Curriculum Vitae

Sirrah Gerald Sawaya

Personal Details

Home Address: Mikocheni, Dar Es Salaam

Telephone: +255 (0) 787495908
Year of Birth: 1992
Email Address: sirrah.sawaya@aiesec.net
Nationality: Tanzanian

Professional Overview

Sirrah Sawaya is a young professional, with exceptional leadership experience gained from working with
global youth leadership organization where she has interacted with a diverse global work environment.
Seeking to explore career opportunities in a very dynamic organization where my business and analytical
skills will be of great value in achieving the strategic goals of my employer. Dedicated, competent and
solution oriented young business leader, with the capacity to innovate around assigned tasks to attain
maximum output.

Education

Sept 2013 – Aug 2014 St. Augustine’s University, Certificate in Accountancy (C.A)
Sept 2014 – Dec 2017 St. Augustine’s University, Advance Diploma in Accountancy (A.D.A)

Work Experience

Jul 2017 – Aug 2018 AIESEC Tanzania

National Director Finance Legal and Administration

 Reviewing financial and budgetary data and streamlining areas to ensure all
organizational operations are 100% sustainable.
 Managing and driving the finance team in order to achieve financial growth across
our regional entities in Tanzania
 Implemented financial model that enabled our customers to pay during value
delivery stage, with the aim of increasing our retainer and promoters rate
 Gathering and presenting key finance data to national team and suggesting
necessary reactions to detailed business forecasts
 Working closely with operations managers to strengthen key focus areas and
target financial growth
 Creating and managing national budget and reconciling account to achieve proper
financial reporting
 Preforming Internal audit with Local Chapters and working with External Auditor to
analyze organization performance
 Recording daily Administrative transactions in the organization accounting system
 Reporting monthly and quarterly Financial data to the Board and Global Plenary
for Evaluation
 Ensuring all operations is legally operated on contractual basis.
 AIESEC SAUT, Tanzania
July 2016 – Feb 2017
Chapter President
 Initiated a partnership between AIESEC and the University administration to have the
university work with AIESEC in key focus programmes
 Worked with the national team of AIESEC In Tanzania to implement national
strategies through exchange delivery, project development and national events
 Managed 5 developmental projects in partnership with implementing organizations
to address challenges faced by marginalized population in Mwanza
 Aligned AIESEC projects to SDGs to ensure that AIESEC is making conscious towards
contributing too achieving SDGs through our community development projects

Jul 2014 –Sept 2014 Bizz Consultancy

Accountants Assistant (Intern)

 Create multiple cash flow analyses models in order to understand the company's
strongest periods of the month.
 Analyze the budgets for all our operations in order to present better ways to reduce
cost.
 Develop detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and help develop forecasts as well
as consolidate and analyze monthly results.
 Created a cost analysis model in order to depreciate more efficiently our long-term
dealer contracts.

Relevant Skills

Language Skills Native: Swahili

Excellent: English

Business Skills Advance:

 Leadership  Business Finance

 Interpersonal Skills  Planning, recording &
Reporting
 Microsoft Office Packages
 Problem solving skills
 Accounting Software
 Creative Mindset
 Relationship Management
 Team work
 Project Management

Interests/Hobbies

Gardening, Decorations, Event Organizer, meeting new people, learning new things.

Referees

Isabella Chamushala Amani Shayo Francis Omorojie

Accountant Member Country President Managing Consultant
Bizz Consultancy AIESEC TANZANIA Ennovate Hub
+255 658 719 128 +255 753 916 088 + 255 752 487 779