Verna Caroline Emojean Tjivera
Windhoek,Khomas
Summary
Seasoned Senior Accountant enthusiastic about cultivating effective working relationships at all levels while driving improvements to budget administration, expense tracking and forecasting of future financial needs.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior accountant
TCS NAMIBIA
Windhoek, Khomas
10.2019 - Current
- Managed entire accounting cycle from data collection and analysis to HMRC lodgement.
- Generated and presented monthly financial statements to senior management.
- Managed and prepared journal entries and reconciliations to support monthly general ledger closing activities.
- Conducted audits on financial processes and transactions to identify discrepancies.
- Analysed files and accounts for discrepancies, accurately resolving variances.
- Prepared reports and presentations for executives with excellent copywriting and data visualisation.
- Prepared monthly profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reports with exceptional accuracy.
- Manages and supervises all Debtors’ activities.
- Oversee billing process to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies.
- Supervises timely distribution of invoices and statements to customers.
- Checks and controls monthly electricity reading input.
- Reviews and analyses customers data/accounts to identify trends.
- Monitors adjustments of electricity estimates.
- Ensures timely Move Ins and verifications of Customers agreements.
- Establishes and maintains good relationships with new and existing customers.
- Ensures regular review of the National Control Diary for new connections, upgrades, downgrades, shifting of meters, disconnections, and any other customer related issues.
- Liaises with Electrification and Distribution, National Control and District personnel for new connections, upgrade, downgrades, shifting of meters to ensure accurate and timely charges.
- Reviews and authorizes monthly debtors’ journals.
- Ensures that VAT on all invoices and journals is properly accounted for.
- Checks and endorses the correctness of GL and customer account numbers, cost and profit centres and any accounting correctness and ensure timely accounts reconciliations.
- Review of the sundry debt salary deduction list and submission to salary office for deductions
- Monitors and tracks revenue generated from prepaid electricity sales, ensuring accuracy in recording and reporting.
- Reviews the prepaid electricity accounts reconciliation to ensure that customer payments align with their usage and third-party payment.
- Prepare monthly prepaid sales summary, top 20 customers in revenue, summary of related party sales/transactions, and revenue disaggregation summary.
- Reconciles Billing report with Trial Balance.
- Verifies and reviews the Electricity Revenue accounts VAT allocation correctness.
- Prepares managerial reports and assists with financial statements information.
- Assist with internal and external audit requirements and handles audit queries.
- Responsible for timeous submission of annual report working papers.
- Improves processes by implementing best practices and continuously monitoring the effectiveness of the processes.
- Performs all other duties related to and flowing from the above as may be identified by his/her supervisor.
Assistant accountant
B&H MAIN GROUP
Windhoek, Khomas
08.2017 - 09.2019
- Managed payroll by tracking employee hours and entitlements.
- Reconciled all company accounts, including credit cards and expenses.
- Maintained and improved company bookkeeping processes.
- Answered member calls regarding accounts and made necessary adjustments and payments.
- Maintained company purchase and sales ledgers.
- Assisted in preparing monthly, quarterly and year-end tax returns.
- Monitored accounts payable and receivable statuses, keeping financial records up-to-date.
- Participated in monthly, quarterly and annual audits.
- Prepared bank deposits, checking and correcting any errors.
- Entered transactions into internal databases.
- Organised budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls.
- Reviewed customer invoices for accuracy and posted information to general ledger.
- Prepared client billing under guidance from billing manager.
- Supported accurate recordkeeping by properly documenting financial transactions.
Education
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS - ECONOMICS
NAMIBIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Windhoek, Khomas 01/2016 - 04/2020
Bachelor of Business Administration -
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
SOUTH AFRICIA 01/2020 - 04/2021
HONOURS DEGREE - ECONOMICS
NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Windhoek, Khomas 01/2023 - 04/2024
Skills
- Excel proficiency
- Payroll oversight
- Budget governance
- Invoice coding familiarity
- VAT returns
- Self-motivated professional
- General ledger accounting expertise
- Cash Flow analysis
- Invoice preparation
- Budget analysis
- Corporate tax planning knowledge
- Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
- Administrative support
- Strong communication
- Data trending knowledge
- MS Office Suite
- Audit coordination
- Sage Accounts
- Finance management
- Bookkeeping
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
Afrikaans
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Senior accountant
TCS NAMIBIA
10.2019 - Current
Assistant accountant
B&H MAIN GROUP
08.2017 - 09.2019
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS - ECONOMICS
NAMIBIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
01/2016 - 04/2020
Bachelor of Business Administration -
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
01/2020 - 04/2021
HONOURS DEGREE - ECONOMICS
NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
01/2023 - 04/2024
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