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Education
Skills
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JAINA PRAVIN PATEL

Accountant & HRM
Eldoret,Kenya

Summary

A dynamic professional with finance, human resources, and business management skills, focusing on high-performing payroll and HR systems, implementing process improvements, handling payroll, invoicing, budgets, and accounting tasks, and ensuring compliance and budgetary guidelines.

Overview

3
years of professional experience
17
years of post-secondary education

Work history

P Square Industries Limited- Hardware Importers
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Credit Controller
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Collection of sales and purchase invoices
  • Establishing credit terms for new customers
  • Undertaking client credit checks and evaluating new credit requests
  • Liquidity Management - Managing all payments and debt collections. Followed up monthly statements with courtesy calls to customers.
  • Posted journal transactions and cash receipts on sales ledger.
  • Customer Relationship Management- Addressing customer queries
  • Ensure collection and deliverance of supplier and customer statements respectively.
  • Informed new customers on up-to-date credit terms and conditions.

P Square Industries Limited- Hardware Importers
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

HR Generalist
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Organize and manage personnel records in internal HR databases, including entering new data and updating old employee data
  • Preparation of HR files and documents like Employment contracts, compensation lists, employee loan agreements, and Job descriptions, among others
  • Maintaining employer-employee relationships- addressing employee Queries or HR-related issues ensuring smooth operations of the business
  • Compensation management- Ensure employees are compensated effectives liaising with up-to-date records including sick leaves, absence rates, and extra benefits such as loans.

Simia Insurance Agency Limited
Eldoret, Uasin Gishu

Accountant
2023.03 - Current (3 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Manage all accounting transactions
  • Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
  • Ensure timely bank payments
  • Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
  • Regularly update the company's petty cash and pending bills portfolio.
  • Accurately documented all cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses and line of credit transactions.
  • Filing government taxes- Prepared VAT and income tax forms for commercial and individual clients.

Simia Insurance Agency Limited
Eldoret, Uasin Gishu

Human Resource Manager
2023.03 - Current (3 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Provided proactive, professional and efficient HR operational service.
  • Prepared employment contracts, variation agreements and other written documents.
  • Maintained and updated employee files and records.
  • Ran payroll processes and updated employee benefits details. Ie; salary deductions & allowances.
  • Filing government taxes- NHIF, NSSF, PAYE, HOUSING LEVY & NITA

Phillips Therapeutics Limited, Phillips Pharma Group
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Accounting Finance Intern
2021.06 - 2021.08 (2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

Learning and development in:

  • Insurance scheduling Bank Reconciliations
  • Checking of Employee Imprests Forms and creating schedules
  • Updating and checking of Purchase Tax Reports
  • Updating the schedules for Letters of Credits and Loans and checking their costs.
  • Maintained accurate and detailed inventory records.
  • Used accounting software to generate reports and perform other accounting duties.
  • Supported audit of company financial statements by external auditors.

Phillips Therapeutics Limited, Phillips Pharma Group
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

HUMAN RESOURCE INTERN
2020.06 - 2020.07 (1 education.month_Label)

Job overview

  • Suppliers and Distributors of pharmaceutical products
  • Learning and development in;
  • Recruitment process and Confirmation process
  • Employment laws in Kenya- The Employment Act, Work Injury Benefit Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act and Labor Institutions Act
  • Job analysis - conducting job analysis and developing job descriptions
  • Staff record maintenance - ensuring employee bio-data's, job description
  • Recruitment forms, insurance forms, beneficiaries identification data, employee identification data, leave form and pay-slips and P9s are in the employees file
  • Insurance covers and their importance- WIBA, WIBA Plus, GPA, Medical Covers, Last Expense (Spouse and Employee covers) and Group Life insurance cover
  • Assisted HR team with general administration and paperwork to maintain optimal processing times.
  • Helped to improve employee performance review processes with clear goal setting and KPI monitoring frameworks.
  • Training and development
  • Performance management - measurement by objectives appraisal method -target setting, KPIs
  • Preparation of employment, confirmation, and confidentiality agreement letters
  • Application of HRMS - addition or deletion of employees, updating employee records, leave applications
  • Efficient knowledge in preparation of relevant HR forms-exit interview, reference confirmation, induction checklists, performance appraisal forms.

Education

New Buckinghamshire University (UK)
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Bachelor of Arts from Business Management with Honours
2021.01 - 2022.03 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Graduate Diploma from ABE Level 6 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2019.07 - 2020.06 (11 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Higher Diploma from ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2018.07 - 2019.06 (11 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Diploma from ABE Level 4 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2018.01 - 2018.06 (5 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Foundation Diploma from ABE Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Business Management
2017.07 - 2017.12 (5 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

International Digital Literacy from International Computer Driving License (IT)
2017.07 - 2017.10 (3 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj School
Nairobi, Nairobi Province

Kindergarten (Pre-school) ,Primary & Secondary from Edexcel- IGCSE O'Levels
2004.09 - 2017.08 (12 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)

Skills

  • Human resources
  • Business management
  • Customer service
  • Computers
  • Research and Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Employee relations
  • File and records management

Languages

English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Gujarati
Fluent

Interests

Personal attributes 

  • Honest
  • Hard working
  • Proactive Confident

 Hobbies 

  • Watching documentaries
  • Reading journals and books
  • Art and Crafts

Additional Information

Ms. Insiya Bhaijee, Finance Manager, Phillips Therapeutics Limited Email: insiya.bhaijee@ptlkenya.com

Telephone: +254 722 479690

Mr. Jiten Kerai, Director, P Square Industries Limited Email: psquareindustries@yahoo.com

Telephone: +254 111 466514

Mr. Anand Lakhani, Director, Simia Insurance Agency Limited

Email: anand@simiainsurance.com Telephone: +254 722 968637

Timeline

Accountant

Simia Insurance Agency Limited
2023.03 - Current (3 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Human Resource Manager

Simia Insurance Agency Limited
2023.03 - Current (3 education.years_Label & 3 education.months_Label)

Credit Controller

P Square Industries Limited- Hardware Importers
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 education.months_Label)

HR Generalist

P Square Industries Limited- Hardware Importers
2022.02 - 2022.08 (6 education.months_Label)

Accounting Finance Intern

Phillips Therapeutics Limited, Phillips Pharma Group
2021.06 - 2021.08 (2 education.months_Label)

New Buckinghamshire University (UK)

Bachelor of Arts from Business Management with Honours
2021.01 - 2022.03 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

HUMAN RESOURCE INTERN

Phillips Therapeutics Limited, Phillips Pharma Group
2020.06 - 2020.07 (1 education.month_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College

Graduate Diploma from ABE Level 6 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2019.07 - 2020.06 (11 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College

Higher Diploma from ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2018.07 - 2019.06 (11 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College

Diploma from ABE Level 4 Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources
2018.01 - 2018.06 (5 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College

Foundation Diploma from ABE Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Business Management
2017.07 - 2017.12 (5 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj Australian College

International Digital Literacy from International Computer Driving License (IT)
2017.07 - 2017.10 (3 education.months_Label)

S.C.L.P Samaj School

Kindergarten (Pre-school) ,Primary & Secondary from Edexcel- IGCSE O'Levels
2004.09 - 2017.08 (12 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
JAINA PRAVIN PATELAccountant & HRM