Samira Abdulhakim Ally
Dar-Es-Salaam
Summary
Motivated Accountant with four years experience focused on maintaining accurate, compliant records and controls. Responsive to dynamic operating conditions. Detail-oriented and methodical with excellent mathematical skills,
Looking forward to succeed in an environment of continuous growth and excellence, earn a fairly rewarding opportunity which provides satisfaction and self- development. Help achieve personal as well as organizational goals through building a shared vision, systems thinking, team learning and personal mastery.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant Assistant, Supervisor: Chief Accountant
Nabaki Afrika Limited
Dar Es Salaam
10.2022 - Current
- Check and verify supplier invoices in collaboration with operation department, marketing department, IT, administration, and logistics before booking them in accounting system.
- Ensuring proper documentation and approvals are obtained for all supplier invoices.
- Petty Cash Management i.e Managing Petty Cash Float making sure appropriate cash balance is maintained.
- Ensuring proper documentation and approvals are obtained for all Petty Cash Requisition before issuing cash and posting to system
- Reconciling Petty Cash ledger to ensure all petty cash payment are booked and allocated to correct expense account
- Payment process: Support sound, effective and efficient payment process
- Managing Petty Cash Float making sure appropriate cash balance is maintained
- Collecting, account for and bank Cash received issuing receipts and book all receipts into correct Ledger
- Ensuring proper handling and filling of all documents related to sale, such as tax invoices, credit notes, debit notes, adjustment notes, receipts, and delivery notes.
- Ensuring all cash received matched cash posted into system and transferred to main cash book
- Ensuring proper documentation and approvals are obtained for all credit sales
- Signing of and stamping delivery notes attached to tax invoice as authorization for goods to be released
- Participate in month-end closing process and ensure that process is properly planned and executed to cover all activities of company. .
- Reviewed general ledger entries for accuracy and completeness.
- Entered and maintained accounting records to accurately show receipts and expenditures.
- Managed daily bookkeeping functions with attention to accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking reconciliation and disbursements.
Cost Accountant, Supervisor: Finance Manager
Kentan Logistics Limited
Dar Es Salaam
02.2021 - 10.2022
- Supporting finance department and entire management in budget preparation
- Check and verify supplier invoices in collaboration with operations team before booking in accounting system i.e., ensuring 3-way match
- Assist in project jobs costing and cost split preparation
- Analyzing project job files by preparing profit analysis reports
- Performing variance analysis to determine any cost discrepancies for administrative costs
- Reconciliation of accounts receivables ledgers
- Prepare Weekly cash flow report
- Reviewed costs, expenses and revenues associated with operation projects
- Analyzed actual financial results vs budget to prepare variance reporting to operational files.
- Prepared weekly and monthly debtors and creditors ageing reports.
Accountant ; Supervisor: Finance Manager
Kentan Logistics Limited
Dar Es Salaam
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Verification of supplier invoices against contracts and LPOs and booking them into accounting system
- Ensuring proper documentation and approvals are obtained for all supplier invoices
- Reconciling vendor statements regularly to ensure that all liabilities have been recorded
- Timely billing of clients and ensuring all invoices have appropriate documentation attached and approvals prior to sending them to customers
- Generation of weekly reports e.g., Debtors and creditors ageing reports
- Collecting debts in line with company dunning policy and customer contracts
- Reconciling GL accounts e.g., prepayments, accruals, deferred income
- Filing monthly VAT returns and performing VAT reconciliations
- Assist in preparation of external audit schedules
- Maintenance of Fixed Assets Registers and monthly depreciation journals
- Reconciling project files to ensure proper allocation and recovery of disbursement costs
- Performing monthly bank reconciliations
- Participated in month-end and year-end closings.
Education
Bachelor of Accounting and finance -
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
07.2017
Diploma - Accountancy
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
07.2014
Certificate in Accountancy -
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
07.2012
Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (CSEE -
Makongo Secondary School
10.2010
Computer Applications University of Dar-Es-Salaam Computing
Centre (UCC)
Skills
- Microsoft dynamics
- SAP 4Hana (FICO)
- LogisticsPro eBusiness Site
- Expense account management
- Month-End documentation
- Client relations
- Bank reconciliation
- Accounts payable and receivable
- GL reconciliation
- Collections and Invoice processing
- Account reconciliation
References
REFEREES 1. Mr. Rashid Mwale
Finance Manager, Kentan Logistics Limited
Mobile: 0758 37 65 71
Email: rmwale@kentanlogistics.co.tz
2. Mr. Erick Mgoda
Senior Officer; Finance Operations
Mobile: +255 755 87 26 61
Email: erick.mgoda@nabaki.co.tz
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Timeline
Accountant Assistant, Supervisor: Chief Accountant
Nabaki Afrika Limited
10.2022 - Current
Cost Accountant, Supervisor: Finance Manager
Kentan Logistics Limited
02.2021 - 10.2022
Accountant ; Supervisor: Finance Manager
Kentan Logistics Limited
08.2019 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Accounting and finance -
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
Diploma - Accountancy
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
Certificate in Accountancy -
Mzumbe University - Mbeya Campus College
Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (CSEE -
Makongo Secondary School
Computer Applications University of Dar-Es-Salaam Computing
Centre (UCC)
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