Finance & Human Resource Manager
Zambezi Sawmills Ltd
Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months
- Human Resources: Dealing with all issues from recruitment and selection, to final separation. Interpreting
labour laws, and ensuring good working relationships within the organization. Dealing with disputes at work. Assisting & advising senior managers with development and implementation of human resource policies & systems. Attending to all labour concerns/queries by the department of labour. Managing labour contracts, participating in collective bargaining & reviewable of conditions of service & salaries. Conducting employee job performance appraisals. Preparing Staff & Management payrolls.
- Accounting and Financial: Managing general ledger, accounts payable/ receivable and Asset Register. Cash flow forecasting, Budgeting & expenditure tracking. Financial reporting. Reviewing financial systems & procedures for effective control.
- Treasury Management: Maintaining cash book, reconciling bank. Ensuring adquent cash for operations. Identifying risks & devising controls. Managing relationships with banks. Handling multi currency transactions & inter account transfers. Monitoring exchange rates.
- Taxation & other statutory payments: Managing VAT, income tax, PAYE, Withholding tax, NAPSA & Workers compensation
- Administration: devising administrative systems and procedures.
. Ensuring statutory requirements are met. Preparing official
correspondences. Overseeing security of assets. Authorizing the procurement of materials, food, & services such as security, construction, insurance, transport. Taking minutes during management meetings.
- Operations management: managing daily activities. Ensuring availability of resources. Assigning duties. Ensuring that warehouse operations are effective & efficient. Supporting the execution of imports & export activities
- Member of the management team involved with provision of input to strategic planning & ensuring effective implementation of plans. Assisting the company secretary with company secretarial duties.
- Human Resources: Interpreting
labour laws, and ensuring good working relationships within the organization. Dealing with disputes at work. Assisting and advising senior managers with development and implementation of human resource policies & systems. Attending to all labour concerns/queries by the department of labour. Assisting with the Identification of training needs & implementing training activities. Conducting employee job performance appraisals
- Accounting and Financial: Managing general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and Asset Register. Cash flow forecasting, Budgeting & expenditure tracking. Financial reporting. Donor funds monitoring & reporting. Reviewing financial systems & procedures for effective control.
- Treasury Management: Maintaining cash book, reconciling bank. Ensuring adquent cash for operations. Identifying risks & devising controls. Managing relationships with banks. Handling multi currency transactions & inter account transfers.
- Taxation & other statutory payments: Managing VAT, income tax, PAYE, NAPSA & Workers compensation
- Administration: devising administrative systems and procedures. Arranging visas/work permits and following up on the same. Advising foreign staff on immigration matters. Ensuring a clean & healthy working environment. Ensuring statutory requirements are met. Overseeing security of assets. Authorizing the procurement of materials, food, & services such as security, construction, insurance, transport.
- Hospitality: Ensuring house keeping & catering sections provide the best services to tourists & other guests.
- Guiding Volunteer Project Managers with Planning & monitoring of volunteer tourists community projects
- Operations management: managing daily activities & movement of vehicles. Ensuring availability of resources. Assigning duties. Coordinating with individual tourists & booking agents.
management of finances
- Human Resources: Dealing with all issues from recruitment and selection, to final separation. Interpreting
labour laws Conducting employee job performance appraisals
- Accounting and Financial: Managing general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and Asset Register. Cash flow forecasting, Budgeting & expenditure tracking. Financial reporting. Donor funds monitoring & reporting. Reviewing financial systems & procedures for effective control. Preparing staff & management payroll
- Treasury Management: Maintaining cash book, reconciling bank. Ensuring adquent cash for operations. Identifying risks & devising controls. Managing relationships with banks. Handling multi currency transactions & inter account transfers.
- Taxation & other statutory payments: Managing VAT, income tax, PAYE, NAPSA & Workers compensation
- Administration: devising administrative systems and procedures. Arranging visas/work permits for volunteers & foreign staff and following up on the same. Advising foreign staff on immigration matters. Overseeing security of assets. Authorizing the procurement of materials, food, & services such as security, construction, insurance, transport. Ensuring the organization is in compliance with the laws & regulations of the country. Monitoring vehicle movements & overall logistics
- Relations: Establishing & maintaining relations with suppliers, government ministries & the community.
- Project Management: Participating in overall project planning & management. Functioned as a member of the senior management team for the Zambian project. Helping identify community projects for development. Helping communities writing project proposals & business plans. Helping identify community projects for development. Liaising with ministries of Education, Health, and community development regarding community projects. Allocating funds for building and other materials and monitoring expenditure. Managing needy community sponsorship programmes.
- Devising sales & marketing plans to meet set targets. Business development/customer care.
- Sales performance & Marketing intelligence reporting: monitoring competitors actions.
- Debtor’s reconciliation & reporting. Collection of payments as per agreed terms.
- Managing logistics: stock management, warehousing and distribution.
- Budgeting on expenditure and material usage. Managing petty cash.
- Participating in monthly and yearly stock counts with internal and external auditors.
- Representing the depot at Marketing Management and other external meetings.
- Ensuring availability of products in all areas
- Managing employee affairs. Supervision and motivation.
- Devising sales & marketing plans to meet set targets. Business development/customer care.
- Sales performance & Marketing intelligence reporting: monitoring competitors actions.
- Debtor's reconciliation & reporting. Collection of payments as per agreed terms.
- Managing logistics: stock management, warehousing and distribution.
- Budgeting on expenditure and material usage. Managing petty cash.
- Participating in monthly and yearly stock counts with internal and external auditors.
- Representing the depot at Marketing Management and other external meetings.
- Ensuring availability of products in all areas
- Managing exports & export documentation. Arranging inspection & customs clearance.
- Managing employee affairs. Supervision and motivation. General depot administration.
- Management Accountancy: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) -UK: In progress
- Master of Business Administration: Cavendish University Zambia (student)
post graduate diploma in financial management
project planning, management & control
advanced diploma in business administration & mgt studies
diploma in business administration
- Certificate in Marketing Management: University of Zambia
- GCE 'O' Level