Charles Tavershima

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ta***ne@gmail.com

About

Results-driven and detail-oriented Professional Accountant with over nine years of extensive experience in financial accounting, internal audit, controls and business management. Adept at overseeing and optimizing financial processes to drive organizational success. Proven track record of delivering accurate and timely financial reports, implementing internal controls, conducting comprehensive internal audits and facilitating strategic decision-making. Demonstrated expertise in interpreting and applying accounting principles, managing audits, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Skills

auditing
8
Investigation skills
8
Analytical and problem-solving skills
9
Data Mining
8
Risk Management
9
Fraud detection and prevention
8
Financial reporting
10
Audit planning and execution
7
Attention to details
9
Leadership and Team Management
8
Continuous Improvement
10
English
10
Tiv
10
Hausa
5

Experience

Charles Tavershima

Education

Masters in Financial Economics at Federal University Lafia

November, 2023 - November, 2024
Fulltime

Financial Economics

Charles Tavershima

Work experience

Internal Control and Audit Manager at Everyday Group Ltd

August, 2021 - June, 2024
Fulltime

Assist the Head of Internal Control and Audit in developing annual risk-based audit plan.
Develop audit program and led team on spot check of branch (supermarket) operations.
Carry out gap analysis of functions in line with established guidelines and program.
Conduct investigation into business activities as determined by management.
Review enterprise postings for accuracy
Carry out pre-expense and post payment audit of expenditure and vendor invoices.
Conduct test of profit margin on sales per item of SKU.
Carry out risk assessment and risk management of business processes, operational procedures and financial practices.
Manage budget implementation and control.
Design and deliver trainings during knowledge sharing sessions.
Monitor compliance with tax regulations.
Monitor periodic stock count at branches and the central warehouse.
Make and deliver timely audit reports of activities for management decision making.
Accomplishments:
Developed and implemented financial (sales) reporting formats that reduced errors due to manual process and time saving by 20%.
Established continuous monitoring systems for financial transactions and operations, enabling real-time tracking and reduced the time for error detection by 30%
Discovered over invoiced requisitions and inflated contracts during a value for money audits that led to savings from actual and potential losses by 70%.
Led fraud detection and prevention initiative that uncovered fraudulent transfers of sales proceeds to personal staff accounts, saving the company over N54 million in potential loses.
Successfully led teams on Fixed Assets Verification and tagging - group wise, and yearly spot checks of branches that contributed to strategic planning and operational improvement.