Finance Manager
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My background in Finance and Accounting of over 11 years will be a great asset to your company and my skills acquired in finance and in management will complement your company's strategy, objectives, visions and or projects. Specifically, I have advanced knowledge and experience on Costing, Administration,
Taxes, budget preparation and monitoring and Financial accounting and reporting, Manufacturing, Real estate both Commercial and investment property and Project Management.
I have managed staff relations payroll in different countries and employee compensation. I have manageged performance management and appraisals, Job Grading exercises and implementation of HRM and payroll systems with full automation.
I have managed finances in a manufacturing setup, from product costing to payroll and administration and financial accounts preparation and reporting. In the same strength i have handled property businesses both in commercial an investment property where i handled a hotel from menu costings, room costings and converences and upto financial accounts preparation and reporting. Also handled tenants and leases, invoicing and financial reporting.
I have held correspondences with banks daily and on facilities and tax authorities relations including audits
My career started with cost accounting and inventory management and I am well versed with every bit of these including costing in a manufacturing setup (Materials and Overheads) both in excel and in ERP’s. Landed cost for imports including estimating landed costs. I then moved to Finance and Administration where all aspects of
HRM, insurances, medical were also my responsibilities, I am also well versed with budgets from Cost of sales budgets, expenses, revenue and budget financial reports preparation and presentation. Also, budget monitoring throughout the budget period. I have also been dealing with regional markets (Uganda and
Rwanda) managing operations in liaison with country managers and finance and real estate from property management to project management where I have managed two constructions at the tune of Kes 350m and kes 520m resoectfully . I have handled all areas in finance (Payroll, Taxes, Cashbook, Credit management, etc)
and currently doing financial management and reporting for the group and subsidiaries.
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT (Temporary 1 Year Contract) 9 Months – Astral Industries Ltd (Trident Group) – Plastic & Steel Manufacturing (Dec 2022 – Date)
Key Responsibilities o ERP Initial Implementation (Sage, ERP Next).
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations.
o Costing, Pricing and purchase decisions including inventory management.
o Reconciling Payables, Receivables and Banks From Jan 2022.
o Payroll preparation.
o Formulation and review of all corporate operating policies.
o Statutory Preparation and Filling.
o Main Laison with external providors (Banks, Auditors, Tenants).
FINANCE MANAGER 11 Months – Brade Gate Food Industries/ Bantu Africa Resort – FMCG/ Hospitality (Jan 2022–Nov 2022)FMCG/ Manufacturing/ Hospitality
Key Responsibilities o ERP Initial Implementation.
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations.
o Construction projects.
o Payroll preparation.
o Formulation and review of all corporate operating policies.
o Statutory Preparation and Filling.
GROUP FINANCE MANAGER | 5 Years – CKL AFRICA Limited – Agriculture, Animal Health, Agrochemicals, Real Estate,
Commercial Property, Investment Property, Hospitality (Oct 2016– Nov 2021)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional market
Key Responsibilities o Team Management (8 Staff), Indirect supervision to supply chain and production staff.
Performance management and performance reviews, Team training and development (in house and external trainings).
o Preparation, Analysis and Presentation of Annual Budgets.
o Preparation of Board reports for all Group Companies.
o Presentation of Reports to the Board For all the Companies.
o Formulation and review of group Financial and operating policies. Ensure adherence to company policies and established internal control systems, Risk management and monitoring, Maintenance of the risk register. Provide management with advice on the business operations in terms of risks and opportunities.
o Financial Analysis of the group companies (Regional Business, Hotel, Manufacturing, Construction,
Property Management and project management) including Regional visits for the Rwanda and
Uganda for strategy and Management. Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts,
tax calculations and advisory for the group companies.
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations and advisory for the group companies.
o Construction projects.
o Negotiating Facilities with the bank (Project, OD)
o Preparation and Administration of Internal and External Audits for all the Group Companies.
o Follow up on Property Matters.
o Review and Approval of Group Payroll.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT – CKL Africa Limited (July 2016 – Sep 2016)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional market
Key Responsibilities o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations and advisory.
o Filing taxes for the Group and ensuring compliance with existing and emerging tax policies and procedures.
o Review of internal controls and advising the management on areas of weakness.
o Fixed asset management.
o Group Payroll.
o Group Medical, insurances and Licences.
Uganda and Rwanda.
Administrative Accountant– CKL Africa Limited (April 2013 – June 2016)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional market
Key Responsibilities o Accuracy of Fixed assets register o Statutory taxes paid accurately and on time & Timely tax returns submission, VAT refunds & set-off applications o Creditors reconciliations.
o Payroll is processed by 25th o Statutory Returns - DIT, NHIF, NSSF, HELB & Pension paid on time o Insurance, Licence & Medical.
Cost Accountant– CKL Africa Limited (Sept 2011 – Mar 2013)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional market
Key Responsibilities o Computation of accurate product costs and updating the system.
o Production variance analysis on month end o Subsidiary reports for Hewton within 2 days after end month o Weekly abnormal job yields analysis and Explanations-Done on monthly basis o To advice the Supply Chain Director of discrepancies in the budget vs actual by the 4th day after month end.
o Monthly Analysis of purchase price & GRN suspense.
o Accurate inventory balances report.
o Cost of sales budget as per the set deadlines-not done yet.
Senior Costing Assistant– Farmers Choice Limited (July 2010 – August 2011)
Leading Producers of Fresh and Processed meats.
Key Responsibilities o Determination of cost of production.
o Periodic journal updates o Cost projection, planning and extracting profit statement.
o Coordinating the free flow of information to the management o Preparing costing management reports o Training of the junior accountants on the best principles and practices in stock handling o Preparation of payment records for procured goods o Running periodic journal entries and system updat
BCOM, CPA . Finalist
