Eric Okari

Professional accountant with about five year experience in book keeping, voucher examination, financial analysis, accounts reconciliation, payroll management, tax management, cash handling and administrative work

Audit Senior – Charles Cheruiyot and Company, Certified Public Accountants, Nairobi, Feb 2019 –Dec 2021

• Managing clients’ tax accounts and ensuring that all their respect taxes are paid in time.
• Reviewing and approving all vouchers prepared (disbursement, receipt, and general journal vouchers) for expenditures and ensuring that the expenses are reasonable
• Managing the clients’ payroll, filing returns and submitting all taxes and other statutory deductions
• Management of the firms Accounts Payables & Accounts Receivables
• Offering financial advisory to clients on areas
• Managing clients’ forex by helping them to get good rates and how to avoid forex risk
• Reviewing work of audit assistants and ensuring its completed in time

Accountant – City Gas Ltd, Nairobi, 2015 –Jan 2019

• Undertook Booking keeping and accounts management of the organization
• Kept track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
• Reconciled processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Maintained historical records of payments to suppliers and customers.
• Paid vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance
• Prepared monthly payroll, ensuring compliance by deducting and withholding all statutory deductions and filing tax returns; both PAYE, VAT, withholding tax and NHIF and NSSF
• Analyzed data for the preparation of budgets and financial reports
• Prepared and organized materials for annual audit and preparation of financial statements

Accounting Administrative Assistant– Master Quick Col Services Limited, Nairobi, 2014 –2015

• Prepared journal entries to appropriate monies received into the correct revenue, expenditure or balance sheet
• Collected and analyzed data for the preparation of Interim and End-of-Year budget and financial reports
• Prepared monthly Bank Reconciliation and year-end closing of books
• Prepared and organized materials for annual audit
• Timely and accurately entered data into accounting records.
• Analyzed and reported any discrepancies regarding missing documents and customer inquiries

Graduate Clerk – Agent Banking – Co-operative Bank of Kenya, 2013 – 2014

• Maintained customer confidence and protected bank operations
• Provided account services to customers
• Received cash from customers for deposits and made payments to customers
• Participated in the cross selling of other bank products for example loans
• Processed Customer Transactions
• Maintained Customer and Financial Data

Academic Qualification

2008-2012: Bachelor of Education (Mathematics & Business Administration), Kenyatta University

Professional Qualification

Certified Public Accountant of Kenya, CPA (K) and Member of ICPAK (Membership No. 28596)