Mekengim Therese Fonkam
Grand-Prairie,TX
Summary
I am a self-motivated individual seeking to continue professional development in Accounting and Finance OR Transport and Logistics (Supply Chain). I’m an eloquent youth with enthusiasm very prepare to contribute in nation building using my own research findings, technical and interpersonal skills. I strongly have that conviction that the knowledge I have so far acquired through formal education and my working experience, I'm capable of fully employing the skills into achieving organizational goals. I’m a highly numerate and reliable graduate with a strong academic record, conscientious and detail oriented. I want to develop new aptitudes and work hard to make an organization attain its objectives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
ACCOUNT MANAGER
GROWN HOMES HOLDINGS
02.2020 - 12.2023
- The Senior Accountant is responsible for the full-cycling accounting of specific entities
- Responsible for providing management and oversight for post-award accounting, monitoring, financial reporting, and financial compliance associated with grants, contracts, and restricted funds
- Review financial statements provided by management companies
- Further responsible for the implementation of recommendations related to areas of responsibility, resulting from audit findings
- Maintain debt amortization schedules and coordinate the payment of debt service
- Ensure appropriate oversight and access to the Payment Management System and payable Clearing office
- Manage fixed assets
- Implements grant and contract related policies and procedures, ensures communication and collaboration internally and externally, and provides oversight to ensure compliance with restricted fund accounting, federal and state regulations, and troubleshoots problems to facilitate the timely and accurate accounting and reporting associated with restricted funds and other grants
- Book monthly recurring journal entries (depreciation, amortization, etc.)
- Oversight of grant billing and monitoring grant receivables and amounts due from other departments and agencies and draws funds as appropriate
- Ensure all intercompany transactions are properly recorded and intercompany accounts balance
- Plans, directs, monitors, and coordinates the post award financial and accounting functions for grants, contracts, subcontracts, and donor sponsored activities in accordance with other regulations, generally accepted accounting principles, and American Heart Association policies
- Coordinate the payment of sales taxes and other invoices
- Communicates and collaborates with the Association’s Office of Funded Programs, Procurement, Legal, Principal Investigators, Implementation Teams, Mission Advancement and Finance personnel
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Establishes and maintains accounting policies and procedures including oversight for restricted program accounting and other grants
- Manage specific development projects, including budget versus actual reporting with variance analysis, capital funding and cost allocations, and equity and debt commitment requirements
- Reviews account analyses to ensure activities are accurately classified, identify problems, and advise the responsible person of any unusual findings; and reviews correcting journal entries as appropriate
- Assist in the preparation of consolidated financial statements
- In addition, provides guidance to Sub-recipients and communicates with regulatory and grant personnel as may be required
- Prepare various monthly management reporting schedules
- Leads and/or assists in researching and analyzing new accounting standards and ensures appropriate planning and implementation of new standards.
HEAD OF ACCOUNT FOR BOTH ELTA Douala and Yaounde
EXECUTIVE AND LEISURE TRAVEL AGENCY (ELTA)
01.2018 - 01.2020
- ELTA’s Corporate customers are US Embassy Yaoundé, World Bank, Red Cross CICR, Orange Cameroon SA, SGS Cameroun SA, CFAO TECHNOLOGIES, CHOCOCAM, BOLLORE Transport and Logistics Cameroun, BGFI Bank, Plantation Du Haut Pendja (PHP), ZENITHE INSURANCE, UBIPHARM, VODACOM (INQ), INTELCIA Cameroun SA, La Roche Cameroon etc
- Duties and Responsibility: Preparing of invoices for all the Customers be it corporate customers (US Embassy Yaoundé, World Bank and Red Cross CICR) and other customers (Dropping of invoices to corporate customers
- Work closely with Corporate and other customers for effective and timely payment of their bills
- Balancing of daily sales, both cash sales and credit sales using TINS and COUPONS from both Amadeus and Galileo
- Credit note preparation and process refund for payments
- Prepare and analyze financial statements, reports, and budgets to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP and industry regulations
- Record and update the various treasury journals of the Yaounde office (Cash and Banks, in any currency)
- Ensure Transparency of all financial transactions be it payable nor receivable with the General manager Monitor cash flows, financial performance, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and implement effective financial controls
- Preparation of budgets for the financial year and also splitting of annual financial budget to monthly budget to each control and avoid unnecessary expenses
- Preparation of bank balance and reports for all the banks on a daily basis
- Prepare the financial reporting section and manage preparation of the monthly finance operations (financial commentary report)
- Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts
- Ensure adequate and timely payment of suppliers
- Preparation of bank transfer or cheque or cash for the payment of suppliers
- Manage the opening and closure of Secondary Ledger
- Checking arithmetic of all invoices before payment from suppliers
- Bill preparation for the corporate customers
- Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met
- Perform Statutory Reporting Activities (covering all period end activities across all accounts and business units)
- Following of payment for corporate customers
- Statement of Account preparation for Corporate Customers
- Applying of Payment for the Corporate Customers in the System
- Prepare the 'Payment vouchers of all cash out', the check and the payment order according to ELTA
- Perform timely analysis of all accounts under responsibility, detect and correct all wrong codifications
- Perform all required balance sheet account reconciliations under responsibility
- Liaise with the different account owners; investigate and, if required, explain any variances
- Prepare the 'payment voucher' and submit to the Top management for the verification and Signature
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and intercompany transactions
- Interface with internal and external auditors and provide all required support during audits working in close collaboration with IFRS team
- Assist in developing and implementing internal controls and procedures to mitigate financial risks and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Préparation of Revenue Accourt
- Interface with internal and external auditors and provide all required support during audits working in close collaboration with IFRS team
- Record all transactions in the bank and cash registers of the office of Yaounde since am the Main accountant
- Prepare comprehensive financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
- Preparing Balance Sheet Account for Undeposited Funds and Petty Cash
- Collaborate with auditors during internal and external audits, providing necessary documentation and resolving any identified issues
- Petty cash top up
- Maintain fixed asset records, track depreciation, and oversee inventory management
- Preparing monthly sales report for Corporate Customers
- Assist in the team during month-end financial reporting for IFRS and OHADA
- Update the advance management file and ensure that the advance management policy operational advances are well respected
- Manage the general ledger and perform month-end and year-end closing procedures
- Entering every transaction in the system be it credit notes, refund etc
- Conduct variance analysis to support strategic planning and decision-making processes
- Handling of Employees issues by channeling it to the main office in Douala
- Paying of credit note to customers
- Participate in ad-hoc projects and initiatives as assigned by management
- Preparing of Vouchers for any Cash disbursement from either Undeposited Funds or petty cash Yde.
