Lydiah Bosire

Lydiah Nyabate Bosire | B.com.Finance, CPA(K) - |-https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydiah-bosire-/ Finance and Accounting professional with three years of experience working both in the public and private sector. Passionate about financial analysis to come up with insights for decision making. Keen on using my skills to promote development and create value in the industry. SKILLS Accounting systems and IT: QuickBooks, Sage, SAP and Advanced Microsoft Excel. Other Skills: Financial Reporting, Statutory Compliance, Payroll Administration, Tax Returns, Audits, Bookkeeping, Financial Analysis and Budgeting. EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS FARMDRIVE LIMITED |Nairobi, Kenya| A fintech startup that provide digital financial services to smallholder farmers and agriculture SMEs. Accounting and Finance Associate October 2018 - Present Responsible for managing various accounting and financial processes outlined below whilst reporting to the Finance and Portfolio Manager. • • • • • • • • • Financial Reporting: Preparing periodic financial and management reports for investors and management. Financial Analysis: Assessing performance of loan portfolio by updating weekly dashboards and monitoring key performance indicators. Budgeting: Consolidating annual budgets from various departments and ensuring expenditure throughout the year is within budget. Accounts Payable: Managing all payment cycle activities in a timely and efficient manner. Accounts Receivable: Securing revenue by generating and mailing invoices. Payroll Administration: Ensuring salaries are paid on time by updating file in the bank system for processing as well as ensuring statutory compliance. Treasury Management: Carrying out forex operations by buying and selling foreign currency for operations, maintaining the petty cash as per financial policy manual, reconciling bank, Mpesa accounts and credit cards. Fixed Assets Accounting: Maintaining the asset register and updating acquisitions, disposals and depreciation. Procurement: Procuring various office machines and equipment. Achievements ✓ Drafted the company’s Finance and Accounting policies, set up the chart of accounts and management reporting as per International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) which tremendously improved the accuracy of financial reporting helping the company raise more than $1.5M from investors to date. ✓ Summarized financial data to structure sophisticated reports to illustrate areas of performance improvement. ✓ Developed an understanding of market trends in the digital lending space in emerging markets and came up with baseline assumptions and projections to refine FarmDrive financial model. KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY |Nakuru, Kenya| Government agency responsible for the collection and accounting for revenues due to the government. Domestic Taxes Clerk Oct 2016 - Sep 2018 Reported to the Regional Coordinator, South Rift Valley Region. Boosted revenue collection and mobilization by performing the duties outlined below. Regional Office Operations June 2017 - Sep 2018 • Prepared Regional Monthly revenue reports and presentations. • Assisted customers in Back office iTax modules. • Upheld good Customer Service as the first point of contact to both internal and external Customers. • Scheduled Regional Coordinator appointments. • • Organized Regional Monthly meetings and prepared minutes and action points. Responded to all inquiries from external and internal customers efficiently Admin and Logistics Operations • Supervised motor drivers and allocated vehicles in accordance with shift schedules. • Received transport bookings and allocated work to drivers. • Determined priorities and provided guidance where necessary. • Compiled, sorted, and filed records of office activities. • Assisted with reviews of operational and administrative matters. • Prepared financial and management reports as required. Oct 2016 - May 2017 Achievements ✓ Streamlined operations in the Regional Office through seamless customer service to taxpayers. I was commended and rewarded by the Regional Coordinator for my dedication and commitment to my work. ✓ Identified a gap in the Transport and Logistics Department where processes were manual and developed excel dashboards to track drivers and vehicles shifts which improved efficiency. ✓ Organized a Corporate Social Responsibility activity to visit and support victims of the Solai dam tragedy in Nakuru. INTERNSHIPS COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICA |Nairobi, Kenya| A financial services provider. Research Analyst Intern Aug 2016 - Sep 2016 Completed assigned tasks efficiently such as preparing weekly reports on performance of equities and fixed income markets and monthly reports covering key economic events, inflation, interest rate and currency trends for clients and management. FARMDRIVE LIMITED |Nairobi, Kenya| A startup that provide digital financial services to smallholder farmers. Accounting Intern Oct 2015 - Nov 2015 Assisted in the development of financial models to determine investment returns, educated farmers about loan products offered, monitored cashflow activities of the company and assisted to process Payroll. KENYA ELECTRICITY GENERATING COMPANY |Nairobi, Kenya| Electric power generation company in Kenya. Finance Intern Jul 2015 - Aug 2015 Went through a thorough training in all sections of finance, worked closely with the SAP software and helped around the office in various projects that came my way. EDUCATION| |TRAININGS | CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Commerce, Finance - Multimedia University of Kenya Certified Public Accountant, (CPA I,II & III) Fire Marshall Training INTERESTS • Digital Financial Inclusion • Development • Environmental sustainability • Hiking VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE | COMMUNITY • Visiting children’s homes. • Youth Mentor at Eronge Primary School . • Young African Leaders Initiative network (YALI) Member. Sep 2012 - Oct 2016 May 2014 - Dec 2018 Aug 2018