Sheriff Melvin Kamara
Finance and Account Officer at Bright Light Projects- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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certificate in computer programmes and graduate intership training
United Nations Development Program and Institute of Business Studies and AdminstrationSep, 2011- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Bright Light Projects
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Finance and Account Officer
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Sep 2019 - Present
Oversee all payments issued under the project (including those made to vendors, grantees, consultants, subcontractors, and staff) and ensure that they are issued in compliance with USAID, UNICEF, etc financial accounting policies and procedures and that they are in line with the project budget • Ensure proper segregation of duties on all authorized financial transactions • Record all financial transactions in QuickBooks and ensures accurate bookkeeping with proper supporting documentation • Manage the monthly financial close each month, according to Local Financial protocols • Take a lead in preparing the annual project budget that aligns with project workplan activities • Regularly monitors the project budget, informing staff on the project burn rate and advising her/him on any necessary adjustments • Routinely prepare financial projections (including accrued and projected costs) with the project • Reporting-Closing, AP/AR, Financial statements, NRA Compliance • Review and monitor staff and partners' financial reporting and compliance. Provide additional technical assistance/training to staff and partners as necessary to maintain high standards of financial compliance SKILLS & EDUCATION • Working knowledge of short- and long-term budgeting and forecasting • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Accounting • Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines • Knowledgeable on NRA/NASIT and local Accounting laws • Strong attention to detail and an investigative nature • Experience and familiarity with QuickBooks, or a similar accounting program is highly desired. • Strong team-player skills and the ability to ensure policies are carried out judiciously • Strong knowledge Local Accounting laws and internal controls principles • Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize • Excellent computer skills and proficient in excel, word, outlook, Access & PowerPoint • Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections
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Former Internal Audit Officer
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Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
•Reviewing systems and processes in order to make sure that accounting record is accurate and complete •With the help of risk analysis, identifying, evaluating and responding to potential risks that may impact the achievement of BRAC Sierra Leone’s objectives •Reviewed BRAC Sierra Leone’s procedures and manuals in regard to risks and suggest improvement in line with internationally accepted auditing standards •To determine the adequacy and effectiveness, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, reliability and integrity of information and safeguarding of assets •Providing independent assurance that BRAC Sierra Leone’s risk management, governance and internal control process is operating effectively •Securing compliance with policies, procedures of the organization and management decisions •Coordinating the work of Internal Audit Department with External Auditors. •To attend inception meeting with auditee’s management on induction and to discuss on the audit process, audit scope and audit work. •To develop and discuss findings, recommendations, and timelines for corrective action with responsible personnel of auditee. •To attend exit meeting with auditee’s management to discuss on the audit findings identified during the course of audit. •To track the follow up process to ensure timely dispatch of audit reports to auditee and obtaining reply from auditee on the implementation status of recommendations. •To carry out the annual fixed assets, inventory count and cash reconciliation for BRAC’s Social Enterprises, Agro Based Project and Support Services. •To prepare the Annual Inventory Schedule after the inventory count. •Prepare and preserve various documentations for audit work such as working papers, audit programme, supporting evidence, permanent file, current file, circulars, minutes, office memo and etc for review by Country Head of Internal Audit. •To verify bad and non interests bearing loans, and recommend to management for possible write off.
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Former sales Assitants
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Jul 2011 - Jun 2012
• Act as first point of contact by welcoming customers in the retail store • Engage customers in short dialogue to determine their purchasing needs • Escort and direct customers to the correct aisle or shelf that holds their choice of products • Provide customers with product information and demonstrate product features • Answer customers’ questions about product features • Provide customers with pricing information and any special discounts or promotions that the store is offering • Attach price tags to each item and make sure that they reflect updated price information • Guide customers to assist them making purchasing decisions • Provide customers with warrantee and after sales services • Ensure that shelves are stocked properly and that all items and shelves are dusted and cleaned periodically • Guide customers through the payment procedure by taking cash or processing credit cards in exchange of sold items • Handle refunds and exchanges and associated paperwork • Balance cash registers at the end of the shift and make sure that there is sufficient change available for the next shift • Order merchandise and make sure that newly received items are placed on shelves appropriately • Arrange store and window displays for products on promotion • Ensure that any discrepancies are communicated to the manager immediately • Take and resolve customers complaints and relay complicated ones to the manager
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Ministry of finance and Economic Development
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Ethiopia
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Government Administration
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200 - 300 Employee
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Former Enumerator
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Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
• Ask questions in accordance with instructions to obtain various specified information, such as person's name, address, age, religious preference, or state of residency. • Contact individuals to be interviewed at schools, place of business, clinics, by telephone, or in person. • Identify and report problems in obtaining valid data. • Meet with supervisor daily to submit completed assignments and discuss progress. • Explain survey objectives and procedures to interviewees and interpret survey questions to help interviewees' comprehend • Compile, record, and code results or data from interview or survey, using computer or specified form. • Identify and resolve inconsistencies in interviewees' responses by means of appropriate questioning or explanation. • Review data obtained from interview for completeness and accuracy. • Assist individuals in filling out applications or questionnaires. • Locate and list addresses and households.
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Education
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2001 - 2004
The Sierra Leone Grammar School
High School, commercial stream -
2008 - 2012
The Institute Of Public Administration and Management
Bachelor's Degree, Applied Accounting -
2007 - 2008
saint's Augustine Agricultural Secondary school
west africa senior secondary school certificate examination, Accounting and Business/Management -
The University of Sierra Leone
Barchelor's in Applied Accounting, Accounting and Finance
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