Accountant, Auditor, Cost Accountant, Payroll, Taxation

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Maureen Maritim Chepkemoi

Contacts

Cell phone: 071*******/ 073*******

E-mail : *********@*****.***

Postal Address : P.O Box 477**-*****,

Nairobi.

Personal Information

Gender : Female Nationality : Kenyan

Physical Address : Kasarani, Nairobi. Age : 28

Marital Status : Single

Profile

Career Objective:

Personal Profile:

To obtain a business related support that presents me with the opportunity to turn challenges into opportunities and weaknesses into strengths and be in a position where I will be a team player working towards the attainment of the set goals and objectives. I am a self-motivated Certified Public Accountant, with excellent skills in handling large financial matters, planning, supporting, developing, implementing and evaluating financial management strategies including policies, programs and procedures to address organization’s requirements. Proficient in setting up, monitoring and projecting financial plan, providing proper tools to successfully support programs, generating timely and accurate reports, ensuring consistent, standardized processes and communication across different sub-projects as well as planning, directing, and coordinating financial activities.

Professional Skills

Impeccable communication

and interpersonal skills.

Hands on experience working

with partners and facilitating

implementation of financial

projects.

Ability to supervise team

members and work effectively

with personnel

Budgeting and cost controlling

skills.

Strong ability to read and

understand information and ideas

presented in writing and to apply

general rules to specific problems to

produce answers that make sense

Ability to plan, implement and

formulate strategies by using or

adapting to achievable objectives

that are in line with the

Organizational goals and strategies.

Well trained in Basic

Networking & Internet Concepts,

Micro Soft Outlook, MS Word,

MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS

Access and Adobe Pagemaker

Proficient in business

applications – POS, Quickbooks

and Microsoft Navision ERP.

Education

2015- Date

2007 – 2013

2001 – 2005

Kabarak University

Bachelor of Commerce, Finance Option (To complete by December 2016) K.C.A University

Certified Public Accountant ( C. P. A 6)

Korongoi Girls’ High School

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ( Mean Grade of B Minus) 2

Work Experience

Farmers’ Choice Kenya Limited (Nairobi) July 2014 to Date Cost Accountant

Detailing of information from various transfering department to control inter departmental transfers.

Preparing all physical journals for stock reconciliation and monthly financial management reports.

Reconcilling work in progress and finished goods reports and advising management of the cause of action to be taken to rectify their variances.

Setting of selling prices based on cost of production and required margins.

Running periodic journal entries and system updates and maintaining a sound audit trail for all inventory and sundries.

Work Achievement

Helped in evaluation and implementation of accurate costs of production

Achieved an inhouse training in Navision and Navimeat Financial Packages which is one of the most recently and reliable system in both manufacturing and processing related organizations.

Helped in designing the flow of information in Costing Department bringing about accountability and ensuring that there is a audit trail in every line of production and sales. Kericho Star Service Station, Total Kenya (Kericho) January 2013 - June 2014 Accountant

Preparing monthly payrolls in liason with with Finance Manager and reconciling the payroll ledgers.

Filing monthly VAT schedule indicating Output Tax, Input Tax and net amount and submitting pyments thereon.

Preparing bank reconciliation reports on stipulated time and managing Company bank accounts.

Preparing the final books of accounts including Statement of Financial Reporting, Statement of Income and Expenditure and Cash flow Statements on monthly basis.

Maintaining accounting records including receipts and purchase invoices and ensuring timely payment of suppliers.

Managing and supervising Kericho Star Service Station Restaurant and Supermarket and other projects that would arise in the course of my duty.

Coding of Electronic Tax Register (ETR) Machine and generating X and Y reports for Profit and Tax purposes. Work Achievement

Helped reduce expenses considerably and help boost profits.

Helped in formulating and implementing financial strategies that were geared towards attainment of the company’s goals and objectives.

Helped reduced staff turnover by ensuring timely payment of their salaries and high recognition of their efforts hence their motivation.

Kericho Star Service Station, Total Kenya (Kericho) February 2011 - December 2012 Internal Auditor

Establishing and operating an effective Internal Audit Sessions and ensuring that Internal Audit Systems, Procedures and Guidelines are prepared for approval by External Auditors.

Ensuring that the Accounting, Administration and Other operations comply with Kericho Star Service Station management policies.

Preparing stock take programs and supervising stock take process to ensure that audits are well planned and managed.

Facilitating meetings to discuss audit findings and consulting service with top level management.

Identifying and documenting business controls in order to evaluate risks and compensating controls.

Coding of Electronic Tax Register (ETR) Machine and generating X and Z reports for stock and cash reconciliation.

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Work Achievement

Implemented a strong audit structure in controlling, reconciling and reporting of inventory and cash that has been adopted by the organisation since then.

Brough about sanity, cohesion and sound management of stocks and cash received and overall minimization of loses occurring through descripancies.

Brought about discipline amongst staffs who were able to easily embrace the audit program and work towards of higher profits by ensuring that audit structures were strictly adhered to.

Achieved an inhouse training of Electronic Tax Register (ETR) coding and its use as a point of sale.

Streamlined Tax Challenges and was able clear KRA audit issues that were pending and inturn implemented a system that was able to ensure timely payment of the same. Brilliant Computer Center (Nakuru) March 2010 - September 2010 Assistant Accountant/ Tutor

Maintaining Petty Cash records on daily basis.

Reconcilling bank statements on monthly basis and maintaining the college bank account.

Preparing the Statement of Income and Expenditure on monthly basis.

Ensuring timely payment of the college expenses and receipting students’ fees.

Teaching of Computer Applications and Programming Languages.

Maintaining the college systems and ensuring proper installation of softwares. Work Achievement

Helped recuce expenses considerably and improved profit levels.

Setting up a student fee level that was both attractive and profitable.

Gain a wider knowledge on computer applications and programming languages.

Build a friendly learning environment and was able to graduate more than three hundred (300) computer students in a span of six (6) months

Leadership Roles

Volunteer Farm Accountant, October 2010 – January 2011:

School Administation Prefect and Class Monitor- Korongoi Girls High School (2002 – 2005):

Homescince Club Chairlady and School Girl Guide – Korongoi Girls High School (2002 – 2005):

School Head Girl – A.H.P Workshop Primary School (1999- 2001):

Choir Lady – Kenya Cornerstone Believers Church Kangemi. Hobbies/Interest

Travelling to new places.

Doing research on new inventions .

Cooking and adventure.

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Referees

Mr. Cyrus Ndegwa Gikonyo

Cost Accounts Supervisor

Farmers’ Choice Kenya Limited,

P.O. Box 47791- 00100, Nairobi.

Tel: +254-***-******

Email: ************@**********.***

Ms. Daisy Bowen

Academic Registrar,

Kabarak University, Nairobi Campus,

P.O. Box 3270, Nakuru

Tel: +254-***-***-***

Email: **********@*******.**.**

Pastor Mike Kiplag’at,

Kenya Cornerstone Believers- Kangemi Branch,

P.O. Box 22080- 00100, Nairobi.

Tel: +254-***-******

Email: ************@*****.***

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