Sandra Akuamoah, ACCA,CA,
Director Of Finance & Operations at Total Family Health Organisation- Claim this Profile
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Warehouse Management: Inventory, Stock and Supply Chains
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ACCA
ACCA -
ICA
Insitute of Chartered Accountant Ghana
Experience
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Total Family Health Organisation
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Ghana
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Finance & Operations
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May 2019 - Present
I lead the Finance, Procurement, and Inventory Management unit of this organization, providing strategic leadership on all aspects of the organization's financial, operational, and grant management cycles. Sandra is in charge of and supervises the project's overall budgeting, grant and treasury management, audit, and sub-award reporting. She also leads a team of eleven staff and has daily interactions with various stakeholders, such as auditors, government bodies, donors, and the board. In 2020, I led the team to develop a budget in response to a USAID request for a proposal that led to the organization's first prime award of $8.25m. For over five years working at this organization, I have maintained an effective financial and accounting system, effective internal controls, and management of the accounts payable and receivable. I am currently leading the project of migrating the organization's financial system from QuickBooks Enterprise to Microsoft Dynamics in order to enhance its operations.Sandra has experience managing the full cycle of awards and financial management for a variety of health-related projects (family planning, the Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI), and WASH), including closing out four successful sub-award projects from Populations' Services International (PSI).These projects provided me with grant management, project start-up, and close-out skills.Sandra has experience working as part of a global team with different time zones to achieve the desired results. Show less
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Senior Finance Manager
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Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
As the senior finance manager heading the finance unit, I provided strategic leadership in all aspects of the organization’s financial and grant management, implementing health projects in the areas of family planning, maternal and child health, as well as water, sanitation, and health. I was in charge of overall budgeting, grant and treasury management, auditing, and reporting.
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Population Services International
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Finance Manager
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Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
As head of the Finance and Admin unit for the start-up family planning project in Ghana, I led the team to set up the office structure and undertook various recruitment efforts to build the right talent to deliver on the project objectives. In addition, I led the development of finance, operations, and administrative procedure and policy manuals and the annual budget and audit process, ensured compliance with donor and organizational systems, and provided variance analysis for management decision-making. As a result of my strict adherence to compliance and budget monitoring, the program recorded no disallowed costs, budget overspending, or significant audit findings during the period. In addition, I led an aggressive revision of the per diem rate for in-country travel, which saw a cut in the rate offered previously. This was to ensure the reasonability of the cost being charged to the project.I was instrumental in helping the project achieve its objectives, which included creating a local organization to continue with the project's mandate after its close. Show less
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Finance and Administration Manager
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Mar 2016 - Aug 2016
Responsible for ensuring donor deliverables , reporting and workplan development of the Ghana Social Marketing Programme (GSMP)
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Oxfam
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Finance & Admin Officer
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Jul 2015 - Feb 2016
I worked closely with the business services manager, program managers, and partner finance staff. I provided financial and administrative support to the local NGOs through budget monitoring, resource accountability, financial reporting, and the analysis of financial data relating to projects and country office spending to ensure actual expenditure was in line with the planned budget. At Oxfam, as a steward of financial resources, I successfully managed project spending for over four years with no rejected expenditure from the donor. In addition, due to my financial management skills, I had the opportunity to be seconded to the Chad office for one month, where I supported effective financial reporting of restricted and donor reports.Involved with the overall Finance, administration, and HR functions with a focus on ensuring that project funds are properly managed, and actual expenditures are aligned with the budget. Support to the overall administration of the day-to-day running of the office and more importantly ensure employee medical records are up to date in the HR-GOLD system. Experience in organizing conferences with over 70 international delegates Show less
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Donor Accountant-Cover
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Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Provided support to all active donor-funded projects with regard to financial reporting, variance analysis, and budgeting. Responsible for the month-end closure with all its respective ledger accounts.
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Finance and Administration Assistant
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Dec 2011 - Jul 2015
Involved with the overall Finance, administration and HR function with focus on ensuring that projects funds are properly managed, actual expenditure are aligned with budget. Support to the overall administration of the day -to-day running of the office and more importantly ensuring employee medical records are up to date in the HR-GOLD system. Experience in organizing conference with over 70 international delegates
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Account Officer
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Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
As the account officer responsible for receivable management for over a thousand customers, I ensured the accurate posting of all sales receipts into the Tally accounting software. I also provided the credit control department weekly with customer receivable balances, which led to precise customer credit notification and aging analysis for management decision-making and collection As the account officer responsible for receivable management for over a thousand customers, I ensured the accurate posting of all sales receipts into the Tally accounting software. I also provided the credit control department weekly with customer receivable balances, which led to precise customer credit notification and aging analysis for management decision-making and collection
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Education
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2012 - 2017
ACCA
Professional course, Accountancy and Finance -
2018 - 2019
Chartered Institute of Taxation Ghana
CIT-GHANA, Part II, Taxation -
2006 - 2009
Takoradi Polytechnic
HND, Accountancy -
2020 - 2021
Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana
ICA-G, Accountancy -
2020 - 2021
University of the People
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General
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