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CPA Samuel Mwaura Kiumbe
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Country Finance Manager
, International non-profit organisation
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Bujumbura,
Burundi
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A Finance and grants expert with over nine (9) years’ experience in oversight related roles in international Development, for profit organizations and big 4 Audit Firm. Seeking a challenging international opportunity to take my career to the next level and can relocate immediately. |
 Contact CPA Samuel Mwaura Kiumbe
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Professional Experience: |
Country Finance Manager -Republic of Burundi
Food for the Hungry International (FH), July 2018 to date:
Duties and responsibilities
•Budget formulation, monitoring and forecast
•Multi Donor funds/grants management.
•Financial statement preparation analysis and reporting.
•Fund management
•Treasury management
•Internal controls compliance
•Oversight on implementing partners
-Donor and statutory audit coordination
•People management
•Capacity building through training and Coaching of finance, grants and non-finance staff and Implementing Partners
Financial Controller – Republic of Burundi,
SUCAFINA SA- Bucafe , August 2016 to July 2018:
Duties and responsibilities
•Managing the monthly financial close process by ensuring all ledger transactions are properly recorded and analysed.
•Developing and managing the annual budget process
•Managing the weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting to meet internal and external requirements, including compliance for the parent company's lender.
•Responsible for all functions of the company's accounting department including general ledger, trial balance, billing, credit, collections, AP, AR, cash management and fixed assets
•Evaluates, redesign and implement new processes across different functional units of the business.
•Ensuring financial integrity of the subsidiaries through, IFRS compliance and regular internal auditing of financial processes
•Overall responsibility for company P&L
•Producing meaningful commentary and variance analysis of financial data.
•Leading the annual auditing process for the Burundi operations
•Responsible for calculating and payments of statutory deduction s such as Value added tax (VAT), Pay as you earn (PAYE), Social Security, Withholding taxes (WH), corporate income Tax (CIT) among others.
•Supervising a team of 5 finance staff.
Senior Audit Associate, Assurance department Republic of Rwanda
Ernst & Young Global Limited-EY.
September 2013 to July 2018.
Duties and responsibilities
I provided audit and advisory services to clients in the private and public sectors. My roles and responsibilities included:
•Understanding the entity, its environment, and accounting process in accordance with the International Auditing Standards.
•Preparing the work plan for the assignment and mobilizing the audit team towards timely completion of the assignment.
•Review of work performed by the field staff and reporting on the findings.
•Understanding the client’s business environment, the risks faced by the business, controls needed to be put in place to mitigate the risks; preparing reports on the findings and providing recommendations through the management letters.
•Performing post implementation reviews in subsequent periods to ensure management act on agreed recommendations.
•Preparation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or any other applicable reporting framework.
•Providing on-the-job training to audit assistants
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Education: |
•Master’s in Business Administration in Finance, Jomo Kenyatta University.
•Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, Grade: Second class honors, upper division, Jomo Kenyatta University.
•Certified Public Accountant of Kenya qualifications, CPA (K) - 2013.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Affiliations
(i) An associate member of the institute of certified Public Accountants of Kenya(CPAK)
(ii) A member of the institute of certified Public Accountants of Burundi(OPC)
Achievements
Achievements at Food For The Hungry International
•Full automation of payroll preparation. This has led to accuracy in calculation of statutory deductions thus eliminating of fines & penalties as well as timely payroll preparation leading to a boost in staff morale as a result of a fixed payday.
•Customization of Global Procurement Manual to the local Burundi context. Procurement thresholds now in line with the risk in the Burundi market thereby reducing opportunities for fraud.
•Training 200 staff and implementing partners on fraud and internal controls leading to a drop in fraud cases.
•Putting in place a whistle-blower mechanism leading to a 40% increase in reported cases of malpractice.
•Leading prequalification of suppliers, which has reduced lag in program implementation.
•Successfully migrated all financial data from SUNSYSTEM to Microsoft Dynamics.
•Successfully trained key program staff on how to access reports from the system and filter based on their needs
Achievements at Sucafina S.A
•Putting in place financial procedure manual for the organization, which eliminated subjectivity in decision-making.
•Putting in place vehicle management tools ( logbooks) which reduced fuel cost by 30%
•Putting in place staff clocking machine to manage hours worked which eliminated ghost workers in the factory as a result reducing staff cost by 10%.
Achievements at Ernst & Young Global Limited
•Met tight regulatory reporting deadlines by delivering audits within deadlines & budgets.
•Received a double promotion in 2015 for delivering four-audit assignment in Burundi as per the planned time, quality and good client feedback despite hostile environment due to civil unrest experienced
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Available for: |
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
5-10 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Swahili |
Nationality:
Kenya
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