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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Clubsandmembership
References
Consultanciesandkeyprojects
Software
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BusinessAnalyst

Donvin Oguda

Business Analyst
Nairobi,Nairobi

Summary

Donvin is an experienced accountant with a diverse background in finance and systems application and implementation. With over 10 years of experience in the private sector, public sector, and the Donor Space, he has developed a keen eye for detail and a strong focus on delivery. His practical experience in audit, accountancy, and business process automation across different organizations has sharpened his skills. From being a systems user to a solution designer, he has successfully helped organizations automate their processes, resulting in more efficient operations and improved client experiences. As a project manager, he has led numerous teams to successfully deliver on their mandates. Through years of experience, he has learned how to leverage his team's strengths, leading to greater job satisfaction and enhanced performance by his team members. Additionally, his involvement in voluntary organizations like the Presidency at Toastmasters International has further honed his inspirational leadership skills.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

District Finance Manager

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
  • Company Overview: District 114 is made up of 5 countries in East Africa i.e Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda led by a District Director
  • Ensure the District Budget is prepared and submitted for approval in good time
  • Ensure officers get funds for activities and surrender promptly
  • Ensure procurement and financial compliance with Toastmasters International Policy
  • Ensure budgetary compliance in funds utilization
  • Ensure liquidity is maintained at all times
  • Prompt reporting on a monthly quarterly and annual basis
  • Preparation for audit and response on any audit issues with the District Director
  • Provide advice to the District Director on financial matters for better decision making
  • District 114 is made up of 5 countries in East Africa i.e Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda led by a District Director
  • Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
  • Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
  • Negotiated favorable terms with vendors, resulting in significant cost savings for the company.
  • Enhanced budget management by implementing expense tracking and cost reduction strategies.
  • Processed invoices and contacted appropriate parties for timely payment receipt.
  • Optimized cash flow with diligent monitoring of accounts receivable and payable.
  • Developed comprehensive financial reports for executive decision-making support.
  • Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
  • Created organizational structures to improve accounting and finance functions.
  • Implemented risk management strategies to protect company assets and minimize losses.
  • Delivered comprehensive financial training programs for non-finance managers, enhancing cross-functional understanding and collaboration.
  • Improved stakeholder confidence with detailed financial analysis and transparent communication.
  • Spearheaded annual budgeting process, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and facilitating smoother departmental operations.
  • Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.

Lead Business Analyst

FirmCore Solutions Ltd
Nairobi, Nairobi
03.2019 - Current

Training, Business Process Analysis, Project Documentations, Team Lead, Communications Coaching

Quality Assurance-Business Analysis (ERP Implementation)

KENYA RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY
01.2020 - 04.2023
  • Facilitate the business process reengineering process in automating organization processes
  • Ensure the To-Be business processes are implemented in the solution
  • Champion change process while engaging organization members during the implementation process
  • Ensuring the solutions developed by the implementing vendor meet client needs and are well documented
  • Anticipate any project risks and provide mitigation strategies for the identified risks
  • Ensure the project plan is followed and reviewed in good time whenever required
  • Solutions under implementation: Dynamics Business Central ERP, Power BI, SharePoint and Portals

Quality Assurance & Project Management

UN DT SACCO
12.2021 - 03.2023
  • Ensuring project timelines were met
  • Coordinating the project steering committee meetings
  • Ensuring the solutions developed met client needs
  • Review system and Project documentation provided by the vendor and providing reports on the same
  • Solutions under implementation: Dynamics Business Central ERP, Power BI, Custom EDRMS, CRM, alternative Channels (e.g USSD, member portals and mobile apps) and Portals

Business Analyst & Functional Consultant

RETIREMENT BENEFITS AUTHORITY
06.2019 - 12.2019
  • Ensure project timelines were met
  • Anticipate
  • Interpretation of all business requirements to developers and ensuring sound implementation and system design
  • Ensuring the solutions developed met client needs
  • Developing system and Project documentation
  • Solutions under implementation: Dynamics Business Central ERP, SharePoint and Portals

Senior Systems Implementer

ATTAIN ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LTD
06.2016 - 08.2018
  • Developing individual project plans for each client implementation, providing framework for the proactive and successful management of issues, risks and deliverable
  • Continuously communication with the client program manager and other internal stakeholders to ensure visibility to project status and issues
  • Builds a knowledge base of each client's business, systems and objectives
  • Doing business analysis during the automation of processes and informing on best practice for automation
  • Informing and guiding any enhancements that may be required
  • Providing effective phone and email communication to customers, coordinating regular status calls and other activities necessary to motivate and encourage client staff toward project conclusion
  • Provide training to client during implementation
  • Prepare weekly targets and reports and give the latest status of their work
  • Audit financial system to ensure all accounting principles are observed

