accounts Receivable team and Contributions Management team. The roles also includes managing the financial accounting and reporting function and coordinating the work with external and internal auditors.

Accounting Manager at UNICEF
  • Switzerland
  • March 2011 to January 2014

Supervised a team of accountants and finance assistants
Responsible for treasury/cash flow forecast, accounts receivable, accounts payables, financial accounting teams.

Financial Accounts Manager at World Vision UK
  • United Kingdom
  • February 2008 to February 2011

Managing the financial accounts team of a large international organisation in the UK

Finance & Admistration Director at World Vision International
  • Angola
  • January 2006 to February 2008

Leading the Finance & Adminstration Department of a multi million dollar international development organisation.

Finance Manager at Lutheran World Federation
  • Angola
  • December 2004 to December 2005

Finance Manager responsible for the finance management of a multi million dollar international development organisation in Luanda, Angola with head quarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Deputy Field Office Director - Finance & Adminstration at Save the Children US
  • Angola
  • July 2002 to August 2004

Responsible for the Finance & Adminstration Department of an international development organisation in Luanda, Angola with head quarters in the USA .

Finance & Adiministration Manager at Save the Children UK
  • Mozambique
  • June 2000 to July 2004

Responsile for managing the Finance & Administration department of a multi millon GBP country programme.

Audit Services Manager at Namdeb Diamond Corporation (Pty) Ltd
  • Namibia
  • April 1998 to April 2000

Reponsible for leading the internal audit department of the largest diamond mining company in Namibia with international operations.

Audit Supervisor at Ernst & Young Namibia
  • Namibia
  • April 1996 to April 1998

Responsible for leading audit teams on medium to large clients in different types of industries.

Accounting & Administration Manager at Persetech Botswana (Pty) Limited
  • Botswana
  • October 1993 to February 1996

Responsible for the Finance & Administration Manager department of the organisation.

Audit Senior at Deloitte & Touche Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe
  • January 1989 to September 1993

Leading & supervising audit teams on audit assignments of clients.

Education

Master's degree, Audit Management & Consultancy
  • at Birmingham City University
  • September 2011

Awarded an MSc Audit Management and Consultancy with distinction Dissertation title: Managing Risk in the Charity Sector - a case study of Enterprise Risk Management .

Diploma, Internal Auditing
  • at Institute of Internal Auditors
  • November 1999

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Diploma, Business Law and Taxation
  • at Institute for Commercial & industrial Education
  • September 1996

Diploma in business and taxation

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy & Finance
  • at University of Zimbabwe
  • November 1988

Awarded a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree

Specialties & Skills

Enterprise Risk Management
Finance Management
Audit Management
Strategic Planning
Corporate Governance
Audit management
Grants Management
Enterprise Risk Management
Finance Management
Strategic planning

Languages

Portuguese
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Chartered Institte of Internal Auditors - UK & Ireland
  • Voting member
  • May 2009