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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

Kenya

Responsibilities:Generating monthly Management Accounts (including analysis & commentary)Financial ProjectionsInvestor ReportingInventory Control & Cost Accounting

ROLE: Develop the budgeting and forecasting process and train department heads on how to create their budgets || Cashflow control || Accounts Payable Management Achievements:• Trained all department heads on how to comprehensively develop and account for their department’s budget.• Developed the budget Financial statements.• Implemented a monthly Budgeted vs Actual detailed spend review for each department where we analyze why we were above or below budget for a particular month and reforecast accordingly.• Developed a functional cash flow management system both short & long term from the ground-up.• Coded the QuickBooks Chart of Accounts to enable us to manipulate data in reports more accurately.

Mavoko, Machakos, Kenya

ROLE: Manage the Accounts Payable function of the Finance department ie. managing all cash outflows and payables of the companyAchievements:• Digitized the Payments process, replacing Purchase request paperwork with google sheets- which provided more structure and improved the efficiency of the Accounts Payable function.• Digitization of the AP Filing system- a project undertaken by my team reduce paperwork and increase filing accuracy• Project lead on the Administrative function of developing and documenting the Finance Department’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Mavoko, Machakos, Kenya

ROLE: Assist the Finance Manager with the Accounts Payable function of the Finance department.Achievements:• Implemented new payments policies changing the cut-off times and PR criteria- which made the payments process more manageable and encouraged other departments to become more organized.• Devolving Petty cash from Finance to the various departments and implementing weekly control measures- this improved the efficiency of how each department operates, as they don’t have to wait on our department’s processes for their miscellaneous expenses.• Conducting the company’s first supplier reconciliations via the Supplier Management Project.

Mavoko, Machakos, Kenya

Role: Manage a team of Factory workers working with the foam sorting and crushing i.e. The initial stage of the manufacturing processAchievements:• Increased team efficiency by pairing up the factory workers and assigning them a particular task which they would periodically rotate every 2-3 days.• Coordinated the seamless supply of raw material bales from inventory to the factory floor ensuring machines were never idle• Eventually took control of the silo, keeping track of levels ensuring we were always within targeted levels.• Compiled comprehensive reports of team members' work and the day’s performance targets

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Finance

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