Reginald Makowa

Background

About Reginald Makowa

I am a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant, with extensive experience directing financial and management reporting to drive performance, profitability and growth for manufacturing, agriculture and listed organizations. I excel at developing and implementing cost-saving initiatives across operations, finance and executive functions to achieve ~15% reduction in costs through more efficient practices, and am highly skilled at understanding current business position to discover methods to improve cash flow and working capital by ~30% to enable ongoing financial stability. V&S Healthcare set new objective to transform financial reporting to improve stakeholder strategy delivery. As Finance Manager, in 2023, I led 1st external audit since company formation. I implemented standardized reporting processes, trained Finance team on IFRS compliance, collaborated with Auditors, streamlined payroll management, then established more robust financial reporting framework. Succeeded in completing external audit with minimum findings to significantly enhance stakeholder confidence. Padenga Holdings was enhancing financial reporting by integrating US subsidiary into its framework. As Group Finance Manager, I established comprehensive reporting system to ensure timely and accurate information flow to Zimbabwe. I analysed existing practices, developed IFRS aligned reporting template, aided US Finance team, and automated data transfer processes. Succeeded in establishing new reporting framework with timely accurate reports, that also transformed decision-making and financial oversight. One of my core skills is leading internal and external audit processes to quickly uncover and overcome risks, by implementing corrective actions that are specifically designed to achieve organic compliance. I am renowned for forming and optimizing global finance teams through world-class performance management, to reduce working hours while simultaneously improving productivity.