Fred Ochieng: C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e

BRIEF

PROFILE

SUMMARY

I am a multi-talented individual with over 5(five) years experience working on a wide range of administrative
duties both at ground implementation and high level policy discussions, and in various capacities, both in
accounting, management and technology.
I work under minimum supervision and has the ability to listen and fully able, self-motivated, and result-oriented
person with a well developed interpersonal and communication skills. I have a high level of integrity, trust and
ready to work as a team. Good at time management and ability to meet deadlines.
Throughout my work experience, I have developed excellent accounting skills while working with with private and
public institutions. I can prepare, manage interpret financial statements of different types. I have been involved in
all aspects of core accountancy including; bank reconciliation, ratio analysis, financial accounting statement
extraction and interpretation; both manually and using specialized accounting packages such as Tally,
QuickBooks, Pastel, Sage, Excel among others.
Similarly, I have technological skills incorporated in business application, management and operations, with
abilities needed to handle increasingly complex information technology and business related assignments as
demonstrated throughout this profile.
PERSONAL

CONTACTS

Fred Ochieng; P.O. Box 2476 Kakamega, Kenya; Email: onyirofred@yahoo.com; or; onyirofred@hotmail.com
Mob. /Cell: +256-775-759373; or; +256-702-980-739
Nationality
:
Kenyan
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth : 1982
Languages:
English
: Excellent (written and spoken)
Kiswahili
: Excellent (written and spoken)
Luganda
: Good (written and spoken)
Luo, Lunyankole : Native Language (Luo); others, basic understanding
EDUCATION
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2010: Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting Information System, Institute of Advanced Leadership
2007: Bachelor of Business Computing, Makerere University, Uganda

PROFFESSIONAL COURSES

2009:
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2005:
2005:

Computerised Accounting with:

Navision,
Pastel,
QuickBooks,
Tally
Sage
Computerised Project Management with Ms. Project
Data Analysis with SPSS, Epi-Data

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WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 Oct 2015
Accountant: High Tides Ltd
As delegated by the Chief Executive Officer;
Prepare Financial Statements
Prepare payment Vouchers
Tax Filling with URA
Design a computerized accounting system
Managing books of Accounts
Performing Bank Reconciliation
Tracking project cash flow movements
Managing Employee Payrole system
2007- March 2015
Part Time Lecture: Institute of Advanced Leadership (U)
Head of Department, Faculty of Technology: As delegated by the Academic
Registrar, and Board of Directors;
Program formulation and development of curriculum for the following courses;
Computerised Accounting in;
Tally
QuickBooks
Pastel
2011- Feb 2015
Part Time Lecture: Team Institute of Business and Management
As delegated by the academic registrar, design course outline and lecture the following
course units:
Intermediated Accounting
Advanced Accounting
Electronic Business
Quantitative Techniques
2010-2014
Accountant: Ninats Investments Limited
In consultation with company directors:
Design a computerized accounting system
Managing books of Accounts
Performing Bank Reconciliation
Tracking project cash flow movements
Managing Employee Payrole system
2010-2013
College of Business Study, Katwe, Kampala, Uganda
Lecturer: Information Technology Department
Lecturing in Computer Studies
Business mathematics
Business statistics
Operations management
PROFFICIENCY EXPERIENCE
YEAR: 2014
ORGANIZATION: Millenium
Eco Practice Company Ltd
YEAR: 2013
ORGANIZATION: Uganda
Road Fund

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Training Educational and management consultancy

Contracted to train staff members on computerized accouting
Educational and management consultancy for Review of Organizational
Structure, Administrative & Human Resource Manual and Staffing Levels
Performing Content analysis to analyze qualitative data from
different staff members by analyzing expressions from both
the individual interviews and focus group discussions, and interpreting
them in the context of the review.

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YEAR: 2012
ORGANIZATION: Office of
the Auditor General-Uganda

Assessing Institutional Independence of the Office of Auditor General

Comprehensive review of the Human Resource Management Information
System.
Present a comprehensive plan on the understanding and improvement
of the HRMIS

YEAR: 2012
ORGANIZATION:
Institute
of Advanced Leadership
(U)

Head, Department of Information Technology

Developing course content to support the following programs:
i.
Certificate in Computer Applications
ii.
Diploma in Computer Science
iii.
Diploma in ICT
Conducted and supervised E-learning as implimented in the distance
learning programs

YEAR: 2011

Lecture, Faculty of Technology

ORGANIZATION: Team
Insititute of Business and
Management

Coducting Stakeholder Analysis in the area of ICT and developing

program manual aimed at nurturing students to be job creators other than
job seekers.
Monitoring and evaluating ICT lecturres proficiency and ability to perform

KEY COMPETENCIES
Five (5) Years of Work of experience in research, Planning & Strategy, People performance and
management, Team Management, relationship management and Finance Management
I am a dynamic, Self-driven and result-oriented manager with strong record of accomplishment of
performance in big and challenging organizations. I utilize keen analysis, insights, and team approach to
drive project improvements and implementation of best practices. I have superior interpersonal skills,
capable of resolving multiple and complex issues and motivating staff to peak performance. I Endeavour
to learn and deepen knowledge in new disciplines that are outside my professional competence areas.

