Ajap Epse Njoh Regina Nkola
Certified Accountant
Kilkenny
Summary
Experienced Chartered Accountant with +7 years accounting and finance experience. Proven record accomplishing accounting and financial management responsibilities. Experienced in budgeting forecast, performance analysis, management of balance sheet and profit & loss, tax computation and preparation of tax return, account payable and receivable reconciliation, bank reconciliation, audit of financial transactions, and expense control. Accomplished in working with a fast-growing business environment, as well as a high volume of activities when ensuring compliance with finance policies and regulations and maintaining good governance practices
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Accounts
Langtons Hotel
Kilkenny
04.2022 - Current
- Reduce the time taken for a journal entries, by designing importation sheets which reduce repetition in the data entry process
- Assist in timely preparation and declaration of Payroll and other taxes and tax returns
- Using excel as a tool to analyse data and control balance sheet accounts
- Weekly sales record reconciliation, and credit cards ensuring errors are eliminated and figures reported in the financial statement are accurate
- Skills used: Twinfield, Microsoft Excel, Account Reconciliation, Credit Card Reconciliation, Payroll, Bank Payments, Tax
Station Accountant
IITA, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Yaounde
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Prepared an automated system to track and adequately classify invoices
- This reduced the rate of overdue invoices for payment and improved relationships with clients and cash flow management
- Timely preparation and declaration of Payroll taxes, leading to 0% penalties incurred for late declaration or late payment
- Modified the process of approving accounting support documents from budget holders, reducing the bottlenecks in accounting administration
- Recorded 0% default hence no fee was recorded as a result of default bank payments
- Skills used: Oracle, Bookkeeping, Budget Forecast, Bank Reconciliation, Cash Management, Project Reporting, Payroll,
- Bank Payments
Finance Manager
SIL (The Summer Institute of Linguistics) International
Yaounde/Dallas
12.2018 - 03.2021
- Introduced a three-step verification procedure for all purchases, 10 ghost suppliers were discovered
- And reduced the level of fraudulent transactions
- Decreased monthly expenditures by 7% through effectively reviewing the budget and actual expenses and reporting discrepancies to the board chair (General Director)
- Improved recording time of financial data and time to produce monthly financial reports (from 30 days after month end to 15 days after month end)
- Collaborated with project managers and organised training on basic accounting principles for non-financial staff (departmental heads) leading to improvement in their departmental performance reports and setting of financial goals
- Reduced project spending by rigorously controlling project spending against the project budgets
- Successful preparing 15 project reports on monthly bases and sending them to various donor organisations (under US
- GAAP)
- Skills used: Sage Line 300, Coaching & Training, Financial Reporting to Non-Financial Personnel, Financial Analysis,
- Performance review, Month-end account closing, Balance sheets and profit & loss statements, Audit financial transactions,
- Project Finance Reporting, Compliance with financial policies and regulations, remote working technologies (Skype,
- Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet), Cloud base technology (Google drive)
Group Accountant (Finance Accountant)
Maslow Group, B' Maslow Engineering Ltd
Yaounde, Douala, Newcastle
08.2015 - 11.2018
- A reduced bad debt of the company in the first month by 30% after revising the invoice/customer management system
- Secured payroll tax savings for both employees and the company, by reviewing the payroll system and calculations, as well as various tax credits
- Worked with other departments to revise work processes, which reduced the company's overhead expenses by 25%
- Worked with project managers and revised the stock management system, resulting in the recovery of stocks stolen worth over 10 million FCFA
- Skills used: Generate Financial statements, Financial Forecasting, Cash Management, Tax Preparation and Declaration,
- VAT Return, Performance Reviews, Sage 50 Accounts, Sage Line 100, Bank Reconciliation
Payable & Receivable Accountant
Maslow Group Ltd
Douala
02.2012 - 07.2015
- Managed over 20 suppliers' accounts and was able to maintain an accurate financial statement
- Secured an increase in the credit period from 30 days’ month-end to 90 days’ month-end with suppliers
- Accuracy and prompt response to our corporate clients increased the company's goodwill value and revenue by approximately 10%
- Increased working capital and improved the company's liquidity position due to proper management of clients’ accounts
- Skills used: Data entry, Customer relationship, Account monitoring, Payable and Receivable Account reconciliation,
- Resolving Discrepancies, Archiving, Liaising, Compliance, Sage Line 100, Purchasing Procedures, Invoice Generation
Education
Master of Science - Accounting and Financial Management
Griffith College
Dublin, Ireland 02.2022 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Accounting
Saint Monica University
Buea, Cameroon 10.2012 - 05.2014
Professional Accounting - Accounting
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountant
Glasglow, UK 01.2006 - 08.2010
Skills
Proficient in using Microsoft Excel and Word, Outlookundefined
Certification
Chartered Certified Accountant
Timeline
Accounts
Langtons Hotel
04.2022 - Current
Master of Science - Accounting and Financial Management
Griffith College
02.2022 - 09.2023
Station Accountant
IITA, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
04.2021 - 03.2022
Chartered Certified Accountant
06-2020
Finance Manager
SIL (The Summer Institute of Linguistics) International
12.2018 - 03.2021
Group Accountant (Finance Accountant)
Maslow Group, B' Maslow Engineering Ltd
08.2015 - 11.2018
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Accounting
Saint Monica University
10.2012 - 05.2014
Payable & Receivable Accountant
Maslow Group Ltd
02.2012 - 07.2015
Professional Accounting - Accounting
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountant
01.2006 - 08.2010
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