Shadrack Githiaya
FINANCE MANAGER
Nairobi
Summary
Experienced finance professional with a 9 years' track record of delivering accurate financial reports and efficiently delivering accounting activities in the banking industry. Confident with finance concepts and understanding of financial statements. Proven ability to communicate complex finance concepts in fast-paced and dynamic finance environments. I am passionate about driving efficiency and profitability through data-driven, insightful financial leadership.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Finance Manager
Maisha Microfinance Bank
1 2024 - Current
- Leading all aspects of financial reporting and planning; including budgeting and forecasting
- Management accounting and monthly consolidation
- Preparation of monthly board reporting packs
- Cashflow management - Proactively managing the company's cash positions and optimizing returns through proactive investment
- Financial modelling - preparation of robust financial models for forecasting and evaluation of business opportunities
- Financial analysis – analyzing financial performance, providing insight and linking financial reports to business strategies
- Overseeing the preparation and submission of regulatory reports
- Audit Management – Coordination of internal & external audits and ensuring that audit findings have been closed
- Financial Controls - Formulation and documentation of financial policies and procedures and ensuring adherence
- Compliance – Ensuring compliance to local tax and regulatory requirements
Manager, Financial Planning & Reporting
NCBA Group
06.2022 - 01.2024
- Company Overview: Digital Business Division
- Leading financial reporting and consolidation for Kenya & Group subsidiaries
- Preparation of management accounts and monthly board reporting packs
- Preparation of rolling forecasts and annual budgets
- Finance Business Partnering – Driving value in the business by providing financial insights, interpretation and expertise to support various business functions and optimize profits
- Technical accounting – Ensuring adoption and compliance with new accounting standards and IFRS
- Financial Controls - Ensuring that all internal accounts are fully reconciled and balances substantiated at all times
- Audit Management – Ensuring that all audit schedules and information are availed to auditors and that audit findings have been closed
- General ledger maintenance – Ensuring that all general ledger accounts are correctly mapped at all times
- Spearheading all revenue assurance processes
- Financial Projects and Systems -Leading the finance workstream during the implementation of new systems and products
- Digital Business Division
Officer, Business Performance & Revenue Assurance
NCBA Group
11.2019 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: Digital Business Division
- Preparation of accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in line with IFRS and group policies
- Analysis of monthly business performance against budgets and ensuring that variances are explained
- Preparation of business expense reports and detailed drivers to inform decision-making and champion cost management
- Audit support – providing of audit schedules to auditors
- Maintenance and reconciliation of the fixed asset register
- Facilitation of period-end general ledger closure processes
- Liquidity management – Daily working capital balances monitoring to ensure optimum working balances at all times
- Revenue Assurance - Established the first ever revenue assurance model for the division
- Finance projects – participating in the implementation of finance projects for process improvement, new systems and new products
- Digital Business Division
Reconciliations Assistant
CBA Group / NCBA Group
02.2017 - 10.2019
- Reconciliation of all group (Kenya and Regional) general ledger accounts subsequent closure of all exception items
- Monitoring and reporting operational losses in internal accounts such as penalties and unnecessary charges
- Daily monitoring of debits to revenue accounts and subsequent follow up for supporting documentation, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures
- Daily monitoring of all new suspense accounts and ensuring they are on boarded to the reconciliation system
Branch Operations Assistant
Commercial Bank of Africa
11.2015 - 01.2017
- Facilitation of customer cash deposits and withdrawals
- Execution of customer funds transfer instructions
- Facilitation of customer foreign exchange transactions
- Customer service operations – handling of customer queries while ensuring customer satisfaction
- Maintenance and reconciliation of the Branch petty cash account
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
01.2009 - 01.2012
Certified Public Accountant - undefined
K.A.S.N.E.B
01.2013 - 01.2014
Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst certification - undefined
Corporate Finance Institute
Skills
Financial reporting and analysis
Management reporting
Financial Modelling
IFRS
Finance business partnering
SAP accounting
SQL data analysis
T24 core banking system
Power BI
Advanced Excel Accounting
References
- Elijah M. Karimi, Head of Finance | NCBA Digital Business Division, 0722 796 693, Elijah.karimi@ncbagroup.com
- Moses W. Juma, Finance Manager | Mayfair CIB Bank Kenya, 0722 164 181, mwjuma@gmail.com
- Beatrice W. Kanja, Head of Financial Controls | NCBA Group, 0721 350 670, wakiokanja@gmail.com
Timeline
Manager, Financial Planning & Reporting
NCBA Group
06.2022 - 01.2024
Officer, Business Performance & Revenue Assurance
NCBA Group
11.2019 - 06.2022
Reconciliations Assistant
CBA Group / NCBA Group
02.2017 - 10.2019
Branch Operations Assistant
Commercial Bank of Africa
11.2015 - 01.2017
Certified Public Accountant - undefined
K.A.S.N.E.B
01.2013 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
01.2009 - 01.2012
Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst certification - undefined
Corporate Finance Institute
Senior Finance Manager
Maisha Microfinance Bank
1 2024 - Current
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