Kenneth Okoyo

Hands-on, Qualified Finance Professional with proven experience building, shaping, and managing finance functions within project-driven SME environments. Demonstrated expertise in stepping into rapidly expanding businesses to clear historical accounting backlogs, bring balance sheets and management accounts up to date, and establish robust internal controls. Proven ability to oversee multi-project accounting, work-in-progress (WIP) tracking, milestone commercial billing, and rolling cash flow forecasts.

Looking forward to delivering immediate operational stability, automated reporting efficiencies, and continuous process improvements.

Financial Accountant at Bawan Limited (2016-04 – 2024-12)

• Management Reporting & Ledger Clean-Up: Led end-to-end month-end closures; resolved historical accounting variances, performed hands-on balance sheet reconciliations, and established timely monthly management packs for executive review.
• Project Accounting & Cost Allocation: Monitored live commercial projects, tracking cost-to-complete, project overheads, and work-in-progress (WIP) balances to ensure accurate gross margin recognition across project lifecycles.
• Cash Flow & Working Capital: Built and maintained rolling cash flow forecasts, actively managing trade payables, supplier payment terms, and commercial collections to safeguard liquidity.
• Process Automation: Re-engineered legacy billing and spreadsheet reconciliation workflows, introducing automated data routines that eliminated manual bottlenecks and reduced periodic reporting labour by 40%.
• Building Internal Controls: Established structured financial control procedures across operational teams, including purchase order approval hierarchies, expense verification routines, and inventory controls.
• Year-End Statutory & Audit Readiness: Prepared comprehensive audit working papers, liaised directly with external audit teams, and ensured all statutory accounting queries were resolved cleanly.

Financial Accountant (Accounts & Operations) at Mayfair Holdings Limited (2011-05 – 2016-03)

• Hands-On GL Ownership: Oversaw daily general ledger functions, managing accounts payable, customer invoicing, prepayments, fixed asset registers, and multi-currency bank reconciliations.
• Commercial Receivables & Credit Control: Implemented structured debtor tracking and customer credit controls, resolving long-standing billing disputes and accelerating cash collections.
• Operational Cash Management: Maintained daily bank positioning and working capital balances, managing local banking relationships and planning supplier disbursement schedules.
• SOP Development: Documented and standardized core finance standard operating procedures (SOPs), closing control gaps and ensuring timely statutory tax and payroll filings.

Senior Accountant (Audit Engagement Lead) at Professional Outsourcing Services (2007-01 – 2011-04)

• SME Accounting & Backlog Resolution: Managed full-cycle accounting and monthly management reporting for a diverse portfolio of owner-managed, project-oriented SMEs.
• Bringing Accounts Up to Date: Specialized in entering client organizations with disorganized or legacy accounting records, untangling unallocated transactions, reconciling historical ledgers, and instituting orderly closing routines.
• Audit Preparation: Compiled year-end statutory accounts, draft tax computations, and complete audit files, providing direct guidance to business owners on operational cost control.

Internal Auditor at Bata Shoe Company (2006-01 – 2006-12)

• Operational & Control Audits: Evaluated operational workflows and commercial transactions, identifying control vulnerabilities and recommending streamlined process improvements to senior leadership.

MSc in Fintech & Policy – University of Surrey, UK (2025-09 – 2026-08)

Master of Business Administration in MBA – Hult International Business School, Boston (USA) (2020-09 – 2022-08)

Qualified Professional Accountant in Financial Management, Management Accounting, Auditing & Assurance, and Taxation – Strathmore University