Alphonse NIYIGENA
Kigali
Summary
With a proven track record at German Corporation for International Cooperation, I excel in financial reporting and bookkeeping, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills. My expertise in Excel Macros and QuickBooks Online, coupled with a knack for enhancing financial efficiency by over 30%, showcases my ability to drive fiscal accuracy and process improvements.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance and Administrative Specialist
German Corporation for International Cooperation
11.2022 - Current
- Ensure compliance with organizational guidelines on fund usage, advise partners, and oversee adherence to financing rules and regulations
- Support administrative and financial processes, including organizing program documents and filing completed contracts
- Conduct eligibility assessments for potential and existing partners to determine suitability for financing contracts.
- Prepare and monitor budgets, ensuring effective fund usage and validating financial reports
- Review financial data to maintain accuracy, compliance, and proper documentation
- Develop and facilitate training sessions to build partner capacity in administrative and financial procedures
- Create and manage budget and process monitoring tools to enhance financial efficiency and transparency
Accounts and Admin Freelancer
Sawasawa Group
08.2022 - 11.2023
- Implemented Bookkeeping and financial reporting for both Sawasawa and Webspace
- Followed up on tax and ensure timely tax remittance/filing (Any applicable tax)
- Implemented tax advisory for both Sawasawa and Webspace, subsidiaries of Sawasawa Group
- Managing all domain registration and hosting accounts set up for Webspace, subsidiary of Sawasawa Group
- Acted as the point of contact for all matters specific to the customers (billing & customer accounts)
- Ensured the timely and successful order fulfillment and delivery of company's solutions according to customer needs and objectives
- Followed up and perform payables and receivables
- Performed monthly accounts reconciliation
- Prepared monthly sales analysis report
- Prepared timely financial reports and their interpretations
- Carryied out a variety of administrative tasks as might be required by the management
Bookkeeper and Tax Preparer
Dimage
01.2020 - 11.2022
- Developed bookkeeping software in Microsoft Excel
- Recorded Journal entries
- Posted General Ledger
- Prepared financial proposals for projects to come
- Monitored the budget from the funding partners
- Billed customers for the provided services
- Performed bank reconciliation and Cash control
- Prepared Accounts receivables and payables aging report
- Prepared the profit and loss, Cashflow statement and the balance sheet on a timely basis
- Performed taxes filing and tax advisory
Accountant
Akagera Business Group
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Performed transactions records and posting to general ledger
- Period-end preparation and consolidation of IFRS management accounts and GAAP financial statements
- Month-end and Year-end preparation of P&L and balance sheet and cashflow statement review versus budget forecast and prior periods including variance analysis and comments for presentation to the Chief of Finance
- Performed the control of the petty cash
- Performed the bank reconciliation, cash control and sales reporting
- Performed sales forecasting based on previous year’s sales
- Management of inventory to ensure the correct and accurate valuation of inventory
- Performed monthly Payables and Receivables aging reports to be used by the Recovery and Finance Departments
- Processed taxes filing
Education
BBA - Accounting
Adventist University of Central Africa
Kigali, Rwanda10-2017
Skills
- Bookkeeping
- Financial Reporting
- Accounts reconciliation
- Accounts receivables
- Accounts payables
- Excel Functions
- Excel Macros
- QuickBooks Online
- Microsoft Office 365
- Budget monitoring
Accomplishments
- Developed Bookkeeping tool for some of the SMEs that I worked for in Ms Excel
- Set charts of accounts for the companies I worked for in QuickBooks Online
- Prepared training materials and conducted trainings on proper financial reporting
- Produced accurate financial statements for the companies I worked for
- Built financial reporting assessment and budget monitoring tools
Languages
Kinyarwanda
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Upper intermediate
B2
Software
QuickBooks Online
Xero
SCHEMA
Microsoft Excel
Office suite
SAP S/4 HANA
Timeline
Finance and Administrative Specialist
German Corporation for International Cooperation
11.2022 - Current
Accounts and Admin Freelancer
Sawasawa Group
08.2022 - 11.2023
Bookkeeper and Tax Preparer
Dimage
01.2020 - 11.2022
Accountant
Akagera Business Group
01.2018 - 01.2020
BBA - Accounting
Adventist University of Central Africa
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