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 Completed the First Mutual Properties Limited group companies and tax restructuring and conveyancing project in liaison with ZIMRA and Atherstone & Cook Legal Practitioners.  Analyse financial data to identify potential tax saving opportunities  Research and interpret tax laws and regulations.  Monitor changes in tax laws and regulations.  Preparation of VAT, PAYE, Withholding Tax and Income Tax schedules and initiate payments and file respective returns on the ZIMRA TaRMS system.  Develop and implement tax planning strategies.  Advise the business on various tax matters and lead in tax planning initiatives.  Produce various tax schedules which comply with Zimra requirements.  Successfully implement the ZIMRA Tax and Revenue Management System (TaRMS) registration project.  Responding to all queries arising from the ZIMRA TaRMS notifications.  Engage the ZIMRA liaison officer on all errors which might arise from the TaRMS system.  Assisting in tax audits and appeals.  Preparation of response letters to Zimra, banks and other statutory inquiries.  Being the contact person on all enquiries by statutory authorities, group compliance and external auditors on the business’s tax and other statutory affairs.  Ensure that all statutory obligations are settled in accordance with the regulations.

 Review payments before they are submitted to the signatoiries.  Check invoices for accuracy and posting accruals into the reporting system. Produced various tax schedules which comply with Zimra requirements.  Conducted an operating costs recovery analysis for residential properties tenants and made recommendations to management which led to a review of the loss making old operating cost recovery model to the new model which was more profitable and eliminated under-recoveries.  Trained and developed the creditors’ clerk and finance attaches and shared with colleagues any pertinent tax knowledge acquired from seminars or research.  Established good working relationships with service providers for the good of the business.  Accounted for and settled all the liabilities of the entity for business continuity and in line with service level agreements.  Maintaining the asset register and processing depreciation and disposals

 Cleaned up the company’s creditors’ book by creating supplier accounts for each supplier and produced correct creditors balances.  Approved and posted entries into the reporting system.  Supervised ledger and creditors reconciliations.  Maintained the fixed assets register and processed depreciation schedules.  Secured group intercompany sign-off certificates and produced ledger reconciliations.  Processed of payments to various creditors.  Processed VAT schedules and filed returns on the e-services platform.  Analysed property and administration expenses for management purposes.

 Managed to clear outstanding debtors, collection of premiums, improve cash flows.  Contributed ideas on how the claims and credit control departments could complement each other on claims recoveries, improving operational efficiency.  Negotiated with reinsurers on the payment of claims and with insurers on the payment of facultative inwards premiums and reconciled the creditors’ accounts.

 Gained deeper knowledge and skills in coaching, mentorship and leadership of the departmental staff.  Exam preparation and administration.  For several years produced the best results at Advanced Level at the school.  Taught Management of Business and Accounts at Advanced Level.  Headed the Commercials Departmental team.  Supervised and staff-developed departmental team