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Nairobi, Kenya

Notable achievements:🌟 Spearheaded IFRS 9 implementation to ensure that the firm maintained a fitch strong credit rating of AA- and strengthened the organization’s position.🌟 Successful managing a USD 200M Portfolio maintaining AGF AA- Fitch rating stable outlook.🌟 Increased finance department’s efficiency by 55% through automation of systems including accounting systems facilitating online payments which reduced paperwork by 70%.🌟 Set up Sage Accounting system for AGF West Africa.🌟 ASA (AGF Staff Association) – Treasurer 2018 - 2023.🌟 Play a key role in capital fundraising through providing financial support and team collaboration.🌟 Part of the team successfully secured additional 10M USD from our shareholder IFU.Duties:✅ Manage and oversee the entire accounting team. ✅ Responsible for overseeing smooth Audit process.✅ Preparing, presenting accurate budgets, financial reports to the board and management for approval to inform decision making. ✅ Maintain good relationships with creditors and debtors an ideal environment for business growth. ✅ Performance management: Building a team philosophy, cultivating a team atmosphere by working with the team to achieve the company’s targets and objectives. ✅ Detect and address potential compliance issues proactively.✅ Work with business development team to ensure they achieve guarantee income targets and objectives. ✅Treasury and investments management. ✅ Manage OPEX (Operating Expenditure Budget), ensuring annual approved budget lines are maintained.Skills: Strategic Financial Planning . Financial Analysis and Reporting . IFRS standards . Leadership and Team Management . Budgeting and Forecasting . Risk Management . Regulatory Compliance . Strategic Decision-Making . Project Management . Advanced Data Analytics . Sustainable Finance . Treasury management . Fundraising

Nairobi, Kenya

✅ Effectively monitored budgets by analysing project costs through BVA reports (Budgets vs Actual).✅ Spearheaded IFRS conversion to ensure that the firm maintained a fitch strong credit rating of AA-and strengthened the organization’s position. ✅ Set up Sage Accounting system for AGF West Africa.✅ Preparing consolidated financial reports for the AGF Group.✅ Submitted monthly statutory returns: NHIF, NSSF, NITA, PAYE, VAT & Withholding tax.✅ Reconciled bank statements, prepared financial statements and ensured compliance and adherence to the set rules and regulations in preparation of the books of accounts.✅ Ensured timely keying of invoices, correct allocation and timely payment of suppliers, statutory authorities and employees.✅ Undertook regular reconciliations in the various accounts.

Westlands, Nairobi

Notable Achievements: 🏆 Successfully led over 20 project engagements from conception to final delivery which included aspects of financial statement preparation and reporting, engagement planning and budgets reviews.🏆 Conducted effective project audits, internal rolling audits, and grants management, value for money audits, performance audits and special reviews on agreed procedures to enhance accountability of the use of public resources.➡Projects include: Gavi Alliance Ethiopia, UNDP Sudan, Global Fund Ethiopia, UNHCR Ethiopia and The National Treasury Kenya.Duties:✅ Provided provision of audit services to Governments, UN Agencies, NGOs on donor funded projects in public sector practice to assess the effectiveness of internal controls, accuracy of financial records, efficiency of operations, risk assessments and compliance.✅ Performed pre-grant evaluations, capacity assessments, procurement reviews, assets management, enterprise risk management planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation.Skills: Public Sector Financial Reporting . Audit and Compliance . Grant Management . Budgeting and Forecasting . Regulatory Compliance

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi, Malawi

Notable achievements:💡Effectively worked with Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) in the preparation of accurate, timely financial reports, budgets in compliance with relevant government and donor agencies.💡 Successfully managed USD 30M program portfolio with projects spread across CHAM’s 180 health facilities and colleges in Malawi.Duties:✅ Monitored project expenditure by preparing Budget Vs Actual projects. ✅ Effectively coded, posted transactions in accordance with approved work plans and budgets. ✅ Prepared and processed payments to ensure sufficient supporting documentation and reasonableness of such payments at all times.✅ Prepared major financial reports for CDC, EU, USAID, ACT Alliance, UNDP and DFID. ✅ Performed financial reconciliation schedules appropriately such as bank reconciliations, cash flow forecasts, vendor reconciliations and fixed asset register maintenance.✅ Participated in internal and external audits as scheduled and addressed audit queries leading to over ten project cases from high risk to low-risk profiles. ✅ Participated in proposal developments and budgets in liaison with other administrative units.Skills: Nonprofit Financial Reporting . Fund Accounting . Grant Management . Project Budgeting and Resource Allocation

Westlands

Notable achievements:💥 Successfully led twenty client audit and financial engagements which included planning, executing, directing and completing all aspects of financial statement preparation and financial audits.Duties:✅ Oversaw the audit planning, fieldwork, prepared reports and communicated audit reports finding, recommendation to line and senior management.✅ Proactively interacted with clients to gather information, resolve problems and made effective recommendations for business and process improvements.✅ Supervised, trained and mentored ten staff on audit processes and assessed the performance of staff for engagement reviews.Skills: Client Scheduling . Financial Reporting . IFRS standards . Internal Controls . Risk Assessment . Compliance . Taxation

✅ Assisted in collecting and accurately analyzing data and prepared quality audit reports.✅ Assisted in undertaking a detailed examination and evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of financial and operational controls.✅ Assisted in undertaking audit procedures to ascertain the correctness and validity of financial and operational information in accordance with regulatory requirements.✅ Contributed in evaluating the effectiveness of the school’s risk management framework.

Nairobi, Kenya

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Commerce (Accounting)