Samuel

CURRICULUM VITAE
Samuel Baker Anywar,
Berbedo Computer Centre, Pabbo Town Council, Kilak North County,
C / O P. O. Box 1074 Gulu / Amuru District Uganda East Africa
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Background Summary
Knowledgeable accounting professional bringing 14 years of experience in financial
accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, account reconciliations and strategic planning.
Successful at revamping and strengthening controls systems, reorganizing processes and
simplifying procedures to maximize efficiency and accuracy of accounting records. Proficient
in MS Excel, MS Words, MS Data base, internet, accounting package like Tally, Quick
Books and others.

Core Strengths
General accounting, budgeting, budget management and control, financial systems &
reporting, training & supervising, oral & written communications, payroll / employment taxes,
accounts receivable / payable, expense tracking & analysis, organizational skills,
procurement process, computer proficient, multitasking, PAYE returns, petty cash
management, NSSF schedules, bank reconciliation, negotiation skills, monitoring, detail
oriented, strong work ethic, numerically accurate, integrity, Assets register, inventory
management, sales management, project management, presentation, decision making client
relations and marketing, problem solving, knowledge of regulatory standards and others.

Education and Professional Qualification
 2013 - 2017 Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) Gulu University.
 2000 - 2002 Diploma in Business Administration (Accounting) Makerere University
Business School (MUBS).
 1996 - 1997 Diploma in Sales Management and Marketing College of Professional
Management (Britain) Distance Learning.
 1993 -1995 Uganda Advance Certificate of Education Gulu College School.
 1990 -1992 Uganda Certificate of Education Pabo Secondary School.

Training/ Short Courses Attended
 Certificate in Quick-Books – Data Capital International – 13th May 2017
 Certificate in Quick-Books and Tally – Uganda Institute of Information Technology
from 1st November 2005 to 25th July 2006.
 Certificate in Organisational Development – Sisters of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary from 26th February to 1st March 2013.
 Certificate in Sign Language - Sisters of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary from 2nd
– 11th May 2012.
 Certificate in Local Government Information Services Establishment and Operation –
FIT Uganda Ltd from 22nd -24th November 2011.
 Certificate in Risk Assessment and Planning / Conflict Sensitivity – USAID / SPRING/
Great Lakes Center for Conflict Resolution 10th – 11th November 2009.
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 Certificate in Project Planning and Management - East Africa Population Initiative
(EPI) 20th December 2008
 Certificate in Peace and Conflict Management - East Africa Population Initiative
(EPI) 21st December 2009.

Technology Summary
 MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point internet, accounting packages like
QuickBooks and Tally and others.

Practical work Experience
From 1st May 2018 up to 31st March 2022, I am working with Community Health Network
Uganda (COHEN–U) as Finance and Administration Officer in Pabbo Town Council,
Amuru District

Key result areas:
 Prepare and process all accounting transactions such as disbursement, cash receipts,
journal entries and advances which are in accordance with finance and accounting
policies and procedures.
 Collaborated with Manager and program team to ensure full budget and financial
reporting compliance with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
 Prepared monthly local tax returns (URA PAYE and NSSF) for both individuals and
organization.
 Ensure timely submission of financial reports to the donor / national partners and verify
the accuracy of such reports.
 Used to compile reports on donor profiles, credit information and response rates to
improve donation tracking.
 Ensures that all financial systems provide adequate audit trail and organized
documentation files.
 Supported monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting analysis to achieve
validation of internal reports and to reconcile program operations and general ledger.
 Guided teams in planning, implementation and execution of project activities, thus
fostering highly effective collaborations.
 Support mid-year, annual audit processes of COHEN–U and prompt implementations of
audit recommendations.
 Spearheaded special projects and resolved complex problems that impacted
management and organization direction.
 Work with the program team to forecast financial transaction needs and support in
identification and recruitment of vendors based on project rules and regulations.
 Ensure timely submission of monthly requests, bank reconciliations and financial
statement reports.
 Ensure efficient payments and disbursements according to approved policies and
procedures.
 Provide administrative, logistical, and procurement support to the team, including
payment to events participants, transportation and accommodation arrangements, and
ongoing operations.
 Assist in recruitment processes, including the preparation of draft job descriptions,
vacancy announcements.

