ISHMAEL ANKU AGBEMENYA
Accra
Summary
Accomplished finance professional with a robust history at Harlequin International (GH) LTD, showcasing expertise in financial analysis and budget forecasting. Excelled in optimizing working capital and enhancing financial reporting accuracy. Demonstrates strong analytical reasoning and proficiency in Sage Accounting Software, ensuring strategic financial management and operational efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ACTING FINANCE MANAGER
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
06.2023 - Current
- Developing budgets and maintaining control measures.
- Establishing and coordinating the implementation of accounting procedures.
- Supervising financial transactions for payables and receivables.
- Monitoring and validating payables, receivables, and general ledger accounts for correctness.
- Managing reconciliation of cashbooks with bank statements.
- Reviewing and approving tax reports.
- Overseeing payroll administration.
- Ensuring optimal cash management processes.
- Analyzing revenue and expenditure trends to propose suitable budget levels.
- Reviewing the trial balance and ledgers before final accounts preparation.
- Preparing management/month-end report, interim financial statements, and final accounts..
- Managing compliance checks for external and tax audits.
ACCOUNTANT
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Preparing quarterly corporate income tax assessment for review
- Taking part in payable management
- Undertaking monthly inter-company reconciliation of current accounts in respect of intergroup transactions
- Managing prepayment and fixed asset schedules to support general ledger accounts to date
- Overseeing reconciliation of cashbooks with bank statements
- Reviewing monthly Value Added Tax (VAT) returns
- Overseeing payroll administration
- Taking part in managing and reconciling receivable accounts
- Reviewing trial balance and ledgers before preparation of final accounts and audit
- Taking part in external and tax audit
- Preparing budgets for review and approval by the Finance Manager
ACCOUNTS OFFICER
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
07.2016 - 12.2022
- Utilizing Sage/Pastel Accounting Software to record, store, and analyze company financial transactions
- Leading a team of three store personnel to take stock of over a thousand stock items annually
- Liaising with procurement and store units to post and update an average of one hundred and fifty suppliers' invoices per month
- Assisting in project costing and revenue recognition
- Taking part in quarterly corporate income tax assessment and review
- Preparing payment advice, in respect of accounts payables, considering withholding tax requirement
- Reconciling suppliers' accounts and respond to their enquiries
- Taking part in the monthly reconciliation of the company's cashbooks with their respective bank statements
- Accounting for petty cash and imprest administration using Excel and Sage ERP
- Assisting in managing a payroll of over a hundred employees using oracle ERP
- Taking part in the review of trial balance and ledgers before preparation of final accounts and audit
- Assisting in the preparation of management/month-end report, Interim Financial Statements, and final accounts
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (SERVICE PERSONNEL)
NATIONAL SERVICE SECRETARIAT
09.2015 - 07.2016
- Assisted in preparing a nominal roll of over five hundred service personnel in the Ashaiman Municipality
- Received and processed monthly duty report of over four hundred service personnel
BANK CLERK INTERN
GOMOA COMMUNITY BANK
06.2014 - 09.2014
- Entered Know-Your-Customer (KYC) information of new clients into the bank's database using T24 ERP
- Assisted in vouching daily transactions from the Tellers against the Head Teller's report
- Helped customers to complete their transactions with the bank
Education
MBA - ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
ACCRA, GHANA06-2025
BA - INTEGRATED BUSINESS STUDIES (ACCOUNTING MAJOR)
UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
WA, GHANA07.2015
Skills
- Taxation proficiency
- MS Office Suite familiarity
- Accounts reconciliation expertise
- Proficient in Sage Accounting Software and Oracle Payroll ERP
- Stock management expertise
- General ledger accounting expertise
- Fixed Asset Reporting Familiarity
- Analytical reasoning
- Accounting data entry skills
- IFRS and IAS familiarity
- Financial Reporting Skills
- Financial analysis
- Budget forecasting
- Financial modeling
Affiliations
Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)
Accomplishments
- Expertise in Tax Reporting contributed to Harlequin International (Gh) Ltd's recognition as the second-best medium tax compliant company by the Ghana Revenue Authority in 2017
References
- Mr. Andrew Oppan, Administrative Manager, Harlequin International (Gh) Ltd, +233 244325526 / +233 244325527 / +233 244325529, andrew@hit-gh.com
- Mr. Maxwell Addo Darko, Former Finance Manager, Harlequin International (Gh) Ltd, +447763313764, imaxdarko@gmail.com / maxmell20035@yahoo.com
- Mrs. Vivian Agumey, The Ag. District Director of National Service Secretariat, Ashaiman - Greater Accra, +233 261283908/+233 244119399, viviandeladema@yahoo.com
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/02/89
- Nationality: Ghanaian
Certification
- A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Languages
English
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
ACTING FINANCE MANAGER
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
06.2023 - Current
ACCOUNTANT
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
01.2022 - 05.2023
ACCOUNTS OFFICER
HARLEQUIN INTERNATIONAL (GH) LTD
07.2016 - 12.2022
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (SERVICE PERSONNEL)
NATIONAL SERVICE SECRETARIAT
09.2015 - 07.2016
BANK CLERK INTERN
GOMOA COMMUNITY BANK
06.2014 - 09.2014
- A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
MBA - ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
BA - INTEGRATED BUSINESS STUDIES (ACCOUNTING MAJOR)
UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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