John Kimani

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT (Temporary 1 Year Contract) 9 Months – Astral Industries Ltd (Trident Group) – Plastic & Steel Manufacturing (Dec 2022 – Date)
Key Responsibilities
o ERP Initial Implementation (Sage, ERP Next).
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations.
o Costing, Pricing and purchase decisions including inventory management.
o Reconciling Payables, Receivables and Banks From Jan 2022.
o Payroll preparation.
o Formulation and review of all corporate operating policies.
o Statutory Preparation and Filling.
o Main Laison with external providors (Banks, Auditors, Tenants).
FINANCE MANAGER 11 Months – Brade Gate Food Industries/ Bantu Africa Resort – FMCG/ Hospitality (Jan 2022–Nov 2022)FMCG/ Manufacturing/ Hospitality
Key Responsibilities
o ERP Initial Implementation.
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations.
o Construction projects.
o Payroll preparation.
o Formulation and review of all corporate operating policies.
o Statutory Preparation and Filling.
GROUP FINANCE MANAGER | 5 Years – CKL AFRICA Limited – Agriculture, Animal Health, Agrochemicals, Real Estate,
Commercial Property, Investment Property, Hospitality (Oct 2016– Nov 2021)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional market
Key Responsibilities
o Team Management (8 Staff), Indirect supervision to supply chain and production staff.
Performance management and performance reviews, Team training and development (in house
and external trainings).
o Preparation, Analysis and Presentation of Annual Budgets.
o Preparation of Board reports for all Group Companies.
o Presentation of Reports to the Board For all the Companies.
o Formulation and review of group Financial and operating policies. Ensure adherence to company policies and
established internal control systems, Risk management and monitoring, Maintenance of the risk register. Provide
management with advice on the business operations in terms of risks and opportunities.
o Financial Analysis of the group companies (Regional Business, Hotel, Manufacturing, Construction,
Property Management and project management) including Regional visits for the Rwanda and
Uganda for strategy and Management. Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts,
tax calculations and advisory for the group companies.
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations and advisory for the group
companies.
o Construction projects.
o Negotiating Facilities with the bank (Project, OD)
o Preparation and Administration of Internal and External Audits for all the Group Companies.
o Follow up on Property Matters.
o Review and Approval of Group Payroll.
Key Accomplishments
• Having long outstanding customer accounts reconciled and had 18 customers come back
• KRA investment deduction and Hotel building deduction on construction projects.
• Project monitoring and evaluation to timely completion of construction projects.
• Developed dashboard reporting and cut down reporting time by more than 5 man-hours
• Improved cash flow and reduced outstanding payables by over 40%
• Improved debt collection and reduced debtors book by 34% and overdraft reduced by 26%
• A motivated team with morale going up by about 25%
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT – CKL Africa Limited (July 2016 – Sep 2016)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional
market
Key Responsibilities
o Preparing financial statements, Management Accounts, tax calculations and advisory.
o Filing taxes for the Group and ensuring compliance with existing and emerging tax policies and
procedures.
o Review of internal controls and advising the management on areas of weakness.
o Fixed asset management.
o Group Payroll.
o Group Medical, insurances and Licences.
Key Accomplishments
• Timely, accurate information. Compliance with IFRS.
• Implementation of changes in the VAT regime.
• Systems optimization and reduction of manual interventions, fully automated systems across Kenya,
Uganda and Rwanda.
Administrative Accountant– CKL Africa Limited (April 2013 – June 2016)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional
market
Key Responsibilities
o Accuracy of Fixed assets register
o Statutory taxes paid accurately and on time & Timely tax returns submission, VAT
refunds & set-off applications
o Creditors reconciliations.
o Payroll is processed by 25th
o Statutory Returns - DIT, NHIF, NSSF, HELB & Pension paid on time
o Insurance, Licence & Medical.
Cost Accountant– CKL Africa Limited (Sept 2011 – Mar 2013)
A member company of the Kzanaka Group of Companies specializing in Animal Health manufacturing for local and regional
market
Key Responsibilities
o Computation of accurate product costs and updating the system.
o Production variance analysis on month end
o Subsidiary reports for Hewton within 2 days after end month
o Weekly abnormal job yields analysis and Explanations-Done on monthly basis
o To advice the Supply Chain Director of discrepancies in the budget vs actual by the 4th day after
month end.
o Monthly Analysis of purchase price & GRN suspense.
o Accurate inventory balances report.
o Cost of sales budget as per the set deadlines-not done yet.
Senior Costing Assistant– Farmers Choice Limited (July 2010 – August 2011)
Leading Producers of Fresh and Processed meats.
Key Responsibilities
o Determination of cost of production.
o Periodic journal updates
o Cost projection, planning and extracting profit statement.
o Coordinating the free flow of information to the management
o Preparing costing management reports
o Training of the junior accountants on the best principles and practices in stock handling
o Preparation of payment records for procured goods
o Running periodic journal entries and system updat 
 

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