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MR. CHARLES KAIRU WANJOHI

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Designation
AG. FINANCE OFFICER
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Job Category
Non-Teaching
Phone Number
+254746973921
Division / Faculty
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Directorate / Dept
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
FINANCE OFFICER
Office Extension No.
3586
Address
536 EGERTON
SUMMARY

A fully qualified Certified Public Accountant of Kenya with MBA (Finance Management). Has passion for creating accounting and financial solutions, possess twenty one years of diverse work experience with two multinational organizations, both in manufacturing industry and in public university. Currently working as deputy finance officer at Egerton University, where I am the principal assistant to the finance officer.

Managed and mentored a team consisting of accountants at different levels of professional experience and skills. Trained my team to become effective as well as efficient and leading by example.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MBA (FINANCE MANAGEMENT) - CUEA

BSC.(AGED) - EGERTON

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Public Finance Management, Financial Reporting, Asset Management, Accounting, Finance, Payroll Management, Creditors & Debtors Management,  Animal Breeding & Genomics,  Agricultural Education & Extension

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OF KENYA (CPAK)

WORK EXPERIENCE

1) EGERTON UNIVERSITY

Ag. Chief Finance Officer

  • In charge of all operations in the finance department
  • supervision of accountants and other staff in the finance department.
  • Financial reporting – Management monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
  • Budget preparation and monitoring
  • Co-ordinates all Internal and External Audits and prepares appropriate responses to all matters raised in the audit reports as well as ensuring the implementation of all audit recommendations.
  • Assists with system and annual audit requirements and supervising month end and year end closing activities and schedules preparation.
  • Drafts responses to Audit queries, Management letters and other audit reports.
  • Supervises and co-ordinates the period end procedures and activities e.g. closing of periods, stock taking, cash surveys
  • Ensures that the fixed assets register is maintained up-to-date and adherence to the fixed assets policy in order to safeguard against loss and or abuse of university assets.
  • Ensures adherence to established internal controls and prepares a variety of detailed accounting and narrative financial statements or reports. The financial statements include final accounts.
  • Makes recommendations and assists in the implementation of new or revised accounting systems.
  • Advises, consults and works with various personnel on accounting plans and procedures.
  • Reviews internal accounting policies and procedures and makes recommendations for their revision.
  • Preparation of Performance Contracts quarterly and annual reports.
  • Student Finance Management.

2)CORN PRODUCTS KENYA LTD.

Financial Accountant

  • Supervision of accounts department staff.
  • Ensure Processing and Posting of all supplier Invoices and ensuring their correctness.
  • In charge of Accounts Payable and Answering to supplier queries.
  • Ensure making of all the Bank Payments to local and foreign suppliers and any other payment for the company are promptly done as per credit terms.
  • Liaising with bank on issues relating to Online banking and foreign payments (foreign exchange trading, LC etc).
  • Ensure End month stock counting and reconciliations are done.
  • Preparation of end month reports and procedures.
  • Ensure reconciliation of supplier accounts is done.
  • Reconciliation of balance sheet items.
  • Bank Reconciliation and cashflow projection reports.
  • Preparation of audit schedules for statutory audits.
  • Staff Payroll Processing.

3) SOTIK TEA/ SOTIK HIGHLANDS TEA  COMPANIES LTD

Senior Accountant

  • Preparation of Senior Staff Payroll and all matters pertaining to it
  • Preparation of Monthly Accounts and Year end Accounts
  • Petty cashbook Management – Payments and receipts aspects of petty cash
  • Coordination of stock taking and preparation of variance analysis reports
  • Budget making and implementation including variance analysis of estate Expenditure.
  • Preparation of monthly cash flow statements
  • Ensure reconciliation and payment of creditors
  • Preparation of audit schedules and assisting internal and external auditors
  • VAT remittance and other Statutory Deductions
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Inventory accounting and preparation of various MIS reports.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Effect of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) payment System on Working Capital – A case of Listed Manufacturing Companies in Nairobi Stock Exchange. – MBA Thesis CUEA
  2. The effects of Kenya’s real-time gross settlement payments systems on working capital (January, 2017). Association for Financial Professionals. Bethesda.
  3. Factors that Determine Breeding Decisions made by Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Olkalou Subcounty. (Unpublished)
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