YUNIA MWANGO KEBASO
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance and Administrative Executive
Mukuru Clean Stoves Ltd
10.2023 - Current
- Provision of operational leadership at the manufacturing plant and ensuring seamless cooperation among the departments and branches
- Implementation of the company’s strategic vision; while ensuring adherence to the statutory and international standards and rules
- Ensure proper recording of income and expenditure to comply with the Mukuru Clean Stoves and donor regulations
- Overseeing community project implementation and provision of reports to the top management, partners and donors
- Maintaining and monitoring an effective and efficient system of internal controls (i.e
- Delegation of duties, establishing clear reporting ledger, cashbooks, bank reconciliations)
- Ensuring that the systems and procedures in place enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the manner in which assets are utilized
- Performing periodic financial analysis to detect and resolve problems in the financial systems in place
- Provision of financial reports to the top management on a weekly basis for decision making
- Preparing Monthly payrolls for all casual and permanent workers
- Aiding in preparation of budget and budgetary control measures and ensuring adherence thereto
- Pursue professional development opportunities for the staff to ensure that they are well equipped with skills to perform their duties
- Identifying and coordinating community based social responsibility activities e.g donation drives, impact stories
Payment Agent
Equity Bank of Kenya
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Recruiting, on boarding and training merchants on how to use the Pay with Equity tills
- Mobilizing deposits from merchants by providing them with different viable payment solutions tailored to their business needs i.e
- Point of sale, equity tills, equity i banking, mobile banking
- Providing organizations and institutions such as schools, churches with financial solutions in terms of receiving and payment of cash
- Recruitment of business people for Eazzy stock loans and liaising with the credit officers to ensure that their loans are disbursed on time, used for the specific purpose (buying stock)
- Regular merchant visitations to ensure that merchants are supplied with branding materials for PWE and they are fully trained on the use of the Pay with equity tills and billers
- Ensuring that Merchants are trained on best mobile payments acceptance practices aimed at curbing fraud and improving efficiency
- Push for merchant PWE & Biller transactions
- Manage merchant relationships by constantly checking on the clients
- Ensuring PWE & Biller Tills retention by the branch
Accountant
Valentine Cake House Ltd
09.2020 - 12.2022
- Creating and implementing financial policies to guarantee operational efficiency
- Performing periodic financial analysis to detect and resolve problems in the financial systems in place
- Preparing statements of financial position quarterly
- Preparing Monthly payrolls for all casual and permanent workers
- Preparing bank reconciliation statements by the close every month
- Calculating, verifying, and timely payment of withholding vat tax, corporation tax, the tourism Levy
- Ensuring all statutory payments are made in time i.e
- The Operating License fee
- Working permits, Food Handling License fee, etc
- Cash Management: Reviewing of all cash receipts and payments daily
- Creating and implementing financial policies to guarantee operational efficiency
- Overseeing the preparation and planning of budgets
- Ensuring financial records are kept up to date with the latest transactions and changes
- Contributing to financial audits: both internal and external
- Stock Management: Periodic stock takes, surprise stock takes and ensuring that stock well maintained
- Fixed asset register management and update
- Monitoring all bank deposits and payments
- Performing periodic financial analysis to detect and resolve problems
Trainee lecturer
University Of Lusaka
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Teaching 3rd year and 4th year students
- Units covered: Introduction to Audit
- Principles and practices in audit
- Internal control systems
- Emerging issues in Audit
Internal Auditor
APA Insurance Ltd
09.2014 - 08.2015
- Performed professional internal audit work involving conducting performance, financial, compliance, controls, and information technology audits
- Assisted in identifying all risks including technology risks, and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of information technology infrastructure and application controls, including security and internal controls
- Conducted interviews, reviewed documents, developed and administered surveys, composing summary memos, and prepared working papers
