LARRY ESSEL
Accra
Summary
Organized and motivated employee eager to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments. Seeking opportunities to expand skills and grow knowledge while facilitating company growth.
Experience in using ACI Universal Payments Portal (Postillion), ORACLE BI and POWERCARD, FCUBS, SWIFT, BASIS BANKS LOGIN, PROCESS MAKER, BITWIZE among other banking and business platforms. Theoretical knowledge of TALLY ERP. Currently undertaking self-lessons on QUICKBOOKS.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Officer
Oval Essentials Limited
SSNIT Emporium, Airport City
2023.06 - 2024.01
- Calculated income and social security tax deductions and processed payrolls in excel..
- Developed actionable improvements for existing processes and presented to management.
- Reviewed and reconciled receivable records and payments received for sales before and after my arrival in the company.
- Contributed to improvements in procedures and operations, resulting in higher sales.
- Performed bank reconciliations on a regular basis.
- Managed accounts receivable functions including billing, collections, customer inquiries.
- Received and recorded cash, checks and transfers.
- Verified and entered expenditures into Excel and reconciled accounts to resolve variances.
- Delivered products to customer locations on time.
- Deposited vendor payments and adjusted accounts to reflect changing balances.
- Designed new KYC forms, Credit Policy and Distribution Agreement form together with two other team members for the company.
- Designed a Petty Cash Voucher for Official usage.
- Keeping inventory records and movement of stock
- Together with my senior colleague, we built a new customer base of more than 50 distributors/wholesalers in and around Accra Central Business District where we supplied products regularly on credit/cash basis through Direct Sales and Prospecting.
Transaction Officer (Settlements Department)
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited
Accra
2018.08 - 2021.01
- Processed foreign currency Checks for Collection to and from other banks.
- Processed and issued local and foreign banker’s drafts to customers for onward settlement.
- Entry of data provided on customers' instructions for wire transfers (MT103) via BASIS and SWIFT platforms for onward verification and authorization.
- Liaising with local and foreign banks via MT299 and MT199 with regards to FEA and FCA transfers.
- Processing CAGD and private/public company salaries and FEA STANDING ORDERS.
- Processing outward and inward local transfers (MT205) through Bank of Ghana.
- Attending to customers who come to bank premises for the purpose of wire transfers (MT103) and working on same.
- Distributing mails at end of day to Account Officers and Relationship Managers with regards to received checks during the day for confirmation/concurrence purposes before processing the following working day.
- Liaising with the appropriate upward supervisors for the approval of live debit and credit transactions on retail and corporate customer accounts when amount is beyond my limit.
- Receiving and processing instructions from the Process Maker platform initiated by Relationship Managers.
- Placing formal requests for office stationary and other office equipments for my unit (Funds Transfer Unit).
- Liaising with Internal Audit Unit (System Controls) for Operations Performance Review (OPR).
- Liaising with the Treasury Department to fund Correspondent Banks' Accounts for specific Transfers to go through.
- Liaising with the Compliance Unit for flagged transfers and with the Technology Unit to resolve certain technical issues.
- Daily Batch Posting reconciliation and other designated day-to-day activities.
ATM Remote Monitoring Officer (ATM Channel Unit, Data Center)
GCB Bank PLC
Accra
2016.09 - 2017.08
- Monitoring all branch ATMs and providing remote and logistical assistance to custodians in all branches with various challenges via banking platforms and email
- Reporting various software and hardware faults to service providers (NCR) for servicing and arranging for engineers to work on them via email
- Collecting and analyzing data on performance of all ATMs and preparing monthly reports. This includes uptime, downtime, withdrawal levels, etc.
- Monitoring general ATMs connectivity link and resolving same with the Data Center Technical Unit responsible for ATMs if challenge is beyond my resolve
- Distributing Debit Without Dispense cases on Electronic Journal Viewer Platform from customers to be addressed by branches.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Banking And Finance
Accra Technical University
Accra, Ghana2025-08
Higher National Diploma - Accountancy
Cape Coast Technical University
Cape Coast, Ghana2016-08
WASSCE Certificate - Business Accounting
Odorgonno Senior High School
Awoshie, Accra2013-05
Skills
- Data Entry
- Bookkeeping
- Data Analysis
- Due Diligence
- Clerical Support
- Expense Reports
- Customer Relations
- Reconciling Accounts
- Signature Verification
- Public Speaking Skills
- Financial Transactions
- Account Reconciliation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Transaction Processing
- Powerpoint Presentations
- Customer Service-Oriented
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Accounts Officer
Oval Essentials Limited
2023.06 - 2024.01
Transaction Officer (Settlements Department)
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited
2018.08 - 2021.01
ATM Remote Monitoring Officer (ATM Channel Unit, Data Center)
GCB Bank PLC
2016.09 - 2017.08
Bachelor of Technology - Banking And Finance
Accra Technical University
Higher National Diploma - Accountancy
Cape Coast Technical University
WASSCE Certificate - Business Accounting
Odorgonno Senior High School
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