George Ouma Oriwo
Nairobi,30
Summary
A highly motivated, confident Certified Public Accountant with exceptional multi-tasking and organizational skills. Adept at managing budgets, payroll, invoicing and general accounting functions. Instrumental in keeping business operations fully compliant and working within budgetary guidelines. Having extensive experience in identifying the needs of corporate and able to quickly understand the mission, vision, and values of an organization. Now looking for a career opportunity in the field of Finance at a managerial level in a well-structured multinational organization to further enhance experience and interpersonal skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
Moi University, Eldoret
Eldoret, 44
08.2007 - Current
- Manage full-cycle accounts receivable, including receiving, processing, and verifying 100+ staff claims per month, averaging shillings 20 million
- Reviewing and processing payments within approved limits with minimal supervision
- Responsible for preparation of Audit File, coordinated with Auditors for smooth completion of audit process and recording of audit adjustments
- Developed casual wages spreadsheet that helped reduce time taken to produce wages reports by half and helped with analysis of payroll report
- Preparing payment vouchers, claims and committal documents in accordance with laid down financial rules and regulations
- Manage processing of monthly corporate credit card expense claims and staff out of pocket travel and expenses
- Monitored Debtors & Creditors Ledgers Reconciliation and Bank Reconciliation on monthly basis
- Worked with internal auditors during financial and operational audits in professional manner
- Preparing monthly cash flow & other MIS Reports
- Process journal entries and perform corrections to ensure accurate records
- Trained 2 new accounts assistants and junior bookkeepers
- Minimized over 90 outstanding balances from 58% to 5%
- Key user in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Demonstrated experience with financial statement preparation
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and Wage allocation budgeting and bank reconciliations with 95% accuracy
- Analyzed budgets, financial reports and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing
Assistant Accountant
Mini Group of Companies -FMCG
Nairobi, 30
02.2005 - 04.2007
- Monitored status of accounts receivable and payable to facilitate efficient processing
- Communicated with suppliers to reconcile invoice payments and helped in improving integrity of payments and reports
- Prepared monthly journal entries and did follow up to General Ledger
- Prepared monthly trial balance and all related analysis & reconciliations
- Prepared monthly expenses analysis in compliance with IFRS
- Performed Bank reconciliation in timely and professional manner,
- Processed Payroll accurately
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy
- Prepared vouchers and accounting documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
- Performed Inter-company reconciliations including recharges and journals
- Prepared monthly supplier reconciliations
- Evaluated production costs, gains & losses and month-end closing data
Education
Bcom - Accounting
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Nairobi, 3010.2007
Certified Public Accountant -
Vision Institute of Professionals
Nairobi, 3006.2002
Skills
- Bookkeeping & double entry accounting
- Project Management
- Excellent Skills in
- Microsoft Office including Excel
- Attention to Detail
- Data Analysis
- Payroll Management
- Financial Analysis skills
- General Ledger Accounting
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving skills
- Organization & Business Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Financial & Numerical Skills
- Forecasting & Budgeting
- Risk assessment and analysis
Timeline
Accountant
Moi University, Eldoret
08.2007 - Current
Assistant Accountant
Mini Group of Companies -FMCG
02.2005 - 04.2007
Bcom - Accounting
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Certified Public Accountant -
Vision Institute of Professionals
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