Francis Agyekum Jnr
Tema
Summary
Finance professional ready to drive financial strategies and optimize performance. Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Strong focus on team collaboration and flexibility to meet changing needs. Reliable, analytical, and results-oriented with keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Devtraco Group
01.2025 - Current
- Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
- Streamlined month-end close process, reducing time spent on manual tasks and improving data accuracy.
- Ensured compliance with tax and other statutory regulations; timely filing of all required documents, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
- Oversee monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and take corrective actions on deviations.
- Advise senior management on key financial decisions.
- Assist FC in budget preparation.
- Monitoring budget performance and implementing corrective actions.
- Overseeing the preparation of financial statements across the Group.
- Analyzing financial data to track business performance.
- Presenting financial insights to FC and CFO.
- Identifying and mitigation financial risks such as operational risk, exchange rate risk, interest rate risk.
- Ensuring compliance with financial regulations such as tax laws, IFRS, GAAP.
- Managing cash flow to ensure financial stability.
- Managing working capital, including receivables and payables.
- Managing the finance team, ensuring productivity and development.
- Automating financial processes to improve efficiency.
Senior Finance Executive
Devtraco Plus Ltd
01.2024 - 12.2024
- Analyzing financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Managing Accounts payable and Accounts receivable.
- Overseeing payroll processing and statutory deductions.
- Ensuring timely bank reconciliations and cash flow management.
- Ensuring compliance with tax and financial regulations.
- Supporting external audits by preparing required documents.
- Assisted in risk assessments relating to financial and business operations.
- Coordinating with external auditors, tax authorities and financial institutions.
- Assisted the finance team in cross-departmental matters.
- Providing insights to senior finance leaders on financial trends.
- Collaborating with different departments to align financial goals.
Senior Account Associate
Devtraco Plus Ltd
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Create new ledger accounts, customer, and supplier IDS for respective projects
- Review bank reconciliations on a monthly basis for DP and its subsidiaries
- Coordinate with Accounts Manager to ensure that all clients Bills and payments are captured for DP and its subsidiaries
- Process payment for subcontractors, suppliers and General contractors based on agreed payables day and authorization by Accounts Manager
- Perform & review analytical accounting for Postings on a daily basis
- Make recommendations to improve Workflow among Subordinates
- Keep track and process accounts and outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Review and post daily financial transactions including verifying, classifying, and recording details in the appropriate books of accounts
- Advise AM on exceptional transactions
- Report and resolve discrepancies identified with suppliers and customers records
- Prepare weekly Payables Payment report to AM's review
- Ensure Suppliers documentation and ledger are updated appropriately
- Oversee the preparation of statutory obligation by Accounts associate
- Print and update suppliers on statement of accounts when required
- Report and resolve discrepancies identified with supplier records
- Generate financial statements and reports detailing accounts Payable & Receivable status
- Generate monthly cost reports for construction, development, sales, and marketing
- Generate monthly collections report as well as ageing account receivable reports for management
- Key resource personnel in conducting yearly audits to ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with the relevant IFRSs and are free from errors
- Generate cash flow reports based on expected collections per customer's payment plan
- Ensure a verification of waybills and Goods received note before processing of invoice
- Account and ensure the accuracy of all intercompany balances at the end of the month
- Advise the sales manager on the status of collections and how best we can manage to improve monthly collections
- Processing monthly payroll
- Prepare weekly cash and bank balances for AM
- Prepare and file statutory returns on Due date (SSNIT and PAYE)
Account Associate
Devtraco Plus Ltd
09.2018 - 04.2022
- Perform daily entries of customer and supplier transactions into the appropriate GL to be reviewed by the senior accounts associate
- Responsible for petty Cash for Devtraco Plus and its related Parties
- Inform suppliers of their check once payment is ready
- File every payment voucher into the respective files
- Ensure every payment voucher is supported by a receipt
- Seek Approval from Accounts Manager/Human Resource Manager for Petty Cash payments above GHC 500.00
- Prepare and file statutory returns on Due dates (WHT, VAT)
- Perform daily financial transactions including verifying, classifying, and recording details in the appropriate book of accounts
- Advice Senior Sales Associate on exceptional transactions
- Properly record and account for daily deposits from clients
- Prepare a schedule of the exchange rate applied over the period
- Ensure clients documentation and ledger are updated appropriately
- Ensure all daily collections are duly banked
- Perform aging analysis of accounts receivables per clients
- Reconcile the deposits, accounts receivables and other collections ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly entered
- Prints and updates clients on statements of accounts when required under the supervision of the Accounts Manager
- Responsible for Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
- Perform bank reconciliations on a monthly basis for DP and its subsidiaries
Intern
Servaid Consultancy Services
07.2017 - 08.2017
Intern(Time Keeper Assistant)
Consar Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
Education
ACCA QUALIFICATION -
ACCA
UK01-2024
Bsc. - Accounting
University of Professional Studies
08-2018
WASSCE - Business
Tema Presec
Tema, Ghana04-2013
Skills
- Critical thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Ethical
- Quick learner
- Keen observer
- Multitasking
- Task prioritization
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365
- Tally accounting software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Organizational skills
- Team player
- Tally accounting software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Organizational skills
- Team player
Languages
English
Twi
French (Intermediate)
Hobbies and Interests
- Learning about diverse people and their culture
- Listening to music
- Playing Video Games
Timeline
Finance Manager
Devtraco Group
01.2025 - Current
Senior Finance Executive
Devtraco Plus Ltd
01.2024 - 12.2024
Senior Account Associate
Devtraco Plus Ltd
05.2022 - 12.2023
Account Associate
Devtraco Plus Ltd
09.2018 - 04.2022
Intern
Servaid Consultancy Services
07.2017 - 08.2017
Intern(Time Keeper Assistant)
Consar Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
ACCA QUALIFICATION -
ACCA
Bsc. - Accounting
University of Professional Studies
WASSCE - Business
Tema Presec
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