EDISON CHISAKA
Chitungwiza
Summary
I am a self-motivated and achievement-oriented professional accountant who possess a great passion, experience, skills and knowledge on management accounting, business management and financial reporting with over 12 years finance operations experience in Financial Services, FMCG, Manufacturing and Service sectors.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory and Costing Manager
Innscor Africa Limited T/A Colcom Foods
03.2021 - Current
- Contributed to successful product launches by providing detailed cost estimates during the development phase.
- Managing of production yields and throughput (variance reporting)
- Responsible for inventory Valuation & Management (spot checks, stock counts- monthly)
- Preparation of category reports for product category performance
- Responsible for managing the pricing module and enforcing, maintaining and reviewing internal controls of the factory and retail shops.
- Improved costing accuracy by implementing more efficient data collection and analysis methods thereby aiding senior managers make accurate decisions.
- Review of monthly GP reconciliation for Flash review meeting.
- Supported inventory management initiatives with accurate product costing information, reducing carrying costs and waste.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process improvements, leading to reduced production costs.
Cost Accountant
Innscor Africa Limited T/A Colcom Foods
07.2020 - 02.2021
Cost and Management Accountant
CBZ Bank Ltd
09.2019 - 07.2020
- Managed to assist subordinates in harnessing critical skills such as MS Excel and communication skills, thereby increasing cohesiveness of tasks and meeting most of set targets
- Assisted Senior Finance Manager -Management Accounting in performing duties relating to resuscitation of ABC Costing system
- Preparation of EXCO reports (CBZ Touch, foreign currency, interest rate distribution etc) which analyses, review and provided recommendations
- Product costing of channels, products, and relationship managers
- Preparation of profitability analysis of customers, products, and channels
- Checking and updating of monthly transactional and ALCO reports
- Assisting in budgetary control, budgeting, and budgeting review process
- Assisting in monthly branches and divisional management accounts
- Leading a team of 3 subordinates.
Management Accountant
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2019
Cost Accountant/Estimator
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2013 - 01.2016
Assistant Management Accountant
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2013
Accountant
Power Meats and Three Stars
01.2010 - 01.2012
Education
Master of Arts - Entrepreneurship, Innovation And Creativity
Africa University
Mutare11.2024
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe2015
Bachelor of Arts - Sustainable Performance Management
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester2014
Skills
- Cost Variance Analysis
- Cost Estimation Expertise
- Operational Efficiency
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Performance metrics analysis
- Pricing Strategy Development
- Problem-Solving
- Problem-solving abilities
- Organizational Skills
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Continuous Improvement
- Project Management
Accomplishments
- Collaborated in planning and supervising a team of over hundred shift personnel in the printing of 2013 Zimbabwe Local Government Election ballot papers.
- Achieved production efficiencies by streamlining redundant processes through collaboration with production team.
Technical toolkit
- Oracle: BI (practical)
- SAGE X3
- PECAS Vision ii (practical)
- Microsoft Excel
- Word and PowerPoint (practical)
- Meat Matrix
Driver license
Clean Class 2 & 4 Driver’s Licence
Core technical competencies and skills
- Costing and management accounting
- Internal controls& Risk management
- Statutory compliance
- Financial reporting &analysis
- Sustainability reporting
- Financial policies & procedures
- Staff training & development
- Budgeting & variance analysis
- Cost control and cost analysis
- Accounting & management control system
- Project management and appraisal
- Report writing
- Cash flow management
- ISO 9001:2015
Affiliations
- CIMA
Timeline
Inventory and Costing Manager
Innscor Africa Limited T/A Colcom Foods
03.2021 - Current
Cost Accountant
Innscor Africa Limited T/A Colcom Foods
07.2020 - 02.2021
Cost and Management Accountant
CBZ Bank Ltd
09.2019 - 07.2020
Management Accountant
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2019
Cost Accountant/Estimator
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2013 - 01.2016
Assistant Management Accountant
Printflow (Pvt) Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2013
Accountant
Power Meats and Three Stars
01.2010 - 01.2012
Master of Arts - Entrepreneurship, Innovation And Creativity
Africa University
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
University of Zimbabwe
Bachelor of Arts - Sustainable Performance Management
Manchester Metropolitan University
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