Nicole Kabanyana

• Analyzed financial data to provide actionable insights for client investment strategies.
• Developed comprehensive financial plans addressing client goals and risk tolerance.
• Facilitated client meetings to assess needs and present tailored solutions.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance service delivery and client experience.
• Reduced client tax liabilities with strategic tax planning and expert advice on deductions, credits, and exemptions.
• Streamlined internal processes to increase efficiency within the team, resulting in better service delivery for clients.
• Assisted the client to communicate with various partners (government institutions) ad private institutions as well.

• Being a new company to promote irrigation infrastructure in Eastern Rwanda, my main mission was to establish the financial service by putting the foundation of the latter into operation. My main achievements during the 18 months I served there, are as follows:
• Harmonious planning of the daily activities of my department, taking due account of priorities;
• Representation of management at events such as on the board of directors in order to energetically defend the interests of the company;
• Developing administrative and procedural policies in areas such as finance and human resources and taking the necessary measures to ensure that staff diligently follow these guidelines by carrying out monitoring activities;
• Participation in the preparation of the company's budget by putting in place the material and human resources necessary to collect all relevant information to inform this process;
• Rigorous management of material and administrative resources within the company by developing a utilization plan and supervising its implementation;
• Expert use of Sage Pastel for daily tasks and production of monthly and annual financial reports.

In general, my main responsibilities as financial auditor were as follows:

• Risk assessment through the study of control procedures implemented within companies;
• Establishment of the alert procedure if difficulties are identified, by proposing appropriate corrective measures to business managers;
• Analysis of accounting documents, in order to assess the authenticity of financial data with regard to the legislation in place;
• Writing detailed reports of investigation results and recommendations to improve compliance;
• Improved operational efficiency through data processing to then implement good financial practices.

• From August 2019 to May 2020, I did a professional internship at the Office of the Auditor General of Alberta (one of the provinces of Canada) through a scholarship from the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) as part of their program aimed at strengthening the capacities of the Supreme Audit Institution, particularly in performance auditing.

• Accounting treatment and fixed asset management: Through the audit of the East African Community (EAC) which is a regional intergovernmental organization made up of 7 partner states in the East African region which are Rwanda, South Sudan, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.