Epetet Derrick
Finance Officer with 6+ years of experience in financial operations management
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I am dedicated, detail-oriented Finance Officer with over 6 years of experience in managing end-to-end financial operations, including AP/AR, bank reconciliations, and budgeting. Proven track record in improving financial accuracy through the automation of reporting processes and implementing strict cost-control measures that save in operational expenses annually. Proficient in Quickbooks and Advanced Excel, committed to ensuring compliance and driving financial efficiency.
Experience
Finance Administrator - Green Turkana Initiative CBO
(2025-09 - 2026-01)
- Finances reporting and analysis
- Payroll administration
- Compliance and audit support
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Managing incoming payments and outgoing bills, including vendor payments and invoicing clients
- Reconciles bank accounts, credit card statements, and general ledgers to identify and resolve discrepancies
- Maintains organized digital/physical filing systems for financial records
Project Accountant - Medical Diocese of Lodwar/ DOL CRS Medical Projects/ USAID projects/IGAs
(2019-02 - 2025-04)
- Managing income and expenditure
- Managing petty cash
- Posting expenses and sorting financial documents
- Managing daily transactions
- Preparing monthly reconciliations
- Entering financial information into Accounting Quick Books
- Managing company ledgers
- Verifying balances in account books and rectifying discrepancies
Assistant Accountant - DDP Trocaire
(2018-01 - 2018-12)
- Generating financial reports that display the company's profits, equity and cash flow
- Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries
- Examining expenses submitted
- Preparing payment vouchers from requisitions submitted by project coordinators
- Verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions
- Preparing financial statements and producing budget according to schedule
- Handling monthly, quarterly and annual reports
- Managing all accounting transactions
- Complying with financial policies and regulations
- Computing taxes and preparing tax returns
Intern - Diocese of Lodwar Finance Department
(2017-01 - 2018-12)
- Preparing payments requests
- Maintain close out files both electronically and paper
- Preparing and submitting external financial reports/invoices of assigned closeout projects in accordance with terms of agreements and donor requests
- Review and reconcile general ledgers of assigned closeout projects, investigate errors and prepare corrected entries for posting as needed
- Assisting in with research, filing, data entry, recording and maintaining accurate and complete financial records
- Preparing financial reports such as balance sheets and income statements
Education
Bachelor of Business Management - Accounting Option - Moi University (2016-01 - 2026-01)
Diploma - Business Management - Moi University (2015-01 - 2016-01)
Certificate - Computer studies - Bishop Mahon Center of computer studies (2014-01 - 2014-12)
Kenya Certificate Secondary School - St. Kevin's Mixed Secondary School (2010-01 - 2013-12)
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - Lowarengak Boys Secondary School (2002-01 - 2009-12)
