Experience

Taimba Limited

• Kenya
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Preparing monthly financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries • Providing a support service by working with all departments, the management and executive team to help make financial decisions • Review the financial data and information, update it, to identify inconsistencies and take remedial actions and to provide assistance to direct the operation of financial activities • Ensure timely reconciliation of all accounts, to verify its accuracy by tracking and monitoring the financial records • Prepare accurate monthly and yearly reports, to provide assistance in directing the coordination and preparation of annual budgets, and to ensure that the approved budget has been adhered to, to communicate the variations in budget to the management, and communicate inconsistencies in the budget • Ensuring project and OPEX spending is kept in line with the budget • Informing key strategic decisions and formulating business strategies • Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions • Analysing financial performance and so contributing to medium and long term business planning / forecasts • Ensure adherence to all business SOPs and procedures and continuous improvement of the same.



After Forty Hotels Ltd

• Kenya

• Finance Manager

  • May 2021 - Jul 2022

  Procurement and suppliers’ management Financial Reporting and Bookkeeping management Debtors and Treasury Management Cost and budget Control Staff management Procurement and suppliers’ management Financial Reporting and Bookkeeping management Debtors and Treasury Management Cost and budget Control Staff management



Career Directions Ltd

• Kenya
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Accountant

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

  A) Book Keeping and Accounting • Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards and policies. • Compute and account for taxes owed, prepare and file tax returns, ensuring compliance with tax laws, deadlines and statutory legislation. • Fixed Assets management and control including preparation of the Fixed Assets Movement Schedule and accounting for the Depreciation thereon. B) Cash and Treasury Management • Receive cash and cheque collections from customers. Record such receipts in the SAGE Accounting system and make deposits of the same within 24 hours • Manage all requisitions for payments. • Prepare all supplier payments after due reconciliation of all Supplier accounts and ensure the same are fully approved by the respective managers and Bank Signatories. • Collaborate effectively with the Sales and Operations departments and be the lead in Credit Control to ensure the customer accounts are well reconciled and discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner to avoid delay in customer payments. • Issue Monthly Statements to Customers and follow-up for the collections. C) Financial Analyses, Control and Reporting • Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice. • Submit daily reports for Sales, Collections, and Bank Deposits; weekly Stock Reconciliations, aging of Receivables; and Monthly Sales Analyses. • Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs. • Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts. (Make best-practices recommendations to management) D) Procurement and Suppliers Management



MCCK KENYA

• NAIROBI

• Chief Accountant

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Duties and Responsibilities 1. Book Keeping and Financial Reporting • Oversee the day to day finance and accounts operations. • Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. • Prepare timely, accurate and cost-effective weekly, monthly reports and highlight variances so that management can take effective action to improve operating performance • Verify that reconciliation of sub ledgers with the general ledger is adequately performed. • Ensure the maintenance of accounting books, registers, files and reports to meet the legal and company managerial policy requirements. • Review and approve payment vouchers and journal entries. • Undertake timely monthly financial statements and cash flow management reporting. • Ensure all taxes are paid on time and Tax authority procedures complied to. 2. Budgeting, Costing and Forecasting • Validate finished goods standard prices and ensure deviations are corrected upon approval • Spearhead the financial and cost accounting functions including AR, AP, GL, forecasting, budgeting. • Spearheading budgeting and forecasting exercises • Analyze product margins, pricing trends and raw material costs trends and recommend remedial actions to management. • Analyze company costing systems, including the costing of imported raw materials and overheads • Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies. • Establish and maintain systems for cost-sensitivity analysis and early-warning of cost-overruns. • Prepare management expense reports, analyze material variances and suggest corrective actions 3. Debtors and Treasury Management • Follow up daily sales and collections and booked expenses and check daily reports and transactions. • Forerunner of the cash flow forecasting, analyzing margin, variances and cost analysis functions. 4. Procurement and Suppliers Management 5. Payroll Management and Team Management



Destinylifechurch & Destiny summit academies

• NAIROBI

• Finance and Administration Officer

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2016

  Duties and Responsibilities A) Maintain the books of accounts • Participate actively in preparation of financial statements • Ensure all financial records are updated on time and filed as per GAAPS standards • Ensure all financial transactions follow the laid down SOPs • Ensure bank reconciliations are done monthly and discrepancies handled immediately B) Prepare budgets, cash flow forecasts and financial reports to the board • Work with other departmental heads in the process of budget preparation, approval and execution • Manage the company treasury to ensure prompt payment, liquidity and receipt • Share financial and management reports to the board monthly • Share daily and continuous reports to the CEO C) Manage the administration function • Chair the management meetings involving departmental heads • Handle all major communications relating to third parties • Handle school parent issues for better relationships • Act as contact person and coordinator for all 19 branches in Kenya • Oversee the sharing of customers and suppliers correspondences including statements among others D) Design and implement internal controls • Manage the design and implementation of internal control systems for departments and entire company at large • Evaluate the performance of different internal control system procedure to measure effectiveness E) Prepare payroll and manage statutory deductions • Prepare monthly payrolls and ensure payment to staff as specified in the company policy • Ensure statutory deductions’ payments are remitted as required by law. F) Staff Management • In charge of new entry interviews • Undertake staff performance appraisals • Plan and execute staff training and development strategies • Handle all staff issues arising from different units



IMANI REHABILITATION AGENCY

• Financial Accountant

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2013

  Accountant Duties and Responsibilities • Keep all the accounts records for Imani different activities and control different budgets for 5 branches. • Prepare management accounts for audit at the end of every year detailing all branches transactions. • Preparing staff salaries in the last week of every month or as advised for all branches. • Preparing and paying of statutory deductions for all branches as per regulations from different bodies. • Prompt payment of all NGO bills to ensure deadlines in all branches are met and funds well managed to avoid crisis. • Prepare and share financial proposals to donors for months preceding a financial year or as may be requested. • Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for management, donors and their partners. • Present all project financial and progress reports to different donors on quarterly basis, including construction, education funding and other major support projects. • Keeping record and contacts of all the local and international donors of Imani. • Design and recommend cash and cost control policies for approval and implementation. Achievements • Ranked the best Accountant in 10 year’s history, acquiring the best management letter from auditors.