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Work History
Education
Skills
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KELETSO MOTSHWARAKGOLE

ACMA, CGMA
Lentsweletau

Summary

A CIMA Chartered Accountant with over 10 years' experience in the financial and management accounting field and academic experience in Enterprise Risk Management, also a member in good standing of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA). A chartered accountant with experience in various sectors being construction, retail, service and public sector. Possess a sound understanding of financial controls and processes, a strong commercial awareness combined with the ability to analyze and produce high quality management reports to tight deadlines. Remarkable organizational skills within the workplace, along with profound problem solving skills. An independent, creative and critical thinker with sound judgement and strategic decision making competencies and the ability to prioritize and manage time effectively.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Accountant I

Ministry of Finance
03.2019 - Current

PAYROLL AND PENSIONS

  • Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing and accounting systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
  • Imputing allowances, overtimes and rentals for staff into GABS
  • Doing consolidation for different banks and sending salaries to bank of Botswana to credit into employees bank accounts
  • Bank reconciliations

TUTUME REVENUE OFFICE

  • Ensure efficient management of revenue office call account, pula card account and current account
  • Reconciling of bank statement against general ledger and clearing accounts assigned
  • Check and verify cash transactions and also investigate and propose possible resolution for any discrepancies
  • Maintain and manage financial records, logs, spreadsheet and registers
  • Act as authorized signatory on bank accounts of Tutume Revenue office
  • Processing customer payments promptly using RTGS, EFT, Cheque and Cash
  • Planning and organizing workshops on fraud and corruption issues
  • Overseeing performance of sub-cashiers and ensure that they adhere to set standards for government revenue offices
  • Maintaining high customer satisfaction according to public service standards
  • Inspection of revenue collectors and administration officers to reduce cases of fraud and theft
  • Collecting government funds from different departments and ensuring that revenue collectors remits funds on time
  • Checking arithmetic accuracy of all suppliers payments from different government departments, and also verify if payments have been prepared correctly according to set standards before they can be paid.

Accountant

Babirwa Concrete Products
03.2017 - 02.2019
  • Overall responsible for accounts department
  • Oversee debtor's controller and credit controller's jobs
  • Prepared detailed financial reports and presentations for review by management
  • Analyzing markets trends and competitors
  • Reconciled general ledger accounts and reported issues to management
  • Processed invoices and posted payments, transferring entries from journal to ledger
  • Payroll using Payday software
  • Monthly debtors and suppliers' reconciliations
  • Analyzed monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls
  • Administered accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing
  • Performed year-end reconciliations and handled closing processes
  • Examined budget estimates for completeness and conformance with procedures and regulations.

Accounts Supervisor

Leaf Environmental Solutions
05.2016 - 02.2017
  • Performed year-end reconciliations and handled closing processes
  • Overall responsible for debtors of Leaf Environmental Solutions
  • Reconciliation of all petty cash
  • Ensuring all financial and secretarial deadlines are kept
  • Check daily banking against pastel and prepare daily cash up report
  • Month end financial statements
  • Month end, year-end VAT for the company
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Monthly supplier reconciliation and receipt control account reconciliation
  • Overseeing and approval of credit application applications
  • Coordinated payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements
  • Matched expenses with budget targets through tracking and trend monitoring
  • Controlled expenses with procurement restrictions.

Accounts Assistant

Tsetseng Retail Group
01.2015 - 04.2016
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Communicated and resolved disputes with clients regarding outstanding invoices, payments and adjustments
  • Reviewed figures, postings and documents for correct entry, completeness and accuracy
  • Input data and filed records to maintain organized system for departments
  • Kept accounts accurate by regularly reconciling transactions and statements
  • Helped obtain payments from customers with timely invoicing and follow-up on past-due accounts.

Trainee Accountant

Sharma and Associates
02.2014 - 12.2024
  • Shadowed and observed professionals to obtain more information and skills
  • Answered phones, emailed newsletters and filed documents
  • Cross-trained in multiple departments and various tasks following procedures
  • Reconciled statements and accounts, resolving variances
  • Inspected accounting books and systems thoroughly to identify errors
  • Reviewed and reconciled accounts for accuracy.

Education

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS (CIMA) - CIMA

Botswana Accountancy College
Gaborone
04.2001 - 05.2014

POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management

Botswana Accountancy College
Francistown
01.2020 - 08.2020

BOTSWANA GENERAL CERTIFICATE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION - undefined

Kgari Sechele Senior School

Skills

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Affiliations

  • Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (2018 to date)
  • Member of Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (2014 to date)

Additional Information

Organized and facilitated two Anti-corruption workshops for revenue collectors and Administration officers in Tutume, Nominated to attend trainings by Directorate on corruption and economic crimes (DCEC), Voted secretary of the Anti-corruption committee in the Northern Region

Timeline

POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT - Risk Management

Botswana Accountancy College
01.2020 - 08.2020

Accountant I

Ministry of Finance
03.2019 - Current

Accountant

Babirwa Concrete Products
03.2017 - 02.2019

Accounts Supervisor

Leaf Environmental Solutions
05.2016 - 02.2017

Accounts Assistant

Tsetseng Retail Group
01.2015 - 04.2016

Trainee Accountant

Sharma and Associates
02.2014 - 12.2024

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS (CIMA) - CIMA

Botswana Accountancy College
04.2001 - 05.2014

BOTSWANA GENERAL CERTIFICATE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION - undefined

Kgari Sechele Senior School
KELETSO MOTSHWARAKGOLEACMA, CGMA