Robert Mihayo
Calgary,AB
Summary
Entrepreneurial professional with background in launching and managing diverse business ventures. Known for strategic planning and effective resource management that aligns with core business objectives. Valued for fostering collaborative work environment and consistently delivering results in dynamic market conditions.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Entrepreneur
AFFORD GROUP LTD
05.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Afford Group Ltd for which I’m the owner and Managing Director secured a contract with leading diary factory in Rwanda (Inyange Industries Ltd) as an exclusive distributor in Nyarugenge District Kigali Rwanda
- We distribute (wholesale) cold chain products (cheese, butter, yogurt, ghee and milk) to retailers in our designated areas and sometime in other areas in case of stock out of our competitors/ other distributors
- Sales and marketing: As the business owner, I develop marketing strategies to have an edge over my competitors
- Market research to identify gaps and opportunities then leverage on them
- Constant communication with customers to obtain feedback on the quality of the products, service delivery complaints if any and address them promptly
- Building and maintaining relationships with both suppliers and retailers to understand their needs and ensure smooth distribution
- Regulatory compliance: Adhering to all relevant food safety and other industry regulations related to cold chain logistics
- Order processing: Processing customer orders, ensuring accurate picking, packing, quantities, and variants of products while adhering to temperature requirements
- Sales revenue reconciliation: Comparing a business' recorded revenue to its actual income to ensure the accuracy of a company's financial records
- We do cash sales hence require daily matching of records transactions to the cash banked to ensure accuracy and confirm credit sales
- Afford Group Ltd for which I’m the owner and Managing Director secured a contract with leading diary factory in Rwanda (Inyange Industries Ltd) as an exclusive distributor in Nyarugenge District Kigali Rwanda
- We distribute (wholesale) cold chain products (cheese, butter, yogurt, ghee and milk) to retailers in our designated areas and sometime in other areas in case of stock out of our competitors/ other distributors
Consultant and Entrepreneur
CALC CONSULTANCY Ltd
10.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Co-running a company that provides a wide range of services; Accounting & finance, provision of solar house systems
- Developing a roll out plan for supplying and installing solar home systems
- Ensuring compliance with ministerial standards and guideline for solar home system
- Maintaining and providing after sales services (operation and maintenance, training of users etc.)
- Participating in off grid electrification awareness program
- Providing training to beneficiaries of solar home systems (SHS)
- Reporting on off grid connections and repossessions of SHS
- Maintaining accurate database of clients and contracts signed with customers which include size and usage pattern of SHS
- Co-running a company that provides a wide range of services; Accounting & finance, provision of solar house systems
Accountant
New Century Development (NCD)
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Prepare and enter journal entries which include correcting entries, allocating expenditure entries
- Process Accounts Payable / Receivables paperwork at completion of the check run
- Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
- Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements
- Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts
- Prepare labels and maintain files as needed within the department
- Prepare correspondence as needed within the department
- Manage payroll system and payroll related items
- Manage petty cash account
- Assist in year-end closing and audits
- Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required on short notice by the Chief Accountant
- Analyze account payables analysis and general accounts
- Capture and post the transactions in respective accounts
Government Internal Auditor
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
06.2011 - 07.2016
- Supervise and co-ordinate the internal audit function across all government institutions
- Formulate and disseminate internal audit regulations, uniform standards, policies, guidelines, audit methodology, etc
- Examine and evaluate management procedures and internal controls
- Perform any ad hoc investigative assignments to ensure that records are accurate and controls adequate to protect against fraud and waste
- Lead an annual planning process for the internal activities throughout the Government
- Arrange appropriate continuous professional development of Internal Auditors
- Provide quality assurance and producing a consolidated annual internal audit report
- Conduct internal audits in central government institutions including ministries, embassies etc
- Conduct internal audits in local government institutions including districts and other services operating at districts level such as Schools, District Hospitals and Prisons
- Perform any ad hoc investigative assignments in any government entity
Financial Analyst
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
01.2009 - 12.2010
- Analyzing financial information to produce forecasts economic conditions for use in making economic decisions
- Costing of the population policy that is pending to be approved by the cabinet
- Preparing annual work plan based on financial analyses
- Preparing quarterly request for funds through Funding Authorization and Certificate of Expenditures (FACE) and reports on expenditures for the projects based in MINECOFIN according to time frame and report formats specified in the Letter of Understanding (LoU)
- Preparing midyear and annual financial reports of the projects and ensure all project records and annual financial reports are submitted on time
- Preparing documents regarding local tenders and purchases
- Preparing annual audits for the project as specified in the LoU
- Assisting all implementing partners of the population programme in ensuring that their requesting for funds and reporting of expenditures adhere to Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT) and FACE forms requirement and are submitted on time
- Assisting all implementing partners in adhering to financial regulations and procedures requirement of the sixth country programme, including implementation of the recommendations of the HACT micro assessment (assurance and capacity development plans of the IP)
Accountant
NAM Enterprises Ltd
01.2006 - 06.2008
- Examine and evaluate the institution’s financial information and performance
- Budget preparation and monitoring spending and budgets
- Other tasks; Bond Warehousing, Clearing and Forwarding, Importation and Exportation operations
- Prepare accounts and tax returns
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST)
01.2005
Bachelor of Arts with Education - Business studies, Economics and Education
Kigali Institute of Education (KIE), Faculty of Arts and Social Science
01.2006
Skills
- IFRS
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Audit
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- Compliance
- Analytical Skills
- Communication Skills
- Reporting Skills
- Finance Procedures
- Corporate Finance
- Microsoft Office
- TeamMate
- QuickBooks
- Smart IFMIS
- Financial Modelling
- Statistical Analysis
- Research
- Data Mining
Trainings And Courses
- 01/01/01, Intensive Language Course of French, Kigali Institute of Education
- 01/01/02, Accounting software (SAGE 50,100), Kigali Institute of Science Technology and Management (KIST)
- 01/01/06, Custom’s Law, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA)
- 01/01/09, M & E and Financial focal point Workshop. Logical framework. Operational planning, monitoring and control., MINECOFIN/ Population Desk, RIAM
- 01/01/10, Environment mainstreaming into National Planning, Budgeting and Investment. Result Based Management (RBM), UNDP/UNEP & Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) UNICEF
- 01/01/11, SmartIFMS (An integrated Financial Management system.) TeamMate. Audit management system., MINECOFIN/ Smart IFMS MINECOFIN/ Office of Government Chief Internal Auditor. CCH
- 01/01/13, The second Public Sector Accountability Forum, Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Rwanda
Timeline
Entrepreneur
AFFORD GROUP LTD
05.2023 - Current
Consultant and Entrepreneur
CALC CONSULTANCY Ltd
10.2019 - Current
Accountant
New Century Development (NCD)
01.2018 - 09.2019
Government Internal Auditor
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
06.2011 - 07.2016
Financial Analyst
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
01.2009 - 12.2010
Accountant
NAM Enterprises Ltd
01.2006 - 06.2008
Bachelor of Arts with Education - Business studies, Economics and Education
Kigali Institute of Education (KIE), Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST)
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