Faith Gichuki

I am an enthusiastic, open-minded, quick-learning and challenge-seeking individual with a passion for business development and impact. I have spent a better part of the last few years working in Finance, Accounting and Operations, and I am positive that some of the skills, values and experiences I have picked up over the years can be a valuable addition to any organization.

Finance and Administrative Assistant                                                                    May 2021- November 2021

Cytonn Investments Management Limited                                                                             Nairobi, Kenya

• Developed an RFP (Request for Proposal) that led to an extensive Internal Business Review, which helped the company secure an additional loan of KES 150 M from its’ bank. This included liaising with the external auditors, availing 200+ financial and organisational documents and regularly assisting in cross-checking documents and explaining business processes to them to help further streamline the review process
• Assisted in preparing and posting of invoices and payments.
• Assisted in daily, weekly, and monthly treasury operations and helped track key treasury operational benchmarks.
• Ensured proper maintenance of all the books of accounts. This includes assisting with month end closing processes and general journal entries.
• Ensuring compliance with taxation and any other financial statutory requirements including filing and payment of NHIF, PAYE, NSSF, HELB, VAT and WHT among others.
• Assisted internal and external auditors by providing financial information as may be required.
• Assisted in financial reporting and providing analysis for the management accounts of more than 20 special purpose vehicles.
• Ensured proper recording and reconciling of the intercompany balances between the entities in the company.
• Stakeholder management with creditors – suppliers and banks to negotiate favourable payment plans

Finance and Administrative Intern                                                                           February 2021- April 2021

Cytonn Investments Management Limited                                                                             Nairobi, Kenya

• Assisted in period-end closing activities, including billing of utility, rent, service charge and property management fees from the facilities and management system, in addition to issuing statements by 1st of each month.
• Supported compliance enforcement for collections of billed amounts and apply policy in place to enhance collections.
• Received daily deposits and create deposit detail, receipt of payments journals, file paper documentation.
• Ran bank errands, cheque delivery errands and statutory payment errands.
• Did bank and cash reconciliations and substantiate financial transactions with verified source documentation.

Finance and Operations Associate                                                                           January 2019 - June 2019

Desserts Anyone KE                                                                                                                          Nairobi, Kenya

• Developed and implemented a Finance and Operations Policies and Procedures Manual. This ultimately led to cost savings of over KES 10,000 and contributed to the generation of revenues worth over KES 250,000 over 6 months.
• Developed a filing and records system for invoices and receipts. This brought down filing costs by 50% and ensured safety of the records, easy recording, and easy tracking.
• Developed and maintained warehouse layout and inventory recording and storage system as well as templates for purchase order forms and stock requisition cards
• Attend networking events such as the ‘Women in’ monthly series hosted at Metta Nairobi, an event which Desserts Anyone partnered with Metta Nairobi to actualise.

Sales Assistant (Volunteer Basis)                                                              November 2015 - December 2018

Desserts Anyone KE                                                                                                                          Nairobi, Kenya

• Helped oversee production, delivery logistics and after sales services
• Participated in customer experience development, answering various inquiries, and receiving feedback on how to best improve our products and services
• Participated in recruitment of the first ever batch of employees in the company – maintaining their CVs and various records, interviewing them and post interview follow-ups
• Maintaining customer records and ensuring frequent communication and updates to better our engagement as well as customer loyalty
• Manned the social media pages, ensuring we had a flow of content as well as a good content calendar to ensure frequency of posting and engagement

Strathmore University                                                                                                  Nairobi, Kenya

1. Bachelor of Commerce                                                                          July 2016-December 2020

Double Major: Finance and Management Science                                             Second Class Upper

• Member of the Dean’s List (2017-2018)

2. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)         January 2016-Current

Moi Girls’ School Nairobi | 2012-2015                                                                                     Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education                                            Grade: A plain, 82 marks

Ruaraka Academy | Class of 2011                                                                                             Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education                                                  Score: 413 marks