I ought to be a Medical Doctor, specialized in cardiology but my circumstances & choices led me to pursue a career in accounting & finance. Presently, I am the Group Chief Financial Officer of a Steel & Cement industry giant in East Africa with total work experience of over a decade. Closely working with key business units to create functional synergies between operations & management. Recognized for maximizing company performance by reviewing & implementing efficient & effective business processes. Exhibited expertise in tax planning, tailored to business requirements, to maximize growth opportunities, minimize risk & expenses, enhance return on investment & drive efficiencies across operations. Demonstrated success in managing companies in highly complex, regulated and rapidly changing business environment. Tactfully steered through tumultuous pandemic times including last minute "Work from Home" arrangement in countrywide lockdowns, ensuring zero lapses in Finance function. Revered team member, acknowledged for mentoring & supporting teams & advising CEO's and boards.My Personal Philosophy:Success is in the eyes of the envious... The success you chase is more so a mirage that keeps moving away as you get closer.To be successful, focus on the process not the result. Being consciously passionate about the process results in success. How to be consciously passionate? Be indiscriminate. We judge everything & everyone as good/bad, useful/useless and so limiting our choices, never being open to fully experiencing all possibilities.To be consciously passionate, learn how to see things as they are without skewing your perspective. Professional Expertise:Accounting & Finance; Taxation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Internal Controls & ERP implementation; Statutory & Forensic Audit; Financial Reporting; Strategic Planning; Due Diligences; Mergers & Acquisitions; Budgets & Forecasting; Business Process Improvement; Risk Management; Project Management; Change Management; Training & Mentoring; Motivating & Career Counselling.Ideology: “Follow your passion is a limited way of life - Passionately do whatever you pursue.”“In every problem is an opportunity waiting to be unearthed.”“Emanating problems must be faced head on & curtailed - Avoiding & ignoring problems make it worse.” “Learning never ends…”
Listed skills include Accounting, Auditing, Financial Reporting, Financial Accounting, and 27 others.