Ewurama Fordjour
Accra
Summary
Deadline-focused Fund Administrator highly effective at operating in fast-paced settings. Resourceful, forward-thinking and proactive with remarkable sense of market and customer positions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Fund Administrator (Data Processing)
Databank Financial Services Limited
10.2023 - Current
- Daily computation of current and Year-to-Date (YTD) prices for all 7 mutual funds by populating excel sheets with YTD prices
- Computation of daily Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) figures in Excel and transporting to the valuation sheet
- Daily computation of the valuation sheet with inputs from 12 selected African countries using specific feed from their forex rates and daily stock trading reports
- Preparing Withdrawal memos for Private Wealth Management (PWM) and Institutional Schemes and ensuring they are forwarded for transfers to be effected
- Daily transactional uploads for 6 pensions schemes, capturing everything on their custodian statements and ensuring same cash positions with my company, and their trustees
- Coupon Settlements, Equity and Fixed Income trade Uploads for 7 mutual funds and 49 Institutional schemes
- Monthly computation of all mutual funds and Institutional Schemes Management fees and total Asset Under Management
- Monthly Preparation of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and (FIC) reports for all Institutional Schemes
- Setting up of new Government of Ghana securities, updating their benchmark rates and setting up new fixed income trades for all 7 mutual funds
- Assisting the Reconciliation Team by categorizing our clients into different asset classes and sectors as required by our regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Validating bank book figures and consolidating them month on month under their respective Institutions/category
- Passing Reconciliation adjustments and running End of day (EOD) for all institutional Schemes.
Relationship Manager, Institutional Business
Databank Financial Services Limited
02.2021 - Current
- Liaise with Databank Asset Management Limited, the finance department, the branches, co-locations and other departments within the group ensuring all Institutional funds received are credited in time
- Follow up and resolve institutional and retail queries in timely manner
- Send contract notes in time to institutional clients
- Drive institutional business by identifying new and viable markets for penetration
- Prepare and organize in-person and virtual presentations to create financial awareness and introduce Databank products
- Send monthly Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) league table to institutional clients.
Relationship Manager, Retail Business
Databank Financial Services Limited
01.2018 - 02.2021
- Successfully pitched sales to over 3000 new clients on Databank's mutual funds and Government of Ghana treasury bills and notes
- Resolved over 2000 client queries on client balances and statement of account discrepancies for both email requests and walk in clients
- Prospected and organized over 200 presentations, in-person and virtual, to create financial awareness/sell Databank products
- Signed-up over 1000 new and existing clients on the Databank Notification Access Portal (DNA).
Investment Analyst
Solange Capital Partners
04.2017 - 12.2017
- Made over 100 research-based recommendations to the business development unit and the finance team on prevailing trends on the financial market and viable grounds to invest the funds under management with key information from relevant investment websites in Ghana
- Verified adherence to appropriate investment policies at any point in time and in accordance with requirements from the regulator SEC
- Reconciled funds mobilized by the sales staff daily with the finance records
- Assisted in weekly computation of fixed deposit prices with reference to the Treasury bill rate.
Investment Analyst
Equity Capital Ltd
11.2016 - 03.2017
- Made just 5 research-based recommendations to the business development unit on prevailing trends in the financial market and viable companies to invest the funds under management with
- Verified adherence to appropriate investment policies at any point in time as clearly stated by the regulator SEC
- Prospected and analyzed financial statements with key emphasis on the return on assets and equity.
Investment Executive
Wealth Vision Financial Services Ltd
04.2016 - 10.2016
- Managed 15 client accounts and reported to them on monthly performance
- Prospected and made over 50 presentations to churches, local groups and institutions on the company's products and the benefits of investment accounts.
Assistant to the Statistician
Kateon Natie Ghana Limited
08.2015 - 01.2016
- Analyzed data and reported on daily intake and shipment of cocoa beans
- Assisted in planning and execution of the company's end of year thanksgiving and awards weeklong activities.
Assistant to the Revenue Officer (National Service)
Ghana Revenue Authority
09.2014 - 07.2015
- Resolved over 300 customer queries on taxes
- Assisted in revenue mobilization
- Conducted monthly bank reconciliations
- Compiled of figures for weekly and monthly reports
- Prepared monthly expenditures
- Monitored the storeroom and created a spreadsheet to effectively track the daily movement of the revenue receipt books and its management.
Education
MSc. Financial Engineering, Financial Markets, Statistics, Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing, Econometrics and Case Studies in Risk Management -
WorldQuant University
New Orleans, Louisiana11.2022
Certificate in Private Equity and Venture Capital -
Coursera Online Course
06.2016
Ghana Stock Exchange Securities courses, Securities trading and investment advisory technique, Legal and regulatory framework -
Ghana Stock Exchange
05.2016
BSc. Mathematics and Statistics -
University of Cape Coast
05.2014
General Science -
Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School
05.2009
Skills
- Due diligence
- Data Management
- Trade Settlements
- Month-end closings
- Bank Reconciliation
- Transaction monitoring
- Critical Thinking
Accomplishments
- I have been able to help raise and ensure correct crediting of deposits to the tune of 198 million cedis and opened over 3000 new accounts.
- I organized 30 successful tent storms at selective ministries in Ghana e.g., the Ministry for Justice and the Attorney General's office, the Ministry of Employment, the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, among others
- I have led field outreaches for account activations in some corporate institutions and universities as well as various police stations and fuel stations within and out of Accra.
- I have reached out to at least 1000 both new and existing clients to establish and maintain relationships for business continuity
- I have prepared and organized over 200 presentations, in-person and virtual, to create financial awareness as well as introduce and sell Databanks mutual funds and other investment packages.
Personal Information
Title: FUND ADMINISTRATOR/INVESTMENT ADVISOR
References
- Mrs Evelyn Ofosu-Darko, Chief operations officer, Databank Financial Services Ltd, evelyn.ofosu-darko@databankgroup.com
- Miss Rose Antwiwaa Osei, Sales Manager, Databank Financial Services Ltd, rose.osei@databankgroup.com
- Dr. John Bentum, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, jkbentum@ucc.edu.gh
- Mr. John Desmond Nai, Former General Manager, Wealth Vision Financial Services, Tema, Ghana, jdesmondnai@gmail.com
Timeline
Fund Administrator (Data Processing)
Databank Financial Services Limited
10.2023 - Current
Relationship Manager, Institutional Business
Databank Financial Services Limited
02.2021 - Current
Relationship Manager, Retail Business
Databank Financial Services Limited
01.2018 - 02.2021
Investment Analyst
Solange Capital Partners
04.2017 - 12.2017
Investment Analyst
Equity Capital Ltd
11.2016 - 03.2017
Investment Executive
Wealth Vision Financial Services Ltd
04.2016 - 10.2016
Assistant to the Statistician
Kateon Natie Ghana Limited
08.2015 - 01.2016
Assistant to the Revenue Officer (National Service)
Ghana Revenue Authority
09.2014 - 07.2015
MSc. Financial Engineering, Financial Markets, Statistics, Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing, Econometrics and Case Studies in Risk Management -
WorldQuant University
Certificate in Private Equity and Venture Capital -
Coursera Online Course
Ghana Stock Exchange Securities courses, Securities trading and investment advisory technique, Legal and regulatory framework -
Ghana Stock Exchange
BSc. Mathematics and Statistics -
University of Cape Coast
General Science -
Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School
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