WINIFRIDA KIYANGO
Arusha
Summary
Iam a dedicated and results-oriented accounting, auditing, and taxation professional with strong background in financial management, with over 4 years experience in internal auditing, compliance, and financial reporting i have completed the CPA intermediate level and continue to progress with my Certified Public Accountant studies, My professional interest is centered on strengthening financial controls and bring value to an organization through combination of technical accounting, Therefore my career objective is to contribute to an organization's achievement of its strategic and operational objectives by providing reliable financial information, managing risk effectively, promoting accountability, integrity, ethical value, transparency and value for money as internal auditor. Iam committed to continuous professional development and apply both my academic knowledge and practical experience to deliver measurable value to the organization.
Overview
2
2
Languages
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
INTERNAL AUDITOR II
ARUSHA CITY COUNCIL
Arusha, Tanzania
05.2025 - Current
- To provide independent and objective assurance and advisory services that help Arusha city council improve its risk management, internal controls, governance, and operational effectiveness
- Compliance Auditing; To determine whether activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, government directives, policies, contracts, and internal procedures, Example to examine whether procurement acts and regulations, rather than merely checking whether documents exist.
- Identified and evaluated risk that could prevent the Arusha City Council from achieving its objective. These may include financial operational, compliance, fraud, information-technology, and reputational risks.
- Financial Auditing, examines financial transactions and records to establish whether they are accurate, complete, properly authorised, adequately supported, and correctly recorded. common procedures include vouching, verification, reconciliation, tracing, confirmation, recalculation, and analytical review
- Reporting Audit Findings, After completing audit procedures, to communicate significant findings to management such as condition-what found, criteria-what should have happened, cause-why the deviation occurred, and corrective action-what should be done
- To advice management on improving processes, controls, risk management, governance, and efficiency. However i should not assume management responsibility for designing, implementing, or operating the controls being audited, because this could compromise independence and objectivity.
EXTERNAL AUDITOR II
CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
DODOMA, Tanzania- Contract
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Collecting audit evidence, obtain and organise invoices, payment vouchers, contract, bank statements, ledgers procurement records, and other supporting document
- Performing Audit tests such that vouching, verification, reconciliation, tracing, recalculation, confirmation, and sampling procedures.
- Checking compliance, Assist in determining whether transactions, comply with applicable laws, regulations, government procedures, and approved budgets.
- Participating in physical verification, verifying assets, projects, inventories, construction works, and other item where physical inspection is required
- Identifying audit findings, bring potential irregularities, weaknesses, non-compliance, or financial discrepancies to the attention of the supervising auditor
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT II
UHURU HOSPITAL
DODOMA, TANZANIA-CONTRACT
01.2021 - 06.2023
- Reconciled monthly bank statements and resolved discrepancies.
- Produced monthly and year-end closing statements, financial documents and invoices.
- Record and reconcile revenue from patient services, laboratory services, pharmacy, radiology,insurance and other hospital services
- Maintaining accounting records such as ledgers, journals, vouchers, receipts,registers and other financial document
- Supporting hospital financial systems, ensure transactions are properly captured in the relevant government or hospital financial systems where applicable
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT II
TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY
TANGA, TANZANIA-FIELD WORK
09.2018 - 02.2019
- To support the accounting and financial management functions of Tanzania revenue Authority by accurately recording, processing, reconciling and reporting financial transactions and ensuring compliance with applicable financial law, regulations, policies and procedures.
- To assist in maintain records of amounts payable and receivable and assist in ensuring timely settlement and recovery
- Assisted with month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Assisted in Posted financial data in Excel spreadsheets and managed inventory to maintain accurate information.
- Assist in Monitored and recorded company expenditures, maintaining meticulous records for audit purposes and budget adherence.
Education
Master of Science - MASTERS OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
MASTER DEGREE
ARUSHA01-2026
Qualifications Certificate - CPA
NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITORS
DODOMA01-2026
CERTICATION - RISK MANAGEMENT
ISTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
DAR ES SALAAM01-2025
CERTIFICATION - ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT CONFERENCE
ISTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
ARUSHA01-2025
BACHELOR DEGREE - BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
MZUMBE UNIVERSITY
MOROGORO01-2019
Skills
- Internal audit
- Audit procedures
- Internal controls
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial reporting
- Risk assessment
- Compliance auditing
- Fraud risks
- Financial analysis
- Taxation knowledge
- GAAP understanding
- Ethical integrity
- Ethical judgement
- COSO framework understanding
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Swahili
Proficient
C2
Timeline
INTERNAL AUDITOR II
ARUSHA CITY COUNCIL
05.2025 - Current
EXTERNAL AUDITOR II
CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
01.2024 - 05.2025
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT II
UHURU HOSPITAL
01.2021 - 06.2023
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT II
TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY
09.2018 - 02.2019
Master of Science - MASTERS OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
MASTER DEGREE
Qualifications Certificate - CPA
NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITORS
CERTICATION - RISK MANAGEMENT
ISTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATION - ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT CONFERENCE
ISTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
BACHELOR DEGREE - BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
MZUMBE UNIVERSITY