Accountant

MEDIUM TERM ASAL PROGRAMME (MTAP)
07.2012 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: Danida supported the Government of Kenya through the Medium Term ASAL Programme (MTAP) towards its core programme activities anchored in the Vision 2030
  • Participate in the MTAP2 Unit planning and budgeting process
  • Making payments: Screening of invoices and payment requests, including verification of account numbers, confirmation of budget limits and control of supporting documents
  • Preparation of unit financial reports
  • Responsible for the all unit procurement
  • Effecting payments including the dispatching of bankers cheques to suppliers
  • Make cash payments according to approved vouchers/receipts
  • Ensure all deductions are made, remitted and returns on the same filed
  • Such as withholding tax
  • Check that receipts for payments are received, attach copy of the cheque and the receipts to the relevant voucher
  • Receive cash payments and incoming cheques, and issue receipts for the same
  • Maintain the daily cash and bank journals
  • Keep the cash and cheque books safely locked away
  • Reconcile cash and bank holdings in the accounting system with the daily cash/bank transaction lists - after the daily bookkeeping
  • At the end of each day, count the cash and reconcile the amount with the balance calculated in the 'Daily Journal'
  • Be responsible for liquidity and the requirement for cash funds available at the bank
  • Receive cash from the bank
  • Monthly reconciliation of the bank account
  • Danida supported the Government of Kenya through the Medium Term ASAL Programme (MTAP) towards its core programme activities anchored in the Vision 2030
  • Accounting Package used- Microsoft Dynamics Navision

County HSSF Grant Accountant-Kilifi County

GOVERNMENT OF KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION
12.2010 - 06.2012
  • Company Overview: The HSSF was set up as a mechanism for pooling resources from the Government and Development Partners through a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) and availing the resources directly to Health Facilities for implementing health care interventions
  • Member of the above District Health Management Teams
  • Accountant and financial advisor of the District Medical Officer of Health (DMOHs’) on financial issues
  • Accountant in charge of all funds utilized by the DHMTs’ (Kilifi, Ganze, Malindi, Bahari and Kaloleni), i.e
  • Health Sector Service Fund and all other donor funds in the County such as World Bank, DANIDA and UNFPA
  • Training and mentorship of Health facilities in the County (10 health Centers and 55 Dispensaries) on finance issues
  • Coming up with the draft budget for approval by the various DHMTs’
  • Timely Monthly and quarterly reporting on funds in the district to the HSSF secretariat based at the Headquarters at Afya House
  • Timely reporting of funds utilized as per donor requirements for all spending units in the County
  • Ensuring all arrangements are in place for auditors and provision of any relevant information needed
  • Follow up on actions in respect of audit queries
  • The HSSF was set up as a mechanism for pooling resources from the Government and Development Partners through a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) and availing the resources directly to Health Facilities for implementing health care interventions
  • Solution used- Microsoft Dynamics Navision

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Egerton University
Nairobi
01.2005 - 01.2008

Skills

Budgeting and Reporting

Affiliations

  • Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), 14644
  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), 1284428
  • Toastmasters International, 07807860

Clubsandmembership

  • Toastmasters International, District 114 Finance Manager
  • Toastmasters International, Area Director 2023-2024
  • Downtown Toastmasters Club, President 2022-2023
  • Downtown Toastmasters Club, Treasurer 2021-2022
  • Professionals and Students Association Forum (Egerton University), President

References

  • Esther Mailu, Finance And Admin Manager, UN DT SACCO, 0722 764257, esther.mailu@unsacco.org
  • Fredrick Bitta, Deputy Director-ICT, Kenya Rural Roads Authority, 0721 648772, fredrick.bitta@kerra.go.ke
  • Peter Ngunyi, ICT Manager, Retirement Benefits Authority, 0722 295724, PNgunyi@rba.go.ke
  • Zachary O. Odongo, Audit Manager, BDO East Africa Kenya, P.O. Box 10032, Nairobi, Nairobi, 00100, 0721-790-366, zomondi09@yahoo.com

