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Known for translating system and operational data into practical control improvements, including reducing monthly inventory variances from approximately 11% to below 0.5% of inventory value and strengthening ERP access and reporting controls.", "location": "Accra, Ghana" }, "work": [ { "company": "FCUG Health Services", "position": "Inventory & Distribution / Finance Support", "highlights": [ "Managed inventory checks across 8 district offices, monitoring sales and the management of raw materials, WIP and finished goods.", "Oversaw distribution of approximately 15,000 units of medications and test strips across the Western and Western North Regions, coordinating with district health directorates.", "Worked with operational teams to ensure vaccines and other temperature-sensitive stocks were stored under appropriate conditions and that expiry and destruction processes were properly managed.", "Liaised on FDA and research-institute correspondence and supported compliance-related requirements affecting inventory and product handling.", "Gained practical exposure to production quantities, standard costing, cost cards and product/manufacturing cost calculations; no direct BOM ownership or production-variance responsibility." ] }, { "company": "University of Cape Coast", "position": "Teaching Assistant", "highlights": [ "Facilitated tutorials in Introduction to Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Cost & Managerial Accounting and Advanced Accounting.", "Supported examination setting, grading, invigilation and research defence activities." ] }, { "company": "ABC Hospital", "position": "Cost Controller", "location": "Accra", "startDate": "2022-11", "highlights": [ "Lead monthly stock-take activities across operational units, ensuring physical quantities are reconciled to system balances and discrepancies are investigated and resolved", "Reduced monthly inventory variances from approximately 11% of inventory value to below 0.5% through stronger reconciliation, stock-taking discipline, follow-up and control improvements", "Supervise inventory valuation and validate system values to support accurate financial-statement reporting and cost-of-sales analysis", "Reconciled inventory balances between Medinous and Finacs, streamlined differences and improved the reliability of inventory and financial reporting", "Identified and corrected incorrect system valuations arising from wrong prices captured during GRNs and other system/data integrity issues", "Contributed to improved reporting across inventory reconciliation, cost of sales, expiry management and gross-margin reporting, supporting management decision-making", "Worked with Supply Chain to reduce obsolete and slow-moving inventory and strengthen expiry monitoring and management", "Supported budgeting and forecasting, analyzed actual-versus-budget variances, identified operational inefficiencies and contributed to cost-reduction initiatives", "Supported internal and external audits by providing reconciliations, schedules, explanations and evidence, while maintaining high standards of accuracy and professional due diligence", "Led and developed a team of young finance professionals through SMART objectives, mentoring, training and weekly project coordination", "Provided analysis that contributed to decisions around ERP improvement, additional Stores staffing and tighter ERP access controls, reducing opportunities for inappropriate system changes" ] }, { "company": "Star Growth Group", "position": "Finance & Administration Manager", "startDate": "2020-04", "endDate": "2022-10", "highlights": [ "Managed preparation of periodic financial outlooks, forecasts and management information to support business planning and decision-making", "Established and coordinated accounting and financial controls, including monitoring automated accounting-system inputs and reviewing system reports for accuracy and completeness", "Coordinated preparation of financial statements, special analyses and information reports and supported management discussions on performance and operational controls", "Prepared financial analysis for contract negotiations and investment decisions and maintained appropriate internal-control safeguards", "Liaised with external auditors during annual financial-statement audits and supported resolution of audit requirements", "Supervised payroll and staff-cost computations and coordinated departmental goals, procedures and operational improvements" ] }, { "company": "ABC", "position": "Audit Associate / Senior Audit Associate", "startDate": "2017-12", "endDate": "2019-09", "highlights": [ "Prepared and reviewed financial statements for clients across Insurance, Manufacturing and Brokerage environments", "Updated and reviewed general ledgers, trial balances and financial records to support accurate reporting and internal/external audit requirements", "Oversaw Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions for clients and performed investment reconciliations for Pension Trustees and Fund Managers", "Reviewed audit working papers and ensured applicable accounting and audit standards were appropriately applied" ] } ], "education": [ { "institution": "Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG)", "degree": "Professional Training", "field": "Financial Accounting" }, { "institution": "University of Cape Coast", "degree": "Bachelor of Commerce" } ], "skills": [ "Inventory Accounting & Cost Accounting & Product", "Stock Takes & Variance Analysis", "Reconciliation Costing", "Standard Costing & Cost Cards Budgeting & Forecasting Cost of Sales & Gross Margin", "Inventory Ageing & Expiry", "Financial Reporting & Analysis Internal Controls & Governance", "Management", "ERP & Data Integrity Audit Support Stakeholder & Team Leadership", "Tally", "Trimed", "Medinous", "Finacs", "Sage", "Microsoft Excel", "Power BI", "Standard costing", "cost cards", "product costing", "manufacturing cost calculations", "inventory valuation", 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