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Tatenda Wilbert Gavhure

Summary

Experienced and highly reliable financial services professional with a strong focus on client service and holder of Masters Degree in Financial Economics & Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance.


Demonstrated expertise in transaction processing, financial analysis, reporting, and driving business results. A finance leader with extensive experience in financial management, reporting, and strategic planning. Skilled at fostering team collaboration and achieving organizational success through effective budgeting, forecasting, and compliance. Adaptable and analytical with a deep understanding of corporate finance principles. Recognized for reliability, integrity, and a results-driven approach in dynamic environments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Hotel Controller

Princess Cruise Lines
02.2022 - Current
  • Perform internal onboard audits in relation to cash controls and Hotel Policies & Procedures in accordance with Company standards
  • Promptly investigate any cash variances & prepares necessary reports and action recommendations
  • Oversee key, combination, and alarm security in accordance with Hotel Policies & Procedures
  • Ensures that full stock takes for all main storerooms and bar locations are performed.
  • Training new to recruited ad promoted Hotel Controllers.
  • Review and preparation, consolidation of voyage and monthly financial and audit report to shipboard and shoreside management
  • Verify the physical inventory routine for each storage location onboard and regularly analyze inventory levels to verify inventory counts are accurate
  • Participate productively in the monthly meeting regarding hotel stores, revenue, and food and beverage inventory levels and consumption issues/concerns
  • Act as liaison between all Hotel departments and the shoreside audit team on all financial control audits, meeting daily with the Auditor and being on hand at all times during the audit in accordance with Hotel Policies & Procedures
  • Assist in addressing internal and external audit findings and resolves in an appropriate and timely fashion; develops plans to prevent repeat findings
  • Coordinated training sessions to improve team competency in financial systems.
  • Generated comprehensive financial reports by consolidating data from multiple departments.
  • Prepared monthly financial statements for enhanced visibility into organizational performance.
  • Conducted audits to identify compliance gaps and develop corrective actions.

Inventory Manager (Act)

Carnival Cruise Lines
02.2021 - 01.2022
  • Spearheaded data-driven initiatives that improved stock turnover rates.
  • Administration of Store room inventory
  • Liaison with shoreside for all purchasing, loading and supply issues, preparing and forward loading & discrepancy reports to shoreside
  • Maintain All inventories and spot checks, verifying and resolving any discrepancies.
  • Vendor Claims enquiries, picklist audits, maintaining par levels, set up and submission of master orders, audit of central inventories, operational storage audit, shrinkage review
  • Reconcile inventories and par levels
  • Prepare financial reports to maintain cost, budgets
  • Enforce bar outlet inventories, monitor slow moving items
  • Reduced excess inventory with effective stock categorization.
  • Redesigned inventory workflows to minimize delays in order fulfillment.
  • Increased accuracy rates by implementing new inventory tracking system.

Senior Finance Specialist

Carnival Cruise Lines
02.2018 - 01.2021
  • Cost, Revenue Accounting, and revenue related financial reporting analysis
  • First level custodian of all Inventory Control Systems such s Crunch Time, Oracle, also revenue systems such as point of sale and other related in house systems.
  • Preparation and submission of master orders for Bar, Food and Hotel Stores.
  • Receiving and reconciling Purchase orders vs Invoice in Crunch Time, receiving discrepancy reports, master order shakedown analysis, price and conversion changes
  • Revenue and Cost posting of expenditures, resolving queries on guest accounts, primary support for all financial matters to guest services front desk.
  • Provision of financial support to various departments by responding to queries and providing reports and analysis upon request
  • Overseeing revenue accounting processes
  • Identify, research and corrects all discrepancies daily
  • Monitoring and managing guest and crew payment accounts, ensuring that a form of payment is always available
  • Performing end of voyage posting to close the period in the onboard inventory management system
  • Serving as an administrator of all onboard financial systems, providing end user support and performing tests during new deployments and special projects
  • Perform the analysis of item activity and pricing fluctuations and submits findings to Senior management and Corporate Procurement
  • Provide financial support to various onboard departments by responding to queries and providing reports and analysis upon request
  • Training and development of new finance officers in all job functions and generating training performance evaluations
  • Strengthened internal controls by conducting regular audits and recommending corrective actions as necessary.
  • Played a key role in driving profitability by identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement initiatives.

Compliance Manager – Anti Money Laundering, Monitoring and Reporting

NMB Bank Ltd
04.2017 - 01.2018
  • Supporting the Head of Compliance in monitoring and managing the delivery of a risk-based Compliance monitoring plan
  • Promoting best practice across Compliance monitoring by maintaining high standards and ensuring staff are aware, competent in that regard concerning Compliance policies and procedures
  • Assisting in the development of Compliance initiatives and programs to comply with the respective legal, licensing and regulatory obligations
  • Performing compliance monthly audits and filing suspicious transaction reports and escalation to the Central Bank of Zimbabwe
  • Management of compliance risk, breaches and assisting in the subsequent resolution
  • Aiding in preparing for impending regulatory changes or revisions to licensing structure
  • Developed risk management strategies to minimize compliance-related exposure.
  • Led interactive sessions for staff to reinforce importance of compliance culture.

Private Banker/ Financial Services Officer/ Supervisor/Manager

NMB Bank Ltd
03.2012 - 03.2017
  • Providing a full range of financial services to clients based on evaluation of their financial needs
  • Devising and implementing strategies to enhance loan selling
  • Monitoring account conduct of ultra-high net worth clients
  • Maintain highest standards of customer services, personal banking and SAFE mortgage Licensing requirements
  • In depth analysis on company's financial statements

Night Auditor

Holiday Inn
01.2010 - 02.2012
  • Carried out responsibilities as Manager on Duty during night shifts - supervising overnight staff
  • Nightly revenue reconciliation of room revenue, movie revenue and all other revenue sources
  • Address all guest concerns
  • Prepare and sent out direct bill packets for hotel credit clients
  • Reconcile hotel bank deposits to what was recorded in property management system
  • Responsible for closing out the financial books of the hotel at the end of each business day
  • Responsible for checking in all guests that checked in after standard business hours and answering any questions
  • Responsible for checking in all guests who arrived after standard business hours

Education

Master of Science Degree - Financial Economics and Banking

National University of Science And Technology
01.2016

Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) Degree in Finance -

National University of Science And Technology
01.2012

Skills

  • Financial Planning and monitoring
  • Accounting and financial Control
  • Cash Management
  • External reporting and audit
  • Staff Management and Development
  • Compliance
  • Interpersonal and leadership Skills
  • Audit preparation
  • Statement reconciliation

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Hotel Controller

Princess Cruise Lines
02.2022 - Current

Inventory Manager (Act)

Carnival Cruise Lines
02.2021 - 01.2022

Senior Finance Specialist

Carnival Cruise Lines
02.2018 - 01.2021

Compliance Manager – Anti Money Laundering, Monitoring and Reporting

NMB Bank Ltd
04.2017 - 01.2018

Private Banker/ Financial Services Officer/ Supervisor/Manager

NMB Bank Ltd
03.2012 - 03.2017

Night Auditor

Holiday Inn
01.2010 - 02.2012

Master of Science Degree - Financial Economics and Banking

National University of Science And Technology

Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) Degree in Finance -

National University of Science And Technology

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