Esther Muriuki
Nairobi
Summary
Financial management professional with proven track record in strategic planning, budgeting, and financial analysis. Strong focus on team collaboration and delivering results, adapting to changing needs seamlessly. Skilled in financial reporting, risk management, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Known for reliability, leadership, and analytical thinking. Skilled in aligning finance and operations with programmatic goals and implementing innovative solutions to streamline processes across regional offices through effective leadership, strategic partnerships, and sound resource stewardship. Experienced in overseeing financial and operational activities across multi-donor and multi-country programs frameworks, with a strong record of developing strategic financial plans, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring compliance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Manager-Planning, Analysis ®ions
International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI
02.2021 - Current
- Lead global financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and analysis within an international NGO.
- Provide strategic insights and value-added financial analysis to inform executive management decision-making.
- Implement innovative solutions, including automation, to enhance financial processes and efficiency.
- Collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to analyze spending trends, budget variances, and cash flow forecasting.
- Lead and coordinate global annual operating budget processes, templates, and ERP system uploads.
- Oversee donor budgeting and full cost recovery strategies while ensuring compliance.
- Strengthening financial policies and promoting financial literacy.
- Lead global financial reporting and translate annual work plans into financial objectives.
- Develop financial models, facilitate scenario planning, and support effective stewardship of funding.
- Ensure global functions and units are efficient and accountable, working closely with budget holders.
- Drive cost efficiency, manage indirect costs, and implement cost recovery strategies.
- Create, document, and disseminate financial planning and analysis policies.
- Enhance organizational quality standards and financial capacity through training and mentoring.
- Provide leadership and supervision to financial analysts, gathering feedback for continuous improvement.
- Mentor and coach analysts and accountants, including conducting job appraisals and supporting professional development.
- Support in setting budgeting standards for the global network.
- Provide feedback and assistance as requested by regions and country teams.
- Drive excellence in budgeting and contribute to shared accountability objectives.
- Collaborate as a business partner with global budget holders to improve forecasting through automation.
- Optimize the implementation of business intelligence tools.
- Prepared comprehensive financial statements for executive review, aiding in effective decision-making processes regarding growth opportunities and resource allocation.
- Increased financial efficiency by streamlining budget processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
- Led financial planning and analysis by managing key metrics, analyzing data and providing support and insight for strategic planning.
- Spearheaded reporting and analytics automation through Power BI dashboards implementation
Chief Accountant
Kenya Education Network
04.2012 - 11.2022
- Oversight of financial management, reporting budgeting, budgetary control and developing annual work-plans resulting in 90% achievement of financial objectives
- Ensuring compliance with policies, regulations, procedures, taxes, regulatory bodies with 100% compliance
- Grant management, preparation of financial reports and ensuring donor compliance with stipulated guidelines leading to increased funding from $7.5 million to $10 million.
- Strategic plan and workplan review performance and implementation of financial objectives by 90%
- Providing timely reports and board papers to the management board, audit and risk committees and informing them of regulatory changes significantly affecting the organization, saving 100% on related penalties.
- Oversight of treasury and cashflow management while ensuring daily fund requirements are met resulting in annual 10% returns on investments.
- Leading treasury , human resources and supply chain management/logistics function and grant review
- Ensuring professional sound relationships with key stakeholders’- customers, partners, vendors, regional bodies.
Finance Officer
Mobile Planet Limited
01.2011 - 03.2012
- Verifying requisitions and raising LPOs for supplies and purchases reducing payment cycle by 10 days.
- Processing of day today accounts payable transactions, payment of statutory deductions leading to compliance.
- Monitor and perform reconciliation of petty cash, accounts payable ensuring accuracy 10% less audit queries.
- Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures thus 100% compliance.
- Processing and monitoring forecasts, payments and expenditures resulting in 7.5% savings.
- Responsible for following accounts receivable and ensuring on time payment improving collection days by 10.
- Maintenance of the fixed assets register and the insurance management function and payment of 90% claims.
Accounts Assistant
Turiani Mission Hospital
08.2010 - 12.2010
- Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures.
- Posting and recording daily transactions using QuickBooks software.
- Preparing and monitoring the payroll system, petty cash, payments
- Financial analysis and reporting to Chief Accountant
- Providing other administrative and clerical services.
Education
Senior Management Leadership Program -
Strathmore University
12.2019
Master of Business Administration-MBA - Strategic Management
University of Nairobi
12.2015
Bachelor of Commerce-BCOM - Accounting
University of Nairobi
12.2006
Skills
- Financial analysis and planning
- Finance Business Partnering
- Strategic Thinking and Decision Support
- Financial Systems and Tools roll out and optimization
- Cross-functional leadership,coaching and Team Management
- Analytical and Commercial Insight
- Process and efficiency improvement
- Ensuring full cost recovery
- Regulatory compliance management
- Effective management reporting
- Financial training expertise
- Audit coordination
- Budget oversight
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
Accomplishments
- Achieved budget adherence and increased user engagement by introducing Power BI dashboards for reporting
- Collaborated with team across global functional units, programs and regions in the development of data visualization and analytics
- Optimized full cost recovery across the institute
- Developed simpler tools and templates to simplify and standardize budgeting and reforecasting cycles
- Elevated financial literacy through continuous sensitization and capacity building forums
Certification
- Certified Public Accountant CPA-K June,2009
- Certified Credit Professional- CCP-K June 2016
- Award Leadership and Management Program July 2021
- Data Analysis and Presentation -Coursera Jan 2023
LANGUAGES
Proficiency in English, Swahili and basic level skills in Spanish
Hobbies and Interests
Digital transformation, youth empowerment, hiking, coaching youth and women, puns; sustainability; jogging, yoga; travelling.
Timeline
Financial Manager-Planning, Analysis ®ions
International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI
02.2021 - Current
Chief Accountant
Kenya Education Network
04.2012 - 11.2022
Finance Officer
Mobile Planet Limited
01.2011 - 03.2012
Accounts Assistant
Turiani Mission Hospital
08.2010 - 12.2010
Master of Business Administration-MBA - Strategic Management
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of Commerce-BCOM - Accounting
University of Nairobi
Senior Management Leadership Program -
Strathmore University
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