LINNAH ACHIENG OMOTTO
P.O. BO 53067-00200 NAIROBI, KENYA
TEL: +254717210579/+254790703746
Email: [email protected]
LINKEDIN
Linkedin.com/in/linnah-omotto
PROFILE STATEMENT
I am a confident, dynamic and creative individual, I graduated with a bachelors degree in finance and banking, specializing in investment banking and cooperate finance. Throughout my academic career I have demonstrated leadership skills as a tutor and in 2014 was name Student Captain of the year. I have experience in cooperate finance and customer care, where I am eager to expand my knowledge and experience. My objective is to be an expert in financial services, powerful contributor in my work place, providing exemplary company services for our customers.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2017- 2020 Africa Nazarene University
Bachelor of business commerce, Finance option
September 2016- December 2016: Africa Nazarene University
Pre- university program; GPA of 3.85
2012-2015 Bahari Girls High School
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
AWARDS/ CERTIFICATES
2017 Certificates of honor for good performance in academics
2016 A certificate of participation in library week
2015 A certificate of participation in 1st regional physics competition.
2015 A certificate of participation in Mathematics contest held at KP Senior Secondary School.
2014-2015 A certificate of merit as a leader under the position of Treasurer in the Christian union.
2013-2014 A certificate of leadership as bible study assistance in the Christian union.
2014-2015 A certificate of acknowledgement as a leader in the student council in charge of entertainment at Bahari Girls High school.
2014 A certificate of merit for attending a leaders conference at Kibarani for the deaf Kilifi.
2013 A certificate of merit for participating in basketball games girls at Chumani Secondary School
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES.
Communication
Able to communicate effectively both verbally and writing.
Negotiation skills
Able to negotiate a contract with customers.
Data analysis
Able to analyze data before preparing report.
Customer invoicing
Able to create customer invoices and bill them.
Budgeting and planning
Able to plan and prepare a budget for an organization.
Leadership
I have lead teams in various activities, most outstanding I have lead as a school captain in my high school, due to my outstanding leadership skills I was recognized as the best captain in my school.
Conflict Resolution
In the workplace, two of my customers had a conflict. I was able to speak with them and help them solve the issue and now they are very good friends who still interact and come to the shop.
Decision Making
Ability to look at concrete matters and make positive decisions.
Time management
Ability to deliver in time, when given task to do.
Planning
I have developed and participated in preparing plans for the teams I have led in work study programs, community and social events and semester schedule.
Team work
Organizing a team and making sure everyone participates, which I did with my basketball team for several matches.
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2019- October 2019 Industrial attachment at Postal cooperation of Kenya.
Accounts payable
Preparation of payment vouchers.
Receiving invoices.
Counter checking the vouchers on error of omission or commission
Reconciliation of the paid vouchers with the outstanding balances.
Dispatching vouchers after recording
Salaries and payroll
Receiving payroll summary documents
Analyzing of individual pay slips
Preparation of the salary advances applied by the staff
Budgeting and control
Receiving all the payment vouchers destined to budgetary control.
Examining the authenticity of the payment vouchers.
Dispatching the payment vouchers to the treasury section.
Preparing the monthly expenditure reports.
Final accounts/Accounts receivables
Handling of any discrepancies in the accounts and carrying out adjustments
Extraction of management accounts
Consolidating accounts received from region
2017-2018 Work Study at Africa Nazarene University within the finance office.
Inventory management
Worked to make sure that all the goods were ordered, received and paid for in time.
Calculated the selling price of the goods on arrival.
Customer care
Worked to make sure customers are satisfied and any complain that the customer had I made sure it was resolved by the seniors.
Filing of receipts
I made sure all the receipts are filed and kept in order.
September 2018- December 2018 Work study as a tutor
Tutor
Lecture students on the areas they did not understand in class in business mathematics.
January 2019 to date work study in Book store and Print Shop.
Customer care responsibility
Made sure customers are served in time, satisfied and complains addressed.
Print room services
Worked in all areas photocopying, binding, scanning, and printing
Sales reconciliation
Worked to make sure all the sales and supplies are balanced, expenditures and income are balanced.
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2013-2015 Served as a student leader in various capacities.
Mentioned as the best school captain of the year in 2014
2013-2015 Participated in different conferences, events and volunteering in different community work.
In the conference I helped as an usher, welcoming the visitors and helping them find places to sit.
Events I help in planning and directing different groups on how to welcome visitors
Volunteered in Kilifi street clean up and orphanages to fed the disable children and also we went to Mathere children home to visit them and show compassion.
2013-2015 Basketball
Mentioned as the best captain of the year because my team came position two, compared to others years of our participation.
PERSONAL INTEREST/HOBBIES
Singing
Most like singing worship song, in harmonies I work best with soprano.
Playing basket ball
I play mostly as a defender.
REFEREES
Senior Admin Assistant Finance.
Africa Nazarene University
Ms. Crescencia K. Amakove
Tel: +254717469524
Postal Cooperation of Kenya
Finance Officer
Bernard Chepkwony
Tel: +254719072317/+254729066940