Experience

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  Highlands Drinks Limited

  • Kenya
  • Food & Beverages
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Head of Finance

    • Oct 2022 - Present

    Responsible for team development and growth, strategy, planning, management and running of all the finance activities including; Cashflow management, Profitability, Budgeting, Forecasting, Risk Management, Process improvement and Negotiations.

  • Route to Market Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Oct 2022

    Leading, development and implementation of a scalable Route to Market and Sales Force effectiveness model which meets the service level expectations of various stakeholders at optimized cost.

  • Business Performance Manager

    • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

    Strengthening the current operational, strategic and implementation techniques aligning them with day to day running of the business. Key focus areas include; Commercial organization, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance and ICT.

  • Chief Accountant

    • Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

    Financial Management, Business Performance & Process Improvement, Controls and Reporting

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  Unga Group Ltd

  • Kenya
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Business Controller

    • Jul 2016 - Jun 2020

    •Challenging Business performance (operational and strategic) through timely analysis and reporting, making recommendations.•Driving Company's Financial Planning and Cost Management through various tools including; Budgeting and Forecasting with short interval monitoring and control and Business Intelligence.•Spearheading Business Process Improvement Initiatives through continuous improvement activities in line with Management Information Systems and changing technology trends.•Working Capital Management and Inventory Management ensuring optimum stock holding and sound inventory control systems.•Facilitate and guide in Monthly Business Executive review.•In-depth analysis of price/cost and volume variances for revenue, OPEX & CAPEX parameters.•Develop and maintain partnerships with internal management stakeholders in order to provide insights on key business parameters and levers for growth that will facilitate and influence business decision-making.•Daily, weekly, monthly succinct performance tracking and highlights to the commercial organization.•Design business performance evaluation & alarm mechanism to evaluate business performance month on month and track key KPI’s verses target.•Deliver meaningful, accurate and timely performance management reports to demonstrate business performance and achievement against key performance indicators.•Share key insights from the key performance indicators tracked per product and per segment.

  • Project Team Lead- SAP-ERP

    • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

    • Pre-and post-implementation support and collaboration with users and Business at large for improvement and proper utilization of Controlling (Management Accounting), Funds Management (Budgeting & Forecasting), Project System and Business Intelligence SAP Modules.• Synthesizing of current Business Analytics and trend data to support recommendations for action in development of the desired Business Intelligence.• Evaluation of global/segment reporting and profitability analysis, making recommendations for improvement as per the desired overall Business processes improvement and visibility using SAP ERP,interfaces and other data sources.• A Super User for Controlling (Management Accounting), Funds Management (Budgeting), Project System and Business Intelligence SAP modules.

  • Acting Finance Manager

    • Feb 2015 - May 2015

    Financial Management,Controls and Reporting.

  • Plant Accountant

    • Apr 2013 - Jan 2015

    Plant Financial Analysis, Management and Reporting as well as monitoring and controlling all Financial related operations adhering to internal Controls across all Plant Departments.

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  Taj Mall Ltd

  • Nairobi

  • Accountant

    • Aug 2010 - Mar 2013
    • Nairobi

    Financial & Management Reporting roles with enhancement and improvement of Internal Controls.