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BEVALINE ATIENO

Accountant
Nairobi

Summary

A highly motivated financial assistant with over four years of experience in different seeking a full- time position. Experienced team leader and collaborator with a passion for helping businesses cultivate success. Experience and skill in budget management, intercompany communication, account reconciliation, bookkeeping, and operations management. Detail-orientated management information executive was adept at making critical decisions, managing deadlines, and conducting team reviews. With expertise in analysis and quantitative problem-solving skills, dedicated to the company’s growth and improvements.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Management Information Executive

JBEEJURA DESIGNZ
10.2022 - Current

Duties and Responsibilities


Accounts Payable and Receivable

Accounts Receivable:

  • Generate and issue accurate and timely customer invoices.
  • Review and verify invoice details, including pricing, discounts, and terms.
  • Follow up on outstanding customer balances and ensure timely payment collection.
  • Resolve any billing discrepancies or issues in coordination with relevant departments.
  • Maintain customer records, update contact information, and address changes.
  • Prepare and distribute periodic accounts receivable reports to management

Accounts Payable:

  • Review and process vendor invoices accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Verify invoice details, including vendor information, pricing, and terms.
  • Coordinate with internal departments to ensure proper approval and coding of invoices.
  • Prepare and schedule payments to vendors, including checks, electronic transfers, or other payment methods.
  • Reconcile vendor statements, resolve discrepancies, and address vendor inquiries.

Financial Records and Reporting:

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounts receivable and accounts payable records.
  • Perform regular reconciliations of customer and vendor accounts.
  • Prepare and distribute periodic reports, such as aging reports, cash flow statements, and vendor payment summaries.
  • Assist in month-end and year-end closing processes, including accruals and journal entries.
  • Provide necessary documentation and support for internal and external audits.

Relationship Management:

  • Build and maintain positive relationships with customers and vendors.
  • Communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Address customer inquiries, resolve issues, and provide outstanding customer service.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
  • Participate in meetings and contribute to discussions regarding financial operations.


Department lead

Leadership and Team Management:

  • Provide leadership and guidance to department staff, including hiring, training, and performance management.
  • Set clear expectations, goals, and objectives for the team, and monitor progress.
  • Foster a positive work environment, promote teamwork, and motivate team members.
  • Conduct regular team meetings to communicate updates, provide feedback, and address concerns.

Operational Management:

  • Develop and implement departmental strategies, policies, and procedures to drive efficiency and productivity.
  • Collaborate with other departments and stakeholders to ensure smooth interdepartmental coordination.
  • Monitor and manage departmental budget and resources effectively.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to streamline workflows and optimize operations.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and policies within the department

Goal Setting and Performance Monitoring:

  • Define departmental goals and objectives in alignment with overall organizational objectives.
  • Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure departmental performance and track progress.
  • Monitor and evaluate performance against KPIs, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions as needed.
  • Provide regular performance feedback, coaching, and development opportunities to team members.

Communication and Collaboration:

  • Serve as a liaison between upper management and the department, conveying information, goals, and strategies.
  • Foster effective communication within the department, ensuring open dialogue and information sharing.
  • Collaborate with other department leads and cross-functional teams to address interdepartmental issues and achieve organizational objectives.
  • Represent the department in meetings, presentations, and discussions with stakeholders and clients.

Communication and Collaboration:

  • Serve as a liaison between upper management and the department, conveying information, goals, and strategies.
  • Foster effective communication within the department, ensuring open dialogue and information sharing.
  • Collaborate with other department leads and cross-functional teams to address interdepartmental issues and achieve organizational objectives.
  • Represent the department in meetings, presentations, and discussions with stakeholders and clients.

Office Administrator

Administrative Support:

  • Manage and maintain office supplies, equipment, and inventory.
  • Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence, including mail, emails, and phone calls.
  • Assist in drafting and editing documents, reports, and presentations.
  • Coordinate and schedule appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements for staff.
  • Maintain accurate records and files, both physical and electronic.

Facilities and Office Management:

  • Ensure the office environment is clean, organized, and well-maintained.
  • Coordinate office repairs and maintenance, liaising with vendors or building management.
  • Monitor and manage office security systems, including access controls and visitor management.
  • Oversee office layout and seating arrangements, making necessary adjustments as required.
  • Assist in organizing office events, meetings, and employee engagement activities.

Documentation and Record Keeping:

  • Maintain and update employee records, including contact information, leave records, and attendance.
  • Assist in managing HR-related paperwork, such as onboarding documents and employee contracts.
  • Prepare and distribute office-related communications, notices, and memos.
  • Ensure compliance with document retention policies and regulations

Data Management and Reporting:

  • Compile and organize data, reports, and statistics as requested.
  • Assist in data entry and data management tasks using appropriate software or tools.
  • Prepare routine reports and presentations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Analyze data and provide insights to support decision-making processes.


