Accountant

I am an enthusiastic hard working and responsible finance professional and well accomplish Financial Manager, who takes pride in my work.I am self-motivated and a good manager. I am also willing to assume higher responsibilities in the near future.

Responsible for the preparation of financial and management accounts, VAT returns, maintenance of fixed asset register cash flow projections and maintaining the company’s treasury functions on daily basis.

Dealing with queries from Auditors and Regulatory Authorities, controlling a monthly payroll, participate in the budget preparation and monthly variance analysis, preparation of weekly forecast, monthly VAT returns.


At Volta River Authority, I was member of a team that undertook 1998 end of year and periodic stocktaking at Tema and Akuse sub-stations and preparation of stock reconciliation statement.

Responsible for the preparation of monthly bank reconciliation statement and update stoke records by conducting periodic stock taking at stores. Validates weekly accounts payables payments and prepares weekly reports on both accounts receivables and payables.

Member of a team in charge of Budget component of an assignment to implement computerized Budget and Public Expenditure Management System (BPEMS) for Controller and Accountant – general’s Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Ministry of Health.

Provision of assistance to a team of consultants engaged to design Ghana’s Public Financial Management Reform Programme (PUFMARP) as prelude to the design of a Budget Management component of the assignment of with additional responsibility for Aid and Debt Management, Payroll Management, Human Resource Management and Pension Management.

Preparation of expenditure authorization to all Metropolitan, Ministries Department and Agencies(MMDA’s) to enable them spend budgeted expenditure, preparation of bank transfer advice letters to enable the bank of Ghana effect transfer of funds into the various sub-consolidated funds and other accounts held by the various government treasuries within the Ministries, Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies nation wide, preparation of chequebooks requisition letters to enable bank of Ghana print chequebooks for the various government treasuries, preparation of chief cashiers unit (Controller and Accountant –General’s Department) budget for the department and offer other financial advice to various finance offers in the MDA’s. I have also acted as a national chief cashier for a period of one month.

Education

1992 – 1994 Pope John Secondary School and Junior Seminary

Professional Education

2000 – 2002 Institute of Professional Studies

ACCA-Level One (1) Preparing financial statement
Financial information for management
Managing people

ACCA-Level Two (2) Information systems
Corporate and business law
Business taxation
Financial management and control
Financial reporting
Audit and internal review

ACCA – Level Three (3) Advance Performance Management
Advance Financial Management

Committees Held

Member, cross debt clearing house committee
Member expenditure tracking committee
Member revenue monitory committee

Trainings

BEPEMs Software training (cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivables and general ledger)
Advance excel software training
Budget management system software training
Department budget preparation training
Records management training