STEPHEN SILA MWANIA

PROFILE SUMMARY A strategic senior professional with over 10 years of experience where I have excelled in spearheading financial management functions within diverse sectors. I have become a multi-skilled expert and can effectively manage operations, streamline donor funding, lead personnel, analyze strategic business decisions and develop and recommend business policies and strategies. Having acquired significant experience in different leadership capacities within the finance, funds administration, project management, audit, and accounting fields, I always ensure excellence in all roles whilst ensuring that all core functions run effectively to promote good performance. In my career tenure, I have had the privilege of working on multi-sectoral and multilateral donor-funded programs. Moreover, I am also analytical; I effectively solve problems I may be faced with and have excellent interpersonal skills. I am looking for avenues that will maximize my career potential in diverse sectors within Finance and Accounting Departments. In addition, I am also analytical; I effectively solve problems I may be faced with and have excellent interpersonal skills. My goal is to secure a position where my experience and skills in spearheading finance functions will contribute to the smooth running of organizations.

• 2010
• Strategic Management: Excellent in setting up the overall strategic goals, objectives, budget, policies & procedures and overseeing the execution of all business processes cutting across the different departments
• Financial Management: Experienced in matters of finance such as preparing cash flow statements, financial reporting, monitoring expenditures, and preparing, analyzing and managing budgets and financial transactions
• Financial Control: Excelled in ensuring quality control of financial reports, liaising with auditors, verifying the correctness of the cashbook and bankbook and monitoring budgets concerning the set standards
• Project Accounting: I have excelled in allocating costs as per the approved budget, developing work plan budgets, preparation of budgets and donor financial reports

• reviewing project budgets and monitoring change controls and managing project cash flows. Risk Management: Effective in assessing and identifying risks that a business or an entity may run into should it take particular financial decisions. Accounts Payables and Receivables: I have excelled in the monitoring of accounts payables and receivables including invoicing, accounts, maintaining debtors and creditors records, and reconciliation of supplier statements as received.

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