Payroll Manager at Absa Bank Kenya PLC (2023-01 – Present)
- Develop, implement and maintain payroll controls and process improvements
- Oversee data accuracy and consistency in payroll and HRIS systems
- Ensure the payroll procedure manual and other relevant documentations are in place, maintained and updated
- Ensure timely and accurate payment of salaries within SLA
- Responsible and accountable for Statutory changes maintenance, reporting and payment within set timelines
- Accountable for payroll costs management and review
- Responsible for all payroll related GLs ensuring all balances are reconciled as per SLA
- Prepare functional budget and periodically review and report cost variances
- Manage payroll team, identifying needs that will improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Focal point for payroll reviews and audits
- Monitor payroll and other relevant people experience queries and concerns and put in place remedial actions
Payroll Consultant at Absa Bank Kenya PLC (2021-07 – 2022-12)
- End to end multi Payroll processing
- Drive month on month payroll reconciliations
- Ensure proper application of the Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Manage and resolve third party and colleagues queries
- File monthly statutory returns and ensure timely payment (PAYE, NHIF, NSSF, NITA)
- Review system configurations ensuring compliance of on and off payroll processes
- Collection and management of payroll adjustment entries
- Periodic reporting on staff costs, time and attendance
- Support GPA claims payment process
Payroll Consultant at Absa Bank Kenya PLC (2021-07 – 2022-12)
- Achieved 99% data clean-up of payroll data
- Improved payroll process, shortening the returns filing period by 7 days and improving turnaround time on payroll amendments
- Championed educating of colleagues on payroll and tax matters affecting their pay
- Introduced analytical reports that aide in decision making
Payroll Operations & Compliance Consultant (Remote) at Trans Skills Employment Services Ltd (2020-08 – 2021-07)
- Timely Multi Payroll processing
- Complete different country profiles through researching relevant laws and regulations
- Implement relevant statutory changes on the payroll software vPay
- Manage payroll clients within East Africa, ensuring all queries are resolved
- Prepare and review payroll reconciliations and reports
- Ensure accurate computations of payroll related statutory deductions
- Manage collection and filing of payroll related data from clients
- Timely sharing of final payroll output with clients
Senior Accountant at Kasai Accounting Advisory Ltd (2020-07 – 2021-07)
- Analyze, advise and execute individual financial transactions
- Ensure appropriate governance and compliance with accounting and tax policies, data management standards and process requirements
- Enhance internal controls, reports and analytical reviews procedures
- Preparation of Account Reconciliations and Manual Journal Voucher Processing
- Month end tax computations and preparation of tax returns
- Assist in Preparation and review of the month and year end management accounts
Payroll Lead at Unilever Tea Kenya Ltd (2018-04 – 2018-12)
- Lead the payroll team, ensuring proper coordination through the payroll processing for over 15,000 employees
- Provide ad-hoc data and supplementary reports as required from time to time for control purpose or for any other use by the business
- Track case and grievances progress and resolutions
- Ensure employees get their salary and pay slips within the signed off SLA timeline
- Ensure payroll systems are aligned to the CBA
- Review payroll information for accuracy, identify discrepancies and make corrections
- Serve as a technical resource to clerks and employees concerning payroll accounting activities, earnings and recoveries
- Oversee payroll related system changes
- Training payroll team to ensure proper development
- Assisted in designing and implementing new payroll reports enhancing controls and data review
Payroll Accountant, Senior at KPMG Advisory Services Ltd (2016-01 – 2018-03)
- Process monthly multi-currency payroll for over 750 staff
- In-charge of payroll processing for three entities
- Maintain a proper document control system with accuracy and confidentiality
- Prepare and avail daily payroll related reports, offering support to stakeholders
- Review employee data as collected by HR ensuring completeness of data and adherence to the law where applicable
- Facilitate payroll audits and internal process reviews
- Processing staff loans, ensuring proper charge of Fringe benefit tax
- Process disbursements and per diems on a bi-weekly basis
- Prepare monthly payroll journals and maintain an up to date reconciliation of payroll affected accounts
- Timely filing of returns and processing of payments to various statutory bodies such as KRA, NHIF, NSSF and NITA
- Keep up to date with tax and other policies that affect employment income
- Preparation of comparative analysis on revenue capacity vs the budget
- Suggested and implemented procedural changes that improved the payroll process and claims payment process
- Improved salary journal posting turn-around time thus aiding in the financial reporting process
- Enhanced resolving of staff related issues hence improving the payroll office relations with staff
Supervisor - Payroll and Tax at Twiga Chemical Industries Ltd (2015-04 – 2016-01)
- Maintained and updated payroll information and provide periodic payroll reports
- Resolved payroll discrepancies, provided payroll information on official requests
- Preparation of the monthly payroll journals and submission of statutory deductions
- Prepared and updated tax schedules as well as file company tax returns (PAYE, VAT)
- Coordinated audits by various tax authorities and auditors
- Researched and corrected process errors and the basis for tax positions to be taken
- Reported on tax queries regarding the direction taken by the company
- Planned, collected and analyzed data to determine costs of items
- Recorded cost information for use in controlling expenditures
- Costs analysis and reporting on daily sales and margins for the products sold
- Assisted in Month end close of the General Ledger and preparation of the management accounts on a monthly basis
Accounts Assistant at Twiga Chemical Industries Ltd (2011-01 – 2015-03)
- Prepared of supplier and bank reconciliations; reviewed and closed reconciling items
- Made journal entries, accounting for monthly loan repayments and interest charged
- Liaised with the bank and overseas suppliers to facilitate international trade
- Participated in periodic audits and supported in tax returns (WHT, VAT)
- Part of quarterly inventory stock taking, control, reconciliation and verification
- Reported on weekly foreign currency account cash flow projections
Stores Clerk at Twiga Chemical Industries Ltd (2010-06 – 2010-12)
