John Mburu Kamau
Financial Planning And Management Expert
Athi River
Summary
A 56 year-old Kenyan. I am patient, result oriented and self motivated worker. I enjoy new work challenges and am proficient in Microsoft Office tools. I am seeking a challenging, interesting and exciting position in Finance, Administration and Investment Management where I can use my management, analytical and communication expertise in planning and implementation roles in an organization that offers an opportunity for career and personal growth.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
CHIEF MANAGER CORPORATE SERVICES
Kenya Accreditation Service-KENAS
08.2011 - 06.2025
- Responsible for identifying, preparing and implementing strategies that benefit Finance, HR and Training and procurement divisions in order to achieve the objectives of KENAS while ensuring compliance with the relevant and necessary regulations and legislations.
- Develop work plans and budgets for the Department for approval
- Oversee the execution of the approved departmental work plans and budgets
- Oversee performance management in the department
- Prepare and submit all monthly, quarterly and annual reports for the department
- Prepare a draft board management papers for approval
- Identify training needs for the departmental staff
- Spearhead the recruitment of staff within the department
- Participate in the development and review of the Institution's strategic plan
- Identify procurement needs of the department
- Spearhead risk assessment of the department
- Mentor and coach departmental staff
- Participate in various committees in the Institution
- Head the finance and administration Department.
- Oversee Accounting, Human Resources, Procurement, divisions.
- Manage the financial, human, material and information resources of the organization.
- Prepare and reviews strategic plans aligned to government guidelines.
- Direct and controls implementation of policies, systems and procedures.
- Prepare annual operating/recurrent and capital budgets and ensuring implementation thereof.
- Coordinates the Department's operations and overall administration to ensure that the department operate in conformity with overall Organizations performance targets.
- Liaises with External Auditors on all financial statements reports and matters relating to management letters on all systems and final Audit queries.
- Coordinates implementation of targets outlined in the Annual Performance Contract;
- Coordinating the debt collection from the Organizations debtors.
- Directs and controls implementation of policies, systems and procedures.
- Reports regularly on financial, human, material resource positions.
- Coordinates the Organizations information requirements and implementation thereof.
- Coordinates the Organizations procurement requirements, procurement plan and implementation thereof.
- Coordinate staff medical scheme and pension scheme.
- Coordinate staff welfare issues.
- Coordinate staff induction, placement and appraisal process.
- Ensures internal controls are observed across all divisions within finance and administration department.
- Coordinate the department's operations and overall administration so as to ensure that the department operate in conformity with overall corporation performance targets.
- Overseen the ICT function of KENAS
FINANCE MANAGER
Kenya Safari Lodges & Hotels Limited
09.2009 - 07.2011
- Company Overview: (A hotel chain managing Mombasa Beach Hotel, Ngulia Safari Lodge & Voi Safari Lodge)
- Managing the finance and accounting function of the group, controls and ensures compliance with statutory and the Group policies
- Preparing budgets, forecasts and conducting regular reviews against actual performance to ensure compliance with the company objectives
- Preparing Board papers & Management reports as follows; monthly, Quarterly Accounts & various budget variance analysis reports, Annual Company's revenue and capital budget, Company's Final Accounts
- Monitor and Control current expenditures to ensure that expenditures remain within available funding and approved budgets.
- Preparing various investment proposals and ensuring decision are geared towards maximising shareholder value
- Formulating sound financial policies, procedures and systems that ensure effective control and accountability.
- Ensuring controls are maintained in all areas of finance in line with the Group's policies;
- Providing a complete range of financial support to the business including financial reporting and analysis
- Liaising with External Auditors on all financial statements reports and matters relating to management letter on all final Audit queries
- Overseeing Corporation's General ledger transactions
- Overseeing Company's inventory management functions.
- Approving both cash and cheque payments while ensuring timely payment
- Overseeing Company's trade creditors accounts & reconciliations
- Manage procurement as per the provisions of Public Procurement Act, ensures regular reviews of procurement and stock control.
- Operationalising the Companys credit policy and other final policies; cash management, capitalization policy
- Ensuring all procurement & disposal committees are running effectively
- Facilitating the linking of the Corporation lodges systems to the head office through remote access
- Team Leader in steerheading and ensuring implementation of the annual corporation performance contract
- (A hotel chain managing Mombasa Beach Hotel, Ngulia Safari Lodge & Voi Safari Lodge)
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Agricultural Development Corporation
01.2007 - 08.2009
- Evaluation of new proposals and viability in line with the Corporation's strategic plan
- Liaising with the Corporation's Bank on all financial matters/ Queries on the annual renewal of banking facilities and any additional financial requirements
- Liaising with the Financial institutions / Banks on all financial matters/ Queries regarding bridge financing (Hire purchase arrangements & Annual insurance premiums) and ensuring repayment of the same in line with the approved amounts from the parent ministry
- Liaising with External Auditors on all financial statements reports and matters relating to management letter on all final Audit queries
- Overseeing Corporation's General ledger transactions
- Overseeing Corporations' inventory management functions.
