Joseph Kimeu

A creative, enthusiastic, Proactive, and dynamic accounting professional with more than 18 years of extensive post qualification experience in corporate accounting and finance.
o Expertise in accounting and treasury management, trade finance, establishing accounting functions, systems and best practices, tax and regulatory compliance and management of internal and external relationships to ensure achievement of the company’s strategic goals;
o Equally strong performance in administration, HR support and business development.
o A leader in team building with excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills.

POWERGEN RENEWABLE ENERGY (EAST AFRICA) LIMITED. – Nairobi, Kenya.

Financial Controller                                                               Apr 2020 – Present

• Provide reasonable assurance to management that processes, and records are maintained using best practices.
• Implement and maintain internal controls to minimize fraud, tax and regulatory penalties and fines across the group, 
• Develop controls across the Cash flow management and forecasting needs across the group, ensure key finance policies and processes are documented, 
• Support with development of the team’s capacity and improvement in areas of effective delivery of performance through regular feedback and training.
• Act as an early warning system over potential areas of concern and aid in decision making.
• Identify the day-to-day Finance processes that can be simplified and/or automated to make them quicker, less resource intensive and effective.
• Direct involvement and advisory on key issues ad-hoc within teams that require direction or input from a finance perspective such as the impact of taxes and other compliance issues around costing of projects, complex reconciliations within the ERP (Odoo) and so on.

Business Unit Manager, (Kericho)                          Sept 2019 – Apr 2020

Finance Manager / Project accountant (Kericho)     Aug 2017 – Aug 2019

• Led in the establishment and structuring of a reporting function for a joint project team for a major EPC project. Developed and established systems to track project-level finances at site, building clear interfaces between our internal financial tracking and those of the client, tracking, organizing, and filing critical financial documents, ensuring full legal and accounting compliance of accounting activities, ensuring all payments amounts & records are accurate, production of project financial reports on a periodic basis to help in guiding critical decisions that needed to be made in the course of the project.
• Led in development and structuring of the operational mechanisms around a CAM contract that was subsequently agreed upon between our EPC client and ourselves for maintenance and management of the constructed assets on the client’s behalf. Participated and sometimes led in major client relationship management initiatives that fell outside the scope of the contractual terms.

Accounting & ERP Consultant                             March 2017 – July 2017

• Managed the data reconciliation and data take on process for a transition process to a new ERP system, NetSuite. working closely with the accounts team and the Director of Business Intelligence
• Documented the decisions made during implementation and cleanup around data entry and process setup.
• Supported in development of SOP’s and policies in line with the exercise to support use of the system. 
• Provided recommendations and advise on improvements required as noted during the clean-up exercise
• Assisted in development of reporting templates and models to support business processing and operations, to complement the system, to help in reconciliation of GL accounts for accuracy and correctness, and to support in strengthening of audit procedures and preparedness.

SAURUS NETWORKS LIMITED – Nairobi, Kenya

Finance Manager                                                               Jan 2016 – Feb 2017

• Lead in set-up, optimization, and actualization of new ERP for the company (Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015). 
• Advising on logistical and financial aspects in relation to sales proposals and tenders.
• Project management – Tracking and reporting on actual vs budgeted expenditure, review of expenses in line with agreed scope.

DEVKI GROUP OF COMPANIES, (MAISHA MABATI MILLS). – Ruiru, Kenya

Chief Accountant                                       November 2014 – December 2015

• Review of interest and other finance costs ensuring that they are in line with agreed facility terms as per agreement with the banks and ensuring resolution of discrepancies.
• Review of inventory reports vs. physical stock levels and reconciliation of discrepancies owing to differences in actual vs. estimated raw material & WIP process inputs.
• Liaison between imports department and finance department regarding matters relating to trade finance.
• Managing activities related to business processing.

Others

MICROSOFT EAST AFRICA LIMITED – Nairobi, Kenya

Finance Manager                                                           Sept 2012 – June 2013

BASE TITANIUM LIMITED – Kwale, Kenya

Finance Manager                                            November 2011 – August 2012

IWAY AFRICA LIMITED – Nairobi, Kenya

Finance Manager                                                      May 2007 – October 2011

SWIFT GLOBAL(K) LIMITED – Nairobi, Kenya

Senior Accountant                                                       March 2003 – April 2007

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Nairobi, Kenya                   Aug 2008

Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration

STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY – Nairobi, Kenya                                      

Certified Public Accountant