Israel Arthur Afari
Finance Manager
Accra,Greater Accra
Summary
Business-minded Finance Manager promoting years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
Mar2019 - Sep2024
- Ensures that accounting functions and duties are accurately and promptly completed
- Processing of Suppliers’ and Vendor invoices for payment
- Preparation of monthly financial report for management
- Preparing monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements
- Preparation and monitoring of the Portfolio’s Budget and Forecast
- Timely updates of Debtors Ageing Analysis and reporting to the Head of Division
- Processing of all financial transactions (Creditors Processes, Debtors Journals, Receipting Journals) into the company’s accounting software
- Performing all Credit Control activities for the Division
- Timely preparation and payment of withholding taxes with the Ghana Revenue Authority
- Manage financial income, including management and admin fees on rental recoveries, commissions on new or renewed leases, and interest earnings
- Manages financial expenditure, including running costs, staff expenses, admin costs
- Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
- Executed vendor setup and payment, administration of bank accounts and account reconciliations.
- Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
- Successfully reduced tenant's overdue arrears by 60%
Senior Accounts Officer
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Processing of Suppliers’ and Vendor invoices for payment
- Preparing monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements for eight(8) Properties
- Preparation of the Divisions quarterly Forecast
- Budget preparation and monitoring for all eight Properties managed by the Division
- Performing all Credit Control activities for the Division
- Timely preparation and payment of VAT Schedules and withholding tax with the Ghana Revenue Authority
- Preparation of financial Report for five(5)Properties of the Division
- Tracked financial progress by creating quarterly and yearly balance sheets.
Senior Accounts Officer
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
06.2017 - 03.2018
- Preparation of monthly management accounts for the MTN Portfolio (Nationwide)
- Processing of Suppliers’ and Vendor invoices for payment.
- Preparing monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements for Six (6) facilities.
- Preparation of Statement of Accounts for MTN South Africa
- Preparation and monitoring of MTN Portfolio Budget and Forecast
- Preparation and monitoring of budget and forecast
- Preparation and reconciling of Intercompany Accounts
- Timely updates of Debtors Ageing Analysis and reporting to the Head of Division
- Processing of all financial transactions (Creditors Processes, Debtors Journals, Receipting Journals) into the company’s accounting software
- Processing of invoices to MTN South Africa on MTN iSupplier Portal
- Providing financial approval for all Vendor invoices raised on MTN Concept Portal
- Performing all Credit Control activities for the Division
- Timely preparation and payment of VAT Schedules and withholding tax with the Ghana Revenue Authority
- Supervise the management of four(4) of the divisions accounts
- Supervise the scheduled office on two(2) of the divisions facilities and sign off the bank reconciliation statements prepared
Accounts Officer 1
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
02.2016 - 05.2017
- Processing of Suppliers’ and Vendor invoices for payment
- Preparing monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements for eight (8) facilities
- Processing of all financial transactions (Creditors Processes, Debtors Journals) into the company’s accounting software
- Performing credit control activities for all eight (8) facilities managed by the Division
- Timely preparation and payment of VAT and withholding tax schedules with the Ghana Revenue Authority
- Daily Banking – cheques and cash
- Assist with the preparation of income and expense report
Accounts Receivables Officer
Busy Internet Ghana Limited
02.2015 - 01.2016
- Creating Invoices for all ISP clients using the SAP accounting software
- Generating Credit Notes for Clients using the SAP accounting software
- Inputting ISP sales and invoicing into SAP
- Reconciling all clients’ accounts at the end of each month
- Collecting and issuing receipt for all payments and preparing monthly reports on all receivables
- 80% of monthly receivables are collected.
- Entering all payments made into the SAP accounting software
- Managing Inventory in SAP
- Conducting inventory Counts and monitoring inventory
- Issuing equipment’s and accessories per installation procedures
Audit Assistant
Ga South Municipal Assembly
09.2011 - 08.2012
- Pre-auditing of payment vouchers
- Project inspection
- Auditing of Internally Generated Funds (IGF) of the Municipal Assembly and its Sub Districts
- Performed auditing work in accordance with auditing standards and principles.
Education
ACCA - ACCA LEVEL 2
ACCA
UKSkills
- Financial planning and forecasting
- Budgeting and cost control
- Cash flow management
- Variance analysis
- General ledger management
- Financial reporting (eg, IFRS, GAAP compliance)
- Tax compliance
- Accounts payable and receivable management
Timeline
Senior Accounts Officer
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
04.2018 - 02.2019
Senior Accounts Officer
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
06.2017 - 03.2018
Accounts Officer 1
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
02.2016 - 05.2017
Accounts Receivables Officer
Busy Internet Ghana Limited
02.2015 - 01.2016
Audit Assistant
Ga South Municipal Assembly
09.2011 - 08.2012
Finance Manager
BROLL GHANA LIMITED
Mar2019 - Sep2024
ACCA - ACCA LEVEL 2
ACCA
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