Experience

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  West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited

  • Accra, Ghana

  • Finance Controls Manager

    • May 2018 - Present
    • Accra, Ghana

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  Tullow Oil

  • Internal Audit, Controls & Assurance Manager

    • Jun 2014 - May 2018

    I am responsible for providing an independent assurance to management on risk management, effectiveness of Internal Controls and corporate governance activities within the organisation to deliver corporate governance objectives. I am supporting management to identify key business risks, design and implement robust system of internal controls to enhance governance and deliver a sustainable business model.

  • SAP Deployment Lead

    • Jan 2014 - May 2014

    I successfully led the country project team (25 people) and external consultants through critical phase in SAP deployment - User Acceptance Testing, Role Mapping, End User Training (170+ employees), Go-Live and Hypercare activities. Generated timely and insightful reports on progress of project, key milestones achieved and risks for effective project management and delivery. I worked with communications teams to deliver clear and timely information to all employees to keep them engaged and informed about the new changes. Organised surveys, lunch and learn sessions and roadshows to inform employees about progress of project and new changes.

  • Business Unit Planning Coordinator

    • Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

    I was responsible for setting and articulating the organization’s strategy, strategic objectives and key result areas in consultation with functional heads and general manager. I prepared and communicated the BU's annual business and Joint Venture Calendar or key activities to all stakeholders and monitored activities to ensure that the BU delivered on all agreed commitments.I co-ordinated with Finance to ensure the timely delivery and approvals of annual budgets; corporate and joint venture partners. Responsible for delivering the business performance management process including setting KPIs and targets in coordination with all departments. Monitor and report on BU and asset performance using Dashboards. Revising the BU’s vision and mission statements, setting goals, objectives and monitoring delivery progress against the plan. Ensuring that corporate values and objectives are properly cascaded to all departments, via a series of workshops with group and department managers. Coordinate management meetings including weekly, monthly and offsite strategy and planning meetings. Assist senior management in making strategic decisions by providing required information in a timely manner. Implement improvements to strategy and planning process and present corporate plans to internal stakeholders. Review business performance, industry trends, and regulatory requirements and assess the potential impact to business operations. Interface with Tullow Group strategy and planning function (Evergreen). Set-up a process for monitoring oil & gas industry activities in Ghana & West Africa to identify business opportunities and develop strategies and plans to exploit them. Prepare and present monthly and ad hoc reports to senior managers and make recommendations on alternative courses of action, covering areas such as corporate risk, capital investments, acquisitions, divestment and growth at the corporate level.

  • Senior Operations Accountant

    • Oct 2009 - Aug 2013

    Provided project and operations decision-support analysis to management. Key tasks included project budget preparation and annual budgets in line with approved work programme (WP). Prepared cost allocation procedures and policy documents to guide staff in allocating costs in line with Accounting Procedures contained in Unit operator Agreements. Supervised staff to allocate shared costs to projects using appropriate cost allocation basis. Provided monthly cost reporting and variance analysis using appropriate models and reporting templates. Presenting cost analysis to business managers and Joint Venture Partners. Managing the project budgetary spend in accordance with Joint Operating Agreements (JOA). Raising Authorization for Expenditures (AFEs) for Management and Partner approvals and monitoring to ensure that all project spends are duly approved prior to project commencement. Coordinating Partner approvals for project spend. Implemented Timewriting system for allocating general and administrative costs.

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  Diageo

  • Accra

  • Finance Manager

    • May 2006 - Sep 2009
    • Accra

    In charge of a 21 member department across three locations in Ghana. I was responsible for advising management on the financial viability, implications and impact of commercial projects being considered. Prepared monthly customer profitability analysis including detailed analysis of discounts by customer and by brand and vs plan identifying areas of concern or opportunity. Drive the Price increase decisions by providing recommendations and support on the annual and ad hoc price increases. Drive the Sales volume planning and provide a rolling sales volume forecast. Provide detailed Overheads analysis identifying issues and recommending adjustments /accruals. Take functional heads through their overheads and obtain their sign off and understanding. Prepare a monthly risk and opportunities schedule overheads against plan. Drive the overheads planning process and providing recommendations on how to reduce overheads. Establishing and Reviewing the credit limits of customers, recovering of debts. People management to deliver objectives. Responsible for accurately recording and reporting all the financial transactions of the business. Providing strategic financial advice to the executive team. Responsible for the preparation of management, statutory and group financial reports and commentaries. Responsible for the auditing of the financial statements. Responsible for tax computations and liaison with tax authorities and tax advisors to ensure that tax liabilities are correctly computed and tax incentives are identified and utilized. Providing financial support to internal stakeholders in planning and budgeting. Developing of Key Performance Indicators to measure and evaluate departmental and financial performance. Ensuring that Sox and Non-Sox controls are in place and being adhered to.

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  British American Tobacco

  • Ghana

  • Finance Manager

    • May 2005 - Apr 2006
    • Ghana

    In-charge of a department of nine (9) staff and responsible for delivering departmental objectives. Responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts and commentaries for variances and financial performance. Responsible for reporting financial performance to Group and external stakeholders. Coordinating preparation of annual plans locally and across West Africa. Responsible for monitoring and reporting on performance management indicators. Ensuring that financial transactions are recorded on time, accurately and according to relevant standards. Preparation of statutory and management financial statements in accordance with local and international standards (IFRS). Ensuring that statutory and management financial reports are prepared on time and contains relevant and accurate information. Coordination of company budgeting process and consolidating departmental budgets to produce company budget. Providing critical and relevant analysis of variances between actual and forecast results to top management on time to result in effective decision making. In charge of tax and treasury functions ensuring that tax efficient structures are in place to improve profitability. Managing staff to deliver company, departmental and individual goals. Establishing effective internal controls to ensure that the department delivers on its objectives. Regular evaluation of the performance of staff. Ensuring that the department provides relevant value added services to customer departments within the organisation

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  World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Ghana

  • Finance and Administrative Officer

    • Jun 2003 - Apr 2005
    • Ghana

    Preparation of project funding documents for release of funds to support programme activities. Monthly reporting of programme funds disbursed in accordance with guidelinesAdministrative support to programmes and partners in executing planned activitiesLiaise with external partners to ensure that funds disbursed for activities have been accounted for in line with agreed activities and actions

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  KPMG Ghana

  • Ghana

  • Senior Audit Assistant

    • Mar 2000 - Jun 2003
    • Ghana

    Preparation of the financial statements of company. Reviewing the internal controls and business risks of companies and developing audit strategies and plans to test the effectiveness of the controlsReport writing and presentationIn charge of junior audit staff on audit assignmentsEnsuring that audits are completed on schedule within the agreed time frame and clients are satisfied with the quality of work done