Everlyne Kongoro

A Certified Accountant and Corporate Banker with a record of providing trusted and highly-specialized financial management in a leading Financial Institution in Africa. Over 10 Years of Providing Strategic accounting-related services, financial analysis and reporting to support business decisions within time-pressured, multicultural environments

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND ANALYTICS MANAGER – FINANCE DECISION SUPPORT-Central Finance ¡ Absa Bank Kenya PLC                                                                                                                                                                        Aug 2022 – Present

Head cost management and budgeting. Provide strategic support to the bank functions for Revenue, costs, Business cases and Post implementation reviews. Delivery of monthly reporting, forecasts and panning. Preparation of management reports and presentations. Understanding financial dynamics of the bank, Ensuring compliance to group standards, markets risk analysis and monitoring exposure.

Finance Business Partner – Retail & Business Banking ¡ Absa Bank Kenya PLC                                  Aug 2021 – Aug 2022

Supports strategic financial decisions throughout the annual financial calendar (month-end, year-end and planning cycles) to reduce financial risks and optimize process efficiency by delivering monthly reporting and planning processes, including monitoring and evaluation, Business case reviews, financial modelling and robust forecasting, business plans and robust forecast.

Finance Business Partner – Card Issuing and Acquiring (Merchant & ATM) ¡ Absa Bank Kenya PLC         

Jun 2019 – Aug 2021

Championed/challenged business performance, strategic planning and decisions, and financial controls for the Card and Acquiring Business through detailed analysis of the operations and financial implications of project/investments. Provided financial insights to help in formulation of the strategy of the Card business.

Finance Business Partner – Central Finance ¡ Barclays Bank Kenya PLC                                                      

  Aug 2018 – May 2019

Develop knowledge of the cost strategy, cost management and support on the delivery of cost commitments by Knowledge Sharing and Point of Contact Support to both internal stakeholders as well as the group

Tax Analyst ¡ Barclays Bank Kenya PLC                                                                                                                              

Jan 2018 – Jul 2018

Supported the Head of tax on assignments such as Tax reporting, Tax planning, consulting and Revenue authority liaisons. Main point of contact for Tax Audits, to liaise with Group Tax and External Advisers/Auditors as required.

Accounts Payable Accountant ¡ Barclays Bank Kenya PLC                                                                                  

  Oct 2014 – Dec 2017

Point of contact for both internal and external audits. Supplier payments and statement reconciliation Prepayment and Accrual accounting General Ledger issues and Profit and loss reconciliation analysing departmental costs against respective budgets

Masters of Arts (Economics) ¡ University of Nairobi | 2010-2015
Bachelor of Arts (Economics) ¡ Maseno University | 2003-2007
Certified Public Accountant – CPA (K) ¡ Strathmore University | 2002-2009