Sylvia Wanjiru

Seasoned finance professional with a proven track record of over 6 years in providing comprehensive, high-quality finance and accounting support services to businesses. Skilled in financial management, auditing, and operations management, I have played a pivotal role in equipping businesses with the tools needed to achieve their corporate objectives. My expertise lies in accounting within the IFRS framework, financial analysis,auditing ,fraud analysis, planning and forecasting, and working capital management.

I am passionate about driving continuous improvement in processes and implementing robust financial controls within business systems to enhance forecasting and reporting. As a patient and effective communicator, I excel in building strong relationships and motivating team members to strive for excellence and integrity in collaborative goals.

Internal Auditor

Pentagon Agencies Limited

Key Responsibilities

• Drive continuous process improvement and implement robust financial and internal control systems.
• Maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring transparency in financial reporting
• Undertaking follow-up audits to determine whether agreed recommendations on the past reviews are being undertaken.
• Supervised stock count and inventory valuation in the system
• Preparing comprehensive mpesa and bank statement reconciliations.
• Monitoring petty cash transactions and ensure timely replenishing of the same.

Debt Recovery Intern October 2016 – January 2017

Uwezo Microfinance Bank

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying the non-performing loans, extrapolate them and follow up with the affected customers via telephone
• Assisted with sales and marketing operations.
• Coordinated daily executions of debt follow up
• Handled customer relations support and finance.

Management Intern June – July 2016

Kiambu County Cooperative Office

Key Responsibilities

• Represented the company in societies AGMs.
• Handled customer relations support.

Other Work Experiences:

• Independent Auditor | June – September 2017
• Finance Intern, K-Unity Sacco HQ | July – August 2015

• Certified Public Accountant Finalist (CPA-K), 2018
• Bachelor of Cooperative Business (Finance) from Cooperative University of Kenya, 2016
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education from Loreto High School, 2011