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        "Prepare monthly Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations (BSARs), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with organizational policies",
        "Managed receivables and staff accounts, ensuring compliance with financial controls and timely resolution of outstanding balances",
        "Participate in the preparation of payment vouchers, validate supporting documentation, and coordinate cheque distribution and banking activities to ensure timely settlement of organizational obligations",
        "Collaborate with finance and program teams to validate budget charge codes and support accurate month-end reporting aligned with organization deadlines",
        "Reviewed invoices for external vendors and staff advances, ensuring timely processing and compliance with financial policies.",
        "Drove 80% employee adoption of electronic expense submissions, significantly improving processing speed and workflow efficiency"
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        "Reconciled 100% of fixed asset accounts against headquarters records to ensure data integrity and compliance",
        "Increased overall efficiency and accuracy by taking photos of all available assets at the regional office and the field. Ensured 100% signing of responsibility letters by staff",
        "Tagging and verification of all assets in regional office and field stations",
        "Share findings by Consolidating photos, assets, responsibility letter and uploading on shared folder",
        "Maintaining a detailed spreadsheet of accurate data relating to stewardship, Acquisition costs, asset condition and depreciation costs",
        "Researched untraceable assets, stewardship, and location",
        "Assisted with timely records of capital purchases for capex capitalization and projects costs under construction"
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      "institution": "The Co-operative University of Kenya",
      "degree": "Bachelor of Business",
      "field": "Co-operatives & Community Development.",
      "startDate": "2016",
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      "name": "Certified Public Accountants Foundation Level Examination",
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      "date": "2024-12"
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      "company": "CIC Insurance Group",
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      "phone": "0727061359"
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