Experience

Great Lakes University of Kisumu

• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Mar 2021 - Present

  A privately owned university in western part of Kenya currently specialising in health sciences and offering certificates, diplomas, degrees and post graduate studies in Community Health and Development, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Public health but also offering courses in Business Administration, AgriBusiness, ICT and Hospitality and Travels.The university is working on a turnround strategy to make more vibrant having witnessed a period of government challenges, low student numbers and out of date facilities Show less

• • Mar 2021 - Present

  Achievements:Kept strict control over cash flowEnsured that students pay fees and made follow up on outstanding amountIdentified old liabilities and agreed on instalment payment termsKept regular payments to current service providersIdentified dormant accounts and recommended to the Council for write offCorrected all errors in the accounting recordsManaged to bring audits update from 2016 to 2021Coordinated valuation of university propertiesCoordinated capital constructionKept open communication with the banks with whom we have loansManaged staff tasks and appraisalsManaged donor contracts Show less



Amref Health Africa South Sudan

• Juba, South Sudan

• Finance Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  Reorganised the finance, HR, Procurement, Administration and ICT departments to reduce pending work due to unbalanced workload distribution amongst staff Successfully managed key performance indicators in Burn rate, income growth rate, negative project balances, cofounding obligation, staff debtors Cleared longstanding issues on donor contracts management including donor reports, budgets, cash draw down and queries Managed challenges in donor and statutory audits Ensured full compliance with policies, donor rules and statutory requirements Cleared payment to suppliers and other service providers Fully supported budgeting in proposal developments and annual planning Managed monthly cash forecast Coordinated introduction and usage of new ERP Navision System Prepared annual country plans and budgets for submission to HQ Updated data in the AIMS system for the monthly review meetings with HQ Supported Country Director to clear challenges in taxation and legal matters Managed physical assets Managed Annual Budget of USD 5.0m Show less



Ex - Amref Health Africa in South Sudan

• Ex Finance Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2020



Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), Nairobi

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2018

  Responsibility & Achievements  Restructured financial function  Coaching and mentoring staff, supervision of accounting processes,  Donor reporting and contract management, staff work advance and accountability management, Supervise social Enterprise projects and fundraising activities  Cleaned the balance sheet of deficits, liabilities & debts,  Enhanced donor confidence in the organisation,  Improved cash management to ensure continuous availability  Managed annual budget is USD 1.0M  Member of Senior Management Team  Managed the Social Enterprises Show less



Concern Worldwide

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Country Financial Controller

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2014

  Financial management including reporting, maintenance of accounting records, review and strengthening internal controls, expenditure management, foreign exchange management, variance analysis, cash and bank controls, Donor contract management, Ensuring organization policies and donor rules compliance, Accounting system templates updating, policy review and updating, Operational budget preparation and management, Proposal budget formulation in line with donor rules, Cost Recoveries Staff supervision through objectives, Information and communication management, Audit management, Field visits to review operations, Collaboration with HR, Programmes and Logistics Show less



OXFAM GB

• NAIROBI, KENYA

• Country Finance and Systems Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

  Financial Management Donor Contract Management Partnership Management Compliance Reporting Annual Planning Proposal Development Financial Planning Financial Forecasting Cost Recoveries Financial Analysis Staff Supervision Financial Management Donor Contract Management Partnership Management Compliance Reporting Annual Planning Proposal Development Financial Planning Financial Forecasting Cost Recoveries Financial Analysis Staff Supervision



TEARFUND IHR

• Khartoum Sudan

• FINANCE MANAGER

  • May 2009 - Dec 2011

  Serve as a member of the Senior Management Team, manage an annual budget of USD$13.5 million, and manage a team of 9 professionals. Ensure that strong financial and accounting systems are in place. Maintain accounting records for capturing and processing data and reporting thereon. Implement strong internal controls related to compliance, organization and donor policies, procurement procedures, payments cash and bank management, reviewing and updating financial policies and procedures, identifying risk areas to reduce incidences of fraud, preparing records for auditing. Lead budget preparation during proposal writing by setting budget formats for different projects in relation to TF policies and donor regulations such as ECHO, USAID-OFDA, DFID, BUZA (DUTCH), DFID WASH, AIDCO(EU), CFGB& CIDA HAPS(CANADIAN), SGID(Scottish), CHF and TF Families in Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands Notable Contributions: • Facilitated the successful migration from the old to the new system by reconciling and clearing all outstanding brought forward balances. • Ensured that monthly management accounts were prepared, distributed to the field projects staff for the review and their comments before finalization. • Ensured that the monthly reports are used by project managers to monitor project implementation by preparing them within agreed deadlines. • Ensured that project budgets included adequate recovery of the core costs of operations of support offices in Khartoum and Nyala. • Monitored project budgets and quarterly advised project coordinators on material variances. • Developed and used standard donor expense allocation tables that ensured proper allocation of expenses amongst multi-donor financed budgets. Managed preparation of donor reports within the set dates. • Formulated new polices in areas of cash management, indirect cost recovery from donor budgets, management of telephone bills. • Recruited competent expat field finance officers. Show less



Tearfund

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager

  • 2009 - 2011



CORAT AFRICA

• Associate Consultants

  • 2007 - 2008



Christian Children's Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2003 - Feb 2006

  Responsible for the Strategic DirectionOversees development Programmes implementationManages child sponsorship through individual sponsorsRaises internal non sponsorship funds through proposal writingFundraising from external donorsManages affiliated Community Based Organization through which child sponsorship development projects are implementedRepresents the organizationsWorks closely with the board through annual board plansRecruits and appraises staffManages information and communication Show less

• • Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

  Responsible for annual planning by setting and sharing parametersSets country budgets ceiling based on head office communicationReviews annual budgets before forwarding to head officeVisits countries to review their performanceProvides orientations to new country Finance ManagerCommunicates regularly with country finance managersAudits countries to ensure they are in compliance with policiesTrains in the accounting systemHost staff from other regions as and when called upon Show less

• • Sep 1986 - Dec 2001

  Water drilling business wing management, Financial management including reporting, maintenance of accounting records, internal controls, expenditure management, foreign exchange management, variance analysis, cash and bank controls, Donor contract management, Assuring compliance, Accounting system templates updating, policy reviews and updating, Operational budget preparation and management, Proposal budget formulation in line with donor rules, Staff supervision through objectives, Information and communication management, Organization and affiliated partners Audit management, Field visit, Collaboration with HR, Programmes Show less



Carr Stanyer Sims & Co

• Nairobi, Kenya

• Audit Supervisor

  • Oct 1980 - Sep 1986

  Audit planning, implementation and review of staff work, completion of audited accounts and presentation in AGMs, preparation of management letter of weaknesses highlighting reviewed internal controls, systems Audit planning, implementation and review of staff work, completion of audited accounts and presentation in AGMs, preparation of management letter of weaknesses highlighting reviewed internal controls, systems