Keneth Kasozi Mukisa

PERSONAL DATA
Name : Keneth Kas0zi Mukisa

Sex : Male

Telephone Contact :+256-775-859060/+256-755-111113

PERSONAL PROFILE

Executive with broad hands-on experience in management, audit, accounting, finance, and working with various stakeholders like donors, banks, and lawyers, with a reputable record of success in comprehensive entities’ audits, non-government organizations and financial institutions. Strong in analytical skills, financial reporting, budgeting, Risk assessments and compliance, cash forecasts, internal and external audits.

I’m hard working, self-motivated, self-starting and responsible with an outgoing personality and excellent communication skills. I like sharing ideas and experiences with others, and meeting challenges.

OBJECTIVE

To be part of a dynamic and progressive organisation, that offers challenging working environment where one can utilise energies and competences in a positive direction and contribute towards steering the overall objectives of the organisation.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

· During my tenure at the Pan African Movement, the following have been my key achievements;

o A member of the management Team, an experienced team in charge of decision making of the organisation.

o Formulated financial and operational policies of the organisation.

o Worked with the Board to increase the grants from an annual budget of 4m USD to 6M USD. I have been instrumental in the budgeting phase during the making of proposals.

o Maintained the overheads to 1.5% of the annual budget

o Implemented the use of SAP ERP in 2019, moving from the manual basic record keeping. Indeed the organisational management is now able to review the financial data and make informed decisions.

· During my tenure at SNV Netherlands Development Organization, the following have been my key achievements;

o A member of the Country management Team (CMT), a senior team in charge of the strategic direction and decision making of the organisation.

o A business development team member in charge of budgeting, and a decision making advisor on ‘go/no go’ decisions during proposal assessments. Indeed SNV’s annual portfolio increased from 4m Euro to 9 million Euro

o Increased and maintained our efficiency by reducing the support and overhead costs percentage from 8% to 3.5% hence, SNV being attractive to donors.

By ensuring timely in-depth performance reports, I have been able to increase budget awareness across all staff members, with all members now being cautious of all their actions and the impact on the overall budgets.

o Improved time writing by all staff and consultants as time is translated into cost and thus, leading to timely accurate profitability reporting. As at close of 2016, weekly timesheets are submitted by close of day 2 of the subsequent week to enable review and costing of the timesheet data.

o SNV was able to acquire bi annual tax exemption status from Uganda Revenue Authority. The organization is now fully tax compliant with the initial unidentified gaps closed, thus removing the taxation risk exposure to the organization.

o SNV not only received internal and external unqualified audit opinions but also did not have any management letter issues for the last five years. This implies the design and operating effectiveness of the controls is top notch.

o Acted as Country Director for a maximum of consistent two months during times of changes in country directors and when they are off work. This has happened for the three country Directors I have reported to during my tenure of six years with SNV.

o Timely monthly, quarterly and annual reporting

o Implemented the adoption of International Public Sector Reporting Standards, an internationally recognised reporting framework that increased the credibility and standardisation of the financial reports of SNV.

o Financial Reporting Awards (FiRe) won for 4 years consistently (ie International Public Sector Accounting standards Award and Overall winner NGO category) awarded by ICPAU

o Led the championship in testing SAP systems in the group in 2016, with the successful testing, leading to the adoption of the ERP across all SNV countries.

o Inducted a number of Country Finance Managers in other SNV countries, and offered coaching support with in SNV group.

· During my tenure at PriceWaterHouseCoopers Uganda Limited, the following were my key achievements;

o Effectively led the audit teams in the execution of various audit engagements

o Efficiently carried out the audits successfully with high recoverability of most the audit engagements I led. This was achieved through coming up with realistic budgets that guided in the audit fee negotiations with clients.

o Part of the audit team that tested a more efficient audit program, Aura. Indeed, with the feedback given, audits are now planned and executed with more efficiency.

o I led audit teams in cross-cutting sectors i.e. financial services, manufacturing, consumer and industrial products, and partly on public sector engagements.

