Accountant

• May 2014 - Present

▶️ Key Achievements: 🏆 Standardized description of expenses in the system to achieve uniformity. 🏆 Improved office efficiency, reduced expenses, and recovered lost billable hours by upgrading the operating system. 🏆 Implemented corrective measures for ensuring minor accounting discrepancies do not transpire. 🏆 Initiated electronic filing in addition to physical systematic filing which reduced drastically loss of income due to lack of proper record keeping, client appreciate the organization and the prompt response to their needs. 🏆 Improved relationships between vendors by streamlining accounts payable process. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▶️ Key Contributions & Results ✦ Assist with the preparation of financial statements, compilation of the management and statutory accounts. ✦ Assist in budgetary control, consolidation, management accounting and financial analysis. ✦ Analyzing and reconciling bank statements and general ledgers. ✦ Ensuring all invoices/payments are checked for discrepancies, customer payment collection are followed up, and supplier prepayment accounts are cleared off. ✦ Ensuring the coding of expenses follows the standard Chart of Accounts. ✦ Coding of invoices to the appropriate general ledger account and submitting to Manager for verification. ✦ Posting journal entries for accrued expenses and revenue. ✦ Preparing and filing of VAT and withholding VAT returns periodically. ✦ Preparing the monthly statutory deductions i.e. NSSF,NHIF and PAYE. ✦ Ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and are clearly auditable. ✦ Preparing Staff loans and repayment schedules. ✦ Preparing and posting journals for Staff imprests and surrender. ✦ Preparing resource people, Casuals and interns payments. ✦ Maintaining confidential information, such as Salary scales, Suppliers bank account details among others. ✦ Preparing payroll and managing the spreadsheets. Show less