Salome Christopher Hellar

Managing own small businesses

A short term assignment for closing the organization Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2014, An assignment which was successfully implemented

A short term assignment for closing the organization Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2013, An assignment which was successfully implemented

Salome joined SNV Tanzania as an administrative accountant, and in just a span of one year she had grown enough to fit the position of Country Finance Controller, a position she held for 8 years.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Ensuring quality, consistency financial data of Project Offices and takes action where necessary;
• Coordinating the implementation of financial procedures, Ensuring harmonized financial processes within corporate framework
• Member of the Business Development Team of the organization, responsible for financial advice to the team from project proposal to project implementation; overall in charge of administration and reporting of the donor contracts.
• On a monthly basis, checking the financial statement items to ensure correctness. This involves checking of all the bank and cash balances, Assets and the expenditure recorded.
• She was involved from the very initial stage of annual and multi-annual plan of the organization, ensuring that the primary goals of the organization are efficiently matching the resources available.
• She was also in the center of the team for preparation of the annual country budget as well as monitoring of the budget where on a monthly basis a monthly basis where performance indicators are shared in the country Management team and draw action
• Preparing reconciling and submitting financial reports as required by the organization as well as various donors of the organization.
• She was responsible for organizing both internal and external Audit for the organization.
• As a Custodian of the policies and procedures, she was ensuring that the internal compliance system is well in place and observed in daily activities of the organization.
• Checking if the procurement process follows the internal controls procedures from ordering of goods and services, payment and appropriate booking of the costs.
• Here she was also the one responsible in formulation/proposing guidelines for the purpose of limiting any practices that would temper with the whole
• Making sure that all the operations of the organization comply to the Tanzanian Law, especially on issues to with Taxes and other government regulations.
• Ensure that all the resources of the Organization are utilized in an efficient manner.

• Recording & Reporting

· Entering and maintaining data in the maintenance of accounting records

· Updating and reviewing day to day information on office accounts.

· Prepare monthly financial reports.

• Filling of Accounting and related Documents

· Maintaining up to date financial filling system and ensuring all supporting document are appropriately files.

• Payments and Receipts

· Prepare regular payments and maintaining up to date cash and bank books.

· Collect deposits and receipts from donors and other parties

· Maintaining office cash box, Cheque books

• Reconciliation

· Carry out regular reconciliation on bank accounts, debtors, creditors, project and suspense accounts

Salome is a quick learner and can adopt new environment easily, this helped her to deliver more than-expected results in this position, she was promoted to a higher position within the same Organization, as Country Finance Controller.

• Increased efficiency within the teller line by sharing best practices among colleagues, leading to shorter wait times for customers.
• Improved customer satisfaction by efficiently processing transactions and addressing account inquiries.
• Performed account maintenance by closing out accounts and changing customer addresses.
• Answered telephone inquiries on checking and savings accounts, loans, and lines of credit.
• Supported branch management in achieving operational excellence through adherence to regulatory guidelines and internal procedures.