SPECIFIC AREAS AND LEVEL OF EXPOSURE

I have, at strategic levels worked with private institutions performing the following
key tasks:
Enforce expenditure commitment policy
Processing of all payment requests,
Cash flow management
Accounting,
Support, under the supervision of the Executive Director, the preparation and
monitoring of the overall annual budget as well as budgets of specific projects
Managing Financial
Support, under the supervision of the Executive Director, the preparation of
Resources
grant requests to donors
Support financial reporting to donors
Support, under the supervision of the Executive Director, the preparation of
financial documents to the Finance Committee and Board, meetings attended
Ensure effective co-ordination with the Secretariat, current fiscal sponsor,
among others.

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I have, throughout my working experience directly participated in building strategic

Implementing
alliances/linkages with different stakeholders in the field of academics including
administrative and
teachers, students and parent. I have the ability to structure, manage, and monitor
operational
the development and implementation of programs, including:
framework in
Support and supervise compliance with all relevant fiscal and legal obligations,
compliant with board
Assist the Executive Director in drawing partnership agreements,
of governors and
Manage contractual documents
donor regulations
Ensure adequate insurance coverage of all staff and activities

Administrative
management of
Human resources

Throughout my working experience I have learnt how to manage organizations

important resource- The people:
Supporting management of staff contracts
Payment of salary, monitoring of holiday periods, extra time/days

OTHER AREAS OF EXPOSURE

Development and I have, at strategic levels worked with the following academic institutions in developing and
Implementation of implementing learning material in the field of technology and management:
Educational
Team Institute of Business and Management
products and
Institute of Advanced Leadership (U)
Services
College of Business Studies
Bombo Army Secondary School
While working with the above institutions for over 3 years, I have gained the ability to
develop and support growth in others to maximize their contributions to the organization,
including:
Using coaching processes, techniques, and tools
Building rapport and credibility
Being a role model
I am able to express project management concepts and related facts in a clear, concise and
organized manner. Can modify delivery, language or content to account for the
characteristics and needs of the audience including responding to probing. I have the ability
to perform critical inquiries as well as the ability to write clear, concise and organized legal
project documents, letters and memoranda addressing legal concepts and facts as part of
risk mitigation.
Use of ICT in
I have, throughout my working experience directly participated in building strategic
development of alliances/linkages with different stakeholders in the field of academics including teachers,
learning tools
students and parent. I have the ability to structure, manage, and monitor the development
and
and implementation of E-Learning model, including:
understanding
Identifying goals or objectives/priorities
of E-Learning
Planning and scheduling lessons
Model
Allocating and acquisitioning resources
Monitoring and Evaluation
Use of project management tools like a logical framework matrix
Project
Throughout my working experience I have initiated, implemented and monitored various
Management
audit trails and managed to analyse, inform and discover opportunities at different levels of
and In-depth
management:
knowledge in
I have closely participated in financial auditing of various projects that I directly
monitoring and
supervised, with the ability to verify financial information.
evaluation
I have, with various academic and non-academic institutions, been able to conduct,

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Research and
analysis,
programme
design, and
innovative
resourcing
strategies

monitor and advice during project management that has seen improvement of financial
performance, accountability and value for money.
With substantial skills in operation audit, I am able to use a systematic approach to
solve problem, including: Identifying key elements in routine and complex problems ,
Collecting, selecting, verifying, and evaluating information relevant to the defined
problem, Offering alternate solutions with rationales and Taking action to implement
business plans

I have been involved in several research and I have participated in the formulation of project
proposals where I ensured substantive rigor in the design and application of proven
successful approaches through:
Assessing project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices
into project work
Research linkages across programme activities to identify critical points

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS
1. Ochieng O. Fred (2010). Gateway to Research Method. Basic Business Books

COMPUTER EXPERT KNOWLEDGE

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Microsoft Office (All Versions)

Microsoft Project (All Versions)
Tally Accounting (All Versions)
Quickbook Accounting (All Versions)
Pastel Accounting (All Versions)

OTHER SKILLS
SKILL
Training And Presentation
Financial Litracy
Communication
Drafting
Creativity And Innovation

RATTING
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent

REFEREES
NAME: Mrs. Kyasimiire Betty; POSITION: Director; ORGANIZATION: High Tides Ltd; TELEPHONE: +256-702-150959

NAME: Mr. Abdul Nasser Mukasa; POSITION: Deputy Principle; ORGANIZATION: Institute of Advanced
Leadership, Kampala, Uganda; TELEPHONE: +256-704-630-101

NAME: Mrs. Alice K; POSITION: Head Teacher; ORGANIZATION: Bombo SSS; TELEPHONE: +256-772-481-062
NAME: Sr John Paul; POSITION: Head of Undergraduate Department; ORGANIZATION: Team Institute of
Business and Management, Kampala, Uganda; TELEPHONE: +256-772-442-224

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CERTIFICATION:
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the data contained herein, correctly
describe my qualifications, my experience and me.

_________________________________________________Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Signature

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