Chale Mughogho

Charles Mughogho is a competent and ambitious strategist in accounting and administrative professions with required qualifications and comparable skills in accounting, financial management, business administration, auditing, taxation and strategic business management. A professional graduate Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting, Auditing and Information Systems obtained from the Malawi College of Accountancy and currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration in Finance at Unicaf University. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) in good standing with over nine years work experience as an Accounting personnel.

District Project Accountant - Malawi Watershed Service Improvement Project (MWASIP) - Ntcheu District Council, Malawi

(2022-01)

Implemented by Ministry of Water and Sanitation (Malawi Government), funded by World Bank.

• Certify that activities are in line with approved annual work plan and budget before consideration by the District Project Coordinator and final approval by District Commissioner
• Assist in budget preparation, execution and monitoring including liaising with all Sectors at District Councils involved in the project
• Consolidate all financial data from MWASIP implementing entities at district level
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for operating account
• Prepare and submit monthly expenditure returns to Treasury through project management unit
• Coordinate/host year end audits
• Submit monthly activity reports to Finance Management Specialist
• Ensure funds allocated for workshop activities are properly used and accounted for
• Ensure that expenditure is fully supported by relevant documentation duly authorized
• Ensure that all financial records are properly filed and maintained
• Sign off payments vouchers to ensure that payments agree with the funding model
• Host supervisory visits from Project Management Unit and/or lead departments
• Conduct any other duties that may be assigned by the PMU or the implementing district to smoothly run the project
• Ensure that all monies sent to the District Councils are used for the purpose intended
• Ensure that district assemblies submit financial reports on time
• Ensure that all monies sent to the District Councils are properly liquidated
• Keep the general ledger updated
• Brief the World Bank Mission on several financial progress interventions in Ntcheu District Council, provide advice and administrative support as required
• Perform any other duty as may be necessary for the effective implementation of the project and program as assigned by Program Coordinator through the Financial Management Specialist

Acting Director of Finance - Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development - Kausungu Municipal Council, Malawi

(2020-08 - 2022-12)

• Coordinate the day to day activities of the finance directorate
• Prepare all estimates in consultation with all the directorates
• Report to the Chief Executive Officer and council finance committee on any anticipated over-expenditure, authorised expenditure and deviation from regulations
• Maintain the accounting system and supervise all financial staff
• Prepare annual accounts, grant claims and external and internal financial statements, statistics and cost-estimates
• Adopt and implement an appropriate expenditure monitoring and control mechanism
• Attend finance committee and other meetings
• Identify human resource gaps in the department and recommend for new recruits
• Identify knowledge gaps in staff and initiate training and development on the same

Accountant - Kasungu Municipal Council - Kasungu, Malawi

(2017 - 2020-08)

• Formulation of council budget
• Production of financial reports
• Production of annual financial statements
• Checking bank reconciliations
• Authorizing payments
• Supervising and appraising junior staff
• Ensuring that each payment adheres to the budget and that correct codes are charged
• Act as liaison during external audit visits
• Posting financial transactions into IFMIS by ensuring correct codes are charged to each item
• Counter-signing financial documents

Assistant Accountant - Kasungu Municipal Council - Kasungu, Malawi

(2013 - 2017)

• Assist in formulation of council budget
• Making bank reconciliation monthly
• Checking payment vouchers
• Ensuring that debtors and creditors ledger are updated
• Preparation of salaries for staff
• Supervising and appraising junior staff
• Maintaining the general ledger and review journal vouchers
• Remittance of returns to Malawi Revenue Authority
• Ensuring that each payment adheres to the budget and that correct codes are charged
• Assist in the production of financial reports monthly
• Act as liaison during external audit visits
• Participate in the formulation of annual accounts
• Project Accountant for National Aids Commission Funds, Local Development Fund and DAHSP
• Training community based organizations on means of funds liquidation disbursed to them through NAC
• Production of donor funds financial reports
• Posting financial transactions into IFMIS by ensuring correct codes are charged to each item

Bachelor of Applied Accounting, Auditing and Information Systems - Accounting, Auditing and Information Systems - Malawi College of Accountancy (2018 - 2020)

Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) - Mbapapi Secondary School (2004)

Technician Diploma in Accounting - Accounting - Malawi College of Accountancy (2017)

Certificate in Financial Accounting (CIFA) - Financial Accounting - Mzuzu University (2007)