East Century Capital is a leading global family office serving large and middle market issuers in emerging and frontier markets throughout Africa, Latin America, Europe and East Asia. The company focuses on recapitalization equity, growth equity, mergers and acquisition advisory. Headquartered in Hong Kong, East Century Capital is a partnership among a culturally diverse group of senior institutional investment professionals with established track records of success. With a global footprint of more than 300 professionals in over 40 countries and strong relationships and mandates from buy-side investors, East Century is well positioned to execute strategies to create value for its portfolio companies.

Overall management of the Group Finance function (Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania) in the following areas;• Reviewing all financial transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy.• Continuous process of monitoring the working capital. • Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations and integrity of financial data including security of the accounting information. • Provide leadership in budgets preparation, continuous management and support of budget and forecast activities.• Monitoring and resolving bank issues including fees anomalies and check differences/discrepancies.• Overseeing renewal of banking facilities when they fall due.• Implementing the set financial strategic plans and overseeing financial affairs of the organization.• Supervision and management of Finance department regarding work scheduling, performance, mentoring and nature their career growth – to maximize their input in the company.• Formulation and implementation of fiscal policies and internal financial controls.• Approval of standard journals, LPOs and signing of cheques. • Resolving accounting discrepancies and irregularities, subsequently advice for the relevant correction journal entries.• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close processes by overseeing the processes.• Handled Tax planning and management, Treasury management and Forex Hedging.• Tasked with Payroll management, including tabulation of accrued employee benefits. • Administration of medical scheme and other employees’ non cash benefit.

• Improving the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission -- specifically, support better management reporting, information flow, business process and organizational planning. • Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions. • Analyzing organization operations to identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancement.• Monitoring ongoing performance against company growth objectives, identify problems, and initiate appropriate corrective action to ensure that the company is moving toward its target earnings course.• Custodian of Company legal documents and Serving as primary liaison to legal counsel in addressing legal issues pertaining the company • Establishing critical business KPIs and Coordinating activities that affect operational decisions. • Drive initiatives in the management team and organization that contribute to long-term operational excellence.• Coordinating all business operations and ensuring compliance with established standard policies and procedures.• Project management - Tackle projects across the business and handle new business lines/ventures.• Maintain a deep awareness of how business operations work and help stakeholders explore technology possibilities to more effectively execute on their roles.• Research and discern where a business is and where it should be. Conduct feasibility studies. Perform opportunity identification and analysis. Prepare and maintain the business cases.• Monitor, manage and improve the efficiency of support services and facilitate coordination and communication between support functions.• Reviewing all contracts for the service providers, ensure that standard procedures are followed when onboarding third parties.

• Input and updating of accounting data using Tally Accounting package i.e. receipts, payments, journals etc.• Responsible of cost accounting, budgeting, bank and Stocks reconciliation.• Performed reconciliation of van sales and resolved variances • Managed and prepared journal entries and reconciliations to support monthly general ledger closing activities. • Analyzed and reconciled of various service providers, reconciliation of creditors and payment processing. • Preparation of monthly statutory returns; VAT, Excise Duty, and Standard Levy. • Prepared and maintained Fixed Assets register • Completed month and year–end close procedures including audit schedules.