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 Maintain a project filing system, keep files of project documents and expert reports and
ensure general circulation of documents.
 Assist activities managers with compiling, managing, monitoring, and tracking budget
(e.g. organizing invoices, checks, and other financials).
 Maintain accurate bank records of cash withdrawals and deposits.
 Ensure maintenance of up to date register of assets.
 Coordinated with human resources department to handle payroll and personnel
databases.
Achievements / Accomplishments
 Redesigned and implemented more effective accounting procedures, which decreased
the amount of paperwork.
 I maintained a positive working environment by reporting any unusual and immoral act to
management while maintaining confidentiality.
 Minimized financial risk to the organization by implementing core finance coverage
plans.
 Streamlined accounting procedures by introducing central access systems pertaining to
payrolls and petty cash.
 United multiple teams post-merger that doubled effort and results.
 Improved ties with all departments, which made it easy to reach out to them concerning
financial matters.
 Led a series of training sessions to provide a solid accounting background to trainees
and cashier interns

From 1st July 2016 up to 30th September 2017, I worked with Uganda Refugee & Disaster
Management Council (URDMC) as Finance and Administration Officer in Pakele Field
Office Adjumani District – Projects funded by Danish Refugees Council (DRC) and
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Key result areas:
 Responsible for all day-to-day accounting functions of URDMC.
 Prepare and review all URDMC financial documents for accuracy, scan all hard copy
expense documents, and send end-of-the-month financial reports and supporting
documents by courier to the Danish Refugees Council (DRC) and Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC).
 Maintain all URDMC financial records and prepare transfer requests as required.
 Monitor all project expenses according to the URDMC office budget.
 Prepare monthly project fund requests for Danish Refugees Council (DRC) and
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
 Prepare payroll documentation and carry-out payroll payments.
 Prepare, execute, and document all statutory payments (NSSF and PAYE) as required
by law and Danish Refugees Council’s (DRC) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
policies.
 Ensure the safe storage and disbursement of the URMC petty cash fund.
 Manage and oversee the payment of salaries and payments to staff and consultants,
 Manage and oversee compliance with the local labor law, tax departments (URA) and
National Social Security Fund (NSSF).

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 Ensure compliance of practices in other offices under URDMC meet Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC) and Danish Refugees Council (DRC) rules and regulations.
 Ensure that all financial functions of URDMC are carried out within the framework of
Danish Refugees Council (DRC) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) guidelines,
policies, and procedures.
 Oversee the financial practices in URDMC field offices.
 Coordinate with the external auditing firm to implement the annual audit and payroll
check.
 Any other tasks as assigned by Danish Refugees Council (DRC) and Norwegian
Refugee Council (NRC) Finance Team.
 Responsible for the day-to-day administrative and logistics functions of URDMC.
 Meet with potential vendors, seek quotations, and assess merchandise quality as
needed for URDMC procurement and purchase orders in accordance with Danish
Refugees Council (DRC) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) regulations.
 Maintain and update a database of suppliers frequently used by URDMC.
 Create point of sales for URDMC, following approval by the Danish Refugees Council
(DRC) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and project manager.
 Prepare letters and memos for URDMC business and office needs.
 Scan, file, and translate (if needed) key URDMC documents, as requested by the project
manager.
 Maintain adequate office supplies for the URDMC office.
 Maintain and update the URDMC inventory tracker and equipment issuance per Danish
Refugees Council (DRC) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) guidelines and
protocols.
 Maintain and update URDMC human resources and administrative files in an orderly and
confidential manner, as directed by the project manager, in accordance with Danish
Refugees Council (DRC) guidelines and protocols.
 Any other duties as assigned by project manager.

