Finance Director at Puratos Kenya Ltd (2024-08 – Present)
Puratos is an international group offering a full range of innovative products, raw materials and application expertise to the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors. Their headquarters are just outside Brussels (Belgium), where the company was founded in 1919. Above all, they aim to be 'reliable partners in innovation', helping their customers around the world to deliver nutritious and tasty food to their local communities.
- Leading the overall finance strategy and aligning financial objectives with the company's business goals.
- Providing financial leadership and strategic support to the General Manager and senior leadership team.
- Managing budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
- Ensuring accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
- Overseeing accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations.
- Monitoring profitability, margins, costs, and working capital to drive sustainable business growth.
- Managing cash flow, treasury activities, banking relationships, and funding requirements.
- Ensuring compliance with local accounting standards, tax regulations, and statutory requirements.
- Overseeing tax management, VAT compliance, tax filings, and tax audits.
- Establishing and maintaining effective internal controls to minimize financial and operational risks.
- Leading external and internal audit processes and ensuring successful audit outcomes.
- Supporting commercial decision-making through financial analysis, business cases, and investment appraisals.
- Driving financial performance improvement initiatives and operational efficiencies.
- Managing finance teams, developing talent, and ensuring high-quality service delivery within the finance function.
- Ensuring compliance with Puratos Group financial policies, reporting standards, and governance requirements.
- Supporting regional and group management with financial insights, performance reviews, and strategic recommendations.
Chief Accountant at Puratos Kenya Ltd (2020-02 – 2024-08)
Puratos is an international group offering a full range of innovative products, raw materials and application expertise to the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors. Their headquarters are just outside Brussels (Belgium), where the company was founded in 1919. Above all, they aim to be 'reliable partners in innovation', helping their customers around the world to deliver nutritious and tasty food to their local communities.
- Ensue that vendor documents are complete, vouchers are prepared and coded correctly, and payment is made time
- Ensure that Staff Expense reports and payroll are duly filled and approved, Vouchers are prepared and correctly coded and payments are made on time
- Ensure that shared costs are captured and shared according to current cost share memo
- Posting to the Odoo system in accordance with Puratos requirements
- Ensure that VAT is captured in the system for easy traceability
- Preparing cost calculations for all stock items and advise local management on fluctuating margins.
- Ensure that documentation meets established standards of the organization
- Prepare intelligence reports to align with Local management needs
- Ensure to capture prepayments and amortize every month as per accrual basis of accounting
- Statutory deductions preparation and timely remittance of the same
- Preparation of co-shared offices invoices
- Preparation of BFC reports to be reviewed at group level
- Reviewing assignments done by other subordinates in the Finance department
- Audit support for both internal and external audit
- Monthly Bank reconciliation for both Kenya Shilling and Euro accounts, Balance sheet Reconciliation
Accountant at Bidwood Suite Hotel (2015-03 – 2019-12)
Bidwood Suite is a 4 star Hotel that Provides hotel and accommodation services, to various clients looking for a world class experience in accommodation and dining at the heart of the beautiful city of Nairobi.
- Ensue that vendor documents are complete, vouchers are prepared and coded correctly and payment is made time
- Ensure that Travel advances and Staff Expense reports are duly filled and approved, Vouchers are prepared and correctly coded and payments are made on time
- Ensure that shared costs are captured and shared according to current cost share memo
- Posting to the QuickBooks system in accordance with Hotel requirements
- Ensure that VAT is captured in the system for easy traceability
- Ensure that documentation meets established standards of the organization
- Payroll preparation and staff payslip preparation
- Ensure to capture prepayments and amortize every month as per accrual basis of accounting
- Statutory deductions preparation and timely remittance of the same
- Preparation of co-shared offices invoices
- Audit support for both internal and external audit
- Monthly Bank reconciliation for both Kenya Shilling and USD accounts
- Balance sheet Reconciliation
Accounts Manager at Realtime Consultancy Services (2014-06 – 2015-02)
Realtime Consultancy Services is a partnership organization that develops and audits books of accounts for various businesses in the SME sector by ensuring that they are compliant in nature as required by various government authorities.
- Compliance and Effective use of ITAX platform
- Preparation of Annual Budgets
- Training to various clients on Tax Requirements
Accountant 1 at Kiambaa Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd (2009-01 – 2014-06)
Kiambaa Dairy Farmers Co-op Society Ltd is an organization that develops business solutions to dairy farmers by linking people to information, capital and markets. It works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.
- Timely processing of payments including preparing bank payment journals, Cheques, EFT payments with much attention to the principles of sound internal controls such as budget lines, proper authorizations, accuracy and approvals
- Reviewing for correctness, accuracy and proper coding of the financial transactions before uploading in to the Accounting system
- Preparation, filing and submission of the statutory returns including PAYE, Withholding tax and other payroll deductions
- Administration and reconciliation of bank accounts, office petty cash, travel advances and expense reimbursement as per the finance manual on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy and correctness of transactions and balances
- Provide technical expertise in the financial management of the project
- Work with program manager and officers in developing budget as per the donor guidelines and approved work plans
- Timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports with clear explanations of the variances and other outstanding items
- Computations of Milk rate payments.
- Ensure office premises are well maintained and provided with essential services
- Assist in organizing conferences and workshops by booking conference facilities and making travel arrangements for staff as needed
- Ensure proper management of office capital assets through properly recording and to protect them from loss or pilferage by ensuring their safe custody and insurance
- Ensure adequate level of office supplies and having in place a system of office supplies allocation and tracking
- Oversee vehicle maintenance and schedule including vehicle log book and accident reporting record to ensure optimal utilisation
- Calculate the monthly cost of each vehicle expenses (fuel consumption, repairs) including fuel card reconciliation
- Supervise and manage the drivers
- Assist in the development and implementation of the Human Resources manual and Employee handbook
- Process payroll and remittance of statutory deductions payments are made to the respective institutions to avoid penalties
- Coordinate staff trainings, capacity building programs and retreats
- Staff leave management including annual leave, sick live and Time-Off-In-Lieu
- Maintain the office staff and consultancy contracts
- Oversee the security reporting and act as the security focal point.
