Your Name
Nairobi
Summary
I am a self-motivated and result oriented person, with wide knowledge and experience on company finances, control systems, preparing financial reports and their interpretation for decision making. Adherent to duly recognized accounting practices and procedures. Competent in offering leadership, Human resource management supervisory roles. My goal is to secure a challenging position where my competency in analytical, management, organizational and leadership skills will not only add value to the organization but also record high success ratings in all departments.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance & Administration Manager
Advanta Africa Ltd
08.2017 - Current
- Accounting team leadership
- Internal Audit and accounting controls managements
- Undertakes budgets vs Actual analysis and review
- Inter departmental relation management-accounts/sales/technical
- Review of monthly management reports and assist in taking appropriate decisions
- Liaising with banks for financing processes
- Partners relations management-creditors and corporate clients
Accountant
Advanta Africa Ltd
08.2013 - 07.2017
- Payroll Management
- Manage internal accounting controls systems and oversee implementation
- Undertakes budgets, cashflow projections, ratio analysis
- Liaising with bank for financing and other facilities
- Produces monthly management reports and their Analysis
- Manages account receivables and Payables
- Undertake full accounting upto management accounts
Finance Manager
Security World Technology Ltd
11.2008 - 10.2012
- Budgeting and performance analysis
- To Enhance internal accounting controls systems and oversee implementation
- Undertakes management accounting through budgets,cashflow projections, ratio analysis
- Liasing with bank for financing and other facilities
- Produces monthly management reports and their Analysis
- Credit control management
- Cost management analysis and control
- Overall Reginal Finance functions-Managing working capital and finance control across the four East African offices i.e. Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania and Rwanda
- Undertaking Internal Audits in the four countries
- Directly involved on all imports procedure and documentation
- Supervisory role on all accounting and procurement staff.
- Administrative functions like handling insurance issues, staff medical and fully conversant with HR related discipline.
- Documented all accounting procedures and policies and came up with a manual for the same for usage across the four countries, with changes to adapt to specific country operations.
- Was in front line to negotiate for a 10 million bank overdraft facility
- On cost control managed to save for the company to a tune of kes 200,000.00 p.a by sensitizing staff on efficient usage of resources provided by the company in most economical/efficient manner to avoid wastage e.g Usage of telephones,stationery.Advised and implemented all clients to pay for the postage of goods outside the residence town.
Senior Accountant
Wamuti Beer Distributor Ltd
10.2007 - 10.2008
- Heads the accounts department-financial to taxation issues
- Supervises the entire accounting team, accounts assistant, cashier and stores administrator
- Liaise with external auditors to facilitate annual audits
- Payroll management and payment of payroll statutory Deductions
- Bulk Cash handling and banking
- Liasing with the supplier (KBL) on stock availability and cash position to facilitate delivery
- The company saved by avoiding penalties and interest to a tune of kes 800,000 p.a from KRA by ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements in terms of paying various taxes and within due dates.
- Was able to recover kes 1.8 Million wrongly charged by the supplier (KBL) by going at the suppliers offices and undertaking a comprehensive reconciliation.
Accountant
Davestar Mattresses Ltd
04.2002 - 09.2007
- Undertaking bank reconciliations
- Liaise with external auditors to facilitate annual audits
- Monthly Vat Computation and filing the same with KRA
- Stock control and Reconciliation
- Petty cash book analysis / control
- Maintain debtors, creditors and general ledgers
- Handled payroll system
- Managed the whole point of sale system as a support IT
- Administratively, was fully conversant and handled insurance and HR issues
- Successfully set up the accounting system from scratch to be a full computerized by the time I was leaving.
- Updated the pricing policy, thus retained customers confidence and boosting the returns.
- Instrumental in setting the general business system in managing stocks, staff, purchases and other assets.
- Installed and implemented a point of sale (P.O.S) system.
Assistant Accountant
Mullard Electronics Ltd
01.2002 - 03.2002
- Sales Invoicing
- Maintain Debtors and creditors ledgers
- Petty cash handling
- Stock control and reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation
- Filing of all accounting documents
Education
Certified Public Accountant - undefined
12.2000
Kenya Accounting Technician Course (KATC Final) - undefined
06.1998
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (C-Plain) - undefined
Nakuru Blankets Secondary school
01.1996
Kenya Certificate Of Primary Education (420 Mks) - undefined
Limuko Primary school
01.1992
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Team leadership
- Motivational skills
- Initiative
- Sound judgment
- Ability to respond to competing priorities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Proficient in Quickbook
- Proficient in Sage
- Proficient in Accounts Lynx
- Proficient in Kenserve system
- Flexible work style
- Knowledge in HR
- Knowledge in Insurance
- Knowledge in Administration
- Writing skills
- Presentation skills
- Business trend analysis
- Negotiation skills
<Enter your own>
- Date of Birth: 26th September 1977
- Marital Status: Married
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading motivational books
- Listening to worship music
- Reading business related journals and features
- Fascinated by volleyball
Training
- Performance Management and Team Building Training, Prime Personnel Africa Ltd, 2012-11-20
- Cost Management (Improving efficiency by eliminating waste) Training, Mungai Kihanya, 2011-02-11
- Customer Care and Service Training, Artemis Transition Partners Ltd, 2012-07-21, 2012-07-22
- Mater Heart Run, 2012-05-26, Support of Mater Hospital fund raiser to assist children with heart problems
Timeline
Finance & Administration Manager
Advanta Africa Ltd
08.2017 - Current
Accountant
Advanta Africa Ltd
08.2013 - 07.2017
Finance Manager
Security World Technology Ltd
11.2008 - 10.2012
Senior Accountant
Wamuti Beer Distributor Ltd
10.2007 - 10.2008
Accountant
Davestar Mattresses Ltd
04.2002 - 09.2007
Assistant Accountant
Mullard Electronics Ltd
01.2002 - 03.2002
Certified Public Accountant - undefined
Kenya Accounting Technician Course (KATC Final) - undefined
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (C-Plain) - undefined
Nakuru Blankets Secondary school
Kenya Certificate Of Primary Education (420 Mks) - undefined
Limuko Primary school