TOM MBOYA OWITI

• Prepared consolidated profit and loss statements for 6 sales channels of Kellogg Snacks Division and monthly and quarterly financial forecasts, analysis and reports to the management team. Monitored the division’s consolidated budgets, earnings and reported its performance against set financial targets.

• Member of the ERG Council with other co-chairs, and senior Kellogg executives to align ERG activities with company strategy.

• Personal Finance, Life Management and Personal Effectiveness skills to youth and community.

• Managing treasury staff of 4 to accomplish daily, weekly, monthly and annual responsibilities. Broad oversight for cash & banking, bookkeeping, risk management, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, monthly remittance process, revolving fund loan applications, operating and association (trust, endowment, plant), coordinating annual GCAS audit process, liaison with local, state and federal governments, frontline support for volunteer church treasurers.
• Member of Conference Finance, Compensation and Investment Committees, TMAC, GLAA Finance Committee, Association Board of Directors.
• Streamlined routine processes and improved efficiency by 25%. Established internal control for reimbursement and oversaw successful completion of GCAS audits with minimal interruption to regular work or our team.
• Worked closely with GCAS to ensure correct accounting entries the first time and significantly reduced our audit expense over the years.

• Ran a single person department including: Annual budgets, billing, accounts payable and receivable, bookkeeping and monthly reporting to finance and executive committees, annual GCAS Audit, student work-study program, supervised kitchen and plant & maintenance personnel.
• Applied financial advising skills to prepare family financial commitments and church participation and improved cash flows by over 80% by the second year. Families paid up and we stopped borrowing from the Conference to pay our bills.
• Negotiated supplier payment schedule and stopped overpaying and holding credit balances.

• Sold supplemental insurance door-to-door

• Taught undergraduate Corporate Finance course – Fall 2014

• Comprehensive/holistic planning (financial assessments and goals, risk and insurance, cash flow, retirement, philanthropy, estate, legacy, investment management, tax optimization).

• Change Management, Financial Management, Personal Finance and Organization Effectiveness

• Consolidated supply chain analysis and reporting for the Ready To Eat Cereal (RTEC) division’s manufacturing plants in the US, Canada and Mexico, including manufacturing variance analysis, capitalization, standard costing and analysis, cost savings monitoring, analysis and reporting and inter-company pricing (ICP), as part of month-end, quarterly and annual closings.

• Somalia/Kenya Program and Joint Service Unit for East & Central Africa Regional Office
• Financial Planning, monitoring and reporting, budgeting, bookkeeping, treasury and staff training.

• Overall financial control of the hotel unit (part of a chain of hotels) - led a team of 12 employees in accounting, accounts payable, procurement/stores departments, credit control and cashier functions.

• Management Consultancy projects both independently and as a member of various teams for both corporate and Non-Profit clients in Corporate Strategy development, Financial Analysis, Market Research, Economic Studies, Business Appraisals and Supply Chain (Process Improvement).

• Bookkeeping, field accounting, assets and inventory management, supervising and training field finance staff.

General bookkeeping, monthly management reports, cash and banking, payroll and local church audits.

• Set up an accounting and filing system for the office and provided timely reports to officers.