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Spearhead process improvement in adopting and implementing operational and financial systems in collaboration with all department heads.Business Support• Improve local business development/ efficiency• Implement global/ local policies, procedures and other internal controls• Monitor adherence to published local internal controls.• Follow up with management for implementation of the internal audit recommendations • Consolidating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and interpreting the results .• Business partnering by supporting all departments in controls,analysis and reportingFinancial controlling• Reviewing the companies’ reporting packages to ensure compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and Group Finance Policies.• Performing analytical reviews of agency reporting packages to outline business trends and prevent potential business risks and exposures; both internal and external.• Actively looking for areas to optimize and bring savings by bringing efficiencies.Minimize tax liabilities of the group. • Support local decision making processes by identifying any opportunities and risks that impact on business performance as these are identified• Review and management of accounts receivable and payable.Project Management• Agency lead for financial system module migration and integration. Participation as a leader, coordinator, process owner and representative of the financial function in projects that have an impact from a financial or internal Control standpoint

Nairobi

– Maintain financial accounting system by reviewing transactions, reconciliation and validation before posting into the general ledger both for the subsidiary and parent company.– Review payroll from the human resources team to ensure accurate computation, timely payments and submission of statutory returns to statutory body.– Cash flow management.– Co-ordinate month end closure, review of monthly management/statutory financials and consolidated reports.– Verification of expenses before payments.– Management of accounts receivable and payables.– Assisting in budgetary preparation and monitoring for control purposes.– Liaising with the external auditor to ensure smooth year end audits.– Undertaking adhoc assignments from the management and assisting in implementing internal controls.

•Preforming the audit plan for each assignment based on client's profile, needs and risk to ensure client satisfaction and audit quality.•Review of the internal controls of the organisation and ensuring that the set processes and procedures are being adhered to and are operating effectively.•Preparation, review and audit of the financial statements and ensuring all balances are treated in line with IFRS for SME.•Review of the trial balance and all its components that is assets, liabilities, income and expense accounts. This involved ensuring that proper accounting standards have been applied in the treatment of these balances and they are not materially misstated.•Scheduling and delegating work to audit assistants in audit assignments and subsequently reviewing the work to ensure quality of the audit work.•Supervise, train and motivating the audit team on each assignment to reinforce quality of service.•Preparation of management reports indicating audit issues noted, the causes and recommendations.•Establishing client relationships, anticipating client needs, responding to queries, being alert to both commercial concerns and technical accuracy.

•Planning work on assigned segments of the audit.•Reviewing, testing and evaluating the adequacy and propriety of clients’ systems of accounting and internal control and recommending improvements in areas of weakness noted. •Testing financial statements balances to support audit opinion on clients..•Ensuring assigned work was completed within agreed time frames and is carried out per approved methodologies and standards.•Assisting in departmental administration tasks such as filing and updating of clients files•Preparing work papers which record and summarise audit procedures performed

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance Management

Master Of Science - Ms, Accounting And Finance

Cpa, Accounts, Pass

Activities and Societies: College Soccer team

Business Management -Accounting Option

Activities and Societies: Rugby,Indoor games and a member of business management students association (BMSA)