Baraka Amin
ROTAI Company LTD
Dar es salaam
12
years of professional experience
Detail-oriented Banking and Finance professional with a degree in Banking and Finance, currently pursuing CPA certification and a professional banking course. With 8 years of experience in Treasury, Accounting, and Finance, expertise is positioned to enhance financial operations across Corporate and Public sectors.
Work History
Chief Accountant
5 Months- Led accounting department, ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining regulatory compliance, and strengthening internal controls.
- Managed financial reporting and ensured compliance with accounting standards.
- Streamlined budget preparation processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
- Led monthly reconciliation of accounts, identifying discrepancies and implementing corrective measures.
Head of Sales, Marketing and Customer servicing
6 Months- Led Sales and Marketing department in growth strategies by unifying revenue and demand generation.
- Led sales strategy development, aligning team efforts with company objectives.
- Fostered relationships with key clients, enhancing customer retention and loyalty.
- Analyzed market trends, identifying growth opportunities for product expansion.
Finance Manager - Professional Assignment
6 Months- Supervised finance department operations, enhancing compliance and operational efficiency.
- Acted as chief liaison for Chief Finance Officer, aligning financial strategies with organizational goals.
- Streamlined financial reporting processes to enhance accuracy and timeliness of financial statements.
- Led budgeting and forecasting initiatives, aligning financial strategies with company objectives.
- Implemented cost control measures, resulting in significant operational savings across departments.
Financial Accountant
1 Year 11 Months- Managed account payables and receivables for donor-funded projects, ensuring accurate financial tracking and reporting.
- Monitored fund disbursement to ensure compliance with donor financial policies, mitigating risks associated with funding management.
- Provides financial management support to program activities as per donor (AGRA/USAID) requirements.
- Participate in donor funded project budget preparations and review
- Review and/or approve expense reports and other project expenses on a day-to-day basis to ensure adequate documentation
- Examine validity and correctness of financial documents before payments are made
- Ensure timely monthly filing and processing of statutory payments to avoid the risk of penalty to the organization
- Works with project coordinators, Field officer to ensure all financial demands such as perdiem, allowances, transport cost are met on time.
- Prepare all payroll, make salary payment and field allowance to all staffs
Finance Officer
1 Year 7 Months- Prepared and submitted all statutory payments including PAYE, SDL, VAT returns, excise duty, NSSF, and withholding tax
- Compiled and presented reports, budgets, plans, commentaries, and financial statements to inform strategic decisions
- Conducted thorough analysis of accounts to support financial decision-making. and Business plans
- Financial forecasting and risk analysis
- Engaged in budget preparation sessions to enhance financial management processes and ensure alignment with organizational goals
- Administering payroll and controlling income and expenditures Auditing Financial information
- Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
- Preparing Accounts and Tax returns
- Prepared reports to determine future trends of company business.
Financial Accountant
10 Months- Supervised bookkeeping for company transactions and managed accounts receivable and payable to ensure accurate financial records.
- Prepared financial reports to provide insights for decision-making and compliance.
- Monitor company liquidity and advise on financial investments
- Prepare financial projections for the company and advise on the same
- Prepared and submitted statutory payments, including NSSF, PAYE, VAT returns, and service levy, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Assist in annual Audit
Treasury Operations Officer
3 Months- Managing cash balances, forecasting cash flow across branches and ATMs, and optimizing cash usage across the Bank.
- Provided accurate cash balances to Treasury department for effective heading and investment forecasts.
- Managed payment processing, including authorization, settlement, and reconciliation to ensure timely and accurate transactions.
Cash and accounts management officer
3 Years 4 Months- Disbursed cash to tellers while supervising their transactions.
- Proper Daily and monthly reconciliation of cash and ATMs.
- Monitored transactions for fraudulent activity to safeguard cash assets.
- Ensured accuracy and promptness in teller operations to maintain service quality.
- Ensure that customers are efficiently attended and served within turnaround time.
- Ensure that policies and procedures are followed.
- Ensure GL accounts are in proof
- Ensure maintenance of efficient COP balance
Retail Treasury & Global market sales
1 Year- Engaged daily with key Foreign Exchange clients to strengthen relationships and assess needs. of key Foreign Exchange clients and building pipelines.
- Provided stakeholders with timely daily currency rates to facilitate informed trading decisions. to stakeholders before/within market opening.
- Market outlook report circulation to our clients which tells us what's happening in terms of currencies, commodities, economic trends and world issues to be up to date and make decisions.
- Provided morning updates on FX volumes from previous day to inform trading strategies.
