Brian Obuya Email & Phone Number

Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

• Safari Mission International is a faith-based NGO headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA with operations in The USA, Norway, Kenya and the DRC Congo region. Rhema Kenya is a part of the global Rhema Community Network.
• Prepare and wire transfers and ACH payments as well as coordination and resolving any issues with banks
• Prepare for and coordinate annual external audits, ensuring timely completion and filing of annual income tax
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations including tax filings and statutory reporting requirements
• Review and approval of requisitions, making payments through bank online platform for director’s approval.
• Monthly payroll processing, timely salary disbursements and pay slips generation to the organization’s staff.

Mombasa, Kenya

• Inspectorate East Africa Ltd is an international independent inspection, testing and verification services company with focus on oil and gas and commodity trading sectors. Reporting to the Finance and Administration.
• Managing month-end closing activities and providing timely financial reports to the management.
• Supervise billing, verify posting of customer invoices, transaction to journals, GL and other records, ensuring that all relevant taxes are applied appropriately.
• Analysis of sales trends within our segmented markets to determine revenue growth in each unit.
• Analysis, reconciliation and periodic maintenance and updating of fixed assets register.
• Control of selling, general and administration (SG&A) expenses to achieve favorable cash flows.

Mombasa, Kenya

• Mombasa Tamasha Distributors (MTD) is a major distributor for EABL and UDV, beer and spirits products. Managing over KES 600 million annual turnover while reporting to the GM and the MD, my overall responsibility.
• Ensured departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are correctly adopted to ensure seamless processes.
• Created warehouse schedules and demand forecasting to achieve set KPI’s.
• Contributed to budgeting effort by proposing CAPEX and OPEX relating to warehousing and distribution.
• Ensured inventory deployment and accuracy to achieve a reliable end-end supply chain process.
• Actively participated in leadership meetings, and shares relevant updates with the team to ensure that appropriate and timely decisions are made to optimize warehousing and distribution performance.

Mombasa Kenya

• Mombasa International Cargo Ltd (MIC) is a cargo consolidation company with operating offices in Kenya and Sharjah, Dubai - UAE. Coordinating work of junior accountants and other staff members, the overall.
• Negotiate competitive pricing with carriers and logistic providers. Prepare management accounts including statement of financial income, financial position and cash flow using Quick Books; while maintaining financial.
• Follow up of overdue debts by emails, calls and client visits; sending out formal reminders to clients on their credit position. Negotiate customers’ credit repayment plans and undertake customers’ accounts.
• Supervise three junior accountants and other staff members to ensure teamwork and enhance efficiency. Ensure all projects are cost-effective and completed in time.
• Handled statutory returns; NSSF, NHIF, PAYE, Catering Levy, VAT and NITA and ensuring they are paid on time.
• Liaise with external auditors during audits and assisting them appropriately on a need basis. Liaise with banks and other external partners including vendors. Manage logistics operations including imports, Inventory.

Westlands, Nairobi - Kenya

• Assisted with audit payroll and personnel records and other liabilities to determine compliance with tax laws.
• Handled the examination and evaluation of client financial and information systems and recommended controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
• Prepared, analysed and verified annual reports, financial statements and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures. Examined inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.
• Examined records, tax returns, and related documents pertaining to statutory returns. Examined the audit and executive summaries, completeness, and effectively communicated to the audit senior.

Mombasa Road, Nairobi

• Appraised potential clients for an agreement of asset finance, SME loans and microcredit loans.
• Worked closely with accounts team to ensure that loans were properly booked; while making recommendations to the credit committee for consideration before approval.
• Analyzed all credit applications received including corporate client’s financial statements. Handled quarterly review of loans’ performance and projection of future cash-flows, adhering to credit lending guidelines and.
• Advised relationship officers on available credit facilities from financiers and their respective drawdown rates.

Waiyaki Way Nairobi-Kenya

• Established in 1999 through Information and Communications Act of 1998, Communications Authority, (CA) is the government of Kenya’s regulator of information and communications sector.Reporting to the Accounts.
• Updating cash book in both local and foreign currency
• Bank reconciliation using SUN accounting software
• Journal entries and receipting of customers’ deposits
• Checking imprest surrender vouchers and staff accounts to ensure that allowances are properly accounted for.
• Data capture of supplier invoices into SUN accounting system

Nairobi, Kenya

• Processed accounting information including invoices and receipts as well as their filing; ensuring proper authorization of payments according to laid down procedures.
• Improved the organization’s filling system by incorporating mainly electronic filling of documents as opposed to manual system that was largely used previously.
• Kept employees’ attendance register and other employee details. Posted sales receipts and invoices into QuickBooks system and followed up on unpaid invoices.

Nairobi

• Reporting to the head of retail sales and banking, the nature of this job involved;
• Moving loans and other bank products to both corporate and individual clients
• Advising customers on varied loan products available which suits them
• Customer visits and relationship management