Joan Kanyagia

Joan kanyagia

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  • Timeline

    Current Company
    Feb 2016 - now

    Senior Accountant

    Britam
    Kenya
  • About me

    Financial Accountant || Finance Operations ||Tax Accountant

  • Education

    • United states international university - africa

      2018 - 2020
      Master of business administration - mba strategic management
    • Kenyatta university

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor of arts - ba economics and finance
  • Experience

    • Britam

      Feb 2016 - now

      ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Monitoring financial operations to verify compliance with key legal, operational and statutory regulations and support tax management.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Optimizing operations by automating finance processes and maintaining strategic relationships with stakeholders.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Supporting internal and external financial audits by updating financial records, ensuring adequate resource allocation, assessing organizational changes, scheduling audits and implementing audit recommendations.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Maintained the companyโ€™s fixed assets register and movement schedule with a book value of over 700 Million by ensuring that the books reflected the correct position and amortization was done on a monthly basis.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual and or adhoc report๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Coordinating with various departments to ensure financial processes are streamlined. Show less ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Streamlining financial operations, including journal posting, ledger management, cash book operations and financial records management.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Maintain adequate operating revenue and costs through approval of purchase requisitions in the purchasing sub-ledger in ERP to ensure that the expenses are accounted as per accounting policies.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Standardizing budget preparation and management by establishing financial needs, optimizing resource allocation, tracking expenditure and implementing cost control measures.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Performing financial reconciliations for accruals and prepayments, balance sheets and accounts to identify and correct accounting errors, prevent fraud and verify financial data Show less ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Performed financial reconciliations for receipts, sales and cash book to verify the integrity of financial data.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Management of staff advances and receivables, ensuring that all reimbursements are done as per Company Policy requirements.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Collaborated with colleagues to streamline insurance operations by performing account analysis, processing payments, cancelling receipts for unpaid premiums, and process payments and preparing audit statements. ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Monthly posting of journal entries and ensuring misclassified and misaligned costs any other necessary amendments to the general ledgers.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Participated in cheque and cash banking, end-month closing, preparation of deposit schedule, issuing of requisition vouchers and posting of journal entries and financial data posting into accounting systems. Show less ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Verification of invoices, processing of supplier payments and reconciliation of supplier statements to ensure all payments are processed within the agreed SLA.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Performed branch financial reconciliations for receipts and cash book to verify the integrity of financial data๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Assisted in accounts analysis and performed accounts reconciliations to verify the accuracy of financial data and records๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Established and managed supplier relations to optimize enterprise resource planning, negotiations and timely processing of supplier payments.๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Provided administrative support in the preparation of audit statements, financial reports and investment assets valuation reports. Show less

      • Senior Accountant

        Jan 2023 - now
      • Finance Associate

        Jul 2017 - Dec 2022
      • Accounts Assistant

        Sept 2016 - Jun 2017
      • Intern

        Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified public accountant (cpa)

      Certified public accountant institute of certified public accountants of kenya