Accra Greater Accra, Ghana
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Email: xxx@xxxx.xxx
Looking For: Financial Analyst,
Occupation: Business and Finance
Degree: Master's Degree
Career Level: Experienced
Languages:
Highlights:
Skills:Financial modelling and analysis, Financial reporting, Financial and transaction advisory, Mergers and acquisitions advisory, Corporate governance and internal controls, Advanced computer skills
Membership:Chartered Member – Institute of Chartered Accounts, Ghana
Certification:Chartered Certified Accountant - Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana
Financial Analyst 10/2021 - current
Deloitte & Touche, Accra, Greater Accra Ghana
Industry: Accounting and Finance
Currently employed as a Financial Analyst in the Transaction Advisory team.
• Drafting transaction documentation including presentation materials and talk books for client proposals
• Proactively assisting business development efforts including drafting pitch materials, providing market insights and performing comparable companies/transactions analyses
• Perform industry and company research utilizing online tools and publicly available information
• Analyze target company data to identify historical and projected financial and operating trends, quality of earnings and working capital considerations, and potential liabilities and risks, which impact valuation and negotiation of the target company
• Create and design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, achievability of management's budget, and indebtedness considerations
• Analyzing historical cash flows and financial statements of clients’ businesses to help inform on the underlying business drivers feeding through into a review of future projections--
Audit Associate 01/2018 - 09/2021
Deloitte & Touche, Accra, Greater Accra Ghana
Industry: Accounting and Finance
Employed as an Audit Associate in Deloitte & Touche (Ghana), where I interact with clients directly to discuss field audit issues and collaborate with a diverse group of talented professionals in executing my daily activities as an Audit Associate.
Analytical review and evaluation of the financial position of companies to suggest options of improvement in companies’ operations
• Developing market intelligence and sector knowledge to identify risks and opportunities for business growth
• Designing audit approaches, conducting field audit engagements, and performing complex accounting and auditing of balance sheets and income statements
• Participating in the completion of client annual reports and interacting with clients to discuss field audit issues
• Performing accounting and auditing functions on field engagements for major corporate clients and developing accounting worksheets
• Reviewing client accounting and operating procedures and systems of internal control
• Conducting audit tests which are enough in scope to support professional opinions as to the fair representation of client financial statements
• Performing accounting research to solve issues that arise during audits and/or compliance engagements
• Performing client and industry research and preparing materials to support pitches and proposals to clients--
Audit Assistant 06/2015 - 11/2016
Allied, Accra, Greater Accra Ghana
Industry: Oil and Gas
Was engaged as an Audit Assistant in Allied Oil Company Ltd, where I helped in designing, implementing and evaluating controls and compliance systems. I also offered advisory support to management and other departments within the company.
• Audit verification and compliance visits to the service stations
• Examination of the results of previous audits in order to improve upon the processes that are specific to the service stations
• Audit, verification and reconciliation of account balances per the allocated service stations’ ledgers
• Checking of the existence of certain assets and the accuracy of reflection of their values
• Reviewing day-to-day transactions to identify areas of improvement
• Testing of existing processes and controls of the company as a whole; at the Head Office and service station levels
• Communicating audit progress and findings by preparing reports and providing information in meetings
• Completing audit working papers by documenting audit tests and findings
• Achieving cost standards by monitoring expenses at the service station--
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 08/2009 - 06/2013
Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Accounting and Finance
Courses: Quantitative Tools in Business, Audit and Internal Review, Business Law, Corporate Law, Taxation, Economics, Public Sector Accounting, Financial Reporting, Business Information Systems, Management Accounting, Corporate Governance, Taxation and Fiscal Policies, Corporate Reporting, Advanced Financial Management and Advanced Auditing.
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