BEN WERUNGA KAIRA
Melbourne,FL
Summary
PERSONAL SUMMARY Motivated individual with strong work ethic and working independently. Strong organizational and team collaboration skills with experience in improving processes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Assistantship
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
10.2022 - Current
- Serve under faculty professor's supervision to teach and grade Intro to Financial Accounting for undergraduate students, with 98% of students in Fall 2023 scoring 80% and above.
Accounting Consultant
Frontier International Risk Management Pvt
09.2019 - 09.2020
- Advised on main client's invoicing concerns, leading to reduced client complaints and disputes.
- Supported field investigators across Africa to streamline operations and assignments, increasing weekly operations and expanding company's annual revenue per investigator by 100%.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations per operations.
Finance Manager
Trust/Consulting
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Supported Trustees in preparation & implementation of Trust's 1st draft of policies across finance, operations, and human resource departments.
- Ensured Trust complied with laws & regulations and required internal control requirements, reducing fines & penalties accrued to consulting company in prior years.
- Implemented QuickBooks system and processes aligned to financial policy leading to efficiency & transparency for stakeholders.
- Planned & managed activities of accounting department and supervised operations of Project Officer, ensuring activities undertaken aligned with project objectives of scope, cost, and schedule leading to funders approving funds for subsequent quarters.
Finance-Accountant
Halliday Finch Africa
08.2014 - 06.2018
- Managed general accounting & payroll functions to support monthly close processes.
- Handled weekly & monthly cash flow projections and forecasting that aided in understanding business's financial health.
- Oversaw tax (Value added tax-VAT, withholding tax & Pay as You Earn-PAYE), statutory deductions & payments, and compliance with regulatory agencies' requirements.
- Handled and reconciled company's main client account in collaboration with operations team & leading to increased invoiced amount from $ 80K per month to over $ 200K per month.
Accounts Associates
Bridge International Academies
12.2011 - 06.2013
- Managed supplier payments and reconciliations and maintained log of disputed invoices reporting monthly on actions to resolve disputes leading to improved relations with suppliers.
- Maintained updated register and filing system of accounting documents to support transactions with supporting documents safely stored.
- Prepared accruals and prepayment schedules and supported end-year audits by providing documents and other requirements for auditors.
Education
MBA - Business Administration-Management
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Melbourne, FL05.2023
Master of Science - Accounting And Finance Forensics
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Melbourne, FL05.2023
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Nairobi, Kenya10.2011
Skills
- Financial accounting and reporting
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Leadership and Managerial skills
- Familiar with QuickBooks, Navision- ERP, and understanding MS Excel
- Data Analytics- Power BI, Power Query & Data Visualization
Timeline
Student Assistantship
Florida Institute of Technology
10.2022 - Current
Accounting Consultant
Frontier International Risk Management Pvt
09.2019 - 09.2020
Finance Manager
Trust/Consulting
08.2018 - 08.2019
Finance-Accountant
Halliday Finch Africa
08.2014 - 06.2018
Accounts Associates
Bridge International Academies
12.2011 - 06.2013
MBA - Business Administration-Management
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Master of Science - Accounting And Finance Forensics
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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