Candidate Profile

EYOTRE GODWIN

Email: risingtreggy@gmail.comMobile No: +256784133630 :WhatsApp+256790500008

DOB: 7^th May, 1991.

 

CAREER OBJECTIVE 

To endeavor in career delivery in a challenging and professionally satisfying areas in particular Administration and Management, Finance, Accounting, Human Resource and Auditing with view of making informed decisions for institutional development and career progress and supporting communities’ livelihoods.

 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES 

Self-motivated, result oriented, highly organized, focused, fast learner, innovative and creative character able to address challenges and offer solutions

 

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Effective accounting, financial reporting, auditing, Human resource  and programme management skills;
• Good administration, customer care, logistics and procurement, credit control skills;

• Great communication, negotiation, public speaking, interpersonal, organizational skills;
• Good crisis and dispute management, donor and government relations abilities;
• Able to work for long hours under minimal watch and meeting strict deadlines;
• Proficient with current technologies and data management with good Ms Office suite,
• QuickBooks, SAP usage, Tally;
• Effective resource mobilization, budgeting, planning, team leadership, coordination skills.

 

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)  on going, Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Uganda, (ICPAU), 2018 to date;

• Certificate in Financial Markets, Yale University Online Coursera Program, June 2019.
• Masters of Business Administration MBA, Makerere Business School Uganda- year 1

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting ), Uganda Christian University, Mukono, Uganda, 2010-2013

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Mid-land High School, Kawempe, 2008-
• 2009;
• Uganda Certificate of Education, Ushindi Secondary School, 2004-2007.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

TAX /Assistant Accountant/, Uganda Tea Corporation Lugazi, July 2018- to date

Roles

• Oversight of all tax Issues including VAT, NSSF, With Holding Tax, PAYE, Local Service
• Ensuring timely tranche execution of mandatory taxes in the Accounts Department
• Coordinating office operationalization in Uganda and Kenya and all other tea and coffee estates that include 3 estates and 15 divisions, 20 Management staff and over 500 junior staff.

• Ensuring timely statutory submissions and facilitating negotiations and engagements;

• Maintaining good governance and administration and providing proper resources oversight.

• Managing and leading the administrative team , supporting the human resource team and department

• Managing and monitoring all exports and imports from and in Uganda
• Overall knowledge of Tea and Coffee factory handling, growing and high quality production
• Monthly stock take and oversight of reports from all stores and procurement and other departments
• Preparation of a comprehensive Management report on a monthly basis.

• Overall factory administrative support oversight
• Preparation of payments to supplier invoices and supervision of junior accounting staff such as payables, receivables and procurement staff.
• Preparation of bank reconciliation reports and monitoring of all bank transactions.
• Conducting routine training and development activities for the department

 

Audit Associate.  August 2016- to date, Part time Andema Fred & Associates (Remote Oversight role)

Roles

• Assists in planning work on assigned segments of an audit.
• Reviews transactions, documents, records, reports and methods for accuracy and effectiveness.

• Holds preliminary discussions of apparent deficiencies with operating personnel to verify and obtain explanations of and reasons for each apparent deficiency and documents responses.

• Reports audit findings and makes recommendations for the correction of unsatisfactory conditions, improvements in operations and reductions in cost.

• Assists in the performance of special reviews at the request of Audit Partners.
• Performing leadership and oversight function of the various audit teams during audit exercises.

• Review team reports before approval by audit partners

• Assist in recruiting new staff
• Management of audit schedules and calendars in line with Partners schedules

Finance and Administration Officer, African Prisons Project, October 2014- August 2016(Kampala, Karamoja, Lira, Gulu, Mubende and Kenya)

Roles

• Managing the financial and accounts of the institution and preparing reports
• Ensuring timely tranche disbursements and duly conducting project activity auditing;
• Coordinating office operationalization in Uganda Offices, Kenya and South Sudan ensuring timely service delivery and coordination of office operations.

• Ensuring timely statutory submissions and facilitating donor negotiations and engagements;
• Maintaining good governance and administration and providing proper resources oversight, planning and taking meeting minutes.
• Managing service providers, staff, consultants and procurement operations

 

Assistant Bond Administrator (Container Fleet handling), Multiple Inland Container Depots (MICD), Ntinda, Malaba, Arua (January-October) 2014

Roles

• Ensuring compliance of Uganda Revenue Authority Clearance Guidelines;
• Inspecting, receiving and issuance of consignments at the port;

• Maintaining proper records and preparing periodic review reports on port operations;
• Management of inland warehouse operations and stock management procedures.

 

 

 

Events and Business Development Manager, TULC Events and Management (Part Time) 2012 to Date

Roles

• Writing of concept papers and events proposals
• Seeking, Planning, fundraising and sponsorship search.
• Organizing workshops, conferences, weddings, parties and their entire management
• Coordinating billion music shows, concerts and events
• Managing talent such as identifying, training and mentoring beginners
• Designing advertising concepts, press conferences and interviews for media shows.

 

Accounts Assistant, Potter Health Care Clinic (Kyenjojo District, Fort portal, Kasese) Western Uganda, October 2011-November 2012

Roles

• Replenishing the petty cash and reconciling the bank accounts;
• Ensuring accuracy in data entry and coordinating the donor and staff operations.

 

Achievements

• Greatly contributed to completion of funded project activities for African Prisons Project (2015/16) and ensured proper compliance to the granting contract and reduction in resource leakages;
• Successfully audited and reported on 500 million deffered VAT tax of Uganda Tea Corporation and clearly achieved a refund of up to 400 million in cash in a period under one year and further prepared write off files for unsuccessful invoices.

• Progressively improved the port operationalization and reduced the constraints in the clearance of goods at the port while at Multiple Inland Container Depot (MICD), Ntinda;
• Successfully contributed to reduction in high cost expenditures at Potter Health Care Clinic while attaining program targets involved with improved health in child and maternal lives (Kyenjojo District) Western Uganda.
• Successfully attained the reputation of an investigative auditor and being assigned to high alert audit assignments as an Junior Associate evidenced by audits performed on behalf of the Austrian Development Agency and Embassy and Andema Fred & Associates.
• Successfully organized the first ever Music and Tourism Culture festival Street Jam in Arua, West Nile Uganda in the last day of 2017

 

INTERESTS AND REFERENCES

Interests

• Travelling, reading business literature, providing community support, sporting and networking.

Language

• Lugbara-Excellent, English-Excellent, Luganda-Good, Kiswahili-Good,

 

References

1. Babu Michael
   • Project Controller, UNHCR Kampala
   • Managing Partner Andema Fred and Associates (AFA)

Mobile No: +256774136280, babumchl@gmail.com

 

2. CPA Deneya James

Finance and Administration Manager/ Senior Accountant

Uganda Tea Corporation

Mobile No: +256784137325, jdenaya@gmail.com

 

3. Andema Fred
   • Finance and Administration Director (IGAD, ADDIS ABABA)
   • Director/Partner, Andema Fred and Associates (AFA)

Mobile No: +256776890056, andema.cpa@gmail.com