Audit · Tax · Advisory
Certified Public Accountants providing audit, tax, risk, forensic and advisory services, with offices in Kenya and Somalia, operational presence in other African countries, and remote service beyond Africa.
Who we are
We anticipate risk and plan ahead.It is in our name.
RiskPlan Consulting is a firm of Certified Public Accountants with offices in Kenya and Somalia. On every assignment we start by identifying what could go wrong, then plan the work so those risks are dealt with before they become problems.
We are large enough to take on complex, multi-disciplinary assignments, and small enough that every client works closely with the people doing the work.
Our clients include organisations in real estate, health, education, hospitality, energy, retail, construction and the NGO sector.
- Risk firstEvery engagement plan starts from the risks specific to your organisation.
- The right sizeCapacity for complex assignments, with close attention on every one.
- Offices in Kenya and SomaliaOperational presence in other African countries, with remote service beyond Africa.
- Step 01
Understand the business
How your organisation runs: its people, systems and obligations.
- Step 02
Anticipate the risks
Identify what could go wrong before the work begins.
- Step 03
Plan the work
Scope, timetable and fees agreed up front, built around those risks.
- Step 04
Deliver and review
Every deliverable is quality-reviewed before it reaches you.
What we do
Services
Seven practice areas that work together around your business.
Audit & Assurance
Independent assurance that boards, lenders, donors and regulators can rely on.
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- External statutory audits and assurance
- Internal controls and process assurance
- Compliance, institutional and donor audits
- Information systems audits and data analytics
- Compilation of financial statements (IFRS)
Tax Services
Tax treated as a risk to manage all year, not a surprise.
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- Tax advisory and efficient structuring
- Statutory filings: VAT, PAYE, AHL, WHT, corporate tax
- Transfer pricing and international tax planning
- Tax health checks and exposure reviews
- Tax audit support, objections and appeals
Risk Advisory
Know where the organisation is exposed and what is being done about it.
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- Enterprise risk registers and risk frameworks
- Internal audit and controls testing
- Fraud risk assessments and anti-fraud policies
- Compliance and regulatory risk reviews
- IT and systems audits, process automation reviews
Forensic Audit & Investigation
Independent investigation when money, assets or records are in question.
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- Forensic audits and fraud investigations
- Asset tracing, recovery support and quantum assessment
- Review of system and data migrations
- Evidence handled to recognised standards
- Expert reporting and support through proceedings
Business Advisory
Support for the decisions that change the shape of a business.
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- Corporate restructuring and due diligence
- Deal and transaction advisory, business valuation
- Strategic planning and execution support
- HR support and internal controls set-up
Accounting, Payroll & Training
Reliable books and payroll without building a full department in-house.
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- Bookkeeping and financial record maintenance
- Financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting
- Payroll processing and statutory deductions
- Practical training and capacity building
Systems & Process Automation
We start with the problem, not the product.
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- Accounting and ERP selection, set-up and data migration
- Process design and automation
- Chart of accounts and reporting pack design
- Staff training and ongoing support
- Customised accounting software on a needs basis
Systems we implement and support
Customised accounting software is also developed on a needs basis.
Why clients choose us
Good results come from steady discipline, engagement after engagement.
Big Four training, operator’s instincts
Our people have worked on every side of the table: external auditor, internal audit head, CFO and consultant.
Risk-first planning
Each engagement plan starts from the risks specific to your organisation.
Systems and data in-house
ERP, data migration and analytics skills on the team, so findings rest on complete data.
Evidence gathered properly
Forensic work done at source and documented to recognised standards.
Clear, scoped engagements
Workplans and fees agreed before work starts.
Fast, personal turnaround
A senior team means quicker responses and one consistent point of contact.
Our people
The team
Recognised professional qualifications, international-firm training and the assignments that shaped each of us.
CPA Badr Ali
Partner, Audit & Assurance
CPA (K) · MSc Finance · Ex-EY · 16+ yrs
A Certified Public Accountant registered with ICPAK, with an MSc in Finance and more than 16 years across external audit, corporate finance and executive leadership. Badr leads RiskPlan’s audit and assurance practice.
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He began his career at EY, one of the global Big Four firms, in audit and transaction advisory across Kenya and beyond, then moved client-side as Finance Manager, CFO and Managing Director of energy-sector companies in Kenya and the UAE.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
Equity Bank and Co-operative Bank of Kenya; PTA Bank and Shelter Afrique; Tetra Pak and SC Johnson E.A.; Kenya Power & Lighting Company; Hilton, Serena Hotels and Mountain Lodges; AMACO, Panafric Insurance and UNICEF.
CPA Abdirahman Abdullahi
Lead, Risk & Advisory
CPA (K) · BSc Econ/Statistics · 13+ yrs
A Certified Public Accountant with over 13 years in audit, tax and accounting, who has specialised in risk and business advisory. He brings an economics and statistics background to compliance risk, internal controls and business performance.
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He began in audit and bookkeeping, then moved into tax consultancy: cross-border business structures, tax risk reviews, tax health checks and overall strategic tax planning.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
real estate tax structuring, including some notable commercial malls; deal advisory and due diligence for foreign investors; high-profile forensic assignments across different sectors; internal audit assignments; and other related business advisory work.
CPA Brian Khamseli
Manager, Audit & Assurance
CPA (K) · BCom · 13+ yrs
A Certified Public Accountant with more than 13 years in statutory audit, internal audit and financial reporting, including high-level engagements carried out under close regulatory scrutiny.
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He has served as Internal Audit Head at one of Kenya’s leading hospitals, where he ran the internal audit function.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
Safaricom Investment Cooperative, the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA), the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Bata PLC.