Achievements / Accomplishments
 I facilitated a staff Platform information sharing meeting that allows for the sharing of
information, learning outcomes and 'best practices’ among URDMC staffs. The platform
facilitated democratic dialogue on issues such as violence prevention, problem solving,
work ethics, report writing, financial discipline and sustainable peace and others.
 The field staffs were trained on accountability of money used in the field work. The
accountability which used to delay due to failure to submit accountability by the field staff
became things of the past.
 Arranged and conducted a financial review to identify 10 key areas of overspending and
reduce outgoings.
 Expanded the accounting department’s efficiency by 30% by providing rigorous training
to accounting staff and non accounting staff.
 Successfully administered financial budgets, with required results, between 2016 and
2017.
 Resolved a financial conflict between 2 departments by mediating the issue successfully.
 Implemented corrective measures that decreased minor accounting discrepancies .

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From 1st July 2014 – 30th June 2016, I worked with Africa Network for the Needy
(AFRINEN) as Accountant in Nimule field office - South Sudan and Uganda – Projects
funded by amref Health Africa South Sudan.

Key result areas:
 Provides overall finance and administrative support to the amref Heath Africa Program,
including planning, budgeting, reporting, finance and administration.
 Supports the financial monitoring of all project-related activities, including budgeting,
financial reporting and documentation, ensuring compliance with AFRINEN policies and
procedures.
 Reconciles bank statements and petty cash.
 Prepares monthly expense reports, staff and visitor reimbursements, and end-of-year
financial closing procedures and accruals for the year.
 Processes invoices, project advance requests and project expenditure reports, according
to the workflow processes and guidelines established in the accounting system.
 Ensures contracts and project budgets are registered in the accounting system,
maintains files and archives and keeps accurate records of financial and contractual
actions.
 Contributes to the preparation of and responding to the office and project audits.
 Assists with expenditure control, advising team members on possible cost-saving
measures.
 Prepares and supports the administration and performance management of Contracts
and Agreements for service providers and / or partner organizations including all relevant
payments.
 Manages and monitors all matters relating to the maintenance of the offices AFRINEN
including rental agreements and payments, maintaining an inventory of equipment and
furniture procured.
 Organizes staff travel (flight and hotel bookings) including cost control, travel advances,
travel claims and other associated issues in accordance with the Travel Policy when
applicable, assists external visitors.
 Organizes, files, and disseminates new institutional procedures, relevant amref Health
Africa resolutions, official reports, and other relevant documentation.
 An act as a focal point for the internship program and ensures relevant paperwork and
process is completed in accordance with the relevant procedures.
 Assists with the team’s internal and external correspondence.
 Keeps the email distribution lists of the amref Health Africa offices up to date.
 Fully manages the organization of meetings, conferences and workshops (costing and
booking venues, catering, liaising with attendees, organizing travel, etc.). Prepares
meeting materials and ensures follow-up production of documents;

Achievements / Accomplishments
 Managed a team of five accounts assistants and interns to ensure all deadlines were
met on time.
 Trained over 30 finance and accounting staff members, during their induction periods
with AERINEN
 Built lasting relationships with all my clients and ensured there were systems and
resources in place to deal with any of their queries in less than 24-hours.

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 I became a team leader for several minor accounting projects and brought consistently
accurate results strictly adhering to the datelines for monthly and quarterly financial
reports for which I was always praised.
 Successfully implemented a new financial accounting system, which proved to be 75%
more efficient than the one already being followed
 I was the most trusted and skilled point of contact for all internal cash management
inquiries in AERINEN.

From 1st May 2008 to 30th June 2014, I worked with Women and Children First
Organization (WACFO) as Project Accountant / Coordinator in Pabbo Town Council
main office, Amuru District – Projects funded by AVSI- EU, ACDI VOCA-USAID, Misean
Cara (Irish Aids), and Porticus – Holland.

