About

“An enterprising, social, explorative, artistic and detail-oriented young man who’s always willing to learn and know better ways of solving problems at hand. I am deeply motivated to learn the intricacies of business and thereafter teaching it to others; how to make it work.”

Skills

  • Budgeting
    8
  • Finance and Accounting Skills
    9
  • Time Management
    10
  • IFRS
    8
  • Active listening
    10
  • KISWAHILI
    10
  • English
    10

Experience

Ndichu Mbugua

Work experience
  • Node Africa is a Managed Cloud Services Provider based in Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 2016, with a
  • mission to guide SMEs in the region on successfully migrating to the cloud and making the most out of
  • it.
  • My role is to lead the finance team, implement Node’s financial strategy & manage its accounts.
  • I am tasked with: -
  • ° Assisting in decision making for the company
  • ° Managing the company budget
  • ° Creating forecasts in the short-term i.e. the cash forecasts
  • ° Financial risk management
  • ° Growing and mentoring the finance department
  • ° Overseeing all accounting activities including GL, AR/AP, Bank & cash reconciliations and month
  • End Closure
  • ° Comply with statutory reporting requirements and tax filings
  • ° Developing and owning Node’s financial processes and strategies
  • ° Providing leadership with recommendations and guidance on the financial impact of various
  • products, pricing strategies and initiativesAchievements: -
  • 1. Been able to plug revenue leaks and recovered more than Kshs. 15M within the first 6 months of my tenure
  • 2. Improved processes around client billing and collections and this has resulted in better collections month on month.
  • 3. Improved the payment process by initiating the use of the company's online banking platform, initially they used Cheques
  • to make all payments. Using the banking platform reduced the time to do these monthly payments significantly
  • 4. From the regular supplier reconciliations, I was able to spot items we were being billed for but not charging the clients and
  • others that were not in use. This has resulted in cost-savings of more than Kshs. 200k p.m.
  • 5. Through efficient license payment and renewals for our clients I have been part of the team effort that got the company to
  • Gold partner level for the 3cx partnership program
  • 6. My timely tax filing and payment has resulted in the company saving unnecessary costs on interest and penalties

Ndichu Mbugua

Education
  • October, 2021 - December, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Leadership & Innovation

Ndichu Mbugua

Work experience
  • November, 2019 - October, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • The following were my responsibilities: -
  • ° Attending client entrance and exit meeting to discuss key issues affecting the audit
  • ° Audit planning, execution and finalization in accordance with the set internal and external audit standards
  • ° Preparation of audit working papers
  • ° Summarizing all significant accounting and audit issues to form the basis of audit opinion on Financial Statements
  • ° Assisting our clients in preparation of financial statements and proof reading drafts of the financial statements before
  • publishing.
  • ° Reviewing financial statements to ensure compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS.
  • ° Reporting on internal control weaknesses and making recommendations for improvement to clients' management.

Ndichu Mbugua

Work experience
  • This’ a Cloud-computing Company, a tech. start-up that I was employed to assist in their finance
  • department. I was tasked with the following: -
  • Bookkeeping using Xero and also using Microsoft Excel for accounting purposes.
  • Filing Statutory payments such PAYE, NHIF & NSSF and going to bank the payments each month
  • Business Advisory role on how to reduce costs and ensure proper cash management.
  • Dealing with customers and following up with payments i.e. Collections
  • Achievements: -
  • 1. Was able to restructure the books of accounts for Node Africa since inception i.e. from 2016 to 2018 by posting all the
  • relevant invoices, bank transactions and any other records and doing bank reconciliations to improve the accuracy.
  • 2. Ensured accurate and timely filing and payment of VAT and statutory deductions; there were no late filings during my
  • tenure
  • 3. From the improved bookkeeping experience, I assisted management make informed decisions that led to increased
  • collections and austerity measures thus reduced costs
  • 4. Developed an efficient collection strategy that assisted me to do more collections from AR

Ndichu Mbugua

Education
  • Bachelor of Economics -Second Class Honors, Upper division

Ndichu Mbugua

Education

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