Assistant Finance Manager at Kinde Engineering Works Ltd (2023-09 – Present)
Telecommunications & Civil Engineers - Responsible for overall financial health of the company
- Developing, implementing and monitoring overall business and financial strategy
- Assisting in developing and implementing individual project and company budgets
- Developing accounting and costing systems and ensuring SOPs implementation
- Responsible for timely reconciliation of all accounts and statements
- Conducting field visits for internal auditing and management reporting
- Overseeing Finance & Accounting resources for compliance and governance standards
- Administration of monthly payroll and statutory compliance
- Financial analysis and reporting with timely management reports
- Driving cost controls and expense assessment
- Year end accounts finalization
- Debtors and creditors management
- Cash flow tracking and financial obligation management
- Stock reports oversight and loss minimization
Entrepreneur/Lead Consultant at Stl Bubbles Consulting (2021-07 – Present)
Assisting small and growing businesses with financial strategy, budgeting, and system implementation
- Developing, implementing and monitoring overall business and financial strategy
- Developing and implementing budgets
- Developing accounting and costing systems
- Developing and implementing SOPs for admin, accounts and finance departments
- Accurate reconciliation of all accounts and financial statements
- Ensuring compliance, regulations and governance standards
- Financial analysis, reporting and year end closures
- Preparation of management reports for internal and external users
- Supplier and customer credit management
- Maintenance and reconciliation of general ledger
- Staff training
- Migration from manual to automated systems
Finance Manager at Njimia Kenya Ltd (2018-09 – 2020-12)
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers - Managed all financial matters and accounting operations
- Advising management on financial matters and investment opportunities
- Overseeing accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems for regulatory compliance
- Preparation and review of annual and periodic budgetary plans
- Cash flow management including daily liquidity management
- Monthly financial accounting and management reports preparation
- Ensuring compliance with up-to-date regulations
- Maintaining finance manuals and working documents
- Reviewing general ledger and trial balance monthly
- Credit control including collections and vetting
- Providing oversight to directors on financial and operations matters
- Authorizing all payments in compliance with policies
- Interfacing with audit firms, banks, and legal consultants
- Risk analysis and management
- Managing the finance team
Finance & Admin Coordinator at ESTEC Ltd (2015-03 – 2018-08)
Finance and administration coordination and management
- Preparation of budgets and management accounts
- Computerizing finance and administration departments
- Preparation of final accounts for statutory audit
- Recording incoming invoices and outgoing payments
- Facilitating company expenses and record maintenance
- Payroll administration and statutory compliance
- Correspondence with government agencies
- Debtors and creditors account management
- Debt collection and client correspondence
- VAT preparation and filing
- Banking and bank reconciliation
- Assisting in contractor and facility identification
- Office equipment and document management
- Periodic reporting to management
Finance and Administration Manager at Gelati Limited (2014-06 – 2015-02)
ISP - Finance and administration management
- Recording incoming invoices and outgoing payments
- Dealing with vendor inquiries and payment requests
- Payroll administration with government reporting
- Facilitating company expenses and record maintenance
- Final accounts preparation for statutory audit
- Payroll deductions and VAT filing
- Debtors and creditors account management
- Contractor identification and facilities management
- Office equipment and document management
- Office supplies accounting and inventory control
- Evaluating new equipment systems
- Staff orientation
- Human resource functions
- Performance records maintenance and reporting
Finance & Administration Head at Open Hire Limited (2005-06 – 2014-06)
Real Estate Developers & Managers - Senior finance and administration leadership
- Projects costing and construction accounts reconciliation
- Monitoring civil construction projects
- Final accounts preparation for statutory audit
- Financial budgets and management accounts preparation
- Cash flow management including requisitions and payments
- Banking procedures and loan applications
- Quality approval with site engineers
- Debtors and creditors account management
- VAT preparation and filing
- Office management and purchasing
- Client relations
- Payroll management and salary payments
- Statutory payroll deductions
- General bookkeeping
- Bank account authority and reconciliation
- Rent collection
- Correspondence
Accounts Clerk at Doublekwik Auto Services Ltd (2004-05 – 2005-05)
General accounting and administrative support
- Stock taking and control
- Purchasing
- Cash requisitions and control
- Payroll preparation and wage payments
- General bookkeeping
- Banking and bank reconciliation
- Debt collection
Position not specified at Garden Foods Limited (2001-05 – 2003-02)
Accounting role at food manufacturing company