Godwin Ndemera
Clara,Ireland
Summary
Detail-oriented accounts payable specialist with extensive expertise in Sage 50 accounts, VAT return processing, and payroll administration. Proficient in general ledger accounting, account reconciliation, and invoicing management, complemented by strong problem-solving abilities and effective time management. Adept at supplier liaison, records management, and spreadsheet creation, with advanced MS Office skills and comprehensive PAYE knowledge. Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal communication skills to foster collaboration and ensure accuracy in financial operations. Committed to leveraging technical proficiency and organisational capabilities to optimise accounting processes and support business objectives.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Financial administrator
NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY
Dublin, Leinster
2024.07 - 2026.04
- Specific responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Income
- Issuing sales invoices for NALA’s Plain English, Membership, and other services
- Liaising with the Learn with NALA (LWN) team regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) process to advise on membership payments that have been received
- Updating Membership records upon receipt of membership fees
- Maintaining cash receipts records, reconciling to bank statement, and posting all receipts into Sage accounts
- Ensuring timely bank lodgments of any cash and cheques received
- Maintaining petty cash records and periodic reconciliations and posting journals preparation
- Undertaking credit control duties including maintaining an up-to-date debtors’ ledger reconciled to the debtors’ control account.
- Expenditure
- Checking all invoices, presented for payment for accuracy; liaising with NALA managers and staff with any queries, ensuring correct coding and authorisation is evidenced in the documentation in accordance with NALA’s Statement of Internal Financial Controls (SIFC) and annual budget.
- Processing suppliers’ invoices and payments in SAGE accounting system and in NALA’s online banking system with Allied Irish Bank. Updating Sage accounting system with NALA credit card transactions
- Preparing all month end control accounts reconciliations, including bank, cash, credit cards, debtors and creditors control and payroll control accounts.
- Payroll
- Administering monthly salaries, including reconciliation of all salaries’ related control accounts and payments
- Administering NALA’s ROS (Revenue Online Service) account, including ERR (Enhanced Reporting Requirements) reporting and monthly salaries Revenue reporting and tax payments in accordance with NALA’s Statement of Internal Financial Controls.
- Other Duties
- Maintaining NALA’s Fixed Assets Register, depreciation tables and reconciliations to SAGE Fixed Assets accounts balances
- Assisting the Finance and Corporate Services Manager in upgrading NALA’s accounting processes and accounting systems
- Maintaining all accounting and salaries records in an orderly and easily retrievable system of filing
- Ensuring all documentation is stored in accordance with NALA’s data retention policies
- Assisting with Annual Statutory Audit and any other accounting and finance related queries
- Carrying out other tasks assigned by the Finance and Corporate Services Manager or Chief Executive Officer.
Bookkeeper
Universal Floral Dublin
Dublin, Leinster
2022.08 - 2024.07
- Data entry of purchases, sales, and bank into SAGE Accounting software.
- Reconciliation of bank, debtors, and creditors accounts to ensure accuracy of financial transactions.
- Reconciling supplier statements and setting up payments on bank ensuring all payment deadlines are met.
- Managing payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable
- Ensuring all invoices are sent out, and payments are collected.
- Prepares and processes monthly weekly payrolls for 30 staff members and submission of PAYE Returns.
- Responsible for the submission of bi-monthly VAT returns Intrastat and Vies
- Preparation of monthly reports to strict deadlines
- Managing the company’s Accounts mailbox, responding to queries in a timely manner and ensuring all items are fully followed up.
- Calling customers chasing outstanding balances
- Helps resolve client problems quickly with superior customer service.
- Dealing with other ad hoc duties as necessary
Bookkeeper
Elite Accountants
Mullingar, County Westmeath
2022.05 - 2022.06
- Preparation of financial statements for sole traders, partnerships, and companies
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts for clients
- Liaising directly with clients
- Audit preparation.
- Processing Accounts Payable Invoices and reconciliation of creditors balances to statements
- Sending debtors statements and follow up of outstanding debtors by phone and email.