- Approving both cash and cheque payments while ensuring timely payment
- Overseeing Corporation's trade creditors accounts & reconciliations
- Participate in the tender committee
- Advising management on Monthly and Quarterly variance in their respective Departments
- Overseeing payroll management & accounting while ensuring full recovery of all Corporation's staff loans and advances
- Cash flow management & management of all the Corporation's financials affairs
- Overseeing monthly Cash and Bank reconciliations
- Maintaining internal controls for efficient operations while ensuring compliance with the standard operating procedures
- Maintaining & updating financial operations manual to keep phase with the changing systems
- Supervising, appraising staff and identifying their development and training needs in the department
- Develop, advise & implement strategies relating to overall financial management of the organisation
- Ensuring efficient co-ordination of support services
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Kenya Planters Co-operative Union Ltd.
12.2004 - 12.2006
- Preparing Board papers & Management reports as follows; monthly and Quarterly Accounts, monthly and Quarterly budget variance analysis reports, annual Company's revenue and capital budget, Company's forward revenue and capital Budget, final Accounts, management letter on all final Audit queries, Tender evaluation documents, evaluation of new project proposals and viability, cash inflows and outflows report
- Liaising with the company's Bank on all financial matters/ Queries on the annual renewal of banking facilities and any additional financial requirements as guided by the policies and strategic plans.
- Liaising with the Financial institutions / Banks on all financial matters/ Queries regarding bridge financing (Hire purchase arrangements & Annual insurance premiums) and ensuring repayment of the same
- Liaising with External Auditors on all financial statements reports and matters
- Liaising with Tax consultants on all tax issues on compliance and computation of corporation taxes
- Overseeing Company's General ledger transactions
- Overseeing all Company inventory management functions.
- Approving both cash and cheque payments while ensuring timely payment
- Overseeing Company's trade creditors accounts & reconciliations
- Participate in the tender committee
- Advising management on Monthly and Quarterly variance in their respective Departments
- Overseeing Treasury section and ensuring timely invoicing to Coffee dealers and Tenants while ensuring timely payment of all outstanding debts
- Preparation & Overseeing payroll management & accounting while ensuring full recovery of all company's loans
- Cash flow management & management of all the Company's financials affairs
- Overseeing Growers section and ensuring timely payments, invoicing to Coffee farmers for services offered while ensuring timely recovery of all outstanding debts
- Overseeing monthly Cash and Bank reconciliations
- Maintaining internal controls for efficient operations while ensuring compliance with the standard operating procedures
- Maintaining & updating financial operations manual to keep phase with the changing systems
- Supervising, appraising staff and identifying their development and training needs in the department
- Develop, advise & implement strategies relating to overall financial management of the organisation
- Participate in the system review, development & implementation committee
- Ensuring efficient co-ordination of support services
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
Kenya Planters Co-operative Union Ltd
06.2004 - 12.2004
- Deputizing the Financial Controller in his duties.
- In charge of Company trade creditors
- Preparation of Final Accounts & Liaising with External Auditors and tax consultants for compliance.
- In charge of the General ledger
- Preparing Company's annual budgets
- Preparing monthly & Quarterly accounts.
- In charge of all Company inventory management functions.
- Approving both cash and cheque payments.
- Ensuring timely payment & invoicing to Coffee dealers.
- Preparing monthly management payroll
- Managing and maintaining the cash float while ensuring weekly/ timely reimbursements
- Monitoring daily bank balances
- Overseeing monthly remittance of VAT returns
- Monitoring staff imprest & ensuring timely returns/ recovery
- Ensuring monthly remittance of statutory returns (P.A.Y.E, N.H.I.F and N.S.S.F.)
OUTGROWERS ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
01.1998 - 05.2004
- Participating and Coordinating in the preparation of monthly & final Accounts
- Participating and Coordinating in the preparation of Annual revenue & capital Budget
- Costing the Company's cost of cane in the Nucleus Estate.
- Costing the Company's cost of cane in the Out-growers cane.
- Ensuring Cane Debtors & Creditors accounts are reconciled regularly & Audit schedules are timely availed
- Ensuring payments to farmers, cane cutters, cane transporters & to land contractors are made & posted correctly in the ledgers
- Ensuring proper credit management is in place by invoicing Company cane debtors in time & respective overdue loans are duly recovered & postings done correctly
- Supervising & appraising accounts staffs
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
12.1996 - 12.1997
- Ensuring bank & cash book reconciliation's are correctly & timely prepared
- Monitoring bank balances & replenishment as necessary
- Overseeing & ensuring proper management of cash floats and weekly reimbursements
- Overseeing all Company's receipts & payments while compiling regular reports highlighting actual receipts & expenditure compared to budget
- Oversee preparation of monthly junior staff payrolls including proper computation, deduction & remittance of statutory returns (P.A.Y.E, N.H.I.F and N.S.S.F.)
- Overseeing monthly remittance of VAT returns
- In-Charge of Company trade creditors accounts & ensuring timely & routine reconciliations
- Monitoring staff imprest & ensuring timely returns/ recovery
- Co-ordinating in the preparation of monthly & final accounts.