- Maintained up-to-date record of successful FX deals and tracked lost ones on blotter for accurate reporting.
- Visiting clients and understand their FX requirements and educate them on our fx products/hedging solutions and related product which is under GM-Sales
Relationship officer intern
4 Months- Marketed and sold bank products, including Visa prepaid cards and bank accounts, to enhance customer engagement
- Resolved customer complaints through active listening and effective solutions, improving customer satisfaction
- Compiled weekly sales reports to track performance and inform strategy
- Uploading information of new customers into bank database and activating new Visa prepaid cards
Course Coordinator
4 Months- Plan and coordinate execution activities relating to a course
- Identify and set agreements with facilitators to and ensure they facilitate is as per schedule
- Negotiated with institutions for student placement in practical skills training
- Executed logistical functions by securing training facilities, transporting facilitators and students for field activities, and disbursing allowances to facilitators
- Administered financial resources to ensure course funding and maintaining cash flows allocated for the course
- Prepared monthly narrative and financial reports, along with final reports at course completion
Assistant accountant intern/volunteer with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) a US International NGO at the
3 Months- Executed monthly bank reconciliation to ensure accuracy of financial records
- Posted expense receipts to QuickBooks to maintain up-to-date financial tracking
- Created payment vouchers to facilitate transactions and upload into database
- Writing and processing payment authorization documents
- Prepare information of annual internal auditing
Practical Trainee at Capital Development Authority (CDA) Dodoma in finance department
2 Months- Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly summary reports on land revenue to support financial oversight
- Posted receipts to EPICOR accounting software for accurate financial analysis
- Handled salary processing to ensure timely and accurate employee compensation. and preparation of payroll
- Prepared payment vouchers for processing vendor invoices.
- Issuing receipts to customers for land levy payments
- Managed and organized receipt books for efficient record-keeping.
Education
Certified Professional Banker - Banking and financial services
Accredited Certified Psychometric test (ACCPT)
ACCPT Certified
Bachelor - Accounting,Banking and Financial services
Major in Banking and financial services
Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) - Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Divinity studies
- Major in Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
- Minor in Divinity studies
Secondary Education Examination(CSEE)
Skills
Computer Skills: Basic computer applications (Mi
Basic knowledge and practice with Quick Books
EPI
Communication Skills
Time Management
Planning and Organizing Skills
Interests
Learning
Learning new cultures
Travelling
sports
COURSES
- Feb 2012 - Jun 2012 Training For Life (TFL) Morogoro Training for Life This is about 4-months program that aim to transform Tanzanian Form 6 school leavers from being merely academic to becoming more aware of real life issues and cultivate the five core skills of entrepreneurial servant leadership among Tanzanian Youth. The core skills are: Critical thinking, Creativity, Commitment to others, Collaboration and the ability to Cultivate Opportunities in business and Society.
- Sep 2017 - Sep 2017 Cash Management and Telling Duties Bank Of Tanzania (BOT)
Timeline
Chief Accountant
KEEN Feeder
02.2026 - CurrentRead More
Head of Sales, Marketing and Customer servicing
KEEN Feeders
01.2026 - CurrentRead More
Finance Manager - Professional Assignment
ROTAI Company LTD
01.2026 - CurrentRead More
Financial Accountant
ROTAI Company LTD
01.2024 - 12.2025Read More
Finance Officer
WhatsAfrica Company LTD
05.2022 - 12.2023Read More
Financial Accountant
CORSYNE Consult
07.2021 - 05.2022Read More
Treasury Operations Officer
United Bank For Africa (UBA)
03.2021 - 06.2021Read More
Cash and accounts management officer
United Bank For Africa
11.2017 - 03.2021Read More
Retail Treasury & Global market sales
United Bank for Africa
11.2016 - 11.2017Read More
Relationship officer intern
United Bank for Africa
07.2016 - 11.2016Read More
Course Coordinator
Training for life (TFL)
01.2016 - 05.2016Read More
Assistant accountant intern/volunteer with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) a US International NGO at the
Lutheran world relief (LWR)
08.2015 - 11.2015Read More
Practical Trainee at Capital Development Authority (CDA) Dodoma in finance department
Capital development Authority
07.2014 - 09.2014Read More
Morogoro Secondary school
Secondary Education Examination(CSEE)
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Lutheran Junior Seminary (LJS)
Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) from Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Divinity studies
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Institute of Finance Management
Bachelor from Accounting,Banking and Financial services
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MOVROF
Accredited Certified Psychometric test (ACCPT)
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Tanzania Institute of Bankers (TIOB)
Certified Professional Banker from Banking and financial services
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