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Responsibilities:• Managing incoming calls and customer service inquiries.• Identifying and assessing customers’ needs to achieve satisfaction.• Financial Accounting and accurate Book Keeping.• Examining Books of accounts and the accounting systems to ensure efficiency & effectiveness.• Resolving customer complaints, negotiating contract terms of agreement and assisting with placements of orders, sending of invoicing and follow up on pending balances and sharing updated statements with customers.• Advise on company information and compiling reports on overall customer satisfaction.• Handling domestic taxes matters: VAT, PAYE, NITA & Withholding tax and Submission of statutory returns: NHIF & NSSF while ensuring Compliance with tax regulations.• Reconciliations of Bank, Debtors and Creditors accounts.• In charge of receivables and payables.• Ensuring that cash accounts are well maintained, cash flow and cash payment, advances approval, receipting & recording of income and expenses. Staff Payroll preparation and processing.• Implementing a strict internal control framework, with adequate checks and balances, to mitigate the risk of fraud or error. • Participate in daily stock taking, inventory control and Management.• Preparation and facilitation of internal and external auditing and ensure effective implementation of audit recommendations, making final accounts.• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.• Coordinate monthly closing processes and reconciliation of general ledger accounts.Achievements• Restructured working procedures and processes to make them more effective and efficient.• Implemented corrective measures for ensuring minor accounting discrepancies do not transpire.• Gained the ability to build consensus and relationships among managers, clients, and employees.

• Financial accounting and accurate bookkeeping.• Preparations of monthly management accounts, annual financial reports, budget and variance, cash flow and statutory tax reporting in line with IFRS.• Sales Invoicing of both local and foreign customers as well as following up on payment.• Providing reports on forecasting and variance analysis.• Domestic taxes matters: VAT, PAYE & Withholding Tax while ensuring Compliance with tax regulations.• Submission of statutory returns: NHIF & NSSF.• In charge of payables and receivables.• Bank, supplier and customer accounts reconciliations.• Ensuring the integrity of the financial data including the General and subsidiary ledgers.• Coordinating finance office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance to company policies.• Establishing and maintaining financial policies and procedures for the company• Analyzing and interpreting financial data as well as recommending changes to improve systems, processes and financial performance while ensuring company assets are adequately maintained and safeguarded.• Procurement by searching for quotations, preparation of LPO, LSO, processing vendor invoices and ensuring all the accrual records are well maintained.• Petty Cash Management and reimbursement.Achievements• Contributed to an outstanding service.• Analyzed internal operations and identified areas of process enhancement. • Promoted from an accountant to senior accountant where I assumed overall responsibilities and leadership of the Accounts Department, spearhead the annual external audit for 3 years and presented the draft audited accounts to the Senior Management for review and sign off.• Spotted and fixed a recurring accounting error that saved the company $ 360,000.• Gained proven ability in achieving cost saving targets.

• Preparing financial statements reports which are accurate, reliable and detailed with documentation supporting audit opinion. • Review general ledger accounts and supporting reconciliation schedules to ensure transactions are being recorded and disclosed in the financial statements accurately and in compliance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and industry guidelines.• Perform financial analysis such as trend/ratios/variance analysis to timely identify potential accounting or irregularity in operating activities based on the company actual, budget, and forecast data for internal and competitive evaluations.• Testing the effectiveness of company’s internal controls through inquiry, observation, inspection, and performance to assess the risk and material impact of controls over financial reporting.• Handled accounting, tax and audit work for various clients including progress updates to key stakeholders.• Trained and supervised work of 2 less experienced audit professionals.• Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards.• Worked audit engagements for wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, non-profit, retirement schemes and human resources.• Planned, strategized and coordinated fieldwork efforts for 3 audit engagements per month.