COUNTRY ACCOUNTING MANAGER

• Jun 2017 - Present

Co-Founder

• Nov 2016 - Jun 2017

Country Accountant / Head of Administration and Finance for the Bakassi West PSC

• Apr 2015 - Nov 2016

• Cost management • Expense reporting versus budgeting – built a budget / expense tracker which has helped the business manage its real expenses versus its planned budget.• Liaised with Group Finance as per building monthly budgets, yearly budgets and 5-year business plans based on business oriented forecast per time periods• Salary payments and full tax treatment of both local staff and expatriates.• Put in place petty cash management systems across all offices in country.• OPEX and CAPEX management.• Asset management and reporting (asset registry via the National Hydrocarbon Corporation SNH).• Monthly tax declarations and filings – trained my team on the new online tax declarations.• CNPS Online Tele-declarations – Salary treatment for the National Social Insurance Fund for all office staff.• Maintained and Taught the British Anti Bribery & Corruption Act (ABC) to all contractors to maintain a good business climate with zero corruption.• Liaised and maintained a good working relation with all external / governmental bodies (Taxation, Customs, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Mines, all Cameroonian & international companies, BIR and SNH (National Hydro-carbons Corporation)• Handle/Process Invoices for payments in a timely fashion; have been able to reduce contractors / supplier’s payment waiting time by 2 – 3 weeks on an average.• Contracts negotiation – reduced company cost by 30% with great negotiation tactics.• Custom clearance procedures for operations materials – supervised all the imports for the seismic and drilling projects with no lost time.• Together with the Country Manager, we put in place a recruitment procedure for local labor - recruited 400 local staff for the seismic operation with a fair territorial distribution.• Assisted the Country Manager in planning / executing CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)• Put in place all purchasing procedure for the Cameroonian office which ensured a fair and transparent tendering process. Show less

administrative accountant

• Nov 2012 - Apr 2015

Sale Executive/ Business Development

• 2011 - 2012

•Product development and advancement due to market research •Representing the product during fairs and market campaigns •Lead a professional sale team to achieve sales to target date through B2B and D2D sales •Increase brand awareness and stipulated product differentiation •Project evaluation •Product development and advancement due to market research •Representing the product during fairs and market campaigns •Lead a professional sale team to achieve sales to target date through B2B and D2D sales •Increase brand awareness and stipulated product differentiation •Project evaluation

Accounts Assistant Intern

• 2009 - 2010

•Managed a portfolio of clients and ensured that their records are kept up to date •Carried out balance sheet, bank statement reconciliation and reviews •Processed all accruals and prepayments •Liaising with bankers, agents, suppliers etc in dealing with day to day business queries •Designed excel spreadsheets templates in order for clients to keep an update of transactions •Processed all batched purchase ledger invoices onto the computer through an invoice register. •Assist in preparing business plans and budgets forecast for clients. •Assist in preparing end of year reports, income and expenditure statements and balance sheets Show less