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BERYL ODAWA

BERYL ODAWA

Accountant
Nairobi

Summary

As a highly meticulous accounting professional, I possess exceptional abilities in overseeing general accounting tasks, implementing strong accounting controls and ensuring the seamless execution of operational processes. My expertise spans various domains, including accounting, accounts payable and receivable, financial Analysis, financial reporting, as well as tax and statutory deductions. With a sharp analytical acumen, meticulous attention to detail, effective communication skills, problem-solving attitude and strong organizational abilities, I consistently deliver results that are vital to an organization's growth. As a forward-thinking leader, I excel at driving change, refining strategies, and fostering collaborative solutions within a team-oriented work environment. My ultimate goal is to secure a position within a dynamic organization that values innovative thinking, problem-solving capabilities and creating operational efficiency in the accounting and finance departments. I am actively seeking a role where I can leverage my expertise to ensure accountability within the accounting department and contribute to the organization's success.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Associate-Accounts Payable

Nova Pioneer Kenya Limited
01.2022 - Current
  • Maintaining and reconciling supplier statement accounts for over 200 vendors monthly
  • Ensuring timely multi-currency payment processing twice a month
  • Processing up to 500 supplier invoices weekly averaging KES 45 million in Kenya
  • Assisting in monthly meetings held with budget owners to review actual performance against annual budgets and suggesting cost cutting measures to the budget owners
  • Handling communication to and from vendors on payment-related matters
  • Ensuring timeous tax returns filing of VAT and withholding taxes monthly
  • Providing accruals and proposed journal entries for month end reporting
  • Ensuring assets are capitalized through the ledger monthly, calculating the monthly depreciation charge following the monthly asset capitalization
  • Managing the Fixed Asset Register and ensuring timely postings on acquisition/disposal of assets
  • Developing robust processes and controls to ensure risks are managed appropriately in line with Group requirements
  • Ensuring that balance sheet reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis and that all balances are correct and differences investigated
  • Supporting in variance and trend analysis by General Ledger line item
  • Generating year end schedules and work papers for audit
  • Handling requests from external stakeholders such as auditors, bankers and investors
  • Posting and reconciling credit card and fuel card transactions
  • Performing daily bank reconciliations for bank accounts for both Kenya and South Africa
  • Preparing monthly summaries for inter-company transactions entries between different subsidiaries and across the two regions Kenya and South Africa
  • Performing Inter-company Accounts reconciliations
  • Posting payroll costs through Journals and reconciled payroll control accounts monthly for both Kenya and South Africa
  • Training new employees on accounts payable systems and policies.

Finance Co-ordinator - Accounts Payable

Nova Pioneer Pioneer Kenya Ltd
02.2020 - 12.2021
  • Managed purchase requisitions and purchase orders enabling on-time payment of suppliers
  • Developed visual dashboards that were used to monitor company's liquidity against expected liabilities for accurate cash flow management and financial planning
  • Developed tools from MS Excel that eliminated manual entry of data in accounting system and online banking platforms thereby ensuring payments to various stakeholders and end-month reporting was always on time
  • Successfully spearheaded disbursement and reporting up to KES 700 million to contractors and subcontractors for construction projects
  • Successfully assisted with new ERP system roll out and implementation
  • Prepared monthly financial reports, performed reconciliations and handled tax matters with revenue authorities.

Accountant

Systems Hub Limited
02.2017 - 01.2020
  • Developed templates from scratch using MS Excel that significantly improved accuracy and timeliness of departmental reports to the 5th day of each subsequent month
  • Improved financial reports understand-ability by analyzing operating expenses, monitoring variances, identifying trends and making relevant commentaries
  • Performed complex financial analyses, prepared related presentations and presented results to the Director
  • Guided cost analysis process by establishing and updating quality analysis templates and developing related procedures
  • Monitored actual expenditure against budgets, analyzed variances and periodically notified the relevant departments on major differences
  • Participated in monthly review meetings to discuss past and current year’s performance as reported in the management accounts
  • Maintained cost centre structures and ensuring data consistency across various systems
  • Ensured tax and statutory compliance by filing monthly returns such as PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, VAT and withholding tax on time
  • Dealt with KRA inquiries and liaised with external auditors during Audits.

Revenue Officer

Kenyatta National Hospital
09.2016 - 12.2016
  • Updated patient bills by processing estimates ensuring all patients admitted received their interim bill weekly
  • Ensured timeliness and accuracy in costing all charge sheets and preparing final bills for discharged patients
  • Ensured that all deposit receipts are captured
  • Prepared a weekly bill status report for all the patients
  • Ensured NHIF claims were processed and discharged
  • Ensured that patient's bills do not exceed hospital's credit limit
  • Performed collection of overdue debts, reconciling high-volume account queries.

Education

Msc - Finance

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) -

Aberdeen College of Accountancy
12.2018

Bachelor of Commerce Finance -

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology
01.2013

High School Diploma -

State House Girls' High School
12.2008

Skills

  • Financial Control: Competent in enforcing compliance with approved standards and procedures, and ensuring a sound internal control system is in place to guard against accounting errors
  • Problem-solving: Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
  • Analytical Skills: Recognizes areas of weaknesses requiring improvements and makes recommendations to the management for consideration, approval, and implementation
  • Communication and Interpersonal skills: Excellent effective verbal communication with people in and outside the organization while maintaining good and professional working relations
  • ICT Competence: Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Ms Power point, Ms Access and Microsoft Word I am conversant with Xero , Sage, Quick books Online and Oracle Netsuite ERP Accounting system

Hobbies and Interests

  • Playing hockey
  • Reading
  • Socializing
  • Watching movies

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 5 in the development and implementation of an accounts payable policy that provided governance and guidelines relating to processes where procurement and accounts payable functions intersect within procure to pay cycle and outlining key internal control systems within accounts payable function.
  • Developed tools from MS Excel that eliminated manual entry of data into accounting system and online banking platforms thereby ensuring payments to various stakeholders and end-month reporting was always on time.
  • · Monitored portfolio of over KES 1 billion in loans, asset finance and hire purchase agreements with three bankers.
  • Improved internal control systems by identifying weaknesses and making suggestions to management.

Work Availability

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Certification

Certified Public Accountant Certification

Software

Xero

Oracle Netsuites ERP

Quickbook Online

Sage

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Career advancementCompany CultureWork from home optionPaid time offPersonal development programsWork-life balance

Interests

Reading Books

Watching Movies

Timeline

Finance Associate-Accounts Payable

Nova Pioneer Kenya Limited
01.2022 - Current

Finance Co-ordinator - Accounts Payable

Nova Pioneer Pioneer Kenya Ltd
02.2020 - 12.2021

Accountant

Systems Hub Limited
02.2017 - 01.2020

Revenue Officer

Kenyatta National Hospital
09.2016 - 12.2016

Msc - Finance

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) -

Aberdeen College of Accountancy

Bachelor of Commerce Finance -

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology

High School Diploma -

State House Girls' High School
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