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Nairobi

As a manager, I work with clients in different sectors and lead multi-disciplinary teams to perform the following activities:A. Internal audits, risk and compliance reviews1. Designing and preparing annual internal audit plans by applying a risk-based approach to ensure the organization complies with internal regulations/policies and established protocols. 2. Developing and maintaining the internal audit procedures to ensure that best practice is taken account of and that the audits address specific areas of risk management. 3. Monitoring and supervising work executed by team members to ensure completeness, accuracy, and quality all while ensuring the work meets the audits’ objectives and adds value to the clients.4. Detecting, investigating, and preventing fraud including the development of fraud risk assessment.5. Providing enterprise risk management services, highlighting inherent and residual risks affecting the client, and developing mitigating controls to remediate the risks. B. Internal controls and governance1. Identifying and documenting key controls within each key process of every major function to ensure risks and negative exposures can be properly controlled. 2. Contributing to the development of compliance management strategies, policies, and methodologies for my clients to identify and mitigate inherent risks to match the organizations’ risk appetite.3. Providing corporate governance and board advisory services to board members and senior management.C. Training and development1. Supporting the development of strong delivery teams, from recruitment to on the job training, coaching, mentorship and retention.D. Business development1. Undertaking various business development activities in order to meet the Business Unit targets including actively identifying and following up on business opportunities.

East Africa

1. Help clients design processes that promote compliance to internal policies and control frameworks by providing assurance that controls exist are documented, implemented, and executed in daily operations.2. Develop an annual internal audit plan based on a comprehensive risk assessment and present this to Board Audit Committees and Senior Management.3. Design and implement compliance and controls frameworks for clients’ financial and operational functions to deliver strategic business assurance and enhance organisational value.4. Monitor and supervise work done by junior auditors to ensure completeness, accuracy and ensuring the work meets the audits’ objectives while adding value to the clients.5. Present findings in clear and concise reports detailing risk exposures, root causes and correcting action plans.6. Provide business process review and improvement services aimed and driving operational efficiency and effectiveness.7. Provide enterprise risk management services, highlighting inherent and residual risks affecting the client and developing mitigating controls to remediate the risks. I work with a range of clients to deliver the following services:1. IA strategic sourcing (right resources, right place, right time)2. Enterprise risk management (structure, risk identification, monitoring, reporting, optimizing)3. Regulatory compliance (including SOX)4. Contract compliance5. Corporate governance6. Continuous auditing/monitoring7. Integrated assurance.

Nairobi, Kenya

I was seconded to Coca-Cola as the Acting Controls and Compliance Manager in 2019 and Senior Financial Controls and Compliance Analyst in 2016 and 2017 to assist the internal controls and compliance function enhance entity-wide controls framework. During this secondment, I worked with the following business units:1. West Africa Business Unit – March 2019 to December 2019 (Acting Internal Audit Manager based in Lagos, Nigeria in charge of controls and compliance in 27 countries).2. West Africa Business Unit – January 2017 to December 2017 (27 countries with on-location audits in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast).3. Central, East and West Africa Business Unit – May 2016 to December 2016 (30 countries with on-location audits in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Mozambique).Some the processes reviewed include: 1. Accounting for Income and Other Taxes. 2. Accounting for Inventory.3. Accounting for Property, Plant and Equipment.4. Accounting for Unconsolidated Investments.5. Estimate Commitments, Contingencies, Guarantees and Embedded Derivatives.6. Record to Reporting.7. Payroll and Benefits.8. Purchase and Payables.9. Sales, Accounts Receivable and Bad Debt.10. Production, Quality Assurance, Safety, Health and Environment and Maintenance.Policy development. I developed the following policy manuals for Coca-Cola Juices Kenya Limited:1. Procurement.2. HR.3. Finance.

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