Profile
I'm an experienced Finance and Accounts Lead with a strong background in managing finance activities across multiple countries, including Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. I've Successfully implemented processes that reduced receivables from over 30% to less than 10% of sales, demonstrating strong financial management skills. Previously contributed to a cost-benefit analysis project published in a reputable journal, showcasing analytical expertise.
Outside of this, I like to engage in projects that challenge me, among them being:
- Creating the body of work that is this content, with the hope that it will be of help to someone out there.
- Creating this blog from scratch using <HTML> to host the content indefinitely.
- Programming a couple of small projects that are on my github and will be hosted here for you to try in the future.
Experience
Finance And Accounts Lead
Fuzu LTD
Jun 2021 - presentI head the Finance department, managing the company’s finance activities across Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. This includes Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Cash management, and all other finance activities.
I helped create processes that have lowered the level of receivables from over 20% to less than 6% of sales over the last two financial years.
CBA Consultant
Iris Group International
Nov 2020 - Dec 2021Collected the financial data needed to carry out the cost benefit analysis of the USAID WASHPaLS Menstrual Hygiene in the Workplace project being conducted in the country.
- The results were published in the Journal of Water and Sanitation. Link is below in the publications section.
- The cost benefit analysis results indicated a >120% benefit to businesses providing menstrual hygiene product to their employees - both men and women.
Customer Success Associate
Fuzu LTD
Nov 2020 - Jun 2021Participated in the market research, product development and testing of customer facing products for the B2C end of the business.
Three of the products worked on now generate over 30% of the B2C revenue for the business.
Economics Regulation Attaché
Water Services Regulatory Board
Nov 2018 - May 2019Performed financial analysis on water service providers and provided advice to ensure their continued viability.
Formed part of the small team responsible for the preparation if the economic section of the Impact Report (2019) for the Kenyan water sector.
Census Enumerator
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019Participated in the decennial census of 2019, collecting accurate data on individuals and families in my assigned area within a specified time period.
Education
Certified Public Accountant
Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations BoardBachelor of Economics
University of NairobiCS50: Introduction to Computer Science
HavardXPublications
Building a business case for workplace menstrual hygiene management programs: a social cost–benefit analysis
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentProjects
Stock Analyzer
This is a web application that helps users analyze stock fundamentals for companies listed on US stock exchanges. It provides key financial metrics and ratios to assist in investment decision-making, and provides a description of the importance of each financial metric and ratio. This allows the user with little to no understanding of fundamental analysis to know why each metric matters.
It allows for the financial metrics to be dynamically inserted into the results of each search, allowing for relevant explanations for each metric.
Key Features include:
- Forward P/E Ratio,
- Earnings Growth,
- Profit Margins,
- Price-to-Book Ratio,
- Quick Ratios,
- Current Ratios,
- Free Cash Flow.