- Process all returns and payments for RCT, VAT, PAYE& RDT, ensuring all revenue requirements are met and on time.
- File weekly PAYE Submissions on ROS and pay monthly statement of account.
ACCOUNTANT
BLIND SA
Johannesburg
2011.12 - 2021.04
- Budgeting & Financial Management
- Co-ordinated annual budgeting process and consolidated annual budgets for all departments and Governance
- Ensured that approved budgets are accurately and timeously uploaded onto the financial system and that controls are in place to ensure that expenditure is valid, authorized and does not exceed budget
- Processed and/or reviewed journals for monthly processing
- Reviewed and released all purchase requisitions ensuring that expenditure is correctly allocated, and that budget exists for expenditure
- Prepared and submitted statutory returns
- Financial Reporting
- Ensured that all financial entries that were processed into general ledger were valid, accurate and processed timeously for operational and capital projects expenditure
- Preparation and submission of annual financial statements and monthly management accounts
- Reviewed all expenditure to ensure accurate allocation of costs
- Analyzed and report on monthly variances on expenditure and implemented measures for cost containment
- Regularly provided information to departmental managers and management so that they are cognizant of their expenditure
- Preparation of payroll reconciliations to ensure that all personnel charges are correctly allocated
- Ensured that all capital expenditure is capitalized
- Accounts Payable
- Reviewed invoices received for payments and ensured that these were authorized for payments, and that cost Centre and cost element allocations were accurate
- Managed daily cash flow and reviewed reconciliation of bank accounts to ensure that there were sufficient funds available for all Creditors’ payment runs
- Prepared bank account reconciliations to ensure validity of all bank transactions
- Reviewed invoices on payment’s proposal for payment run
- Authorized payments to vendors
- Ensured that creditors’ ageing was followed up on and cleared timeously
- Prepared monthly accruals for all valid expenditure that had not been recognized at month end
- Asset Management
- Capitalization of assets to Asset Register timeously and accurately when assets were purchased
- Reviewed and maintained Asset Register periodically and ensured that all assets accurately reflected, and that all assets were still valid and in use
- Reviewed Depreciation calculation and ensured that it was accurate, and all assets were depreciated correctly
- Prepared monthly general ledger reconciliations for assets and prepared fixed asset notes to Annual Financial Statements
- Conducted physical verifications of Assets, obtaining relevant information to ensure accuracy and integrity of data
- Preparation of fixed assets notes for financial statements
- Compliance & Governance
- Assisted with internal and external audits and ensured that all findings raised were addressed and recommendations made were implemented
- Compiled comprehensive audit assistance working papers
- Implemented corrective measures resulting from audit reports
- Ensured that adequate internal controls were in place and consistently complied with
- Regularly reviewed and improved internal controls and maintained records to safeguard the company’s assets
- Ensured compliance with requirements of Companies Act, International Financial Reporting Standards, Public Finance Management Act and Company policy
- Regularly review existing policies and procedures to determine whether update is required to these documents in order to adequately address current business conditions
- Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs
- Reconciled control accounts monthly, investigated variances and initiated corrective action.
Bookkeeper
Bookmaster
Johannesburg
2010.01 - 2011.11
- Key Responsibilities:
- Prepared Annual Financial Statements from information provided by clients.
- Trial Balances based on guidelines and recommendations as embodied in the IFRS, IAS and GAAP
- Wrote up books of accounts, journalized entries pertaining to bad debts, asset disposals and finalized financials from documents supplied by clients.
- Bank statements, sales, and supplier invoices.
- Submitted SARS statutory returns.
- VAT, Income Tax, PAYE, UIF, IRP5s and SDL
- Prepared schedules and documents supporting the financial statements.
- Subordination agreements in the event of insolvency, instalment sale agreements, finance leases, loan certificates, trade, and other receivables/ (payables), fixed asset registers
- Emphasize accounting standards.
- IAS1:
- Presentation of Financial statements: Notes to the Financials statements, Tax computations and supporting schedules
- Repairs and maintenance; interest paid as required by SARS.
