Elizabeth Wanjiru Mutheki
Finance and Compliance Executive
Los Angeles,CA
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Summary
Finance & Compliance Manager with 5+ years' experience delivering audit-ready controls, statutory compliance, and measurable cost savings across payroll, procurement, and vendor operations. Sustained 100% statutory compliance across multiple government bodies; led payroll automation and reconciliations that cut payroll errors by 40% and processing time by 30%; drove a 15% reduction in administrative spend through vendor renegotiation and process controls. Experienced in IFRS aligned reporting, budgeting & forecasting, and audit liaison. Tools: Advanced Excel (Pivot/PowerQuery), QuickBooks, Sage, Power BI; compliance platforms: KRA iTax / eTIMS.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance & Administration Manager
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd
01.2024 - 10.2025
- Drove a 15% reduction in administrative expenses by renegotiating supplier contracts, consolidating vendors and instituting spend controls.
- Implemented payroll automation and GL integration (QuickBooks/Sage), cutting payroll errors by 40% and payroll processing time by 30%.
- Maintained 100% on-time statutory remittances and filings (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF) via KRA iTax/eTIMS; zero penalties.
- Managed vendor & contract portfolio of 24 service providers; standardized SLAs and terms; improved on-time payments to >98%.
- Partnered with external auditors to prepare schedules and close audits with no material findings.
- Analyzed budgets, forecasts and current trends to support overall financial operations.
Commercial Finance (Influencer Programs)
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd (reframed)
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Managed influencer payments, contractor onboarding and contracts ensuring tax compliance and eTIMS reporting.
- Designed reconciliation routines between payouts and GL, reducing discrepancies by [99%].
- Built campaign ROI dashboards and coordinated finance sign-off for campaign budgets and contracts.
- Created, curated and managed published content for feed and stories across social media channels.
- Produced relevant product content to reach target customers.
Accounting & Finance Intern
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Designed reporting templates that reduced turnaround time by 25% and automated reconciliations.
- Supported audits with reconciliations, tax returns, and financial statements for review.
- Assisted with account reviews and preparation for account reviews.
- Developed and analyzed various budgets and performed financial statement analysis.
Accountant
Sokev Studio
01.2019 - 03.2021
- Managed bookkeeping, payroll, statutory deductions; zero compliance penalties.
- Improved receivables turnover by 20% through collections process improvements.
- Implemented vendor payment calendar and cash-flow monitoring to reduce late fees.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
Education
Masters of Business Administration - Strategic Management
UON
12-2026
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Maseno University
01.2022
Skills
- Financial Operations
- Month end close ownership (GL, bank reconciliations, accruals, journals)
- Payroll management
- Microsoft Excel
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Tax compliance
- AP/AR cycle management, cash flow forecasting, payroll processing
- Budgeting, forecasting, management reporting (IFRS alignment)
- Compliance & Risk
- Statutory filings (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF), KRA iTax & eTIMS
- Internal controls design, audit liaison & remediation
- Vendor & contract governance, procurement controls
- Analytics & Tools
- Advanced Excel (PivotTables, PowerQuery), Basic SQL, Basic Python
- QuickBooks, Sage, Power BI / Google Data Studio
- Google Workspace, Notion, Slack
- Business & Stakeholder Skills
- Procurement & vendor renegotiation, contract management
- Crossfunctional stakeholder management, presentation to leaders
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 11 in the development of a new UI/UX from for App and Web to accommodate emerging market trends and customer needs
- Achieved completion of said UI/UX in a record 3 months by introducing Slack, Notion and Trello for communication and better project management which contributed majorly in effective communication and project management tasks.
Affiliations
- Rotary International
- International Association of Administrative Professionals
Certification
- CPA (K) — Status: In progress / Section(s) passed: 1
- Short courses: IFRS / AML-CFT / Advanced Excel / Power BI — 2024
- KRA – Compliance reporting – certificate | 2024
LANGUAGES & CERTIFICATIONS
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Italian
Limited Working
Swahili
Full Professional
Employee of the year 2024
Bestowed this title for overseeing the completion of a complete UI/UX redesign in a record 3 months and having saved 20% cost in the process.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Software
Quickbooks
Sage
Workday
Zoho
Zendesk
Odoo
Notion
Slack
SQL
Python
Power BI
Google LookerStudio
Quote
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.
Colin R. Davis
Interests
Learning new languages
Movie marathons
Fintech conferences
Coffee
Timeline
Finance & Administration Manager
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd
01.2024 - 10.2025
Commercial Finance (Influencer Programs)
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd (reframed)
01.2024 - 05.2025
Accounting & Finance Intern
Beyond Intoch Software Ltd
01.2023 - 12.2023
Accountant
Sokev Studio
01.2019 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
Maseno University
Masters of Business Administration - Strategic Management
UON