Anita Dancilla Umuhire

• Prepare accurate financial statements to analyze financial health and business performance.
• Create, plan, and implement policies and procedures to increase productivity and maximize return on investments.
• Improve cash flow, manage debt and build cash reserves to control costs and enhance benefits.
• Assess the Bank's resources to keep business funded and nurture relationships with investors, lenders and key partners.
• Devise benchmarks to align goals and strategies with underlying financials.
• Devise systems to monitor, evaluate and track operational achievements.
• Direct budget development and budgetary controls.
• Implement cost reduction initiatives and process improvements to optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Deliver forward-thinking and bold insights to enhance business assets and report financial metrics.
• Oversee deployment of strategic business plans to accomplish accounting, compliance, and revenue targets.

• Support the development and implementation of the company's strategy and ensure its proper implementation
• Supervise day to day management of (i) business planning & development, (ii) finance, (iii) procurement, (iv) sales and distribution of products, (v) human resources and (vi) administration
• Support and manage the project planning process to drive approval of specific projects, resource allocation and business plans for CAPEX projects
• Manage and maintain stakeholders' relationships by promptly and effectively handling claims, complaints and requests as the case demands
• Attract, develop, motivate, retain, direct, deploy and monitor the performance of an effective human resource team as a key resource towards attaining company's goals and objectives
• Enforce compliance to all policies, governing laws and industrial regulations

• Direct the organizational strategy, as part of senior management (Executive Committee)
• Responsible for the overall leadership of the finance and warehouse department of Inyange and its subsidiaries
• Monitor and evaluate financial and budgetary performance
• Prepare consolidated financial reports
• Ensure effective working capital management practices
• Develop warehouse control systems to prevent wastage, theft and fraud
• Work aggressively on debtors for timely recovery
• Ensure compliance with financial reporting and regulatory requirements
  

• Manage the Balance Sheet and day to day liquidity and interest rate risk to support business growth.
• Manage long-term and short-term investment strategies.
• Manage foreign currency trading.
• Manage all regulatory requirements.
• Improve competitiveness through minimizing financing costs.
• Maintain relationships with banks and develop new banking relationships.

Provided financial expertise for the African Development Bank (AfDB) funded project, including:

• Prepared financial statements in accordance with IFRS and IPSAS
• Prepared of the annual budget and monitoring
• Generated a variety of standard and customized financial/accounting reports
• Managed and prepare all disbursement documents in accordance with AfDB rules
• Compiled finance policies and procedures
  

Implemented the RBF Programme in terms of:

• Identified key potential Project Developers.
• Made contractual arrangements with private companies.
• Conducted regular checks of the eligible private sector firms.
• Continually monitored the progress of the project.
• Ensured the RBF programme met targets, budgets and timelines, with appropriate reporting and evaluation.
• Developed, completed and finalized all project deliverables.
  

I executed the following duties for the East Africa Group: Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, at the same time served as the Head of Finance and Administration for Rwanda:

• Co-ordinate financial reporting
• Preparation of consolidated financial statements
• Preparation of the consolidated budget
• Co-ordination of external audits
• Preparation of policies and procedures
• Manage and lead the finance teams
• Central contact between the East Africa Group and the parent (Lagos)
  

• Provide leadership by setting and implementing the Bank’s strategic and operating plans
• Communicate with the Board, shareholders and external parties in a timely manner, ensuring that all reporting responsibilities are properly discharged
• Financial Management: planning, reporting, cost management, performance management
• Ensure that proper systems are in place to identify and manage business risks and that such risks are within the guidelines set by the Board

Administration:

• Oversight of the tender process.
• Ensure cost efficiency and effective purchasing by obtaining requirements; negotiating price, quality, and delivery; approving invoices.
• Managing the bank’s inventory, property, plant and equipment.
• Provide historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems.
• Ensure that contracts are respected and updated.

• Audit planning and risk identification
• Strategy and risk assessment
• Conclusion and Reporting
  

Audits supervised:

• Investec Property Limited – turnover: $ 36 million

• AngloGold Ashanti (Treasury) - $ 337 million Mark-to-Market loss

• Xstrata (Rhovan Operation) – turnover: $ 56 million

Other companies audited: ABSA Retail Services, Channel Life, Coca Cola, Transpaco, Spescom, Johnson Diversey, Metro Cash and Carry, Ericsson (Congo – Brazzaville), Denel, Afrisam, Lonmin