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 Prepared monthly and annual financial reports for the philanthropy group.  Assisted in budget preparation, monitored and signaled discrepancies and deviations.  Supported improvement of administrative processes and ensure follow up on administrative issues.  Followed up suppliers for invoices for recurrent payments and coded invoices.  Mapped and analyzed relevant cost groups including Africa, Argidius, BVC, ECD and Child Protection.  Reviewed and update the accounts receivable, prepayments and accounts payable accounts monthly.  Participated in audit process by preparing schedules and providing auditors with required documents.  Entered financial data into Ms Dynamics 365 ERP system, coding as per the cost centers.  Prepared monthly bank reconciliations and liaison with banks.  Prepared petty cash returns and replenishment request, and reconcile monthly to the ledger.  Reviewed staff travel expense surrender and credit card returns and forward for approval.  Updated the Fixed Assets register quarterly.  Prepared monthly VAT,WVAT and withholding income tax returns for review by F&A Manager and subsequent upload into iTAX.  Liaised on quarterly basis with tax consultants; Ernest & Young and Deloitte Consulting.  Advised on adequacy of Porticus records for preparation of annual accounts.  Reported and explained variances.  Took due care that the accounts were prepared according to the generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards.  HR support including leave management, individual and team professional development and prepare reports relating to individual and team development personnel activities.  Kept track of suppliers contracts / office procurement  Conducted annual reporting to COFRA Holding

Reviewed financial reports from seventeen countries namely; Mali, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Central Africa Republic, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and United Kingdom. Ensured they are well presented and comply with the approved policies of the organization.  Processed and posted into the sun system all country program accounts in a timely and accurate manner.  Monitored country programs expenditure against approved budgets to. This includes producing monthly monitoring reports indicating the status of each of the country programs.  Payroll management for Secretariat- ensured salary allocation is charged correctly to the projects using timesheets and subsequent filing of income tax and withholding tax to the Kenya Revenue Authority.  Prepared budgets for all calls for proposal.  Ensured proper files are maintained to enable complete audit trail from the Sun accounts records to supporting documents.  Ensured implementing partners/sub grantees accountabilities and reports are received on time and in complete format for processing.  Provided regular feedback to field offices on their accounts and inform them of any recharges by secretariat.  Prepared quarterly management accounts.  Prepared and submitted donor reports to UN Women, UNDP, Oxfam Intermon, Oxfam Novib, DFID, CCFD, MAF, Big Lottery Foundation, European Commission, IFAD, Caritas, Danish Church Aid Action Aid among others.  Supported the year-end review by processing country program accounts and year end returns in preparation for the global and project audits.  Prepared year end reconciliation between country program accounts and secretariat books.  Accounts payable and accounts receivable management.  Monitored hosted institutions; invoicing, follow-up to sort out outstanding issues, reconciliation and accounts allocation on a monthly basis.  Reviewed monthly reconciliations of headquarters accounts and ensure all control accounts are zeroed.  Oversaw fixed asset register management. Funding grid:  Maintained record of all grant agreements and produced updated funding grid with corroborations with the head of Partnership Development Unit (PDU).  Managed custody of and kept file grant agreements for all grants by country and ensure they are available for review and audit. Others:  Reviewed bank reconciliations for the seventeen countries (180 bank accounts).  Supported the preparation for and respond to information queries for the global external audits