Jeff

Experienced Professional, Academic and Corporate Trainer
48 years oldOther education positionsCome from Zambia Living in Zambia - Lusaka
Language: English
Mandarin: not at all

Experienced Professional, Academic and Corporate Trainer: Skilled in interacting positively and courteously with trainees and students at all levels for providing training regarding Financial Accounting, Auditing, Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning and Management and Risk Management.

Freelance Trainer, Researcher and Consultant
Self-Employed
Nov 2019 - Now(5 years)

Freelance Trainer Explore company training needs and requirements through the close coordination with management. Schedule appropriate training sessions along with conduct and deliver corporate, professional, and academic training to participants for optimising their skills. Prepare training materials such as module summaries, videos, and presentations. Monitor seminars, workshops, individual training sessions, and lectures. Researcher Streamline methodologies with research goals and conduct research programmes in various business management areas. Interpret research specifications and develop work plan that satisfied needs. Control all endeavours regarding utilising a range of tools to acquire information and interpret data, crafting reports and presenting findings and schedules to clients, and assessing and interpreting patterns and trends. Draft detailed proposals and deliver presentations. Consultant Spearhead overall operational activities of projects and programmes from start to end within the constraints. Organise and steer research and data collection and analysis to understand the organisation. Incorporate recommendations and solutions to clients along with present findings to clients. Prepare business proposals and presentations.

Assistant Manager – Financial Management Systems
ZESCO Ltd
Oct 2009 - Nov 2019(10 years)

Held responsibility for crafting monthly and quarterly Financial and System Management reports, analysing corporate accounts and financial control systems, and completing monthly and quarterly financial analysis of the company. Drove significant challenges of uploading yearly divisional and corporate budgets in the system, leading divisional business risk assessments, incorporating system management policies, and developing system use guides and procedures. Co-ordinated wide range of duties, including performing TB and balance sheet reviews and monthly period close activities, reviewing data for monthly system reports and General Ledger account balances, and allowing accuracy of transactions posted in the General Ledger.

Internal Auditor
ZESCO Ltd
Jul 2003 - Oct 2009(6 years)

Evaluated Management Accounts and service departments’ performance along with accounting records to ensure compliance with policies and standards of the organisation. Collaborated with operating and Financial Management along with built and maintained strong working relationships with all levels of Management. Drafted working papers evidencing performance of overall audit work. Maintained up to date knowledge of laws and guidelines to ensure continuous compliance. Enabled the reliability and adequacy of internal controls and accounting systems.

Heriot Watt University
, Business Management
Jan 2013 - Sep 2015(3 years)

MBA

Oxford Brookes University
, Accounting and Management
Jan 2004 - Dec 2008(5 years)

BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting