About

Highly accomplished Finance Manager with over 17 years of experience in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Proven ability to develop comprehensive financial strategies that drive organizational growth. Skilled in leveraging data-driven insights to improve financial performance and operational efficiency. I have experience in all levels of accounting, including financial management, financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and auditing. Able to prepare financial statements and utilize knowledge of cost accounting principles and compliance requirements for purposes of reporting in compliance with accounting standards and principles. Skilled in leading and motivating staff teams for superior customer service and smooth office operations. Effective in interacting with diverse groups and individuals while being recognized for consistently maintaining a positive and professional attitude. Possess good management and supervisory skills. Seeking for a rewarding and challenging position as a finance manager in a company that will give opportunities for professional growth.

Skills

  • Leadership and Management skills
  • • Good interpersonal and problem solving skills
  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Mathematical Proficiency
  • Technological skills
  • English and Kiswahili

Experience

James Gathogo

Education

James Gathogo

Education

James Gathogo

Work experience
  • Budgeting & Financial Planning: Preparation, supervision, and tracking of capital and operational budgets as well as financial analysis, forecasting and modelling
  • Financial reporting – responsible for monthly performance briefs, quarterly management accounts, and annual audited accounts as per investor, Donors, and other stakeholder requirements
  • Finance Operations: Oversee the finance processes including improving our controls from procurement to payables processes
  • Finance Risk Management: including currency risk management, credit risk management, liquidity risk management, and operational development and implementation of the investment policy
  • Financial systems infrastructure: Initiation and implementation of internal procedures and controls, including purchasing, payments to suppliers, payroll and expenditure
  • Receivables management: Supervise collection of company debt and maintenance of debt accounts
  • Finance Team Management and leadership
  • Monitor the banking activities of the organization
  • Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the organization's needs including cash flow management, forecasting, and planning
  • Monitor and control expenditures and budgets
  • Monitor and analyze monthly operational results against periods and budget issue reports to management
  • Oversee Compliance with the Income Tax Act, VAT ACT, and other statutory deductions within the Group and other regulations when making payments to employees and suppliers of goods and other services.
  • Develop new and review existing finance / accounting policies and procedures and ensure any gaps are sealed

James Gathogo

Work experience
  • October, 2015 - October, 2016
  • Fulltime
  • Handle full spectrum of financial and cost accounting role e.g. AR, AP, GL, forecasting, budgeting etc
  • Responsible for day-to-day finance and accounts operations
  • Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of accounts.
  • Perform project cost forecasts/budgets, cost tracking, monitoring and controls.
  • Responsible for timely monthly consolidated financial statements, payments, cash-flow management reporting for submission to Management.
  • Review & approve payment vouchers & journal entries
  • Perform cash flow forecasting, budgeting and working closely with the operations and project teams in analyzing margins, variances and cost analysis.
  • Issue project cost reports for review and approval.
  • Preparation of monthly payrolls and ensuring remittance of monthly deductions such as PAYE, NHIF, NSSF and other tax obligations like VAT
  • Develop and maintain internal control and effective accounting system and policies for the set up.
  • Establish and maintain systems for cost-sensitivity analysis and early-warning of cost-overruns
  • Work consultatively with the respective departments on cost reduction initiatives
  • Recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions and events in accordance with accepted local accounting principles and financial reporting standards
  • Using various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data for accounting and reporting purposes

James Gathogo

Work experience
  • Handle day-to-day accounting functions at the location you are in charge
  • Cash flow projections
  • Handle cash & banking
  • Liaison with the company’s bankers
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Draw annual budgets, Prepare and analyze monthly and quarterly financial statements.
  • Submit Daily Operations reports on daily basis, Inventory management and controls.
  • Control cost of the location
  • Maintain a Fixed Assets register
  • Costing of product
  • Ensure your location maintains optimal stock levels
  • Liaison with External Auditors to conclude stocks
  • Handle and deal on Insurance matters
  • Payroll administration and ensuring statutory deductions compliance
  • Ensure that Bond-in and Bond out Entries are done on monthly basis
  • Ensure weekly perpetual counts are scheduled, counts carried out and reports forwarded to management
  • Ensure compliance to the Financial Management Policy issued by the company
  • Preparation of quarterly IFRS financials

James Gathogo

Work experience
  • Participating in weekly perpetual counts in the ware house and shop.
  • Prepare weekly variance analysis reports for perpetual stock count exercises carried out and follow up on resolution of identified issues
  • Follow up on stock adjustments ensuring properly authorized and final signed copies appropriately filed
  • Prepare costing sheets and GRN posting in SAP
  • Carry out stock reconciliations for the locations.
  • Maintaining the outstanding supplier’s invoices files ensuring all invoices are properly supported by LPO’s, delivery notes, and other supporting documents
  • Ensuring that all suppliers invoices are updated in SAP accounting system immediately on receipt
  • Maintain the intercompany file ensuring debit notes are raised for all intercompany transactions and that intercompany reconciliations are done and signed off at the end of every month
  • Daily cashier’s cashing out and cashing in.
  • Responsible for the accounts section archive room ensuring that documents are properly arranged in the file archive room
  • Preparation of financial statements and ensuring these statements adhere to generally accepted accounting principles and correct.
  • Preparation of Bank reconciliations, supplier reconciliations and customer reconciliations.
  • Making payments to suppliers as and when they fall due and also making other payments such as petty cash payments.
  • Documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
  • Preparation of monthly cash flow statements.
  • Ensuring that controls are adequate and functioning effectively

James Gathogo

Work experience
  • February, 2007 - February, 2012
  • Fulltime
  • Processing of supplier invoices and ensure they reach head office for payment within 48hours
  • Processing of returns to suppliers
  • Mpesa, Yu-cash and Zap reconciliation
  • Preparation of budgets and monitoring the actual against the set budgets and check for any deviations and advise the management accordingly.
  • Reporting to Finance department on finance issues at the branch level
  • Confirmation of daily sales, ensuring that the amount banked tally with the system and safe balancing on daily basis
  • Checking on inventory balances and giving advise action to be taken
  • Organizing for quarterly stock take and ensuring the level of shrinkage is reduced to minimum.
  • Ensuring data integrity in the system-ensuring minimum or no negative stock balances in the system in the branch.
  • Costing of bakery products and ensuring the cost of production is minimized
  • Doing an audit trail on the high-risk items in the branch and ensure adequate controls are in place to avoid loss through theft.
  • Verifying cashier reports and ensuring any shortage or excess is accounted for.
  • Quarterly preparation of financial statements for the branch and update the branch management on branch performance.

James Gathogo

Education

James Gathogo

Education
  • January, 2004 - December, 2005
  • Fulltime

James Gathogo

Education
  • January, 1998 - December, 2001
  • Fulltime

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