Richard N. Ngugi
Nairobi
Summary
Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement. Business-minded Finance Manager promoting more than 12 years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills. Adept at managing budgets, payroll, invoicing and general accounting functions. Instrumental in keeping business operations fully compliant and working within budgetary guidelines. Objective leader with demonstrated success leading financial systems and programs. Knowledgeable about regulatory requirements and successful strategies for maintaining optimal controls. Well-organized, proactive and adaptable to changing markets. Steadfast Finance Specialist familiar with managing multimillion-dollar business operations. Successfully optimizes frameworks and cultivates cohesive teams to meet and exceed financial goals. Excellent reporting, record keeping and relationship-building abilities.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
International Medical Corps
11.2013 - Current
- Donors worked with during this period: USAID, UNICEF, ECHO, DFID, OCHA and Global Fund
- Assist in overall management of Finance Department, through monitoring internal finance and admin policies and controls to ensure that they adopt to better facilitate program implementation
- Ensure compliance with the organization and donor regulations and procedures; establishing finance and supporting function policies, systems and procedures, and directing or performing their development, documentation, and implementation
- Supervise and ensure that the day-to-day accounting operations and financial management functions in field offices are performing in accordance with internal policy and procedures
- Review and account for procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy of amounts and control overpayments
- Implement relevant organizational standards, ensuring compliance across the transactional-shared business support services
- Monitor on a monthly basis budget-spending levels and update financial action plans for subsequent months
- Prepare and engage donors on financial reports and ensure that the reports comply with the terms of the donor agreements
- Management of the Shared Services Budget and Resources budget for the Shared Services Unit; carefully managing expenditure and safeguarding organization resources by following accountability procedures before signing approvals
- Review recommendations for financial planning and control, providing relevant fiscal information to executive management team
- Effectively manage internal controls / risk in the financial transactional services
- Ensure effective co-ordination between Unit, Share Services Centre(SSC), HQ and COs
- Budget preparation during proposal development for donor specific programs
- Provide oversight and support to the HR team operational excellence on set organizational standards
- Review Staff payrolls, Employee Advances and Monthly Financial Reports
- Coordinate external and internal audit for the organization through interactions with auditors
- Ensure cost–effective delivery of procurements and facilitation of effective services for conferences, facilities, office management etc
- Ensure effective IT services provision for the Nairobi finance unit
- Review check payments and approve all cash disbursements
- Ensure we comply with statutory deductions
- Supervise finance officers in their respective roles
- Acting on behalf of the FAD in case where FAD is on leave or other work commitments.
Finance/Admin Officer
Province, International Medical Corps
Nyali
11.2010 - 09.2013
- Preparing monthly provincial financial reports by closing monthly cash and bank transaction journals, input of transactions in accounting system, calculation of exchange rates and verifying completeness of monthly transaction vouchers
- Preparing and ensuring that all payment vouchers are properly supported before payments are made
- Maintaining and monitoring the staff advances register and follow up on outstanding balances
- Maintain and update monthly payable and receivable registers
- Ensuring preparation of monthly field budgets in line with overall program budgets and submit in a timely manner
Finance/Admin Assistant
International Medical Corps
Westlands
07.2008 - 10.2010
- Providing administrative support to the program team members
- Assisted in project development process for a 3-month emergency program by providing budget writing support and costing analysis through field and internet research
- Making logistical and travel arrangements
- Preparing accounting journals and statutory (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF) payment returns vouchers
- Petty Cash Management
Education
Masters in Science - Development Finance
KCA University
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance and Accounting
Strathmore University
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education(KCSE - undefined
KCSE
Dagoretti High School
Work Availability
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Skills
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
- Extravagance and Fraud Detection
- Proactive and Focused
- Management of Financial Resources
- Auditing
- Bookkeeping Operations
- Accounting Software Systems
- Operational Reporting
- Business Operations and Forecasting
- Organization & Planning
- Budgeting & Budget Management
- Project Development
- Financial Analysis & Reporting
Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Finance Manager
International Medical Corps
11.2013 - Current
Finance/Admin Officer
Province, International Medical Corps
11.2010 - 09.2013
Finance/Admin Assistant
International Medical Corps
07.2008 - 10.2010
Masters in Science - Development Finance
KCA University
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance and Accounting
Strathmore University
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education(KCSE - undefined
KCSE
Dagoretti High School
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