JOEL GIDEON MASASI
Dar es salaam
Summary
A 29 years old Tanzanian national, motivated, adaptable and responsible in the Financial services arena with professional and technical skills particularly in account receivable,account payable and financial report writing developed through past 6 years work experience . I have a methodical and customer-focused approach to work and a strong drive to see things through completion.At Airtel, I had achieved and managed to work collaboratively to make Airtel Tanzania the best subsidiary company across Africa through clean and well-prepared financial reports in the year 2020.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Reporting and Compliance Accountant
Airtel Tanzania Plc
05.2023 - Current
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Streamlined month-end closing processes, resulting in reduced time spent on financial reporting tasks.
- Managed cash flow effectively, ensuring all company liabilities were met in a timely manner and surplus funds were invested wisely.
- Maintained accurate records of fixed assets, including acquisition costs, depreciation schedules, and current values for insurance purposes.
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
- Improved budget forecasting accuracy with detailed variance analysis between actual and budgeted figures.
Receivable and credit control Accountant
CPS Company Ltd
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Debtors Management
- Client Accounts management in the regarded tools
- Deposit collection from client
- Issuing invoices and Receipts to Clients
- Sending Payment Confirmation to the Clients
- Management of Debtors aging analysis
- Management and follow up of delayed penalties
- Management of Clients Refunds
- Reconciliation
- Daily reconciliations of income General Ledgers
- Communication
- Acting as an interface between the client and other departments of the company like sales, construction, finance
- Handling communication towards Town development clients
- Income & Expense Update
- Daily Income & Expense update on the regarded tools
- Auditing
- Assisting the internal auditors, compliance, and external auditors on the provision of supporting documents and other financial information when requested.
- Reports
- Weekly and Monthly Income overview report to Management
- Management of Payment Summary Report for Clients
- Monthly overview on statutory payments ; VAT and corporate Tax
- Timely adherence and preparation of accounts and paperwork to meet statutory requirements within Tanzania – e.g. withholding tax, PAYE, provisional tax
- Any other assignments as directed by Head of Finance and Board of directors
Treasury Assistant
Airtel Tanzania Plc –HQ
01.2021 - 10.2022
- Daily review of Bank Statement and Bank Accounts Reconciliation with General Ledger booking
- Daily Closing of Open items and reconciling issues.
- Unidentified Bank Credit Review
- Vendor Payment Tracking including Fund Transfer upload, maintaining vendor payment records and recon.
- Maintaining Swift backup and backup of bank statements daily.
- Any other issues as they may arise
- Foreign exchange and International Finance
- Overseeing subsidiary company’s portfolio
- Identification and mitigating risks
- Intercompany Netting-off
- Bad debts reconciliation
Billing Accountant-Receivables
Airtel Tanzania Plc. HQ
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Receipt Application: to ensure all paid invoices are knocked off and cleared from outstanding list.
- Invoice extraction and fiscalization:to ensure that invoices are pulled from the system and fiscalized in a manner that is compiled and shared to dealers.
- Primary Billing and Postpaid Billing: Ensuring that timely creation and order approval are met and maximize Channel Partners satisfaction
- Annexure2 Accounting: Ensuring that all monies collected through Airtel money platform are accounted for into the system in a respective manner and no zero balance
- Daily Sales and collection Reconciliation: Involves thorough appraisal over sales versus collection and ensures no debit balance or outstanding balance
- Fund Reconciliation: Ensuring that GL and Bank statements used in primary billing match
- Preparation of Monthly Commission for Channel Customers
- Budgeting and Forecasting
Field Work Practitioner
TPB Bank Plc now TCB Bank Plc
07.2017 - 10.2017
- ATM-Bank Reconciliation
- Researching and monitoring procedures of business lending
Education
CPA Intermediate level -
09.2025
Bachelor degree - Finance and Banking
Institute of Accountancy Arusha
01.2018
Advanced Certificate of Secondary School Education - undefined
Mkuu High School
01.2015
Certificate of Secondary School Education - undefined
Mugabe Secondary School
01.2012
Certificate of Primary School Education - undefined
Hekima Primary school
01.2008
Skills
- Experience in developing good financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting and writing analytical report
- English fluent both in oral and written form
- Reconciliation
- Good orator
- Highly managerial- skilled
- Well conversant with IFRS and GAAP
- Interpersonal skills and interactive to people at any level or culture
- Excellent knowledge on various Microsoft suites i e Excel, word , power point
- Vast knowledge on different accounting packages ie ERP, USDM ,Mobiquity ,Xero and Quickbook Online
Accomplishments
- Making the Airtel Tanzania company the best in Africa.
- First runner-up in Financial reporting for the year 2020/2021
- Member of the best Airtel Finance team in Africa.
- Surpassing monthly revenue target at CPS company ltd.
References
Joseph, Jessey, Finance Manager Finance, Joseph.Jessey@tz.airtel.com, +255784670227, Airtel Tanzania Plc
Hobbies and Interests
I enjoy reading non-fiction books, playing musical instruments, and socializing with friends and family.
Timeline
Financial Reporting and Compliance Accountant
Airtel Tanzania Plc
05.2023 - Current
Receivable and credit control Accountant
CPS Company Ltd
10.2022 - 03.2023
Treasury Assistant
Airtel Tanzania Plc –HQ
01.2021 - 10.2022
Billing Accountant-Receivables
Airtel Tanzania Plc. HQ
01.2019 - 01.2021
Field Work Practitioner
TPB Bank Plc now TCB Bank Plc
07.2017 - 10.2017
Bachelor degree - Finance and Banking
Institute of Accountancy Arusha
Advanced Certificate of Secondary School Education - undefined
Mkuu High School
Certificate of Secondary School Education - undefined
Mugabe Secondary School
Certificate of Primary School Education - undefined
Hekima Primary school
CPA Intermediate level -
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