- Supervising & appraising the staff
COST ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
12.1995 - 11.1996
- Collating & providing information on all aspects of budgeting & budgetary controls
- Preparing monthly & Quarterly accounts
- Maintaining fixed assets register
- Preparing cash flow budget projections
- Carrying out monthly variance analysis
Management Trainee
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
01.1995 - 12.1995
- Reconciliations & payments to Company's trade creditors / suppliers
- Payroll Accounting & management
- Bank & cash book reconciliation
- Participated in annual company budget & forward budget & projections
- Preparing monthly accounts, compiling monthly cost comparison statements & variance analysis reports
- Receiving & issuing procured items/goods in the stores
- Carrying out perpetual inventory check.
- Purchasing / Requisition for both local & Overseas orders for the company goods
- Performing operational & systems Audits designed to improve the efficiency of the company
Education
Master of Business Administ - Finance Option
University of Nairobi
01.2010
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting Option
Kenyatta University
01.1994
K.A.C.E. - Mathematics, Geography and Economics
Kericho High School
01.1989
K.C.E - undefined
Chepkechei Secondary School
01.1987
CPA (K) & CPS (K) - undefined
Kenya Accountants & Secretaries Board (KASNEB)
Strategic leadership and development - undefined
Kenya School of Government
Senior Management Course - undefined
Kenya School of Government
Advanced Microsoft excel - undefined
Institute of Advanced Technology (IAT)
MBA - Finance
Nairobi University
Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Option - Accounting
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya 04.2001 -
Skills
Exceptional capability of handling complex issues/situations
Affiliations
- Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), 4212
- Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK), 1810
Personal Information
- Age: 56
- Nationality: Kenyan
Attributes
patient, result oriented, self motivated, enjoy new work challenges, proficient in Microsoft Office tools, seeking a challenging, interesting and exciting position in Finance, Administration and Investment Management where I can use my management, analytical and communication expertise in planning and implementation roles in an organization that offers an opportunity for career and personal growth.
Short Courses
- Strategic leadership and development, Kenya School of Government
- Senior Management Course, Kenya School of Government
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, Institute of Advanced Technology (IAT)
References
- Andrew Munyao, Chief Finance Officer, SM Bank Ltd., Andrew.munyao@sbmbank.co.ke, +254714697207, P.O. BOX 34886, Nairobi, Kenya, 00100
- Sammy Milgo, Former Chief Executive (KENAS)/standards Expert, Board Member, S_milgo@yahoo.com, +254722755640, P.O. BOX 2689, Nairobi, Kenya, 00200
- Simon Ndungu, Finance Manager, Eastern Africa Arysta Life Science, gathigens@yahoo.com, +254722758875, P.O. Box 30335, Nairobi, Kenya, 0100
Accomplishments
a) Implementation of the HR instruments (career guidelines, as per SCAC guidelines in 2020)
b) Implementation of Sage financial system-version 300 towards continuous reduction of paper work in the Service (norming and sage intelligence) for service delivery improvements.,
c) Improved connectivity the Virtual Private Network (VPN) and especially during tough times like Covid-19 where staff worked remotely.
d) Timely and concise submission of Annual budgetary proposals to line ministry and the National Treasury coupled with active participation in the sector working group for resource bidding.
e) Submission of Annual financial report in timely manner to office of Auditor general (O.A.G)
f) Spearheading the development and finalization of the KENAS ICT digitalization strategy
g) Improved level of computer: staff ratio to (1:1)
h) Improved employee work environment 2016/2017-55% to 78.71% in 2022/2023 respectively
i) Participated in the preparation, review and implementation of the 2013-2018 and 2020-2024 strategic plan respectively.
j) Participated in the annual performance contract process.
Facilitated smooth transition to the KENAS office space initially at Embankment plaza to the current office at ABCon house
Timeline
CHIEF MANAGER CORPORATE SERVICES
Kenya Accreditation Service-KENAS
08.2011 - 06.2025
FINANCE MANAGER
Kenya Safari Lodges & Hotels Limited
09.2009 - 07.2011
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Agricultural Development Corporation
01.2007 - 08.2009
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Kenya Planters Co-operative Union Ltd.
12.2004 - 12.2006
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
Kenya Planters Co-operative Union Ltd
06.2004 - 12.2004
MBA - Finance
Nairobi University
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Option - Accounting
Kenyatta University
04.2001 -
OUTGROWERS ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
01.1998 - 05.2004
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
12.1996 - 12.1997
COST ACCOUNTANT
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
12.1995 - 11.1996
Management Trainee
Chemelil sugar Company ltd
01.1995 - 12.1995
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting Option
Kenyatta University
K.A.C.E. - Mathematics, Geography and Economics
Kericho High School
K.C.E - undefined
Chepkechei Secondary School
CPA (K) & CPS (K) - undefined
Kenya Accountants & Secretaries Board (KASNEB)
Strategic leadership and development - undefined
Kenya School of Government
Senior Management Course - undefined
Kenya School of Government
Advanced Microsoft excel - undefined
Institute of Advanced Technology (IAT)
Master of Business Administ - Finance Option
University of Nairobi