Rogers Maina

Experience

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  Bultex Emporium Ltd

  Sept 2002 - Oct 2004

  Accounts Assistant

  • Book-keeping and periodic stock-taking.• VAT computation and analysis, and monthly accounts balancing.• Assisting in preparation of the final accounts and in the tax returns and calculations.• Assisting the external auditor during the interim as well as the Final auditing exercise.

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  Anant S. Bhatt & Company

  Apr 2004 - May 2004

  Temporary (part-time) Audit Clerk

  • Analysis of debtors, creditors, petty cash, sales, purchases and stock records.• VAT analysis and bank reconciliation.• Verification of debtors, creditors, assets and liabilities.• Preparation of the final trial balance.• Assisting in the preparation of the final financial statements.

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  McLarens Young International, Kenya

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2008

  Assistant Accountant

  Preparing invoices and statements to be sent to the debtors, book- keeping, including data entry of day-to-day journal entries in the sales and purchases day books, cash-book entries including bank charges and interests, and up-dating the general ledger.•Procurement and distribution of office supplies, and receiving, recording and filing purchase invoices.•Processing payment vouchers, local and overseas (EFTs and bank drafts) and up-dating the aged creditors’ schedule.•Monthly bank reconciliation and up-dating of the Work In Progress as it is required.•Petty cash book management, controlling and recording.•Recording and banking of both local and overseas cheques received together with the accompanying V.A.T. and withholding tax certificates received there-from.•Act as the personal assistant to the finance & administration Manager and perform any assigned administrative duty, for example, filing personnel information in respective files, keeping an accurate record of the Leave file and maintaining schedules of some company assets.•Assisting in debt collection i.e. calling clients to follow up on due accounts.•Preparation of the payroll and submission of the statutory deductions and allowances as required e.g. NHIF, NSSF and PAYE. Show less

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  Kenyan Alliance Insurance Company

  Nov 2008 - Mar 2010

  Assistant Accountant

  •Reconciliation and settlement of insurance agents’ and brokers’ commissions and coordinating the issuance and accountability of insurance motor certificates for all the company’s branches (6 branches), and reporting to the management therefrom.•Daily bank reconciliation on the branch accounts to ensure prompt and accurate banking’s are done.•Acting as the Revenue Officer for all branches i.e. through daily branches’ bank updating, checking and authentication, and bank reconciliations.•VAT and withholding tax checking and validating of all monthly sales and purchases, and premium confirmation i.e. confirming full premium payment by clients for purposes of claims settling.•Monthly expenses and balance sheet accounts analysis for the purpose of producing periodic financial statements, undertaking adjustments where necessary and creating an audit trail file.•Reconciliation of all creditors, including the claims related creditors (lawyers, car garages and other claims service providers)•VAT monthly filing for both the company’s VAT on the 20th of every month and the with-held suppliers’ and creditors’ VAT on 5th of every month. •Reconciliation of insurance claims and payments arising therefrom, with the VAT and with-holding tax liability to ensure prompt and accurate tax deductions regarding these claims. Show less

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  Karuturi Ltd

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

  Accountant

  •Daily bank reconciliation on all bank accounts to ensure prompt and accurate banking’s is done.•Checking and ensuring prompt and accurate recording export and local sales of cut flowers and preparing a weekly reconciliation of cut flower stems.•accounts analysis for the purpose of producing periodic financial statements, undertaking adjustments where necessary and creating an audit trail file.•Accounts payable management, including monthly accounts payable reconciliations, correspondence handling, payment preparation and supervising two accounts payable clerks.•Preparation of monthly and quarterly management reports up-to the balance sheet level to be sent to the overseas head-office i.e. trial balance, income statement and balance sheet for the four company entities in Kenya. This also includes preparations of reports requested by financial institutions such as the company Net Worth calculation.•Preparation of bank transfer letters in both local and foreign currencies. Show less

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  Automotive Management Services

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2013

  Financial Controller

  •In-charge of the financial management of all the 14 sites that the project is running and cash-flow monitoring and management of these sites.•Maintaining close monitoring on the use us funds received from US Army contracts for the Afghanistan National Police vehicle maintenance and repair Program (ATEMP-ANP) using customized Ms Excel schedules and presentations as monitoring tools. This also includes preparing reports that are part of the final report-package given to the DCAA (US Army Audit Representatives) on regular basis.•Monthly cost analysis of the projects expenditure in a detailed manner, identifying areas of high costs and making suggestions to our HO Dubai finance office on ways to minimize costs.•Preparing weekly, mid-month, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for the management and thereafter doing a presentation to the management board on the same.•Directly supervising 4 staff and indirectly supervising another 14 staff located at the projects’ sites/locations all over the country.•Orientation and training of all newly hired staff, or staff schedule for refresher training, on the company’s financial policies and procedures.•Maintaining and open and active communication/correspondence line with the finance control office that is based in Dubai as well as the local and international suppliers.•General ledger monitoring and maintenance, while ensuring accurate and complete recording all transactions is maintained at all times.•Weekly, mid-month and monthly financial reporting and presentation to the management.•Maintaining the creditors control ledger, with regular reconciliations, scheduled payment periods and corresponding with both local and international suppliers.•Departmental employee evaluation and appraisal on a quarterly basis.•Prepare and review financial statement and schedule.•Site visit and site finance inspection, to check and ensure the adherence of the organization’s financial policies and procedures. Show less

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  Corner House Medical Laboratory

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

  Financial Consultant - Part-time

  •Assisting the organization in formulating and implementing new and sound financial policies and procedures •Assisting in developing Financial Statements for the year ended December 2013, and assist in the external audit of the same. •Training of the organization’s staff on proper and approved methods of accounting, so as to facilitate self-reliance of the organization in terms of simple day-to-day accounting tasks•Assist the organization in searching for and acquiring a recommended computer accounting system (the organization uses Microsoft Office packages, that lack integration and is subject to manipulation) Show less

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  TransUnion

  Mar 2014 - Aug 2015

  Group Assistant Financial Controls Specialist - FCPA Compliance & Internal Audit

  •Assisting the Financial Controls Specialist in ensuring that the organization, by virtue of being affiliated with a USA conglomerate, is compliant with FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act). •Total monthly payments audit for FCPA-compliance, over 8 countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia & Botswana. •Weekly reporting and presentation to the Financial Controls Specialist on the progress of the audit and any issues raised. •Monthly reporting to the organisation’s Africa regional head-office in South Africa, and thereafter to the Group head office in Chicago, USA. •Liaising with the relevant company officers and their respective bankers in obtaining information for the FCPA-compliance review exercise •Any other duty assigned by the by the immediate supervisor (Financial Controls Specialist) Show less

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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

  • Finance and Administration Manager

    May 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Finance & Administration Manager

    Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2021

  • F & A Manager

    Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Finance and Administration Manager

    Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

  Finance and Administration Manager
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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Nov 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Finance Administration Manager

    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Finance and Administration Manager

    Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Oct 2023 - now

  Deputy Finance & Administration Coordinator