Erick Gesure (BCOM, CPA (K), LSS BB)
Phone: +254-**-***-*** 687,722 599 412) Email: **********@*****.***
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
o My strength lies in variety of experience and excellent problem solving
skills across domains and industries. I bring over five years of
experience of in finance and Performance Improvement using various
improvement methodologies.
o I have extensive experience in Project Management, process re-
engineering, business intelligence analysis, transactional quality
management, BPMS control & compliance, training and business development.
o I led development of strategic plans and frameworks and worked as change
agent to successfully implement these plans by using influencing skills.
Developed various tools and templates to standardize data analysis
approach.
o I have developed and demonstrated leadership & general management skills
in building and managing high performance teams. My domain experience
includes NGOs, Banking & Finance.
EXPERTISE
Lean Six Sigma VOC .Supplier management,
6s.Policy Deployment
Business Process Management (BPMS) Change and Project
Management
Training Process analysis & Re-
engineering
Financial Analysis Transaction Quality Management
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Bcom (Finance option) from KCA University (2013)
CPA PART 1,II and III Strathmore University (2009)
Six Sigma Green Belt (2012)
Project Management for Development professional (PMD) from APMG
(2013)
Six Sigma Black Belt (2014)
Sun 6 certification (2013)
RECOGNITION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Institute of Certified public Accountant (ICPAK)
. Member of LSSI.
Bravo award for outstanding performance in Six Sigma at World Vision East
Africa (SSU) (2013).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2012 - Present Day
World Vision EARO
Financial and Business process analyst.
Financial Analyst
Functions:
Management of Accounts Payables
. Perform all aspects of the accounts payable function by matching
supporting documents and booking the transactions into SUN according to
WV policies and deadlines. Identify errors or discrepancies and resolve
before processing.
. Process the cheques / Online payments with supporting documentation and
submit for review and subsequent payment
. Prepare monthly creditor reconciliations and liaise with vendors to
ensure prompt clearance or resolution of pending or disputed items.
. Research and recommend programs, policies and procedures to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of the accounts payable function, including
new software, internal controls, new electronic payment technologies, and
customer service.
. Develop and Conduct VOC and supplier management training for the staff.
Treasury and cash flow Management
. Analyze the monthly cash needs in both Usd and Kes and prepare the annual
projected cash flow for purposes of determining the local currency amount
to be hedged.
. Track / monitor the daily cash flow to ensure that sufficient cash is
held and no cash outs are experienced. This should also ensure the cash
held at the close of the month is within the required cash level as
provided in the finance manual.
. Prepare and weekly cash flow report
Document Management and Archiving
. Develop policies and guidelines governing the management and archiving of
documents and update with any changes in WV field policies or local laws.
The policies and procedures should also take into account any changes in
technology
. Keep records of documents filed or removed using a tracking tool
. Perform periodic inspections of documents or files in order to ensure
correct placement, legibility and proper condition
. Find and retrieve information from files in response to requests from
authorized internal and external users (Auditors, Government agencies)
Balance Sheet Accounts Analysis
. Reviews the balance sheet accounts monthly and ensure only valid debts or
liabilities are maintained.
. Ensure appropriate aging by correctly matching the transactions and
marking them with the system allocation markers.
. Liaise with the relevant departments such as administration to ensure
recoveries of deposits is done promptly as they fall due.
Tax, statutory deductions and levies
. Ensure correctness of the tax computations
. Prepare and remit the taxes and other statutory/SACCO/pension deductions
within the provisions of the law or other guidelines
. Ensure that quarterly and annual organizational PAYE returns are done in
liaison with the organization's tax consultants.
. Ensure that P9s are made available to all national staff by working in
liaison with the tax consultants to provide the necessary information to
them, review for correctness and distribute to staff. Resolve any
matters raised by the staff.
. Continuously keep abreast with any changes in the tax laws and advise the
Finance Manager accordingly
Business process analyst.
. Reviewing and improving workflows in SSU that involve in finance,
Administration, Human resource management, procurement and logistic and
asset management process.
. Identify redundant processes that compromise quality output.
. Identify processes that can be automated to create faster workflows from
start to end.
. Safeguarding and improving existing control to ensure compliancy.
. Preparing financial analysis on costs and benefit of implementing
proposed changes.
. Develop training module and train White belts, yellow belt and Green Belt
on lean six sigma and ensure implementation in the organization to
continuously improve performance.
. Leading Support Service Unit team in the regional office of in Operation
Excellence, driving process improvement across domains: Finance,
Procurement and logistics, Human Resource management.
. Develop training material and Conduct Six Sigma White belt, yellow belt
and Green belt trainings and Facilitate key process improvement projects
across World Vision East Africa offices. The innovations initiatives are
also led by the team to ensure continuous improvements. Projects cut
across various functions and deals to realize improvements by using
various improvement methodologies.
. Responsible to review projects progress and ensure delivery of
organization objectives.
. Trained more than 30 GB, 60 YB and 500 employees on various process
improvement initiatives.
January 2013 - Present day.
The African Kaizen Network
(Lean Six sigma Development and Training Consultancy)
Lead Consultant
o Developed training modules for Six Sigma Champion, Green Belt, Yellow
Belt and Six Sigma Orientations (RCA) on:
> Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing
> Lean Six Sigma Service
> Lean Six Sigma Office
> Lean Six Sigma Accounting
> Lean Six Sigma Logistics and Procurement
> Lean Six Sigma Healthcare.
o Mentored key process improvements projects and lead Internal Quality
Audits of various key business processes.
o Developed data analysis templates on key metrics for front line managers
to study team performance and identify opportunity for improvements.
Developed a problem solving tool kits to analyze and take corrective/
preventive action plans on operations. Define guidelines to understand
data trends and to do root cause analysis as part of COPC requirement.
o Collaborated with top management in identifying, mentoring and
implementing various cross functional improvement projects using lean six
sigma methodologies. I conduct various benchmarking studies to identify
best practices and improvement opportunities.
o I review and analyze transaction quality process of various accounts to
facilitate value stream mapping and analysis sessions to identify and
remove non value added activities.
List of current clients includes:
o World Vision Ethiopia - Training Gemba Kaizen for the
Procurement, Fixed asset management and ware house
management teams.
o Vision Fund International - An International Micro Finance
Institution - Develop white and yellow belt training module
and trained 10 yellow belts.
o Kenya Institute Of Management (KIM)-Develop training
modules and conduct training on white belt, yellow belt and
Green belt lean six sigma.
o Action Times Family Care (AtFAMICA)
o International Access Foundation (IAF)
Other clients include,Seventh Day Adventists church Departments,
CASO,NAYO,Angaza Television Network (ATN),Adventist World Radio
(AWR),Errands Professional Management ltd, BIBA ltd.
Personal Details
o Date of Birth : 01-05-1985
o Social status : Single
o Language Known : English and Kiswahili
o Contact phone : +254-**-***-*** 687/722 599 412,
o Alternate email : **********@*****.***
o Permanent Address : P.O Box 557**-*****
Nairobi.