Tidimalo Dikanono
Gaborone
Summary
Meticulous Accounting professional with advanced accounting, mathematical and software experience. Successful at keeping accounts current and accurate for compliant financial recordkeeping. Well-organized, diligent, and focused professional.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Accountant
Legal Aid Botswana
11.2024 - Current
- Organized budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls.
- Contributed to financial and operational risk reduction by evaluating effectiveness of controls and subsystems.
- Led daily general ledger entries, using double-entry accounting method and check backs.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Analyzed and prepared annual budgets to contain costs, minimize losses and assure compliance with internal controls.
Assistant Accountant
Botswana Fiber Networks (BoFiNet)
01.2024 - 11.2024
- Responsible for managing the revenue process and performing duties in accordance with the Company's revenue recognition policies, supervision of project accounts officer, asset accounting officers, as well as credit control functions. Monthly management accounts preparations.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Monitor and analyze financial performance against budget and forecasts
- Ensure accurate customer invoicing in liaison with billing and sales departments
- Monthly reconciliation of revenue and deferred revenue accounts, and related journal entries for month end close.
- Prepare cash flow forecast reports for management.
- Responsible for preparation of monthly collections and aging reports
- Act as a risk management champion for finance department to Identify, analyze, and evaluate potential risks, and maintain risk management dashboard for the department.
- Facilitated month-end and year-end closing processed to support accuracy and completeness of financial reports.
- Reviewed general ledger entries and assessed accuracy.
Accounts Officer
Botswana Fiber Networks (BoFiNet)
07.2021 - 12.2023
- Responsible for a debtors book of over 100 customer accounts, including customer bill generation, receipt and reconciliation of customer payments and customer account adjustments.
- Ensure accurate customer invoicing in liaison with billing and sales departments
- Monthly revenue reconciliation
- Review debtors ageing analysis weekly and ensures closure of all queries and unresolved open items
- Prepare and share customer statements periodically per company guidelines
- Prepare cash flow forecast reports.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations for various accounts and journal entries for month end process and reports
- Verification and processing of debit notes and credit notes, write-offs, and bad debt provisions
- Daily reconciliation of bank accounts and capturing daily receipts in to the system
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- Key Responsibilities
Senior Credit Controller
Sidilega Private Hospital
09.2019 - 06.2021
- Responsible for all aspects of the credit control department including journal entries, credit, collections, and cash applications functions. This includes issuing collection letters, placing phone calls, and performing analysis on customers with past due accounts
- Generated weekly and monthly aging reports
- Monitored and continually reviewed internal controls and audit recommendations to meet operational objectives and accounting standards
- Compiled data and prepared monthly reports and statements
- Evaluated operational systems in liaison with IT department and recommended necessary improvements for operational efficiency
- Advised management in regard to difficult and bad debts and analysis of aged AR turnover ratios
- Managed company DSO's to effectively manage the company's cash flow
- Suspense account reconciliations on a timely basis
- Assisted with supervising a team of 3 credit controllers
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- Key Responsibilities
- Key Achievements
- Set up internal control procedures and policies in Accounts receivable & credit control
- Demonstrated leadership through training co-workers in organizational systems and procedures.
Credit Controller
Life Gaborone Private Hospital
07.2012 - 08.2019
- Handled a broad scope of internal processes encompassing the daily management of, billing, collections, reconciliation, general ledger and preparation of monthly income reports in addition to Claims Analysis activities
- Processed refund requests for insurance overpayments and patient overpayments
- Identified and resolved short payments, over payments, and unidentified cash receipts
- Worked on reports for Credit balances, refunds, and bad debt provisions
- Performed and facilitated claims processing with third party payers for coordination of benefits
- Processed insurance payments to patient accounts
- Assisted with daily and monthly reporting using advanced Excel functions, file maintenance and special projects
- Acted as a key contact for internal and external audits
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- Key Responsibilities
Education
BSc (Honours) - Applied Accounting
Oxford Brooks University
01.2024
Strategic Professional - undefined
ACCA
01.2023
Advanced Diploma - Accounting And Business
ACCA
01.2018
Bachelor of Electronic Commerce - Electronic Commerce
Multimedia University
01.2012
Skills
- Management Accounts
- Financial Reporting & KPIs
- Risk Management
- Communication
- Leadership
- Accounting Systems
- Cash flow management
- Audit tracking
- Account reconciliation
Certification
BICA Member, AccTech 2018
Timeline
Financial Accountant
Legal Aid Botswana
11.2024 - Current
Assistant Accountant
Botswana Fiber Networks (BoFiNet)
01.2024 - 11.2024
Accounts Officer
Botswana Fiber Networks (BoFiNet)
07.2021 - 12.2023
Senior Credit Controller
Sidilega Private Hospital
09.2019 - 06.2021
Credit Controller
Life Gaborone Private Hospital
07.2012 - 08.2019
Strategic Professional - undefined
ACCA
Advanced Diploma - Accounting And Business
ACCA
Bachelor of Electronic Commerce - Electronic Commerce
Multimedia University
BSc (Honours) - Applied Accounting
Oxford Brooks University
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