- Attended to clients under my portfolio regarding anything they may need.
- Prepared ad hoc reports as per Partner’s request.
- Management accounts, Analytical review
- Software implementation
- Company administration
Audit Clerk
Mazhandu Charted Accountants
Harare
2002.05 - 2009.06
- Key Responsibilities: Prepared Annual Financial Statements from information provided by clients
- Trial Balances based on guidelines and recommendations as embodied in the IFRS, IAS and GAAP
- Wrote up books of accounts, journalized entries pertaining to bad debts, asset disposals and finalized financials from documents supplied by clients
- Bank statements, sales, and supplier invoices
- Submitted SARS statutory returns
- VAT, Income Tax, PAYE, UIF, IRP5s and SDL
- Prepared schedules and documents supporting the financial statements
- Subordination agreements in the event of insolvency, instalment sale agreements, finance leases, loan certificates, trade, and other receivables/ (payables), fixed asset registers
- Emphasize accounting standards
- IAS1: Presentation of Financial statements: Notes to the Financials statements, Tax computations and supporting schedules
- Repairs and maintenance; interest paid as required by SARS
- Attended to clients under my portfolio regarding anything they may need
- Prepared ad hoc reports as per Partner’s request
- Management accounts, Analytical review
- Software implementation
- Company administration
- Reason for leaving: Relocated to South Africa
- Key Responsibilities: Prepared annual financial statements for companies, trusts, sole proprietors, close corporations, and nonprofit making organizations
- Reviewed work of junior staff
- Assisted audit partner to manage assignments
- Financial reporting and analysis of trial balance, Statement of Comprehensive Income, statement of financial position, statement of cash flow and statement of changes in equity according to IFRS, GAAP and Companies Act
- Monthly management Accounts for clients
- Internal and External Audits
- Conducted risk-based audit assignments
- Document information and transaction flows
- Executed audit procedures and document findings
- Prepared and referenced working papers
- Conducted follow up audits and report to partner
- Prepare statutory audits
- Draft working papers (process flows, sample sheets, in line with standards
- Followed up on outstanding audit issues
- Audit planning
- Prepared Lead Schedules
- Preparation of management and Accountant reports
- Presentation of Audit Findings.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - TU788 Year 3 Accounting and Finance
Technological University Dublin
Dublin 2025.09 -
Higher National Diploma - Accountancy
Harare Polytechnic
Zimbabwe 2001.01 - 2002.04
National Diploma - Accountancy
Harare Polytechnic
Zimbabwe 1999.01 - 2000.12
National Certificate - Business Studies
Harare Polytechnic
Zimbabwe 1998.01 - 1998.12
Skills
- Sage expertise
- VAT return processing
- Problem solving strength
- MS Office expert
- Account reconciliation
- General ledger accounting expertise
- Records management
- Effective time management
- Accounts payable specialist
- Interpersonal communication skills
- PAYE knowledge
- Sage 50 accounts proficient
- Spreadsheet creation
- Payroll management
- Payroll administration
- Invoicing management
- Supplier liaison capabilities
Languages
English
References
References available upon request.
Personal Information
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Timeline
Bachelor of Business Administration - TU788 Year 3 Accounting and Finance
Technological University Dublin
2025.09 -
Financial administrator
NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY
2024.07 - 2026.04
Bookkeeper
Universal Floral Dublin
2022.08 - 2024.07
Bookkeeper
Elite Accountants
2022.05 - 2022.06
ACCOUNTANT
BLIND SA
2011.12 - 2021.04
Bookkeeper
Bookmaster
2010.01 - 2011.11
Audit Clerk
Mazhandu Charted Accountants
2002.05 - 2009.06
Higher National Diploma - Accountancy
Harare Polytechnic
2001.01 - 2002.04
National Diploma - Accountancy
Harare Polytechnic
1999.01 - 2000.12
National Certificate - Business Studies
Harare Polytechnic
1998.01 - 1998.12