Finance & Accounting Manager
WD Capital, Nairobi, Kenya
Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months
• Prepare accounting transaction reports, financial statements, business activity reports, forecasts and Cash Flow.
• Monitor financial details to ensure that legal requirements are met.
• Assist in maintaining accounts, including entering of payments, receipts and non-cash vouchers in the accounting system; ensure integrity of all data posted.
• Follow up on maintaining asset inventory.
• Monthly, assist in the month-end closure of accounts and production of financial reports for submission to relevant units.
• Assist in the preparation of the budget performance reports; analyze variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures and bring to the attention of the supervisor any material discrepancies.
• Communicate and work closely with other units and provide guidance on financial policies and procedures.
Controlling balance sheet items and reconciles receivable, payables and advances.
· Follow up debtors and creditors list.
· Preparing of reports for monthly and annual closing.
· Recording & Reviewing and approval of daily entries and payments.
· Reviewing supplier’s invoices and Sub-Contractors progresses according to the contracts terms.
· Preparing of accruals and its movement on monthly bases.
· Preparing of adjusting entries between cost Centers and Currency revaluation for suppliers and debtors on monthly basis.
· Issuing of Invoices and reviewing of Progresses.
· Coordinating with internal and external auditors in all the financial aspects.
• Controlling balance sheet items and reconciles receivable, payables and advances.
• Follow up debtors and creditors list.
• Preparing of reports for monthly and annual closing.
• Recording & Reviewing and approval of daily entries and payments.
• Reviewing supplier’s invoices and Sub-Contractors progresses according to the contracts terms.
• Preparing of accruals and its movement on monthly bases.
• Preparing of adjusting entries between cost Centers and Currency revaluation for suppliers and debtors on monthly basis.
• Issuing of Invoices and reviewing of Progresses.
• Coordinating with internal and external auditors in all the financial aspects.
• Creating and enforcing a code of conduct and other appropriate policies and procedures
• Understanding the legal and regulatory environment in order to create and analyze the compliance risk scope universe.
• Conducting an appropriate due diligence process on potential business partners.
• Performing the appropriate provisions in the organization written agreements.
• Performing the necessary checks before interact with the Government Officials.
• Assessing and assisting in creating internal controls and assign risk areas.
• Monitoring internal control tools such as Obligations Register, Breaches Log, KPIs and Whistleblower Channels (i.e. hotline).
Attend a Compliance training course at Daimler AG - Stuttgart, Germany. (June 2011)
* Preparation of the initial business blueprint and scenario changes.
* Testing business processes on Quality Assurance System (QAS).
* Preparation of end user manuals and the assignment of staff roles.
* End‐users training and resolving troubleshooting issues.
* Preparation and the execution of SAP cutover plans.
* Continues Business Improvement (CBI).
Implemented Projects:
O MCV UK (Full implementation for 6 weeks at the company site - Cambridge, UK)
O MCV South Africa
O MCV Algeria
* Conducted quarterly and annual financial audits.
* Furnished monthly presentations and financial reports to management.
* Performed vertical and horizontal analysis, and financial ratio analysis.
* Recommended changes to enhance the financial process.
* Applied the accounting principles according to the International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) and local standards.
Periodically audit missions have been done at the company site ‐ Havana, Cuba
* Handled international and local suppliers' accounts using SAP system.
* Monitored Letters of Guarantee and made accounts adjustment entries.
* Assigned payments to relevant cost centers, departments, and account codes.
* Maintained appropriate accruals and prepayments on a monthly basis.
* Performed Selling, General & Administrative Expense analysis.
* Furnished accounts payable aging summary and forecast reports to management
on a monthly basis.
* Finance member of Market Research Team
* Costing & Inventory Control - Oracle Application
* Preparation of Budget ( Expenses, Production, Sales, Income
Statement )
* Preparation of Monthly Income Statement and Profitability
* Analysis of Deviations and Variance entries
* Using Diagrams, graphs & Illustrated Costing Reports
* Computation and fixing the Work Center Labor & Overhead Hourly Rates
* Valuation of Inventory by Getting the Inventory Report from Warehouse every month
* Inventory status Analysis by value by getting monthly Reports from warehouse
* Valuation of Work in Process by getting monthly listing of incomplete work orders from production planning and getting the percentage of completion from production
* Review and understanding of BOM, Routing for all Components, Sub assemblies and finished products
* Preparation of Gross Margin Analysis in respect of : the Company, Product line, Product Groups and Customers
* Design Standard cost database ( Access )
* Analyzing of Data related to Cost Centers & Job orders
* Verifying of Data using a reliable System of Internal Control
* Controlling the Issued Items for Production & Services Centers
* Allocation of cost of Services Centers over the production process Centers
* Calculation the cost of sold production volume during the period
* Determination of deviations between the standard cost & the actual cost
* Industrial expenses analysis
Costing Diploma Grade Pass
Bachelors of commerce Grade Good