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Stella Okowa

Summary

I am self-motivated, enthusiastic person with good bookkeeping experience. Having a good working knowledge of double entry bookkeeping, Sales and Purchase ledger, raising invoices and credit note, issuing statements and managing accounts. Work and life experience have equipped me with analytical and organisation skills. To be dependable finance management professional and leader capable of upholding professional principle of work, compliance to systems and procedures steering responsive systems and performance improvement

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

Assistant Management Accountant

Integrated International Payroll Ltd
Cheltenham
08.2022 - Current
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
  • Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
  • Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
  • Diminished outstanding debts by analyzing accounts for issues.
  • Performed financial administration for over 3 company accounts.
  • Created and developed reports covering value-added analytics for harvest.
  • And all other duties listed on Account Assistant

Account Assistant

Integrated International Payroll Ltd
09.2015 - Current
  • Input data into accounting system and maintained integrity of system information to alleviate potential breaches. ICP (In Country Provider) and other vendors document on SAP
  • Reconciled bank statements and credit card accounts for accuracy and completeness every month. This relates to a number of different bank accounts held with different currency.
  • Creating bank templates and setting up all AP payments on different business banks
  • Raising payments through bank file that's upload as an import
  • Produce AP report; Liaising with ICP and payroll operators/ colleagues from other area of business on queries or issues that may be incurred.
  • Analysis of variances on the ICP pricing report and delivering/explaining the report
  • Keeping track of fixed asset register by using asset tags.
  • Preparing and maintain an excel file for prepayments and accruals.
  • Post monthly journals. Always confirm your balance on file with SAP
  • Processed employee and contractor expense reimbursements quickly through Expensify.
  • Managed invoices, payments and deposits, maintaining accurate expenditure records.
  • Assisted management with administrative aspects of on-boarding new hires, temporary staff and off-boarding alumnus on various system used in the business .
  • Prepared and mailed account statements to vendors and kept meticulous correspondence documentation.
  • Validated and recorded invoices and resolved discrepancies with vendors.
  • Used our accounting software to prepare documents, reports, and presentations.
  • Implemented orderly, organized filing systems for easy record retrieval.
  • Inter-company and 3rd party recharge
  • Posting AR receipts when covering for colleague on holiday
  • Assisting month end duties
  • In charge of petty cash
  • Maintained inventory of office supplies and placed orders.
  • General office administration e.g., filling and any other work I am required to do.

Image Clerk

Lloyds Banking Group
04.2001 - 03.2015
  • Image processor on Automated Work Delivery system
  • Deliver customer service level agreements as required by business.

Education

AAT Level 4 -

Gloucestershire College pursuing

Diploma - undefined

the Sea High School, Kisumu High

Skills

Reliable, punctual, professional and competentundefined

Accomplishments

  • Training staff to increase their performance and process quality
  • Identify improvements opportunities within the work stream to reduce cost through process alignment
  • Managed to streamline a process through attending meetings with various peers from another department, manage a team of 10 staff
  • Customer Service Recovery by action complaints before they escalate
  • Additional Information
  • I have worked in accounts department as an accounts clerk for 7 years in Kenya
  • I have also worked in England as a bookkeeper for several months
  • In both employments I was required to carry out the various account duties daily
  • We have recently changed our accounting system from Saga Line 50 to SAP
  • Therefore, I have experience in both accounting package.

Timeline

Assistant Management Accountant

Integrated International Payroll Ltd
08.2022 - Current

Account Assistant

Integrated International Payroll Ltd
09.2015 - Current

Image Clerk

Lloyds Banking Group
04.2001 - 03.2015

AAT Level 4 -

Gloucestershire College pursuing

Diploma - undefined

the Sea High School, Kisumu High
Stella Okowa