Key result areas of accounting:
 Verify payments to suppliers and submit them to the supervisor for approval.
 Prepare payroll for the organization and ensure that staff advances are taken into
account.
 Prepare and systematic filling of returns for all statutory (URA - PAYE and NSSF) and
other sensitive records and ensure compliance with deadlines.
 Maintain daily detail records for all financial transactions in an organized and
professional manner.
 Perform daily functions including recording all cash, cheques and bank transactions,
maintain cash and bank ledgers, monitors cash advances and field expenses and
monthly bank reconciliation.
 Provide support to budget holder during budget preparation for proposals and review
processes as well as give financial guidance during implementation.
 Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and any other financial reports
that may be required by management and donors.
 Administer all cash advances to employees and partners, reconciling all receipts and
remaining cash at month-end and ensure compliance with the policies and guidelines of
the WACFO and development partners.
 Maintain close and cooperative working relationship with fellow financial staff and Project
Manager (finance).
 Ensure that contracts are current on all rental properties, facilities and vehicles.
 Identify areas for financial and administrative improvement and work to implement
feasible improvements.
 Provide support to Project Manager and project officers regard to financial policies /
practices and related areas as required and in organizing events, meetings and program
activities.
 Prepare cheque for payment, vouchers and write cheques for necessary approval and
authorization.
 In consultation with project manager maintain and coordinate an accurate and update
personnel information system at the field office and main office.
 Ensures that all financial systems provide adequate audit trail and organized
documentation files.
 Raise and receive purchase requisition form for processing and obtain quotations from
approved list of suppliers for any goods or services, evaluate and forward it to the
supervisor / procurement committee for evaluation and recommendations.
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 Maintain a complete accurate and update register of all assets of the organization,
ensure that all properties are engraved, insured, arrange for the physical security of the
property and identify those that require repair, maintenance or disposal and initiate
disposal (s) to management in consultation with project manager and donors.
 Ensure all presentations generated are reviewed and approved by the line manager
before being presented in meetings / events where WACFO is invited.
 Support mid-year, annual audit processes of WACFO and prompt implementations of
audit recommendations.
 Held training sessions for new personnel to brief on essential departmental functions and
financial procedures.
 Identified and solved complex strategy problems impacting project management and
organization direction.
 Assessed, cleaned and closed out accounts with depleted funds upon project
completion.

Key result areas of coordinating:
 Responsible for the overall management of the project. Monitor overall implementation
of the project and propose adaptations needed to achieve objectives, improve
integration of approaches, and improve coordination with the partners.
 Line manages a multi-sectoral team and ensures annual reviews and work plans
according to WACFO’s performance reviews and HR processes.
 Participate in developing budgets and carry out budget monitoring and expenditure
forecasting. Mitigate financial risks through appropriate management of funds, plans
significant financial spend in consultation with APMs and is accountable for the budget
phasing, budget amendments and uploading accounting system.
 Ensures that gender and protection are integrated and mainstreamed in all stages of
program cycle to promote safe programming.
 Ensure timely delivery of quality narrative and financial reports. Ensure the timely
reporting of budget reallocations requests and/or needed amendments.
 Ensure the institutional capacity development of staff and partner organizations to
ensure coherent implementation across the project.
 Jointly with MEAL, oversee the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning
activities, including the set-up of the feedback and complaint mechanism, and
safeguarding policies and code of conduct.
 Ensure the adherence of partners to approved budgets and agreed project frameworks
and agreements. Represent WACFO in appropriate humanitarian and development for
at a local level with government authorities, UN organizations, NGO’s and donor
agencies as delegated by management.
 Also represent the project to key stakeholders and provide them with information on
objectives, risks, constraints, and progress.
 Ensure visibility and communication of day-to-day activities in line with USAID and
WACFO’s Communication and Visibility guidelines.
 Support the development of a program advocacy strategy in line with the goals and
objectives of the program
 Ensure adherence to policies and regulations of WACFO and the donor.
 Ensure that all activities in the project are conflict sensitive and take gender issues fully
into account.

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 Oversees the recruitment, training, orientation and induction of project staff reporting to
the incumbent.
 Ensures excellent people management and development of staff in accordance with
WACFO’s performance management policies: developing job profiles, setting
performance objectives, regular feedback, mid-year review and annual performance
review of the staff managed.