CPA Ayub Moffart
Lead, Forensic Audits
CPA (K) · ASA (CPA Australia) · MSc Finance · 15+ yrs
A Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years in forensic audit and financial investigations. He is a member of ICPAK and IIA Kenya, and holds a BCom (Finance) and a Diploma in Forensic Accounting.
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He leads our forensic fieldwork: evidence gathered at source, interviews, transaction tracing and testing, through to the evidence file for court. He attends court sessions whenever needed.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
high-value, complex forensic assignments in real estate, construction and other heavy-investment sectors, including due diligence and asset valuation.
CPA Abdirahman Mohamed Kunaye
Senior Consultant, Forensic Audits
CPA (K) · CFE · BBM (Finance & Banking) · MBA (in progress) · 14+ yrs
A Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 14 years across the public and private sectors, specialising in forensic audit and the examination of suspected financial irregularities.
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At RiskPlan he contributes to forensic investigations, fieldwork, evidence evaluation and the delivery of independent, evidence-based findings.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
forensic audit assignments across different sectors, covering evidence gathering, financial analysis, transaction testing and the examination of suspected financial irregularities.
Eng. Omar Ahmed Salad
Senior ICT
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
An ICT professional and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner who manages business systems, networks and cloud infrastructure.
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On engagements he handles system access, data extraction and data-integrity reviews.
CPA Abdullahi Mohamed
Senior Consultant, Governance, Risk & Compliance
CPA (K) · CIA · CRMA · MBA · Ex-EY · 15 yrs
A governance, risk and compliance specialist with 15 years of experience, trained at EY. He holds the CPA (K), CIA and CRMA qualifications and an MBA.
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He chairs IIA Kenya’s Board Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
group audit and risk reviews for a pan-African health organisation, and donor-funded assignments in more than 15 African countries.
ACCA Christine Nyawira Mutheki
Audit Manager
ACCA · BSc (Hons) Applied Accounting · FMVA · 10+ yrs
An Audit Manager with over ten years in external audit, starting at PKF and continuing with mid-tier audit firms in Nairobi. She plans and runs audits under International Standards on Auditing.
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Her work covers risk assessment and materiality, testing of internal controls, review of IFRS financial statements and working papers, and management letters. She also handles accounts clean-up and bank reconciliations, using CaseWare, IDEA, Excel, QuickBooks and Xero.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
external audits of pension schemes and digital lenders.
Daud Yerow
Public Sector Audits
MSc Finance · IPSAS
A public sector and donor audit specialist with an MSc in Finance and a working command of IPSAS. He leads work where documentation, reconciliation and donor compliance matter as much as the audit opinion.
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He leads a team that works with NGOs to keep reviews on time, so organisations avoid donor non-compliance and the reputational risk that follows.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
statutory, internal and donor-funded audits for NGOs and UN agencies under UNFPA and IPSAS reporting frameworks.
Caroline Kariri
Lead, Outsourced Services
BCom · Process Design & Accounting
An accounting and process-design professional who built her career at mid-tier audit firms across Eastern Africa. She gives clients the reliability of a full accounting department without the cost of building one in-house.
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She leads a team of bookkeepers who keep proper books, detect control weaknesses and make sure corrective measures are carried out.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
outsourced accounting for growing businesses, and the design of back-office controls that make a client’s numbers reliable.
CPA Ifrah Ali Muhamud
Senior Consultant, External Audit
CPA (K) · BCom Finance · MSc (in progress)
A finance professional with seven-plus years across NGOs and private companies in Kenya and Somalia, strong on donor compliance, grants, financial reporting and data analytics.
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She now handles construction and real-estate cash-flow tracking and tax reconciliation.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
running finance for a protection programme in Somalia and Kenya; asset tracking; hospitality forensic audits; and donor value-for-money investigations.
Hawa Bana Osman
Internal Controls & Data Analytics
BCom Finance · SAP
An internal controls and data specialist with hands-on finance roles in fuel and energy operations, covering receivables, excise compliance, bank reconciliations, fixed-asset registers and payroll.
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She is the data analyst on our forensic work.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
leading the migration of large transaction volumes to SAP at a leading Kenyan energy company.
Susan Gakonde
Senior Accountant, Reconciliations & Reporting
ACCA Diploma in Accounting & Business · Tally · QuickBooks · 10 yrs
An accounting professional with ten years in full-cycle accounting, bookkeeping and financial reporting, who rose from intern to Senior Associate at Grant Thornton Business Process Solutions.
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She is strong on bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, payables and receivables and month-end close, working in Tally, QuickBooks, SAGE and Syspro.
Previous assignments portfolio includes
donor and USAID reporting and audit support, and bookkeeping for overseas clients.
Other staff & associates
Associates & Junior Accountants
Associates and junior accountants, each paired with a senior consultant who guides them on live client work.
Ongoing training, from accounting standards to our own methodology, before they take on work independently.
So every engagement has more than one experienced pair of eyes on it.
Where we work
Industry experience
- NGOs & Development
- Hospitality & Hotels
- Construction, Real Estate & Mining
- Healthcare
- Education
- Energy & Utilities
- Retail & Trade
- Manufacturing & Logistics
- Technology
Clients
Some of the organisations we work with
Faras Kenya
Representative examples only. Many assignments, particularly tax disputes, forensic investigations and financial advisory, are confidential and are not listed.
Get in touch
Let’s start a conversation.
Arrange a consultation with our team. We would like to understand your business and what you need.
Kenya office
Sanlam House, 3rd Floor, Suite 303
Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi
+254 794 000 021
+254 794 000 010
Somalia office
Hodan District
Mogadishu, Somalia
+252 61 661 9230
info@riskplanconsulting.com