Experience

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  Long Miles | Specialty Coffee Producers

  • Accounts and Administration Manager

    • Jul 2023 - Present

    *Entirely responsible for managing and coordinating all functions of accounting and Finance, offering assistance with coffee operations, and fulfilling administrative and human resource needs of Long miles country office (lunar Coffee ltd) as a business.*Primarily responsible for budgeting, forecasting processes and liquidity management for Countryoffice to ensure smooth business operations,(coffee procurement and other business operations).*Taxation accounting roles i.e.; Filling, track and management of tax and other regulatory requirements, Complete quarterly and annual tax reports, organize and update the company's tax database, recommend tax strategies that align with business goals and Prepare necessary paperwork for tax payments and returns.

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  Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd

  • Kasese, Western Region, Uganda

  • UNIT CONTROLLER - FINANCE

    • Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Kasese, Western Region, Uganda

    *Spearhead regional budgeting, forecasting processes and liquidity management for Rwenzori stations(2) to ensure smooth coffee procurement and other business operations.*Strategic business management i.e, lead personal (managing team of 9 finance members and cordinating 51 of operations) in shaping the unit business direction in regards coffee procurement and day to day operations in conjunction with unit head.*Ensuring compliance to accurate documentation, timely and reliable reporting and end month controls accountabilities. ( reduced end month reporting time by 3 days. i.e from a week to third working day)*Monitoring and accountability of coffee stocks and non-coffee stocks.( developed KPPIs and production reports to monitor, evaluate and identify loss when it occurs)*Ensure controls on stock purchases Vs payments and costs ( track cost per tone to ensure its with the limits set) and monitoring of company assets*Managed company pre finance processes enabling promoter finance increase their purchasing power (disbursing over 8.6 billions in advances annually while manning recoveries of upto 98%within same period and 100%over time).

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  AGRI EVOLVE UGANDA LTD

  • Kasese, Uganda

  • Finance Manager

    • Apr 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Kasese, Uganda

    *Managing all finance aspects of day-to-day operations of the business, i.e. cash flow management, budget requirement, advance requirement, farmer account reconciliation, Partner and donor’s accounting and reporting, project accounting, implementation,  appraisal  and reporting and above all promotion of the company's IMAGE.*Support the HOF & MD in preparation of management accounts and Financial Statements by ensuring postings in SAP ERP are pOster correctly to their right accounts.*Coordinating Company’s audit requirements and reporting (lead contact to EY audit firm and project audits)*Assist in the implementation of finance policies and procedures related to operational spending, Partner/donor budgets and reporting. Ensuring GAAP Implementation.*Coordinate departments to complete various project reports, budgets, populate spending templates and manage disbursed prefinance, all which are consolidated in a master report for management.

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  AGRI EVOLVE -U-LTD

  • Kisinga Kasese District

  • Senior Staff Accountant

    • Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
    • Kisinga Kasese District

    *Managed the migration of accounting software SAGE 50 to SAP BUSINESS ONE in record time (3months were on average it would take 6-9months). Developed SAP C.O.A and was finance lead in general customization of SAP to fit in Agrievolve operations.*Management accounting. Oversaw the cost accounting of Agrievolve. Was key in instituting of polices to cut expenditure thus lowering the risks of loss e.g. introduced approval limits, bank online payments to reduce cash payments at the stations (all payments above 1M were moved to bank), cash payments above 100,000 UGX would only be approved by Head finance through applications in SAP or MD among other controls.*Cost accounting, together we management team we initiated a procurement manual which streamlined procurement of both coffee and non coffee items, this significantly lowered the cost per tone from over $374 to average below $345 In OPEX terms.*Was finance lead in OPEX and CAPEX management and reporting playing a vital role in accurate book keeping, timely reporting, and overall monitoring of budget vs actual, in process ensuring that budget spending, monitoring and reporting were synonymous. *Stock control and production KPPIs Reporting.*Project and donor reporting. Was in charge of project monitoring and evaluation, ABI, AAA, Nespresso and PUR PROJET, tracking and reporting on budget vs actual spending STRAUSS and PUR PROJET, on ground project impact assessment on PUR PROJET and ACE 2030 and audit coordination for all above.

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  PSI LOGISTICS LTD

  • kampala

  • Accountant

    • Apr 2013 - Dec 2018
    • kampala

    •General accounts management using Tally ERP, Maintaining of an excel data base for accounts used by management for quick decision making ,Cash flow management to ensure liquidity ,Preparation of Price Quotations, invoicing, Preparations of cash flow and petty cash analysis reports for management and directors.

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  PSI Inspection (Pre-Shipment Inspection Services) Ltd

  • Kataza Nakawa

  • Accountant/Tally clerk

    • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
    • Kataza Nakawa

    Accounting responsibilities, Supervision of Loading, tallying, weighing,inspection of loaded items and invoicing among others.

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  Green holdings Estates ltd

  • Nakawa Kampala

  • Accountant

    • Feb 2012 - Dec 2012
    • Nakawa Kampala

    General Accounting Duties

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  Mityana Savings & Co-operatives Union

  • Mityana District

  • Intern & Trainee

    • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
    • Mityana District

    Training in Internal controls,Saving Mobilization and Other micro finance skills