Simon Njagi

PORTFOLIO 1. HEAD OF SUPPORT SERVICES a. Manage all support service departments – Finance, HR, IT, Supply Chain and ERP i. Set team and departmental objectives and measure the same. ii. Oversee all the Finance functions – Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Budgeting, Financial reporting and Treasury management iii. Oversee all HR functions – recruitment, separation, Employee development, Feedback mechanisms, Employee salary and Benefit administration iv. Oversee all Supply chain functions – Procurement and sourcing, Fleet management and warehousing v. Oversee IT and the implementation of organization Erp b. Set annual support service objectives for the countries in the east Africa region. c. Participate in organizational strategy development. 2. Finance Manager a. Oversee the entire Finance team – set objectives and review objectives of the Finance team. b. Capacity building of Finance and non-finance team on Finance issues. c. Oversee all the Finance functions – Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Budgeting, Financial reporting and Treasury management d. Training on technical finance issues or on new policies/procedures 3. Finance consulting a. Statutory financial reporting for a large carpet merchant in Nairobi. This included bringing together all transactions via different media (visa, master card, bank transfers, cheques, cash, mpesa) and any payments made and production of the standard statutory Financial reports. b. Review of transactions of a large petrol station – comparing Debtor balances against the credit sales report, Also checking mpesa statement against the sales report and raising variances with the management. The consultancy also included training current staff on the best practices. c. Preparing statements for a unit within a large hotel premises. d. Accounting services for a large hardwood seller in California – Printing cheques ready for signature, preparation of internal financial reports, Setting up meetings, Following up payments from Debtors. e. Database management for a large property management firm in Florida – updating the billing on different types of services on the CRM and billing for the same from the bank. Reconciling invoices from contractors and once agreed processing payment for the same. f. Transcription work – transcribing work from audio to written form. PAST ASSIGNMENTS 1.) Management of accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, Budgeting, Financial reporting and management reporting for a large non-governmental organization. Donor Financial report preparation and Statutory Financial report preparation. 2.) Preparation of Financial statements for a Carpet Merchant. Data entry of all transactions from cash or Bank and income from cash, mpesa, pesapal/card, credit and bank. Once all data is entered then preparation of Financial statements and working out the tax liability for the Carpet merchant. 3.) Payment processing, Following up on outstanding payments, Financial report preparation for the Largest Hardwood dealer in California. 4.) Data entry into a CRM database for a Florida based company whose main job was to maintain mortgage housing in Florida. Based on the type of service offered, the banks would pay certain rates per service. Check and ensure that all backup documents are done well and that the invoices by the Contractors agree with the services rendered as per the CRM. Payment of Contractor Invoices after verification. 5.) Data entry into a CRM database for a number of clubs in the United Kingdom based on the package each student takes. Run and print invoices for each individual student.