Peter Musandida
22 Maiden Drive, Newlands
Summary
Highly organized and detail-oriented accountant with 5+ years of experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis. Proven ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and improve financial processes. Seeking a challenging role where I can leverage my expertise in financial management and contribute to the success of a growing organization.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
Almnet Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
Harare
08.2022 - 02.2025
- Enhanced financial statement preparation and analysis, achieving a 15% boost in reporting accuracy.
- Directed daily functions of accounting department, covering accounts payable and receivable. Achieving a 25% reduction in outstanding invoices.
- Conducted financial analysis and performance reviews, delivering insights that contributed to financial decisions and budget planning.
- Managed timely execution of month-end and year-end adjusting journal entries. Reducing discrepancies by 15%.
- Assisted in preparing tax returns and financial documents, achieving 95% on time submission.
- Effectively collaborated with junior and marketing department in promoting and selling our services to new and existing clients, resulting in 10% increase in revenue.
- Ensured budget compliance, resulting in a 20% improvement.
- Coordinated audits to ensure compliance and enhance performance.
- Payroll administration, filing Pay As You Earn tax, Aids levy, Medical Assurance, Zimdef levy, Nssa pension. This helped the company to adhere to Zimra requirements
- Prepared monthly VAT returns, reducing errors by by 25%.
- Achieved a 15% annual reduction in departmental costs via strategic savings.
Assistant Accountant
Optinova Africa (Pvt) Ltd
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Quality control and accurate checks of financial data, ensuring the data is both accurate and up to date. This helped to correct discrepancies.
- Prepared and presented management accounts on a monthly basis. This enabled management to make decisions on time.
- Recommended the adoption of cloud-based inventory management system which enabled management to reconcile the stocks in the system and the physical stocks at hand. This also helped to reduce fraud.
- Ensured that income was supposed to be captured in the period it is earned against the expenses for that particular period.
- Successfully conducted internal audits, giving recommendations on areas of improvement such as authorization of transactions before any payment was done. This control helped to minimize mismanagement of funds.
- Led budgeting process, maintaining variance under 5%.
Accountant
East Zimbabwe Conference
07.2018 - 12.2020
- Reconciled bank statements, reducing discrepancies by 10%.
- Ensured that income was supposed to be captured in the period it is earned against the expenses for that particular period.
- Played an important role in producing financial reports before deadlines which helped management in making decisions on time.
- Conducted audits for all the districts and produce reports while giving recommendations to the accounts team to record income in the correct periods and accounts on time to match the deposits made by the district’s treasurers with the captured deposits.
- Managing cash flows, ensuring optimal cash management by maintaining income trackers.
- Contributed effectively in asset management by recommending introduction of trackers on cars in order to trace where the cars were at any given time and this reduced misuse of company
Education
Bachelor Of Accountancy Honours Degree - undefined
University Of Zimbabwe (UZ)
Skills
- Proficient in accounting systems and software such as Sage Evolution, Quick Books, and ODOO
- Effective communication and teamwork
- Team coordination and support
- Internal controls and risk management
- Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines
- Excellent analytical problem solving and organizational skills
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and accounting reporting tools
- Excellent knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP)
References
J. Mutisi |Finance Manager | jmtisi@almnet.co.zw | 0773007995 | Almnet Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
G. Nyandoro | Senior Accountant | gracenyandoro@gmail.com | 0773790249 | Optinova Africa (Pvt) Ltd
V. Sinchuke | Chief Financial Officer | sinchukev@ezc.adventist.org | 0786284692 | East Zimbabwe Conference
Timeline
Accountant
Almnet Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
08.2022 - 02.2025
Assistant Accountant
Optinova Africa (Pvt) Ltd
07.2021 - 08.2022
Accountant
East Zimbabwe Conference
07.2018 - 12.2020
Bachelor Of Accountancy Honours Degree - undefined
University Of Zimbabwe (UZ)