- Identified, developed, and documented audit issues and recommendations using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed
- Ensured smooth and competitive tendering and auctioning processes of salvages vehicles
- Developed and maintained productive client and staff relationships through individual contacts and group meetings
- Pursued professional development opportunities, including external and internal training and professional association memberships
- Conducted data extraction, analysis, and security reviews utilizing software tools
- Performed related work as assigned by audit management
Accounts and Administrative Assistant
Tamarind Properties Ltd
06.2014 - 09.2014
- Accounting
- Monitored financial transactions and accounting records to ensure the accuracy of the amounts
- Processed staff payroll every month, and ensuring that payroll data is properly backed up
- Controlled and operated bank accounts, recording, reporting of assets, and review of payment requests, journal vouchers, and supporting documents
- Prepared a summary of deposits received for all the projects, reconciliation of accounts to ensure that they are accurate and up-to-date
- Reviewed the application of internal controls related to transactions and ensuring that statutory obligations are met
- Appropriately disbursed funds by the company rules, regulations, and budgetary limits
- Facilitated petty cash management
- Prepared financial statements
- Provided information during external audits
- Ensured the utility bills are paid within the stipulated period
- Administration
- Performed administration duties and office support activities for multiple managers
- Assisted multiple managers with overflow work, including word processing, data entry, and internet research tasks
- Managed the company’s reception area and ensuring sign-in and security
- Took and typed minutes during an office staff meeting
Marketing and Administrative Executive
Tamarind Properties Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
- Handled office administration functions and E-marketing
- Responded to inquiries from the clients in Diaspora
- Handled the company’s social platforms including sales inquiries on tweeter, Facebook
- Promoted the company’s products through social media platforms
- Managed the Company’s reception area and handling walk-in clients
- Prepared reports, letters of offer, and correspondence
- Carried out sales presentations to prospective buyers
Education
Postgraduate diploma - Lecturing/Teaching Methodology
University of Lusaka
11.2020
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting Option
University of Nairobi
04.2014
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Mary Hill Girls High School
01.2008
Skills
- Financial Management
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Leadership and Supervision
- Customer Relations
- Communication
- ICT Competency
- Record preparation
- New employee orientations
- Logistical Planning
- Administrative Management
- Quickbooks
- Senior staff support
- Project Support
Accomplishments
- Ranked top sales/payment agent in Narok branch for 6 months.
- Organized two annual training for Mukuru Clean stoves sales agents.
- Overseeing community donations drive in villages of Siaya and Busia counties.
References
- Hillary Chewen, Operations Manager, Equity Bank, Narok Branch, P.O Box 1023, Narok, Kenya, 20500, +254 724 845 059, hillary.chewen@equitybank.co.ke
- CPA Gloria Otieno, Chief Accountant and Consultant, Cherehani and Mukuru Clean Stoves Ltd, P.O Box 61316, Nairobi, Kenya, 00200, +254 728 037 031, gloriaotieno44@gmail.com
- Soila Sindiyo, Managing Partner, Valentine Cake House Narok, P.O Box 1023, Narok, Kenya, +254 711 618 456, soilasindiyo@gmail.com
Otherexperiences
- Intern, National Bank of Kenya, 06/01/11, 10/31/11, Handled management of training in all departments.
- Data Collector, UWEZO, 10/01/09, 10/31/09, Carried out training in basic research methods.
Professionalcourses
- Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA) Finalist, CPA Section 1-6
- Certificate in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations, Udemy University, 09/01/20
Timeline
Finance and Administrative Executive
Mukuru Clean Stoves Ltd
10.2023 - Current
Payment Agent
Equity Bank of Kenya
01.2022 - 10.2023
Accountant
Valentine Cake House Ltd
09.2020 - 12.2022
Trainee lecturer
University Of Lusaka
01.2020 - 06.2020
Internal Auditor
APA Insurance Ltd
09.2014 - 08.2015
Accounts and Administrative Assistant
Tamarind Properties Ltd
06.2014 - 09.2014
Marketing and Administrative Executive
Tamarind Properties Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
Postgraduate diploma - Lecturing/Teaching Methodology
University of Lusaka
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting Option
University of Nairobi
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Mary Hill Girls High School
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