Tax Advisor
A highly resourceful Certified Public Accountant and MBA holder who is result-oriented with over 20 years experience in financial accounting standards, budgeting, inventory control, financial management and operations. I am proactive and innovative with a collegial work style and ability to listen and integrate ideas from diverse views, create partnerships, and collaborate with others while maintaining individual responsibility.
Last Resume Update | April 7, 2020 |
Address | Nairobi, Kenya |
sotieno.tmsl@gmail.com | |
Phone Number | 0736004226 |
Experience
Dalbit Petroleum (Tanzania) Limited
Finance and Administration Manager
Finance and Administration Manager
Jul 2011
- Current
• Effectively lead the Tanzania finance team in a pro-active manner, ensuring timely daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reports are finalized according to parent company and IFRS standards.
• Preparation, analysis and reconciliation of monthly books of accounts and GL, including audit file, as well as confirming intercompany balances and recharge allocations.
• Prepare consolidated monthly and ad hoc reports for the Tanzania business, to be sent to the Petroleum Business CFO.
• Management of Accounts Receivables, implementing effective credit control and collection measures to ensure that cash flow is maximized.
• Review and evaluate financial policies and procedures and implement enhancements to maximise control.
• Ensure compliance to all national, local and international tax laws. Manage the settlement, retention and preparation of tax records, tax returns and other required reports.
• Establish procedures for custody and control of assets, records, loan collateral, and securities, in order to ensure safekeeping.
• Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, Tax, IFRS, the Company’s Act, etc.
• Preparation, execution of business plan and annual company budgets
• Manage internal and external relationships: maintain mutual relationships with other departments and external stakeholders like banks, suppliers and auditors
• Quarterly Trial Balance review ensuring its correctness all balance sheet items are properly reconciled addressing all open items.
• Prepare monthly and annual cash flow projections ensuring optimum working capital levels to facilitate company operations.
• Review and approve quotes for FOREX deals.
• Ensure that bank transactions are valid and any deviations are identified and dealt with in time.
• Ensure interest and bank charges are in line with contractual terms
• Ensure that product costing accuracy and that it is reflecting actual situation
• Advise on investment strategies.
• Oversee management of transparent and effective procurement for the company.
• Manage company insurance and treasury requirements
• Mitigating all financial and credit risks
• Formulating, updating budget forecasts and align variances and analyzing economic trends
• Perform correct inventory counts, valuation, control and management
• Ensure correct product costing and pricing and that the sales prices are within budgeted margins seeking approvals for any negative deviations
• Oversee monthly bank reconciliation statements
• Review and approve customs taxes, duties and fees related to imports/Exports
• Train, set and evaluate performance standards for departmental staff
• Continual review and upgrade of the accounting systems and procedures in line with the company's operating systems, internal control requirements and shareholder instructions.
• Facilitate internal and external audits ensuring timely closure of all audit issues.
• Management of the company payroll and related taxes
• Preparation, analysis and reconciliation of monthly books of accounts and GL, including audit file, as well as confirming intercompany balances and recharge allocations.
• Prepare consolidated monthly and ad hoc reports for the Tanzania business, to be sent to the Petroleum Business CFO.
• Management of Accounts Receivables, implementing effective credit control and collection measures to ensure that cash flow is maximized.
• Review and evaluate financial policies and procedures and implement enhancements to maximise control.
• Ensure compliance to all national, local and international tax laws. Manage the settlement, retention and preparation of tax records, tax returns and other required reports.
• Establish procedures for custody and control of assets, records, loan collateral, and securities, in order to ensure safekeeping.
• Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, Tax, IFRS, the Company’s Act, etc.
• Preparation, execution of business plan and annual company budgets
• Manage internal and external relationships: maintain mutual relationships with other departments and external stakeholders like banks, suppliers and auditors
• Quarterly Trial Balance review ensuring its correctness all balance sheet items are properly reconciled addressing all open items.
• Prepare monthly and annual cash flow projections ensuring optimum working capital levels to facilitate company operations.
• Review and approve quotes for FOREX deals.
• Ensure that bank transactions are valid and any deviations are identified and dealt with in time.
• Ensure interest and bank charges are in line with contractual terms
• Ensure that product costing accuracy and that it is reflecting actual situation
• Advise on investment strategies.
• Oversee management of transparent and effective procurement for the company.
• Manage company insurance and treasury requirements
• Mitigating all financial and credit risks
• Formulating, updating budget forecasts and align variances and analyzing economic trends
• Perform correct inventory counts, valuation, control and management
• Ensure correct product costing and pricing and that the sales prices are within budgeted margins seeking approvals for any negative deviations
• Oversee monthly bank reconciliation statements
• Review and approve customs taxes, duties and fees related to imports/Exports
• Train, set and evaluate performance standards for departmental staff
• Continual review and upgrade of the accounting systems and procedures in line with the company's operating systems, internal control requirements and shareholder instructions.
• Facilitate internal and external audits ensuring timely closure of all audit issues.
• Management of the company payroll and related taxes
Dalbit Petroleum (Kenya) Limited
Senior Accountant
Senior Accountant
Nov 2010
- Jun 2011
• Accounting for stocks and reconciling the physical to the ledger balances
• Preparation of timely and accurate financial and management reports.
• Reconciliation of debtors accounts and process customer orders
• Perform risk management analysis
• Manage company property by accurate fixed assets register for the region
• Interact auditors in completing audits and acting on audit recommendations.
• Safeguarding the company’s assets including accurate maintenance of fixed assets register
• Manage vehicles pool
• Management of the company payroll and related taxes
• Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients
• Managing all activities of the payroll section and payment of salaries.
• Facilitate internal and external audits including audits by the Kenya Revenue Authority.
• Prepares client bills and follows up with collections for the same.
• Maintaining sound financial integrity of the company ensuring internal policies compliance
• Preparation of timely and accurate financial and management reports.
• Reconciliation of debtors accounts and process customer orders
• Perform risk management analysis
• Manage company property by accurate fixed assets register for the region
• Interact auditors in completing audits and acting on audit recommendations.
• Safeguarding the company’s assets including accurate maintenance of fixed assets register
• Manage vehicles pool
• Management of the company payroll and related taxes
• Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients
• Managing all activities of the payroll section and payment of salaries.
• Facilitate internal and external audits including audits by the Kenya Revenue Authority.
• Prepares client bills and follows up with collections for the same.
• Maintaining sound financial integrity of the company ensuring internal policies compliance
Education
Mount Kenya University
MBA - Strategic Management
MBA - Strategic Management
Apr 2013
- Sep 2015
MBA - Strategic Management
The Kenya Methodist University
Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Finance Option)
Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Finance Option)
Sep 2006
- Jul 2008
Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Finance Option)
Vision institute of Professionals
CPA - Certified Public Accountant (K)
CPA - Certified Public Accountant (K)
Jan 1997
- Jun 2005
CPA - Certified Public Accountant (K)