Mercy Gicheru
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making sense of numbers, cutting through the jargon, and keeping you up to date with your accounts easily
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Kenya
Member since March 4, 2022
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Bio
Results-driven and versatile finance and administration professional with a background in banking.
Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration,
financial reporting, and payroll. Gifted at building and leading solid teams to handle high-volume
operations with consistency, accuracy, and full compliance with regulatory requirements. Thrives in a
fast-paced environment handling numerous deadlines and projects while ensuring high quality execution
Languages
English Level
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Experience
Intern Administration and Finance
Performed periodic overview of loans to determine status and progress of loans.
• Discovered major instances of loan defaulters and large balances due.
• Developed measures to curb defaulting of loans which were agreed and implemented through
the loans manager and branch manager.
• Reception activities and giving clients reliable information in accordance to the
organization’s regulations.
• Discovered major instances of loan defaulters and large balances due.
• Developed measures to curb defaulting of loans which were agreed and implemented through
the loans manager and branch manager.
• Reception activities and giving clients reliable information in accordance to the
organization’s regulations.
Intern Finance and Administration
Compiled financial reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures and profit and loss
• Responsible for supplier accounts and ensured updating, resolving queries and managing matters
pertaining suppliers' accounts
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries,
account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations
• Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to
supervisor.
• Responsible for supplier accounts and ensured updating, resolving queries and managing matters
pertaining suppliers' accounts
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries,
account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations
• Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to
supervisor.
Finance Officer
Ensured prompt vendor payment processing in line with set SLA
• Prepared monthly reconciliation of finance suspense accounts and took corrective actions on
deviations.
• Ensured prevention of exposure to and impact of risks inherent in accounting and accounts
payable management process
• Established and enforced controls on revenue and expenses to protect company assets.
• Collaborated with branch and department heads to define standards, policies and procedures to
meet company revenue goals.
• Generated financial and operational reports to assist management with business strategy.
• First approver Vendor Payments on SAP ERP – Finance.
• Prepared monthly reconciliation of finance suspense accounts and took corrective actions on
deviations.
• Ensured prevention of exposure to and impact of risks inherent in accounting and accounts
payable management process
• Established and enforced controls on revenue and expenses to protect company assets.
• Collaborated with branch and department heads to define standards, policies and procedures to
meet company revenue goals.
• Generated financial and operational reports to assist management with business strategy.
• First approver Vendor Payments on SAP ERP – Finance.
Sap Super User
Onsite work NCBA Rwanda - assisted with financials reconciliation to achieve validation of
internal reports and to reconcile general ledger.
• On site and Virtual Training NCBA Rwanda Finance team on SAP ERP System
• On site work at NCBA Uganda - assisted with weekly and monthly reporting, accounts payable
and accounts receivable reconciliation and reporting
• Trained former NIC Finance team on SAP ERP System in preparation for merger.
• Troubleshot incidents relating to finance systems to schedule system changes and identify
permanent solutions in preparation for merger.
• Improved accounts payable and payroll systems and processes to meet business needs and
maximize operational success.
• Second approver Vendor Payments on SAP ERP – Finance.
• Created budgets for NCBA Kenya branches and departments to meet regular accounting deadlines.
• Trained NCBA Kenya departments on SAP cost reports and budgets.
internal reports and to reconcile general ledger.
• On site and Virtual Training NCBA Rwanda Finance team on SAP ERP System
• On site work at NCBA Uganda - assisted with weekly and monthly reporting, accounts payable
and accounts receivable reconciliation and reporting
• Trained former NIC Finance team on SAP ERP System in preparation for merger.
• Troubleshot incidents relating to finance systems to schedule system changes and identify
permanent solutions in preparation for merger.
• Improved accounts payable and payroll systems and processes to meet business needs and
maximize operational success.
• Second approver Vendor Payments on SAP ERP – Finance.
• Created budgets for NCBA Kenya branches and departments to meet regular accounting deadlines.
• Trained NCBA Kenya departments on SAP cost reports and budgets.
Independent Contractor
Synthesized current artificial intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations,
highlighting findings and recommending changes.
• Developed effective webpage improvement in alignment with goals and specifications.
• Optimized customer experience reviewing pairs of search queries & advertiser keywords for
webpages and classifying the relevance
• Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
• Enhanced production of quality, fresh and relevant content to exceed goals.
highlighting findings and recommending changes.
• Developed effective webpage improvement in alignment with goals and specifications.
• Optimized customer experience reviewing pairs of search queries & advertiser keywords for
webpages and classifying the relevance
• Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
• Enhanced production of quality, fresh and relevant content to exceed goals.
Education
Bsc. International Business Management
Bsc. International Business Management
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