Stephen Murigi Email & Phone Number

Nairobi

Leading teams in carrying out assignments in the following areas:• Internal Audit- We offer engagements to examine our clients’ financial statements and identify areas with weak internal control and offer our professional advice on ways to improve the internal controls.• Risk Management- We help clients build value by taking a risk intelligent approach to managing financial, technology and business risks. This approach helps our clients focus on their areas of increased risk so as to effectively mitigate against these risks.• Process Improvement of existing operations in order to maximize their returns on investments• Strategy-We assist clients to come up with new plans to enable them achieve their goals/targets.

Nairobi Kenya

I was part of the team that carried out an evaluation of World Food Programme (WFP) cooperating partners (CPs) with the objective of:o To assess the value realisation by the CPs in the Economic, Efficient and Effective application of Grants issued in the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for underlying project activities.o Verification of compliance of the CPs with the fund agreement in application of funds to the outlined beneficiary projects per the Grant agreement. o An assessment of the internal control system applied by the project and the effectiveness of the internal control system in protecting assets and resources of the project. o A description of the specific internal control weaknesses noted in the financial management of the project and procedures which may have been instituted to compensate for the weaknesses.o To identify programmatic and management issues that require action by WFP and CPs. o Verification of compliance with the WFP financial procedures , accounting standards and internal control procedures and confirming that proper financial records have been maintained o Conducting audit commencement and a closing meeting with the respective cooperating partners officials as part of consensus on our findings based on our audit. o Preparation of well structured audit reports in line with our findings and recommendations for reporting to relevant stakeholders in light of renewal of the funding agreement between WFP and CPs.

Firm: Mariara Kigotho & AssociatesRole: AuditorReporting to the managing partner my duties include• Undertaking external audit of financial books of accounts for various clients.• Evaluating the control systems that the clients have in place, assessing their effectiveness and advising on areas that require improvements.• Determining the amount of tax to be paid and advising clients on tax planning for future periods.• Filling statutory returns for the various clients and ensuring that the clients are compliant with the various regulatory bodies.• Among the clients I have audited include: -Construction Cost Consultancy; -Aloha Tours and Travel; -Immuno molecular Diagnostic Laboratories Ltd ; -Chuna Sacco; -Estate of the late Benjamin Gethi -Plenser Limited; -Taifa Sacco; -Batian Construction Limited;

Firm: Wasp Africa LtdRole: Financial Accountant & Credit ControllerReporting to the Finance & Strategy Director my responsibilities included• Running the entire finance department on a day to day basis.• Preparation of financial and management accounts and the schedules for management review.• Preparation and handling of the annual audit.• Filling all statutory returns which include PAYE, withholding tax, VAT and quarterly tax returns.• Maintaining the general ledger and updating the same on timely basis.• Reconciling debtors and suppliers statements.• Bank accounts reconciliations.• Preparing Budgets and cash flow forecasts.• Preparation of payroll.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Second Class Honours

Activities and Societies: ECOSA & ROTARACT Member

Cpa (K), Cps (K), Accounting And Company Administration

Accounting upto the final level