Accounts Assistant Internship at Matayos Mount Olives Secondary School (2025-12 – 2026-03)
Internship role focused on financial record maintenance, transaction recording, and financial reporting for an educational institution.
- Maintained accurate financial records, including student fee payments, expenses, and staff payroll data
- Recorded daily transactions and updated accounting systems, ledgers, and journals
- Managed student fee collections, issued receipts, and followed up on outstanding balances
- Assisted in preparing and processing payments to suppliers and service providers
- Performed bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy between financial records and bank statements
- Supported budget preparation and monitored expenditures against approved budgets
- Prepared periodic financial reports for management review
- Managed petty cash, ensuring proper documentation and reconciliation
- Supported internal and external audits by organizing and providing required financial documents
Industrial Attachment at County Government of Nairobi (2025-08 – 2025-10)
Industrial attachment focused on government financial procedures, payment processing, and financial controls in the public sector.
- Prepared payment vouchers in line with Government Financial Regulations and Procedures, verifying supporting documents and ensuring compliance with approved budgets before processing payments through IFMIS
- Prepared imprest warranties to facilitate approved official expenditures with accurate details and proper authorization
- Recorded issued imprests in the imprest ledger register by entering imprest numbers, dates, amounts, recipients, and purposes
- Examined imprest surrenders, claims, and imprest warranties to ensure accuracy, authenticity, and completeness
- Prepared and processed invoices for goods supplied and services rendered, ensuring accurate pricing and proper recording
- Validated payment vouchers by confirming availability of funds, correctness of computations, and adherence to government financial regulations
- Conducted cross-checks of payment vouchers against invoices, imprest records, ledger entries, and IFMIS reports to identify discrepancies and strengthen internal financial controls
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Intern at Excelerate – in partnership with Saint Louis University (2025-05 – 2025-03)
Internship applying innovation and entrepreneurship principles to develop viable business solutions with financial analysis and business modeling.
- Applied innovation and entrepreneurship principles alongside accounting and commerce knowledge to develop viable, data-driven business solutions
- Conducted market research, customer analysis, and feasibility studies to assess financial and commercial viability of business ideas
- Developed business models, incorporating revenue streams, cost structures, break-even analysis, and basic financial projections
- Applied lean startup and design thinking frameworks to evaluate risks, test assumptions, and improve decision-making
- Strengthened skills in budgeting, pricing strategies, and financial sustainability analysis
- Participated in business pitching and reporting, presenting financial and strategic insights clearly to stakeholders
- Demonstrated strong teamwork, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills in multidisciplinary project teams
Sales Agent at Task Catering Institute (2025-06 – 2025-07)
Sales role focused on lead generation, client activation, and customer relationship management.
- Collected and followed up on sales leads
- Activated and onboarded school accounts
- Maintained client relationships and provided customer support
- Updated customer records and sales progress
- Handled Inbound and Outbound calls