Accounts Assistant

VITUZOTE SUPLIES LIMITED
06.2020 - 09.2022
  • Duties and responsibilities
  • Monitoring cash, M-Pesa, PayPal, and
  • PDQ payments, monthly cash counts, and any discrepancies in the cash box
  • Oversee the petty cash and disbursement and ensure proper reconciliation and replenish
  • Ensure proper physical presentation of receipts
  • Help in retrieving documents when required and during financial audits
  • Inspect the financial records for any errors of omission from time to time
  • Re-perform bank reconciliations, cash reconciliations, and stock reconciliations to ensure accuracy
  • Overseeing and ensuring accurate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual sales cash reconciliation across outlets and time ensuring that this information is passed to the senior accountants
  • Reconcile financial discrepancies collect information and maintain good relationships with bankers and banking institutions
  • Ensuring that all the sales trackers for the outlets are up to date in terms of all modes of payments matching all the statements received
  • Receiving VAT refund requests from customers and ensuring the VAT claim process is followed until they get refunds
  • Ensuring that ETR exemption is done for orders that are canceled or items brought back and exchanged
  • Contribute to financial and stock audits from time to time
  • Stocks take and oversee inventory reports and audit vouchers purchased and redeemed by customers in all outlets
  • Product audit when there are discrepancies to determine if the products received and stocked match the product sold report in all outlets
  • Receiving new stock, counting, disbursing to the outlets, shelving, making them visible on the website for purchase, and shelving for easy access when ordered by shops and customers
  • Provided functional guidance, training, and assistance to lower-level staff
  • Dispatching orders to customers and dispatching re-orders to all outlets.

Client Service and marketing officer

DENNIS ART SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, DASE
04.2019 - 03.2020

Duties and Responsibilities


  • To represent the company during trade fairs and product awareness demonstrations ∙ Arranging meetings
  • With potential customers to prospect for new business ∙
  • To negotiate terms of the agreement that will lead to the closing of the sale
  • Generate sales opportunities by identifying appropriate business targets
  • Provide professional and excellent level of customer service to the existing customers
  • Proactively recommend items needed by customers to increase customer satisfaction and improve transaction profitability
  • Establishing and maintaining partnerships with customers for long long-term growth by developing a record of their location and contacts
  • Real-time reporting on competitor's activities market trends and growth opportunities
  • Any other duties assigned by the management.

Store Attendant

DENNIS ART SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
12.2018 - 03.2019

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Monitor store levels and place orders as needed
  • Review the quality of purchased products
  • Track orders and ensure timely deliveries
  • Negotiate price, quality, and delivery dates and terms and conditions
  • Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, and deliveries of invoices and receipts required
  • Enter inventory data in the computer system
  • Verify receipts and confirm purchase contents and ensure orders are complete
  • Ensure supplied stocks meet demand
  • Create and maintain a detailed inventory list of all incoming, outgoing, and current supplies and take notes on damaged goods during transportation
  • Maintain adequate safety, hygiene, and proper arrangement of the inventory throughout.

Guest Relations Officer

MLANGO FARM
02.2017 - 12.2017
  • Receive phone calls and schedule clients for the day to visit the farm
  • Issues receipts and invoices, receipts for the payments done
  • Walk clients through the farm and explain to them the varieties of fruits and vegetables grown on the farm
  • Guide clients and their families through the farm and help them harvest their vegetables
  • Delivery of vegetables and fruits to the weekly subscription customers to the hotels and even homes using a
  • Van
  • Follow up on pending orders and payments with the monthly and weekly subscription clients
  • Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of tables, stations, and service areas
  • Ensure food and beverage orders are of a good standard and ensure meals are taken on time
  • Inform clients about the day's specials and write receipts for the payments received
  • Perform other duties assigned by the management
  • Greet and welcome visitors.

Finance Assistant Intern

MAASAI KENYA LTD
09.2016 - 12.2016
  • Duties and responsibilities
  • Maintained accurate records of financial transactions in alignment with regulatory requirements.
  • Update financial spreadsheets with daily transactions
  • Collaborated with accountants to prepare quarterly and annual audits
  • Supported with monthly payroll and keep organized records
  • Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions
  • Procurement of office supplies
  • Participated in quarterly and annual audits
  • Fostered client accounts
  • Aided in preparing payments for employees
  • Worked at the reception.

Education

Bachelors of Business Administration - Finance

Kenya Methodist University
05.2014 - 05.2017

Certificate in Mathematics - Kenya Science

07.2013 - 05.2013

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Kenya Certificate of - undefined

Kisumu Union Primary School

Skills

Strong research and analytical skillsundefined

Additional Information

  • Doreen Eshinali, Marketing and Communications Executive Kenya Network Information Center (KeNIC) doreeneshinali@outlook.com +254715969201

Timeline

Management Information Executive

JBEEJURA DESIGNZ
10.2022 - Current

Accounts Assistant

VITUZOTE SUPLIES LIMITED
06.2020 - 09.2022

Client Service and marketing officer

DENNIS ART SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, DASE
04.2019 - 03.2020

Store Attendant

DENNIS ART SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
12.2018 - 03.2019

Guest Relations Officer

MLANGO FARM
02.2017 - 12.2017

Finance Assistant Intern

MAASAI KENYA LTD
09.2016 - 12.2016

Bachelors of Business Administration - Finance

Kenya Methodist University
05.2014 - 05.2017

Certificate in Mathematics - Kenya Science

07.2013 - 05.2013

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Kenya Certificate of - undefined

Kisumu Union Primary School
BEVALINE ATIENOAccountant