HELLEN WAIRIMU MAINA
NAIROBI
Summary
I am a competent Accountant with 6years of experience, having undertaken major accounting duties like examining, analyzing, and preparing financial records and statements, processing payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash receipt function, inputting entries in QuickBooks, reconciling bank and cash statements and filing all the tax returns like VAT, PAYE, NSSF, and SHA, among others. I am looking for an Accountant position at a company that will enable me to utilize my abilities in accounting and finance, as well as administration.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Industrial attachment (account department)
KANYENYAINI TEA FACTORY LTD
12.2015 - 01.2016
- Preparing VAT returns and withholding VAT sheet
- Handling growers
- Preparing muster roll for casual workers
- Filling documents & cash payment vouchers for Audit preparation
- Issuing factory door sales packets
- Issuing & invoicing firewood supplier cheques
- Weekly & monthly stock taking of the store items
Loss Control Officer in CHUMA MART LTD
HIPORA BUSINESS SOLUTION E.A. LTD
NAKURU
08.2018 - 06.2019
- Forecasting supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out of stock.
- Placing orders to replenish merchandise as needed.
- Coordinating regular inventory audits
- Keeping updated inventory records in ledger books.
- Receiving stock from suppliers using an invoice/delivery note.
- Dispatching stock to the customer using a packing slip.
Accounts Assistant
KASSMATT SUPERMARKET LTD
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Weekly reconciliation of all supplier/vendor statements of accounts
- Handling all supplier payments
- Ensuring that all suppliers are paid on time
- Reviewing and processing invoices, auditing and reviewing credit card bills, and answering vendor inquiries in the ERP system.
- Preparing tax returns for review and filing
- Payroll posting and payment
- Cheque book maintenance
- Maintaining historical records
- Reconciling bank statement for all cash deposits, PDQ, and EFT
- Reconciling the MPESA statement for all payments made through MPESA at the POS
Accounts & Administration Assistant
MARKHOLDINGS LTD
08.2021 - 12.2025
- Posting ALL entries in QUICKBOOKS i.e. CASH EXPENSES, CASH BANKING, CHEQUE BANKING, ETR SALES by debtors, mpesa, cash, cheque, CASH PURCHASES, CREDITORS SALARIES, BANK CHARGES & INTEREST etc.
- To maintain an inward register to receive all source documents, i.e. filling, recording
- To check PINs of all purchase and sales invoices
- To segregate all 0%, 16% and 16% unregistered purchases.
- To print all pay bill numbers statements daily and reconcile with the sales data from the shops and the z reports generated from ERP.
- Writing all checks as instructed using the supporting documents.
- Following up on debtors for payments and statement reconciliation.
- To allocate all payments received from debtors in QuickBooks.
- To send a Proforma Invoice (PI) request for bikes as advised.
- To do the workings on payroll work, solicit information from branches, and get the payroll ready by the 30th end of the month.
- To do the bank reconciliations for all banks physically and summarize expense charges for banks.
- To reconcile the M-Pesa pay bill account daily.
- Filling statutory returns like PAYE, NSSF, NITA, SHA, WITHHOLDING TAX, and VAT
- Ensure a clear audit trail of processed transactions and their linkage to the accounting system.
Education
CPA PART 1 - SEC I &II
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
01.2018
CPA PART 2 - SEC III &IV
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
01.2018
KATC - LEVEL 1 & 2
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
01.2015
ACCOUNTING PACKAGES - QUICKBOOKS, SAGE &PASTEL
ROYAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
01.2016
COMPUTER PACKAGES - undefined
INTERGLOBAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
01.2013
K.C.S.E - Grade C
KIBUTHA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
01.2012
Skills
- Quick Book Usage
- Statutory Returns
- ICT Competence
- Interpersonal and Communication skills
- Accounting skills
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Organization skills
- Customer Service
Accomplishments
Never failed in preparing profit and loss statements and statement of financial position for every provision.
Trainings And Seminars
Hipora Business Solution E.A. Ltd, LOSS CONTROL OFFICER, i.e., front-end controller, double checker (receiving clerk), stock controller
Pertinent Information
- Experienced in the use of Accounting software and ERP software.
- Highly experienced in Debt collection and stocktaking
- Good communication skills.
- Innovative and quick to learn new skills.
- Hardworking and maintenance of a high degree of discipline while at work.
- Self-motivated and able to work under minimal supervision.
- Dedicated to work and trustworthy.
- Reliable and flexible in schedule.
- A good team player
References
- Leah Nyokabi Koimburi, Senior Accountant, Kassmatt Supermarket Ltd, 0726851155
- Joel G. Gaichuru, Chairman of B.O.D, Kanyenyaini Tea Factory, 0726669665
- Mrs. Sharanjeet Kaur Bansal, Sales Department, Mark Holdings Ltd, Nairobi, 0722210443
Timeline
Accounts & Administration Assistant
MARKHOLDINGS LTD
08.2021 - 12.2025
Accounts Assistant
KASSMATT SUPERMARKET LTD
01.2020 - 07.2021
Loss Control Officer in CHUMA MART LTD
HIPORA BUSINESS SOLUTION E.A. LTD
08.2018 - 06.2019
Industrial attachment (account department)
KANYENYAINI TEA FACTORY LTD
12.2015 - 01.2016
CPA PART 1 - SEC I &II
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
CPA PART 2 - SEC III &IV
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
KATC - LEVEL 1 & 2
MICHUKI TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
ACCOUNTING PACKAGES - QUICKBOOKS, SAGE &PASTEL
ROYAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
COMPUTER PACKAGES - undefined
INTERGLOBAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
K.C.S.E - Grade C
KIBUTHA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL