ALICE WAITHERERO MUNGAI
Nairobi,Kenya
Summary
A passionate and skilled professional with over 5 years of experience in accounting, finance, and customer service. A proven track record in identifying, recording, summarizing, and analyzing financial transaction and recording them in financial statements ensuring their accuracy and completeness. Growth-minded, team player with excellent communication skills, high quality of work, driven and highly self-motivated.
Experienced in bookkeeping and data entry utilizing QuickBooks software, with a strong focus on bank reconciliation and inventory management. Responsible for preparing financial reports, supporting month-end closings, and performing account reconciliations, contributing to accurate financial oversight. Demonstrated ability to enhance cash flow through effective debt collection strategies and management of accounts payable and receivable. Proficient in filing VAT and withholding tax, ensuring compliance with financial regulations while maintaining attention to detail in all financial activities.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
Guzmania Traders Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
02.2021 - Current
- Perform bookkeeping and data entry using QuickBooks software.
- Bank reconciliation and reconciliation of inventory
- Prepare financial reporting, support month-end closings, and perform account reconciliations
- Assist in Budget activities and planning
- Fixed asset register management
- Debt collection and follow up on overdue payments.
- Handling petty cash and ensuring accurate cash management
- Filing VAT, Withholding VAT, Withholding Tax
- Perform financial statement analysis using financial ratios, trend and vertical analysis to support management decision making
- Managing Accounts Payable and Receivables and any other duties assigned to me
- Accomplishment: Improved collection of overdue receivables through consistent follow ups, enhancing company cash flow and ability to meet payables.
Finance Intern
Defense Force Medical Insurance
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Performed regular surveys and facilitated the collection of data.
- Book keeping using Microsoft Dynamic Navision System
- Reconciliation of Accounts
- Billing and making follow up on overdue receivables
Accounts Intern
Tamal Consultants
Nairobi, Kenya
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Reconciled Input and Output VAT
- Filled VAT returns, Pay As You Earn, National Social Security Fund
- Bookkeeping using QuickBooks
- Filled all documents for ease of reference
Cashier
Wonderland Food and Caterers
Nakuru, Kenya
01.2009 - 12.2017
- Provided excellent customer service
- Handled cash, credit card and any other form of payment
- Balanced cash register at the end of every shift
- Keeping the checkout area clean and organized
- Resolve customer complaints
- Stocking and managing inventory
- Operating Point-of-sale system
- Banking and stock reconciliation
- Update expense tracking file
- Petty cash and cash management
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance Option
KCA University
Certificate of Public Accountants -
Mwangaza College
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Ikumbi Secondary School
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Reconciliation
- Reporting
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Customer relation
- Customer service excellence
- Financial ratio analysis
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Time management
- QuickBooks
- Financial reporting
- Bank reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading
- Volunteer and social work
- Travelling
Languages
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Swahili
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Accountant
Guzmania Traders Limited
02.2021 - Current
Finance Intern
Defense Force Medical Insurance
01.2020 - 03.2020
Accounts Intern
Tamal Consultants
10.2019 - 12.2019
Cashier
Wonderland Food and Caterers
01.2009 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance Option
KCA University
Certificate of Public Accountants -
Mwangaza College
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Ikumbi Secondary School