Benedict Ngwa

Experience

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  Afriland First Bank

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Intern

  Assisting in opening of accounts, Funds transfer operations, Portfolio management and clearings, Control of international operations, Treatment and transport of SYSTAC & SYGMA operations, Prospection of clients…

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  CAMAS

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2013

  Accounting and Finance Intern

  Activities: Entries of transactions (impress expenses) using the quick books software, incoming and outgoing invoices:-Cargo insurance ;-Bank reconciliation ;-Assisting in treasury transactions (payments through transfer order, cash and cheque)

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  SGS

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2014

  Accounting and Finance Intern

  - Preparation and recording of invoices in the SUNS system, treatment of debit note (intercompany) between SGS S.A and SGS BL (Bureau de liaison) and internal debit note (intercompany) between SGS Cameroon and SGS Geneva.- I worked with external Auditors from Deloitte and tax advisers from PWC during external Audit and consultancy missions, in charge of the financial reporting of SGS Congo Brazzaville Accounts. Assisted in the recovery of claims from Clients in numerous sectors like oil and gas, transport, mining etc. Show less

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  Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2015

  Accountant

  Caverton is one of the biggest off shore and on shore African Aviation service providers to oil and gas companies. In Cameroon, Caverton provides aviation services to COTCO (Cameroon oil Transportation Company)• I was exposed to various Finance, Accounts, tax and control issues relating to the Aviation industry on one hand and the pipeline oil transportation industry on the other hand plus other related services notably: Treatment of bank reconciliation statements, reimbursable expenses on COTCO flights, preparation and booking of invoices, review of monthly tax declarations prior to payment, review of annual statistics and tax returns, petty cash vouchers and bank transactions as well as control of payroll, intercompany reconciliation. Show less

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  Baker Tilly República Dominicana

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2017

  Senior Auditor

  Baker Tilly is one of the leading Auditing, Accounting and consulting service firms in the world • Completed statutory and risk based audit to achieve business objectives for major clients in diverse sectors and prepared draft audit reports for presentation to auditees during the exit meeting and final report for the annual general meeting• systematically reviewed documents and assembled financial statements• Directed and educated junior team members on audit techniques• Documented audit tests and findings• Prepared engagement memos, list of required documents, audit work programs and audit exit meetings.• Audit of major international projects.• Facilitator of following training seminars for world bank funded projects• Facilitator of the following training seminars at university of Douala• Review the correctness of journals prepared by the accountants.• Preparation of monthly tax declarations for major clients(IS,VAT,TSR) as well as annual DSF• Prepare monthly closing reporting OHADA & IFRS, analyse financial statements to aid management decision• Prepared monthly and annual Tax returns for corporate tax, income tax, withholding tax and VAT, declared tax returns, paid online and filed all relevant documents for audit.• Prepare lenders reporting in accordance with loan agreements for management decision making Show less

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  Viettel Telecom

  Dec 2017 - Jul 2020

  Senior Internal Control Officer

  Contributing to the strategic financial, operational, Compliance business development of this global Mobile Telecom Service organisation with operations in six countries across Africa, Haiti and Asia:• Providing Assurance on all revenue streams including Voice, SMS, Data and Value Added Services.• Auditing cross-functional teams to identify and eliminate revenue leakages and increase cost savings.• Providing strategic Audit recommendations for decision-making support to the in-country FD: presenting reports, developing corporate policies, Assessing product policy initiatives prior to implementation, undertaking performance assessments for all operating segments and profit centers,• Highlight internal control breaches, evaluate potential risk for the company and assess the impact of such failures• Providing direction, leadership and training to the team on the control framework in place and the necessity to ensure controls are working as intended.• Advising on compliance with VAT & other taxes as well as other statutory requirements.• Providing overarching control on all trial balance accounts including prepaid & postpaid accounts receivables and payables to interconnection partners • Performed Audit assignments based on the annual risk based audit plan.• Reviewing post Audit implementation of all recommendations highlighted in the audit reports.• Provide support to the company’s anti-fraud programs• Carried out several Investigation assignments• Review and reporting of monthly OPEX analysis and budgetary control of 04 team members Show less

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  AFRICA GLOBAL PORT SOLUTION

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Group Finance Manager(Cameroon, Ghana, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania)

  I was hired by AGPS which is a Singaporean holding that provides consultancy services to the port sector in and outside of Africa, engineering and maintenance services for port equipment as well as deployment of IT applications for port authorities, I was hired as the group finance director to set up the finance service and;-Provide executive management advice on all financial activities and implications for the Group andoversee financial operations of the group-Manage processes for financial forecasting, budgeting and consolidated reporting to the Group-Make recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and seize business opportunities-Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team to promote and enhancethe Group’s value-Maintain a relationship with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations-Manage and mitigate key elements of the Group’s risk profile Show less

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  WTW

  Jul 2021 - now

  Finance Controller

  I manage a team of 5 Accountants and Finance professionals and my missions are as follows.• Preparation of reporting and budget, while ensuring the other tasks requested by the group or by General Management in order to be a real support to the CFO• Monitoring of indicators such as customer payment deadlines and working capital• Ensure the reliability of the information sent to the group or to General Management• Identify existing procedures in the company and ensure that they are effective, compliant with Group procedures and followed by all• Describe the procedures identified and propose modifications to these procedures when necessary• Ensure that the procedures are able to guarantee the reliability of the data that flows into the accounts and identify the anomalies and failures of the organization• Make recommendations and help set up dashboards and management tools for the various departments• Define performance indicators intended to monitor the activities of the company in Cameroon;• In collaboration with the chief accountant, check the reliability of the data that flows into the accounts by auditing the accounts , in particular those arising from the business software.• Propose the corrections of errors after consulting the departments concerned under the responsibility of the chief accountant Show less