EMPLOYEMENT HISTORY

Pan African Movement- November 2018 to date

Senior Finance consultant

A Finance advisor to the Secretary General and the Board of Directors, with the following specific summary roles:

o Financial Management: Responsible for all financial management aspects of the organisation. This includes planning, and execution of all the financial management dimensions of the organisation.

o Operations: Responsible for the effective operations of the entity

o Planning: Responsible for the effective development and implementation of the short-term and medium term strategic and operational planning and internal and external reporting processes;

o Business Development: Involved in the resource mobilisation from the various Pan African Movement member governments, specifically dealing with the budgeting aspects of the proposals

o Procurement & Logistics: Oversee the effective purchasing of goods and services; ensuring value for money criteria is met ie economy, effectiveness and efficiency.

o Compliance: Ensure compliance to the country’s legal, statutory and regulatory

SNV Netherlands Development Organization – Nov 2015 to Oct 2018

Country Finance Manager

A member of the Country Management Team, with the following specific roles:

o Financial Management: Responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the Country’s operations in accordance to corporate standards and country priorities (including the management and monitoring of the country budget);

o Operations Management: Responsible for the effective operations of the Country program including the implementation of effectiveness, efficiency and service level agreements to ensure quality and excellence of services consistent with country strategic priorities;

o Strategy and Policy: Ensure the effective adherence to corporate standards, policies and internal controls and implements financial and operations strategies consistent with the needs and ambitions of the Country;

o Planning: Responsible for the effective development and implementation of the short-term and medium term strategic and operational planning and internal and external reporting processes;

o Business Development: Develop financial and operations strategies and scenarios and recommendations for action consistent with country priorities and strategies to ensure alignment between country ambitions and financial and operational realities;

o Decision Support Systems and Tools: Responsible for drafting country management agreements and providing relevant analysis of key performance indicators to country management (taking proactive action when appropriate);

o Audit: Perform internal audits and responsible for country audit and control processes;

o Procurement & Logistics: Oversee the effective purchasing of goods and services; responsible for general/logistic/ICT support;

o Externally Financed Projects: Responsible for the financial monitoring and reporting to donors of externally financed projects and partnerships.

o Compliance: Ensure compliance to the country’s legal, statutory and regulatory

o Advice: Advise and assist the Country Director in planning and monitoring of finance processes and time registration in the Country, ensure harmonized financial processes within corporate framework, advice on effectiveness and efficiency of management and legal matters.

SNV Netherlands Development Organization – June 2014 to October 2015

Deputy Country Controller

o Financial Administration and Accounting: Checking and consolidating financial data for the country/portfolios/funds, ensuring processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable, tax related requirements, carrying out reconciliation of administrations, managing the ledger accounts as well as managing cash and liquidity levels, aligned to financial regulations, SNV financial standards.

o Internal Control: Conducting internal compliance and control assessments, identifying and addressing risk areas, and implementing measures to minimize the risk of irregularities. Coordinating audits based on corporate and country compliance, performing tailored audit procedures in consultation with the country controller and management team.

o Logistics and Purchasing: Analysing major investments and cost accounts, ensuring, overseeing and approving procurement and maintenance of equipment, assets and means of transport. Overseeing the procurement of the relevant contracts and leases as well as logistics and travel arrangements, balancing user requirements and business needs and budgets, all in alignment to corporate procurement guidelines and authorization levels.

o Management and Financial Advice: Support management with advice on financial management, performance indicators and related legal issues in order to support in business decisions and act as an effective business partner within the country.

o Management Reporting: Collecting, reviewing, analysing and interpreting (trends in) financial and non-financial data, draft financial and administrative reports on country/portfolio/fund/donor financial and non-financial indicators, using the corporate and country reporting formats, within guidelines of the country controller.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PwC) Uganda Limited – September 2010-May 2014

Below are the positions held;

July 2013 to May 2014 Audit Assistant Manager

July 2012 to June 2013 Audit Senior Associate 3

July 2011 to June 2012 Audit Associate 1

Sep 2010 to June 2011 Audit Associate 2

Summary of key audit roles performed as senior audit associate and audit assistant manager.

Audit planning
§ Plan the audit of various engagements ie through performing acceptance and continuance procedures before taking on any engagements;

§ Preparation and review of letters of engagements and audit planning letters;

§ Performing risk assessment procedures thereby identifying key risks, thereby developing audit strategies to address those risks;

§ Budgeting for the various engagements in terms of the resourcing of the teams, so as to obtain appropriate teams’ mix of different applicable experience levels based on the various engagement specifics.

