Melleniam Vilika

Detail-oriented Accounts Payable professional with 3+ years of progressive experience in multi-entity environments, specialising in end-to-end AP processing, supplier reconciliations, and financial controls.

At Carepay

International (a digital health payments platform) managed corporate disbursements across 4 entities, reconciled 115 vendor accounts, and maintained audit-ready AP records with zero compliance penalties. Adept at invoice verification, accrual management, and cross-functional collaboration. Pursuing CPA qualification.

Accountant at Carepay International (2024-01 – Present)

Digital health payments platform operating across Kenya and the Netherlands | 4 entities

• Manage end-to-end corporate disbursements across 4 entities, verifying invoices and supporting documentation before processing, ensuring compliance with vendor credit terms.
• Reconciled and cleaned up 115 vendor accounts in a comprehensive AP project, resolving long-standing historical discrepancies and restoring ledger and ageing accuracy.
• Maintain and update vendor ageing reports, monitoring outstanding balances and flagging overdue items for resolution.
• Collaborated with Procurement on Procure-to-Pay tool adoption using Pipefy, embedding AP controls and finance requirements from the ground up.
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts to ensure payment discipline and treasury visibility.
• Perform monthly bank, control account, and intercompany reconciliations across 4 entities, investigating and resolving discrepancies to maintain ledger integrity.
• Led reconciliation of 21 historical balance sheet and intercompany accounts containing multi-year unresolved balances across 4 entities.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and prepayments as part of month-end and year-end close processes across 3 entities.
• Prepare and submit withholding tax returns, reconcile tax balances, and maintain audit-ready documentation — achieving zero tax penalties in FY2025.
• Organise financial records and documentation to support internal and external audit processes.

Finance Intern at KCB Bank Group (2023-01 – 2024-12)

• Processed and verified daily financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal controls and banking procedures.
• Supported bank and ledger reconciliations, identifying and resolving variances in a timely manner.
• Assisted in accounts payable processing, ensuring supplier and expense records were correctly captured with proper documentation.
• Prepared and organised audit schedules during internal and external audit reviews.
• Supported month-end processes and compliance with VAT and statutory documentation.

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting – Kenyatta University

CPA in Intermediate Level