Finance and Accounting seasoned professional

Curriculum Vitae

JAMES MUNGAI KIGUATHA

P.O Box *6642 – 00200, Nairobi.

Telephone no: 072*-***-*** / 073*-***-*** Email: *****.********@*****.*** CAREER SUMMARY Highly experienced and resourceful Finance, Accounting and Administration professional with a strategic approach towards operational excellence, rational allocation of resources and shareholder wealth maximization.

Versed with 8+ years of proven work experience, I have been Involved in the implementation of new business models providing direction towards organizational eficiency, cost minimization, proftable and sustainable relations, proft maximization as well as wealth creation for the business stakeholders.

PERSONAL SKILLS

&

COMPETENCIES

● Excellent Knowledge of Budgets preparation, Business plans, Forecasting Expenditure and cash fow projections.

● Exemplary expertise in:

o Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting and Taxation o Financial Modeling, Business research and Evaluation,Risk Minimization

o Regulatory, Management and Stake Holder Reporting. o Administration and Organizational Strategic Planning. o Financial Forecasting, Liquidity Management and Risk monitoring.

o Payroll, Domestic Taxes Matters and Statutory Returns. o Treasury Management including Accounts Payables and Receivables.

o Reconciliations of Cash, Bank, Creditor and Debtor accounts.

o Formulation of Functional Internal Controls and

Procedures.

● Great familiarity with IFRS, IAS, GAAP, Statutory deductions and Tax laws.

● Good time- management skills, excellent communication skills with the ability to work well individually and collaboratively.

● Profciency MS Ofice, Research, Accounting and ERP Systems. EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL

QUALIFICATIONS

2011

Bugema University

Bachelor Business Administration – Accounting &

Finance

2004

Oloolaiser High School

Kenya Certifcate of Secondary Education

On going Certifee Public Accountancy (CPA)A

o Section 6 – Ongoing

o Section 1 to 5 – Pass

2006

Computer Profciency:

o MS Ofice.

o QuickBooks, Sage, Tally & SAP

WORK EXPERIENCE April 2014 – March 2020

East African Breweries Limitee-Diageo Enterprise Operations:

- Financial Controlling Analyst (Aug 2019 – March 2020)A

- Inter Company & Inventor Accountant (Nov 2018 – July 2019)A

- Treasury Accountant (Feb 2017 -Aug 2017)A

- Inter Company Analyst (Sept 2016 to Jan 2017)A

- Inventory Analyst (April 2016-Sept 2016)A

- Tax Accountant / Stock Controller (Nov 2014-Oct 2015)

- Tax Support Analyst (April 2014 to October 2014)A Financial Controlling Analyst Responsibilities:

● Overseeing and management of overall month-end reporting for the fnance supply processes including COGS, inventory and capex reporting.

● Continuously tracked COGS drivers including having quality review sessions with the production & supply teams to understand the cost drivers and improve cost control measures to put in place.

● Participated in annual budgets formulation while monitoring expenditure.

● Performed analyses on all management control policies making recommendations on internal controls, accounting system and general operations of the fnance department to increase eficiency. Intercompany and Inventory Accountant Responsibilities:

● Created intercompany non product recharges and generated royalty invoices for respective trading partners.

● Provided information for intercompany netting on a monthly and timely basis.

● Allocated incoming intercompany payments to the debtor’s accounts and cash in transit accruals ensuring no aged open item.

● Managed stock GLs and accruing for goods in transit.

● Preparation and submission of stock revaluation template in Oswald on a monthly basis.

● Executed brand through Proft and Proft in Stock (BTP/PIS) postings in SAP.

Treasury Accountant Responsibilities:

● Coordinating accounting functions and ensuring eficient management of company's bank accounts.

● Maintenance and management of fnancial records, logs, spreadsheets, and registers.

● In charge of payables and receivables alongside reconciliations of banks statements against the GL and clearing assigned accounts.

● Daily preparation of cashbook clearly showing accurate daily cashfows.

● Checking and verifying cash transactions, investigating and proposing possible resolution for any variances.

● Contributed to the development of new or amended accounting systems.

Intercompany Analyst Responsibilities:

● Issued intercompany recharge/ royalty invoices.

● Coordinated provision of funds to other group companies and ensured correct recording of the transactions in the books of accounts.

● Accounted for the intercompany loans and Monthly/Quarterly reporting.

● Provided information for intercompany netting on a monthly basis.

● Allocated incoming intercompany payments to the debtor accounts. Inventory Analyst Responsibilities:

● Ensured no aged unresolved issues in the inventory reconciliations, calling out risks on time and ensuring mitigation plans were well laid out within 14 days of the issue being identifed.

● Ensured satisfactory ratings in the CAR, GAR and PWC audit s with no exception being raised in inventory.

● Reconciliations of GL and sub ledger accounts alongside posting of adjustment journals.

● Trial balance checking and identifcation of open stock items in the stock in transit Accounts.

● Preparation and submission of stock revaluation template in Oswald.

● Reported on slow moving and Obsolete (SLOB), Closing Stock and Volumes reports.

● Execution of brand through proft / proft in stock (BTP/PIS) automatic posting.

Tax Accountant / Stock Controller Responsibilities:

● Developed a user friendly and sustainable tracker for tracking the return of export documents in support of VAT and Excise refund claims.

● Prepared a daily commercial fnance report on, NSV, Actual sales

(MTD & YTD) Vs AOP on the Rwanda sales performance as per the distributor and market development representatives.

● Managed customer relations between EABL and the Rwanda market.

● Stock control and distributor management at the distributor depots for EABLi.

● Intercompany reconciliation and GRNI analysis for EABSS for items aged over 120 days.

Tax Support Analyst Responsibilities:

● Retrieved support documents for EABLi VAT refund for all the claims lodged with the Kenya Revenue Authority.

Achievements

● Provided inspired leadership for the organization by making important policies, planning and strategic decisions towards shareholders wealth maximization.

● Successfully managed a beer, premium and mainstream spirits sell out project (SORTIE) for East African Breweries Limited International, dubbed "SORTIE" in Kigali, Rwanda

● Analyzed internal operations and identifed key areas of process improvement including successfully executing Brand through Proft and Proft in Stock (BTP/PIS) postings in SAP in compliance with IAS 2 for reporting of inventories at cost.

● As a treasury accountant, through daily calculation of the company fnancial position by preparing bank balances and by checking and verifying cash transactions, a strong cashfow position was reported in FY16 which was a key component in budget preparation for the FY17.

OTHER DUTIES April 2020 to date - consultancy services on rental property management and avocado export processing business, professional chafeur services and start-ups business consultancy

Nov 2015 – March 2016, Freelancer: Accounting & Bookkeeping. Jan 2013 – March 2014, African Heat Factory Limited: Factory Aeministrator/ Accountant.

February 2011 to November 2011, Terp Group Limited Kampala-Uganda: Accounts Assistant

REFEREES

Rufus Ng'ang'a Kinuthia

Head of Sales

Lynx Distribution

Cell:+254-***-***-***

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

Margaret Wanjiru Ng'ang'a

Finance Manager

Career Connections

Cell: +254-***-***-***

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

Kefa Waweru Kioge

Tax Manager

EY_Ernest and Young

Cell:+254-***-***-***

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

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