Audit supervision and financial reporting
§ Review of the team members working papers and ensure audit quality is fully maintained;

§ Involve and plan for meetings with the clients;

§ Review and/or drafting of financial statements which are in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Uganda Companies Act or other applicable Generally Acceptable Accounting Principles (GAAP)

§ Ensure sufficient audit evidence has been obtained in the allocated time of the audit to support any opinion to be issued on the financial statements of the audited entity;

§ Discuss in a timely manner the audit findings with the clients and audit teams in order to have a consensus on internal control weakness identified;

§ Draft documents for communication to the audit committees including audit plans and post audit reports;

§ Ensure completion of the audit engagements through performing completion procedures, and involvement in the final signoff discussions of the audit opinions with the Engagement Leaders; and

Project Management
Ensuring sufficient time has been invested in planning for the assignments including but not limited to:

§ Booking sufficient resources on the engagements;

§ Providing coaching to team members;

§ Timely communication of budget overruns with the clients, manager and engagement leader on the assignment

§ Timely engagement of any other audit specialists that would be
needed on the engagement to ensure that appropriate evidence is obtained and documented in the allocated time; and

§ Appraising the team members on the various engagements to enhance their career growths.

Barclays Bank Uganda Limited – May 2010 – August 2010

Customer KYC compliance and data entry

o Ensuring compliance of new and old clients in the system per Bank of Uganda regulations

o Data entry of new customers

o Working on other back office duties including customer instructions for example account updates, closure, and communication of dormant accounts to the operations head.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualification
School
Grade
Year
ACCA Member
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)-UK
N/a
2013
Bachelor of Development Economics
Makerere University, Kampala Uganda
First Class Hons
2010
Advanced Level Certificate
Kiira College Butiki
23 Points
2006

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

o Various ACCA and CPA Continuous Professional Development conferences

o USAID Rules and regulations (2015) by Inside NGO

o I attended many in-house seminars and workshops organized by PwC covering a variety of topics on accounting and auditing, banking and insurance, team leadership, coaching and development, report writing and general project management.

Some important topics covered during the training sessions included the following:

o Partner Manager trainings

Soft skills training aimed at fostering better delivery on teams and audit quality.

o IFRS update training for team managers and partners

IFRS update training relating to key developments in the accounting standards that impact our audits and industries served by the firm.

o Leading teams for team managers

Technical and non-technical training aimed at fostering better understanding and practical application of team manager roles on engagements.

o Audit methodology training

Update training on the PwC audit methodology for auditors covering developments in International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and PwC audit methodology.

o Inspired, Organised and Effective

Soft skills course on motivation, communicating with impact, personal effectiveness, time management and teamwork.

o Intermediate Banking Course

Key issues in audit, financial reporting and regulations for commercial banks.

o Team Manager Training

Core audit senior’s course emphasising technical and non-technical skills including coaching to prepare seniors for team leadership roles.

o Report Writing Skills training

Advanced business report writing skills workshop.

o Insurance training

Key issues in the audit of insurance companies including IFRS and accounting issues.

o IFRS for seniors

Update on recent developments in IFRS and key topics relevant to financial services industry.

o Deferred taxation

Technical course on computation and accounting for deferred income taxes.

o Preparation of financial statements

Workshop on preparation and effective review of IFRS financial statements

COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office packages including excel, word, Visio and access. Hands on experience in a number of ERPs such as SAP and ORACLE and off shelf packages like SUN systems, Navision, Bankers Realm, Pastel, etc

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Excellent skills in communication and conflict resolution. Ability to demonstrate tact, timeliness, accountability, commitment and leadership to achieve goals. I also possess a strong ability to influence my fellow staff. Ability to demonstrate continuous improvement so that optimum goals and outcomes are achieved quickly and efficiently. I always strive to demonstrate commitment to excellence in all my endeavours so that the highest standards of performance are achieved.

REFERENCES

1. Michael Tugyetwena

Director Operations

CARE International (former Director Operations and Global Accounting Support member-SNV group)

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: +256-758-200806

2. Okwir Rabwoni

Secretary General

Pan African Movement

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +256-781-539355

3. Michael J.F O’Mahony