Financial Accountant Certified Public
Resume:
Peter Mburu
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CERTIFICATES
Certified Public
Accountant (CPA)
Certified Public Accountants are
skilled and competent
professional accountants,
auditors, finance managers, tax
consultants and practitioners.
Jun 2013
LANGUAGES
English
Spoken: Fluent • Written: Fluent
I NTRO
Business-minded Finance officer promoting more than 6 years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with accounting principles.
• Prepare financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, and balance sheets.
• Manage accounts payable and receivable, ensuring timely invoicing and payments.
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes.
• Analyze financial data and provide insights to support decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with statutory returns, tax regulations and prepare tax returns.
• Perform cost accounting tasks specific to manufacturing, including inventory valuation and cost analysis.
• lead budget preparation and forecasting activities.
• Reconcile bank statements and manage general ledger accounts.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure accurate financial practices.
• Implement and maintain accounting systems and processes to improve efficiency 1. Set the vision, strategy, and budget for the organization as a leader of the management Team.
2. Develop and oversee the process for creating, implementing, and tracking our budget. 3. Research and implemented new accounting practices and software to cut accounting costs by 30%.
4. Collaborate with our Executive Director to create and implement a new organizational structure and strategy.
5. Design and implement systems and procedures in compliance with financial policies. 6. Creating effective internal controls and minimizing risks for the organization. 7. Ensuring that corrective action plans approved by director and other monitoring reviews are implemented as planned and scheduled.
8. Monitoring management of cash flow ensuring liquidity at all times. 9. Coordinate the preparation ow weekly and monthly budget as well as bank account reconciliation statements.
10. Overseeing the process of clearing tax arrears and ensuring upto date tax compliance 11. Oversight of credit policy compliance and debt collection 12. Maintain a proper record keeping and ensuring correct data entry into quickbooks 13. Supervising other team to achieve shared goals and ensuring optimal work performance 14. Working as a personal assistance to executive director in his absence.
• Posts customer payments by recording cash, checks, credit card and Mpesa transactions financial accountant
Jupiter sprouts Ltd • Jan 2022 – Present
Finance & Admin Officer
Boredo Supplies LTD • May 2019 – Dec 2021
Accounts Receivable
Ace pharmaceuticals ltd • Apr 2017 – Apr 2019
• Maintains record by microfilming invoices, debits and credit notes.
• Credit control and ensuring all customers adhere to their credit limits.
• Verify validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information sales, customer service department and customers.
• Application of import declaration permits and ensuring timely clearance of shipments at the port.
• Stock control, calculation of liquidation period and ensuring optimal reorder level.
• Coordination of medical representatives, preparation of target sheet and achievement levels on monthly basis
• Analyzing daily and monthly sales per region and monitoring of slow moving products
• Develop, analyze & maintain optimal marketing budget, preparing monthly reports for actual costs incurred.
• Answering phone calls and giving correct information to relevant parties internally and externally regarding company products and services
• Office administration and other clerical works in support of the business development manager
• Review and verify all payment vouchers and requisitions for payment
• Calculate imprest and generate vouchers for drivers and park fees and coordinate payments
• Payroll with nifty payroll software
• Statutory deductions computation and payment( NHIF,NSSF,HELB)
• Tax returns, VAT, Withholding Tax & PAYE on itax
• Monthly management departmental financial reports with analysis
• Interdepartmental cash flow management
• Provide input on budgeting process and monitoring of revenue and expenditure variance analysis
• Petty cash management, analyzing imprest vouchers for reimbursement and bank reconciliations.
• Generating invoices for complete work assignments and following up on payments, making plan for monthly payment to suppliers upon invoicing.
• Fixed asset register and supervision of vehicles mileage and service history
• Provision of end year financial information for audit purpose.
• Verification of petty cash support documents
• Filing of statutory returns on timely basis
• Data entry in quick books
• Debts collection
• Sales and marketing
• Banking and bank reconciliations
• Ensuring filing of documents on timely, accurate and organized manner Petty cash Management
· Data entry in quick books
· Bank& Petty cash Payments & reconciliation
Accountant
BlueSky Adventures ltd. • Feb 2015 – Mar 2017
Accounts assistant
Bluesky Adventures ltd • Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Accounts assistant/ stock controller
berber oasis restaurant • Sep 2013 – Dec 2013
· Reconciling Customers receivables & Creditors Payables
· Preparation of statutory returns - NHIF, NSSF, PAYE & CATERING LEVY
· Filing of Documents
Stock control
EDUCATION
Computerised accounting based on Tally,sage,pastel and quickbooks. higher diploma in human resource management
college of human resource management • Jan 2023 – Present Certificate in computerised accountancy
Orbit School of management • Jun 2014 – Jul 2014
Certified public accountants of kenya
Orbit school of management • Jul 2009 – Jul 2014
Bachelor of Arts Economics
Kenyatta university • Jan 2009 – Jan 2013
SKILLS
Payment collection Invoicing Cash management (company) Reporting Financial controlling Auditing of accounts Documentation and record keeping Cost tracking, analysis Business development Budgeting, financial planning Budgeting, financial planning Office tools: Word, Excel, Outlook Integrity Personnel management Interpersonal communication Integrity Communication Invoicing Budgeting, financial planning Payment collection Invoicing Budgeting, financial planning File management and data back-up Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP system (use of) File management and data back-up Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP system (use of) Office tools: Word, Excel, Outlook Documentation and record keeping Communication Cost tracking, analysis Business development
HOBBIES
Reading inspiration materials
Playing football
REFERENCES
Manager • +254-********* • ****@**************.*** Manager • +254 071******* • *****@*******************.*** George Oredo Achieng • chief executive office Boredo Supplies ltd Joseph Thuku Kihara • Human resource head consultant Jupiter sprouts ltd
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