Microsoft Excel
Norman Kobi
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
NAIROBI,-NA-
Summary
Enthusiastic senior Finance Accountant and Compliance officer successful at cultivating effective working relationships at all levels while driving improvements to budget administration, expense tracking and forecasting of future financial needs. Proven track record of performing work ethically while maintaining integrity of all financial data. I am eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of financial policies and procedures and training accounting profession. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Non-profit industry.
Overview
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1
Certification
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Finance and Compliance Officer
MERCY CORPS
NAIROBI, -NA-
12.2019 - Current
- Responsible for regional office budgets/cash flow projections on a monthly basis & ensuring spending is within budget.
- Get monthly projections from the program managers and/or head of offices and consolidating them and sending them to the headquarters to make sure that all activities budgeted for in a certain period are implemented on time hence overcoming operational bottlenecks.
- Managed effective action plans to respond to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
- Liaised with risk management, internal audit and employee services departments to direct compliance issues to appropriate channels for investigation and resolution.
- Provided guidance, advice and training to improve business' understanding of related laws and regulatory requirements.
- Support the pre-award assessment, review of expenditures incurred, preparation of the sub grants financial report, review of sub grant progress as per previously set milestones, monitoring funds disbursed to sub grants and supporting in sub grant closeout.
- Handle bank reconciliations, amortizations and balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis to ensure that all outstanding items are cleared and all remaining balances are explained.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and yearly close-out processes by compiling and analyzing accounting information and preparing various adjustments, journal entries and schedules were necessary.
- Created budgets and forecasts for management group to meet regular accounting deadlines.
- Managed entire accounting cycle including gathering information, preparing documents, finalizing reports and closing books.
- Identified and investigated variances to financial plans and forecasts.
- Partnered with auditors on annual audits a nd external audits demand realized compliance with governmental tax guidelines and donor guidelines.
Finance Officer
MERCY CORPS
NAIROBI, -NA-
03.2017 - 12.2019
- Established and enforced controls on revenue and expenses to protect company assets.
- Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
- Assessed budget plans and present costs to forecast trends and recommend changes.
- Accountable for reviewing expense reports and payment requests for accuracy and completeness i.e. approval, correct coding and documentation, before payment is made according to donor and organizational policies and funds availability.
- Conduct training on proper financial processes including segregation of duties, procurement authorization and thresholds, transaction documentation, cash handling, and related internal control practices and procedures
- Working with departments outside of finance to ensure new initiatives are properly tracked, monitored, and reported.
- Followed on compliance of financial policies and accounting procedures against Mercy Corps and regulatory Authorities.
Assistant Finance Officer
MERCY CORPS
NAIROBI, -NA-
03.2016 - 03.2017
- Process VAT claims to USAID and ensure that withholding tax and withholding VAT is paid by the 20th of every month.
- Spearhead the annual countrywide archiving process by coordinating, collection, review and archive of all documents before sending them to the archiving store.
- Ensure proper and timely coding of all bank and cash payments into Accounting system.
- Ensure proper filing of the hard copies of the same and grants vouchers for easy reference and retrieval when required.
- Support all field offices, in monitoring their cash and bank balances and coordinating bi-weekly and monthly cash flow requests from sub-offices.
- Oversee regular visits to field offices and sub grantees to check and monitor compliance and recommend ways of improving on compliance and accountability.
- Disburse payments to vendors via online banking or cheques upon submission of fully approved and reviewed payment request.
- Contact person with the bank and ensure that the accounts are running smoothly and that vendors are paid in a timely manner.
Internal Audit Intern
International Rescue Committe
NAIROBI, -NA-
06.2015 - 12.2015
- Identified major risk areas and gaps in internal controls, process notes and risk control matrices to plan and perform audit procedures.
- Prepared, analyzed and verified annual reports and financial statements to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.
- Assist the internal audit unit in preparing for audits of country offices by assembling information, analyzing data and defining populations of transactions for sampling, communicate information needs and requests to country office management / personnel, performing tests of operating, reporting and compliance controls for various country offices on their grants, human resources, supply chain and finance management where appropriate through country office visits.
Financial Accountant Intern
AMREF HEALTH AFRICA
NAIROBI, -NA-
11.2014 - 05.2015
- Supporting the finance department in various activities such as data entry, filing, Receipting and Writing cheques by preparing payment vouchers and journal vouchers as well as participating in annual stock take for the organizations.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
EGERTON UNIVERSITY
NAKURU 09.2011 - 12.2014
No Degree - CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACOUTANTS oF KENYA
EGERTON UNIVERSITY
NAKURU 12.2010 - 12.2013
Skills
Policy compliance understanding
Finance and accounting operations
Finance and accounting
General accounting and GAAP compliance
Budgeting and finance
Operations and finance expert
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of three in the development of a new Payroll for the my current organization to manage time and payroll journal entries.
- Supervised team of 3 staff members in the finance department
Software
Microsoft Dynamic
Quick books
Sun system
Certification
CPA - Certified Public Accountant
Timeline
Senior Finance and Compliance Officer
MERCY CORPS
12.2019 - Current
Finance Officer
MERCY CORPS
03.2017 - 12.2019
Assistant Finance Officer
MERCY CORPS
03.2016 - 03.2017
Internal Audit Intern
International Rescue Committe
06.2015 - 12.2015
Financial Accountant Intern
AMREF HEALTH AFRICA
11.2014 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
EGERTON UNIVERSITY
09.2011 - 12.2014
No Degree - CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACOUTANTS oF KENYA
EGERTON UNIVERSITY
12.2010 - 12.2013