Logistics Specialist
BOLLORE Logistics
03.2014 - 09.2015
- Reviewed Data Center inventory, in-bound shipments, and ongoing demand to ensure that proper stock levels are maintained in all locations to support build and repair activities
- Daily inbound receiving and outbound shipping order management including ensuring processing by FIFO disciplines but also ensuring priorities for both are completed on time
- Worked with the Logistics Manager, we created plans to optimize the flow of parts through their lifecycle; tracking inventory location, movement, age, and turns
- Worked closely with Data Center Operations Technicians and Data Center Engineers to fulfill request quickly and accurately
- Onboarding of new vendors in various territories
- First responder to any warehouse issues
- Manage all 3P domestics and global warehouses expectations of all order and item volume
- Worked with Procurement Daily recording and reporting for all non-conformance Vendor inbound issues and non-perfect outbound shipping order issues and Hardware Engineering to purchase new products and interface directly with vendors to process damage products and receive replacements
- Regular and constant communications with vendors to resolve issues and help them understand our business requirements necessitates a high-level communicator
- Daily reporting for any issues that will cause a disruption in productivity and/ or expected performance for that day's orders or inbound processing
- Responsible for accurate data entry and resolving questions from peer organizations
- Day to Day contact with all 3rd Party warehouses Domestically and Globally
- Contribute to all process improvement projects
- Additionally, ensure that all billing associated with the Inventory supply chain is accurate, validated, and ready for processing
- Responsible for ensuring all outbound, inbound and reverse logistics activities are functioning in an efficient, safe, and consistent manner while working on continuous improvement processes with other Operations executive positions
- Worked with Account Payable to reconcile invoice discrepancies
- Managing our domestic and global warehouse needs based on forecasted volumes against productivity
- Other manual tasks include assembling, addressing, stamping and arranging for the shipment of merchandise and materials
- Assisted in daily scheduling of deliveries and pick-ups to and from production location
- Kept precise records of all commodities going in and out of company.
Education
Masters in Transport and Logistics –Supply Chain -
SUB DE CO Yaounde
06.2018
BSc. In Accounting and Finance -
Catholic University Institute of Buea
07.2016
Bachelor of Technology (B-TECH ) in Accounting and Finance -
Catholic University Institute of Buea
07.2015
Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting -
Cameroon College of Commence
3 Papers -
GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level
GCE Ordinary Level -
DILIGENT Bilingual Academy
Skills
- Multitasking
- Time Management
- Specific attention to details
- Communication skills
- Goal oriented thinker
- Adaptability
- Respectful especially to second or third party
- Ability to work perfectly well under pressure
- Teamwork skills
- Reliability
- Trustworthiness and clearness in activities
- Self-Dependence in task performance
- Very strong user of Microsoft Office Excel, Word & Access
- Quick books
- Sage
- Power point
Mobile Tel
+1 (612) 490-5587/ +1 (612) 366-6138
Languages
- English (Native Language)
- French (Fluent)
Awards
- International conference on cyber security: Excellence award in punctuality
- Excellence award in EOC culture in CUIB
- Certificate of recognition on entrepreneurial Boot Camp
- Certificate of participation on CUIB international conference
- Certificate of participation on international conference on Technology and Design
- Certificate of Appreciation for sacristan work at Corpus Christi
References
- Mr. Ekema Elias, Consultant and Auditor at GROWN HOME, (+237) 653050374, elmoseke@yahoo.com
- Mme Ngole NEOLA Ebane, Finance Administrator CUIB, (+237) 677349439, ngolemoela@gmail.com
- Mme Sorelle Kouakam, BOLLORE LOGISTICS, (817) 918-0477
- Mme Geraldine Enqwary, Sales Executive officer ELTA, (+237) 677 409 093
- Rev. Fr.Moses Njoh, Director of Corpus Christi Parish CUIB, (+237) 671507746, njohmosesnm@yahoo.com
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
ACCOUNT MANAGER
GROWN HOMES HOLDINGS
02.2020 - 12.2023
HEAD OF ACCOUNT FOR BOTH ELTA Douala and Yaounde
EXECUTIVE AND LEISURE TRAVEL AGENCY (ELTA)
01.2018 - 01.2020
Logistics Specialist
BOLLORE Logistics
03.2014 - 09.2015
Masters in Transport and Logistics –Supply Chain -
SUB DE CO Yaounde
BSc. In Accounting and Finance -
Catholic University Institute of Buea
Bachelor of Technology (B-TECH ) in Accounting and Finance -
Catholic University Institute of Buea
Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting -
Cameroon College of Commence
3 Papers -
GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level
GCE Ordinary Level -
DILIGENT Bilingual Academy