Consultanciesandkeyprojects

  • Toastmasters International - District 114, District Finance Manager, SAGE, 01/01/20, 04/30/23, Ensure the District Budget is prepared and submitted for approval in good time, Ensure officers get funds for activities and surrender promptly, Ensure procurement and financial compliance with Toastmasters International Policy, Ensure budgetary compliance in funds utilization, Ensure liquidity is maintained at all times, Prompt reporting on a monthly quarterly and annual basis, Preparation for audit and response on any audit issues with the District Director, Provide advice to the District Director on financial matters for better decision making
  • Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Quality Assurance-Business Analysis (ERP Implementation), 01/01/20, 04/30/23, Facilitate the business process reengineering process in automating organization processes, Ensure the To-Be business processes are implemented in the solution, Champion change process while engaging organization members during the implementation process, Ensuring the solutions developed by the implementing vendor meet client needs and are well documented, Anticipate any project risks and provide mitigation strategies for the identified risks, Ensure the project plan is followed and reviewed in good time whenever required
  • Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA), Business Analyst & Functional Consultant, 06/01/19, 12/31/19, Ensure project timelines were met, Interpretation of all business requirements to developers and ensuring sound implementation and system design, Ensuring the solutions developed met client needs, Developing system and Project documentation
  • UN DT SACCO, Quality Assurance & Project Management, 12/01/21, 03/31/23, Ensuring project timelines were met, Coordinating the project steering committee meetings, Ensuring the solutions developed met client needs, Review system and Project documentation provided by the vendor and providing reports on the same
  • Attain Enterprise Solutions Ltd, Senior Systems Implementer, 06/01/16, 08/31/18, Developing individual project plans for each client implementation, providing framework for the proactive and successful management of issues, risks and deliverable, Continuously communication with the client program manager and other internal stakeholders to ensure visibility to project status and issues, Builds a knowledge base of each client's business, systems and objectives, Doing business analysis during the automation of processes and informing on best practice for automation, Informing and guiding any enhancements that may be required, Providing effective phone and email communication to customers, coordinating regular status calls and other activities necessary to motivate and encourage client staff toward project conclusion, Provide training to client during implementation, Prepare weekly targets and reports and give the latest status of their work, Audit financial system to ensure all accounting principles are observed
  • Medium Term ASAL Programme (MTAP), Accountant, 07/01/12, 06/30/16, Participate in the MTAP2 Unit planning and budgeting process, Making payments: Screening of invoices and payment requests, including verification of account numbers, confirmation of budget limits and control of supporting documents, Preparation of unit financial reports, Responsible for the all unit procurement, Effecting payments including the dispatching of bankers cheques to suppliers, Make cash payments according to approved vouchers/receipts, Ensure all deductions are made, remitted and returns on the same filed. Such as withholding tax, Check that receipts for payments are received, attach copy of the cheque and the receipts to the relevant voucher, Receive cash payments and incoming cheques, and issue receipts for the same, Maintain the daily cash and bank journals, Keep the cash and cheque books safely locked away, Reconcile cash and bank holdings in the accounting system with the daily cash/bank transaction lists - after the daily bookkeeping., At the end of each day, count the cash and reconcile the amount with the balance calculated in the 'Daily Journal'., Be responsible for liquidity and the requirement for cash funds available at the bank, Receive cash from the bank, Monthly reconciliation of the bank account
  • Government of Kenya - Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, County HSSF Grant Accountant-Kilifi County, 12/01/10, 06/30/12, Member of the above District Health Management Teams., Accountant and financial advisor of the District Medical Officer of Health (DMOHs’) on financial issues., Accountant in charge of all funds utilized by the DHMTs’ (Kilifi, Ganze, Malindi, Bahari and Kaloleni), i.e. Health Sector Service Fund and all other donor funds in the County such as World Bank, DANIDA and UNFPA., Training and mentorship of Health facilities in the County (10 health Centers and 55 Dispensaries) on finance issues., Coming up with the draft budget for approval by the various DHMTs’., Timely Monthly and quarterly reporting on funds in the district to the HSSF secretariat based at the Headquarters at Afya House., Timely reporting of funds utilized as per donor requirements for all spending units in the County., Ensuring all arrangements are in place for auditors and provision of any relevant information needed., Follow up on actions in respect of audit queries.

Software

SAGE ERP

Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Power BI

Timeline

Quality Assurance & Project Management

UN DT SACCO
12.2021 - 03.2023

Quality Assurance-Business Analysis (ERP Implementation)

KENYA RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY
01.2020 - 04.2023

Business Analyst & Functional Consultant

RETIREMENT BENEFITS AUTHORITY
06.2019 - 12.2019

Lead Business Analyst

FirmCore Solutions Ltd
03.2019 - Current

Senior Systems Implementer

ATTAIN ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LTD
06.2016 - 08.2018

Accountant

MEDIUM TERM ASAL PROGRAMME (MTAP)
07.2012 - 06.2016

County HSSF Grant Accountant-Kilifi County

GOVERNMENT OF KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION
12.2010 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Egerton University
01.2005 - 01.2008

District Finance Manager

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
Donvin OgudaBusiness Analyst