Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkGig WorkConsultingLocation Preference
RemoteOn-SiteHybridLocation: NairobiNairobi, 30
Open to relocation: Yes
STEPHEN KAGUNDA WAINAINA
ACCOUNTANT
Nairobi
Work Preference
Summary
Results-driven CPA with 12 years of experience in agribusiness accounting. As Senior Accountant, leads a finance team, overseeing end-to-end payment processes and statutory compliance. Streamlined month-end reporting from 14 days to five, enhancing efficiency. Expertise includes financial reporting, ERP-based accounting, and cash-flow management.
Overview
1
1
Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
AGVENTURE LIMITED
01.2024 - Current
- Oversee financial accounting processes, cash-flow structures, transaction processing, reconciliations, reporting, and internal control frameworks.
- Lead and supervise a four-member finance team, allocating responsibilities, reviewing work, and supporting accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Managed end-to-end accounts payable cycle, ensuring timely invoice verification, approval reviews, PR/PO coordination, and effective supplier account management for multi-million-shilling payments.
- Direct month-end and year-end closing activities, maintaining accurate accruals, prepayment schedules, ledger balances, and variance reports.
- Reduced the month-end closing period from 14 days to five working days through process improvements and closer cross-departmental coordination.
- Oversaw bank and supplier reconciliations, investigated transactional discrepancies, and coordinated timely resolutions to maintain accurate records and safeguard working capital.
- Led external audit preparation by compiling comprehensive audit schedules and maintaining supporting documentation as primary liaison with external auditors to ensure smooth audit processes.
- Collaborate with operations and plant managers on commercial expenditure, budget forecasts, processing costs, yield analysis, variance analysis, and production throughput.
- Manage more than 10 key customer accounts with annual turnover exceeding KES 2 billion, overseeing billing, credit reviews, account monitoring, collections, and resolution of discrepancies.
- Use Palladium ERP and Advanced Microsoft Excel to review financial information, maintain accounting records, support reporting, and strengthen internal control processes.
Accountant
Agventure Limited
05.2014 - 12.2023
- Managed full-cycle general ledger operations in computerized accounting systems, ensuring accurate transaction posting and maintaining reliable trial balance records.
- Managed supplier onboarding and reconciliation processes, investigated discrepancies, maintained supporting documentation, and resolved account queries through effective communication with suppliers.
- Compiled and filed statutory tax returns through KRA iTax, ensuring timely compliance and minimizing risk of penalties.
- Supported internal and external audits by preparing schedules, extracting transaction records, verifying ledger balances, and responding to audit information requests.
- Supervised warehouse inventory flows and stores management conducted physical stocktakes, and reconciled inventory records against financial balances.
- Organized physical and electronic financial records to enhance document retrieval and ensure audit readiness.
Accounts Assistant Intern
Agventure Ltd
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Recorded financial transactions in accounting system, ensuring accuracy and completeness of ledger records.
- Facilitated accounts payable processes by entering supplier invoices and verifying goods received documentation, maintaining up-to-date vendor records.
- Structured financial and compliance documentation to aid in internal reviews and meet audit requirements.
Systems Auditor Intern
AFRICERT LIMITED
05.2012 - 09.2012
- Audited client internal management systems for compliance with quality, agricultural, and operational standards, enhancing adherence to UTZ, Rainforest Alliance, and GlobalG.A.P.
- Conducted structured interviews and reviewed operational documentation, identifying control weaknesses and compliance gaps that informed remediation strategies.
- Prepared audit observations and effectively communicated findings to relevant stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.
Education
Certified Public Accountant - Accounting
Vision Institute of Professionals
Nairobi01-2013
Bachelor of Science - Agribusiness Management and Trade
Kenyatta University
Nairobi01-2013
Skills
Tax Compliance Management
Financial Reporting Systems
Month-End and Year-End Closing
General Ledger Management
Accrual management
Cash flow management
Cash Management
Bank reconciliations
Invoice verification
Vendor onboarding
Creditor management
Palladium ERP
Advanced Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office Suite
QuickBooks
Tax compliance
Certification
Certified Public Accountant Vision Institute of Professionals | 2013 Sections 1–6 completed
Timeline
Senior Accountant
AGVENTURE LIMITED
01.2024 - Current
Accountant
Agventure Limited
05.2014 - 12.2023
Accounts Assistant Intern
Agventure Ltd
09.2013 - 05.2014
Systems Auditor Intern
AFRICERT LIMITED
05.2012 - 09.2012
Bachelor of Science - Agribusiness Management and Trade
Kenyatta University
Certified Public Accountant - Accounting
Vision Institute of Professionals