Angella Lwanda

Manage and analyse day-to-day operations for a UK care provider while working remotely from Malawi. Coordinate invoicing controls by reviewing timesheets against scheduled visits, identifying discrepancies and supporting timely resolution before billing.

Lead finance and administration support, including financial controls, accounting records, approvals, budgeting, cash-flow planning and expenditure monitoring. Support donor and grant financial compliance, reporting, statutory obligations and audit documentation.

Maintained QuickBooks accounting records and processed, reconciled and tracked travel advances, payments, fuel transactions and mobile-money activity. Ensured compliance with local tax, social welfare and donor/contractual requirements and applied financial approval controls.

Posted supplier payments, travel advances and journals to the general ledger with complete supporting documentation. Performed MWK and USD bank reconciliations and balance-sheet reconciliations for accounts payable and receivable.

Prepared payment invoices, travel advances and reimbursements and maintained orderly financial records and supporting documentation. Entered transactions into QuickBooks/ERP systems and performed balance-sheet, revenue, expense and payroll reconciliations.

Prepared cash forecasts, fund requests and bank reconciliations; maintained the chart of accounts and posted transactions in QuickBooks. Loaded supplier/project payments, followed up supporting documentation and prepared donor-compliant project reports.

Processed payment vouchers and cheques, posted transactions into SAGE Line 50 and reconciled bank accounts. Compiled payroll inputs and maintained audit-ready financial records; produced donor- and budget-line financial statements and donor-specific reports.

Supervised internal financial control systems and coordinated budget development, financial consolidation and reporting across SCOM structures. Managed day-to-day financial transactions, reconciliations and organisational bank accounts and coordinated audit requirements and implementation of recommendations.

Delivered QuickBooks Enterprise training, accounting-system setup, data migration and chart-of-accounts creation. Supported finance reviews, year-end accounts, reconciliations and compliance assignments for organisations including Oxfam, KICC Malawi, the Nutrition Department and Blantyre City Council.

Entered transactions into SAGE, reconciled three bank accounts, managed petty cash and prepared creditor/debtor statements. Submitted PAYE, VAT and Corporate Tax returns to the Malawi Revenue Authority and prepared year-end accounts for audit.

Coordinated budgets and financial information across SCOM structures, managed daily transactions and reconciliations and supervised internal controls. Prepared periodic management reports, coordinated audits and supported finance committee meetings and capacity building.

Coordinated a Tearfund-funded project in Dedza and Lilongwe against approved work plans and budgets. Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual narrative and financial reports and maintained project bookkeeping, procurement compliance, bank reconciliations and donor reporting.

Grade: Second Class

Pursued a Bachelor of Applied Accounting, Auditing and Information Systems, achieving Second Class.

Completed a Diploma in Accounting and Finance through PAEC/ICAM.

Completed a Certificate in Finance and Accounting through PAEC/ICAM.