Maggie Chiira

Senior Accountant at Ngorongo Tea Factory (2022-06 – Present)

Financial Reporting: Spearhead full-cycle accounting, end-month closing processes, and preparation of rigorous management accounts and financial statements for senior leadership.
Cost Control & Efficiency: Oversee agricultural manufacturing cost centers, inventory valuation, and fixed asset registers, implementing controls that minimize production variances.
Treasury Management: Manage factory liquidity, cash flow forecasting, payment scheduling, and serve as the authorized corporate bank agent overseeing multi-million shilling transactions.
Tax & Compliance: Enforce 100% compliance with KRA regulations including VAT, PAYE, Withholding Tax, and the digital ETIMS system, mitigating corporate penalties.
Audit Oversight: Lead internal and external audit preparedness, significantly reducing audit turnaround time through streamlined documentation and clean ledgers.

Accountant / Administrator at Vineyard Properties Limited (2018-01 – 2022-05)

Project Accounting: Managed end-to-end finance functions for multi-million real estate developments from land acquisition to project delivery, ensuring precise asset capitalization.
Treasury Coordination: Directed working capital, monitored capital expenditure (CapEx), and coordinated commercial loan drawdowns and repayment schedules with banking partners.
Budget Monitoring: Developed and analyzed project budgets, providing variance reports to executive management to mitigate financial risks and prevent cost overruns.
Stakeholder Management: Maintained accounts payable and receivable operations, ensuring seamless contractor payments and high-efficiency revenue collection from property buyers.

Accounts Assistant at Thika Coffee Mills Ltd (2015-01 – 2017-12)

General Ledger Management: Managed daily ledger postings, journal entries, and bank reconciliations under minimal supervision within a high-volume processing environment.
Manufacturing Support: Assisted in tracking factory processing costs, coffee inventory reconciliation, and stock variance analysis.
Payroll & Statutory Administration: Supported the timely processing of corporate payroll and facilitated the remittance of statutory deductions (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF).

School Accountant-Bursar / Administrator at DEB Solio Secondary School (2013-01 – 2014-06)

Managed the institution's complete accounting ecosystem including fee collection structures, cash flow optimization, and annual operational budget drafting.

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