Irene Obwaya

Curriculum Vitae Irene Akinyi Obwaya Telephone no: - Email:-Bio Data Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Date of Birth: 9th Nov 1985 Nationality: Kenyan Personal Profile A confident, multi-skilled and capable professional, with over 7 years of experience. Detail-oriented with strong analytic skills aimed at producing quality work and well versed in analyzing financial statements on a trended basis. I am able to provide financial information to all areas of the business while ensuring that all management information is accurate. Having a proven ability to drive out inefficiencies through process improvement as well as assist in the maintenance and development of financial systems and accounting procedures. Education July 2005 - March 2009 Bachelor of Commerce, Finance and Business Administration Option Strathmore University June 2015 - Dec 2016 CPA Section I-V KASNEB 2000 - 2003 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Kaplong Girls Secondary School Skills Financial Skill: Measuring financial risks and then developing and implementing strategies to minimize that risk. Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions. Analysis and Numeracy: Proficient at analyzing sets of accounts and financial reports. Accounting Skills: Knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping terminology and practices; Ability to understand and apply current accounting guidelines, system updates and revisions, and policy changes. Analytical Skills: Recognizes areas of weaknesses requiring improvements and makes recommendations to the management for consideration, approval and implementation. Communication Skills: I am an excellent communicator who effectively conveys information both verbally and in writing. I am also a keen listener and gives prompt feedback. Planning and Organizing: Refined planning and organizational skills that balance work, team support and ad-hoc responsibilities in a timely and professional manner. Priorities and Decision making: A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making. Time Management: Ability to prioritize work and manage time effectively. Computer Skills: Proficient in Sage, PASTEL Accounting System, ACCPAC, Sun Systems and Ms. Suite Office. Work Experience Aug 2015 to Date The Brooke East Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Somaliland, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan Position: Head of Grants - East Africa Region (UK Funded project) Responsibilities: Review financial records from all Brooke East Africa managed partners and supporting documents for accuracy and appropriateness of expenditure. Review quarterly financial reports to ensure compliance with the signed grant agreements. Provide relevant and timely feedback to partners on quarterly (monthly) financial performance. Review annual plans and budgets of partners to ensure that all outstanding queries and issues are resolved. Review grant funding requests from partners’ in order to ensure the appropriateness of funds requested against year-to-date expenditure incurred and approved payment plans. Assessment and evaluation of potential partners’ financial management capacity as per donor requirement. Perform grant funding reconciliation on regular basis. Maintain partners grant funding payment schedule. Prepare standard and custom reports and conduct various detailed financial analysis of partners. Undertaking due diligence assessments of potential partners including collating of grants documentation. Prepare quarterly partner summary financial report on budget verses actual results. Identification of potential partners by reviewing the effectiveness of their internal and financial controls. Actively involved in the Audit process of all partner organizations. Assist in the Financial Management and Human Resources Administration of the office. Jan 2011 - July 2015 Audit Firm, BDO East Africa Kenya Position: Project Accountant - Financial Management Accounting (FMA) Department Responsibilities: Performing accounting and administration tasks on several donor funded projects. Monitoring different budgets for different NGO’s on a monthly basis. Preparing monthly payrolls and facilitating statutory compliance procedures. Expenditure verification for financial grant contractors and NGOs. Accounting and administration tasks on donor funded projects. Harmonizing and ensuring grant budgets and requisitions documentation in line with grant donor templates Preparing financial reports on grants for various projects. Documenting and charting continuous updates of the in-house grant policies and procedure manuals. Routine correspondence with donors and grant recipients. Jan 2010 - Jan 2011 Audit Firm, BDO East Africa Kenya, Position: Accounts Assistant -Finance Department Responsibilities: Preparing sales invoices and managing the upkeep of accurate accounts in the filing system. Preparing monthly statutory returns for NSSF, NHIF, PAYE and HELB etc. Filing of Tax returns. Responsible for all financial accounts including preparing budgets and cash flows. Preparing monthly petty cash expenditure reports and verified internal audits. Preparing various reports including the Revenue Analysis Reports for senior managers. Performing monthly Bank Reconciliations and debtor and creditor reconciliations. Ensuring that information is accurately collated and entered into the systems. Preparing and inputting month end journal vouchers. Inputting daily sales and purchase invoices to the finance systems. Additional Information Hobbies and Interests Reading, Travelling, Research, Community Service Referees Mr. Fredrick Tito Senior Accountant - Risk Consulting, KPMG Kenya Telephone no: - Email:- Ms. Hellen Ndunge Head of Human Resource and Admin, The Brooke East Africa Telephone no: - Email:- Mr. Peter Githongo FMA (Financial Management and Advisory) Director, BDO East Africa Kenya Telephone no: -,- Email:-