Achievements / Accomplishments
 Stayed within budget for petty cash disbursement for five years which made me the most
trusted and skilled point of contact for all internal cash management inquiries in WACFO.
 Redesigned and implemented new USAID/ACDI-VOCA, AVSI – EU, Misean Cara (Irish
Aids), and Porticus – Holland accounting procedures more effectively for 6 years.
 I was always praised for consistently submitting accurate monthly, quarterly, end of
project financial reports on time after they had been previously been submitted well
behind schedule.
 Streamlined accounting procedures by introducing central access systems pertaining to
payrolls and petty cash.
 Managed a team of five accounts assistants and interns to ensure all deadlines were met
on time.
 I trained over 30 finance and accounting staff members, during their induction periods
with WACFO.
 Increased project success ratio by 100% by ensuring team members have the supplies
and resources they need to complete their assigned tasks within their budget limits.
 Received high accolades for exceptional contribution to the organization in the project
coordinator role from 2008 to 2014.
 Successfully coordinated project management tasks, resources, and equipment, meeting
all deadlines.
 Improved ties with all departments, which made it easy to reach out to them concerning
financial matters

From 1st April 2009 to 31st August 2010, I worked with Women and Children First
Organization (WACFO) as Accounts Assistant in Pabbo Town Council main office, Amuru
District – Projects funded by AVSI – DSP Program and T& J Meyer Foundation.

Key result areas:
 Receive cash / cheques due to WACFO and promptly bank and receipt cash.
 Pay out approved payments.
 Keep safety of cash, cheques and other valuable items.
 Preparation of bank reconciliation on a monthly basis.
 Follow up on the un-reconciled items on a monthly basis.
 Initiate payments in bank as approved by the responsible Officers.
 Initiate payments in QuickBooks for both banks.
 Check and receipt all items brought into stores.
 Update stock cards and perpetual inventory.
 Ensure cleanliness and neatness in stores.
 Any other duty assigned by the Immediate supervisor

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 To ensure all payment requisitions presented are fully authorized in line with the
WACFO finance manual, and deductions are calculated accurately before payment is
made.
 Review receipts, expenditures, purchase orders, distributions, and disbursement
orders to ensure proper cost allocations and compliance with established regulatory
standards.
 Ensure a complete and accurate record of all cash transactions is always maintained;
that expenditure of petty cash is fully monitored; and requests for replenishment are
made in a timely manner, when required
 Responsible for vouchers in archives in both unit’s folder and hard copies for future
references before being sent to country office. After verification reviews and ensure
that they get returned to their archives.
 Ensure that all vouchers are properly coded, stamped PAID, scanned uploaded to
QuickBooks and hard copies filed daily, and referenced sequentially according to the
WACFO Finance manual
 Support in preparation of project quarterly, monthly and end of project financial
reports by summarizing all the vouchers correctly and submitting according to the
WCFO policy
 Provide technical support to non-finance staff on financial policies and procedures
 Verify with Logistics Department that the asset register agrees with physical assets
and complies with WACFO policy and properly issue out authorized items.
 Participate in preparation of annual cash flows and budget requirements.

Achievements / Accomplishments
 Successfully trained and coached 4 junior staff members.
 Achieved 20% higher accuracy rates than all other accounts assistant under the same
donor AVSI.
 Proved to be one of the top Accounts Assistant who submitted ever due report before
time.
 With strong and persuasive interpersonal and communication skills, I always succeeded
in explaining and making people without financial expertise understand any organization
financial policies and procedures.
 Acted as a team lead for several minor accounting projects and brought accurate results
strictly adhering to the deadlines for which I was always praised.
 Acted as the most trusted and skilled point of contact for all internal cash management
inquiries.

From 1st April 2007 to 1st April 2008, I worked with National Lake Rescue Institute (NLRI)
as Project Coordinator in Adjumani field office and Kampala main office- Project funded by
UNHCR.

Key result areas:
 Responsible for supervising the complete financial cycle including proposals and bidding
procedures, procurement orders and vendor invoicing.
 Investigate potential risks or barriers that may have a detrimental impact on the
successful completion of each project and create the necessary contingency plans.
 Coordinate and facilitate the work sched…