Accountant /Auditor

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Elliot Marcells

Accra, Ghana • +233-*********

******.********@*****.*** • LinkedIn

Personal Details:

date of birth · place of birth · Ghanaian

Male · Single

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Energetic and highly motivated professional with extensive experience in adding value and improving an organisation’s operations by designing and executing independent and objective audit strategies. Able to manage core accounting operations within fast-pace environments by recording, classifying, summarising, and interpreting business transactions and financial results.

Auditing and Accounting: Ethical and skeptic professional with fundamental ability to drive all aspects of audit engagements and prepare audit plans by developing key risk assessment models. Adept at generating and analysing financial reports and overseeing account reconciliations to perform accounts payable / receivable functions and complete month-close processes.

Financial Planning and Analysis: Skilled in orchestrating financial planning, conducting financial analysis, and forecasting financial results to sustain organisational performance. Adept at conducting research and analysing trends and data to provide guidance regarding investment portfolios while supporting strategic business planning.

Effective Communication: Excellent problem solver with strong communication, interpersonal, and decision-making skills, resulting in capability to earn the confidence and support of members and top management. Possess a strong commitment to team environment dynamics with the ability to contribute expertise in relationship development, active listening, composition, and presentation.

Key Strengths: Hardworking and knowledgeable individual with demonstrated capabilities in organising and prioritising tasks to complete simultaneous projects within agreed timelines and budget parameters. Persuasive individual with outstanding ability to foster and maintain professional working relationships with stakeholders and employees to build consensus and initiate productive change. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Information Studies, Bachelor, expected 12/2019

INSTITUTE OF CHARTEREDACCOUNTANTS GHANA, Accra, Ghana Bachelor of Arts, Information Studies, 2015

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, Accra, Ghana

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ERNST & YOUNG, Accra, Ghana

Audit Assistant (2015 – Present)

Play an instrumental role in conducting stock taking at client’s sites, counting and comparing physical stock with ledgers, identifying discrepancies and obsolete stocks, and reporting facts to the partners. Compose and dispatch engagement letters to the clients. Perform walk through and documentation of clients 'processes. Scan signed copies of bank confirmation letters. Perform vouching of administrative expenses, evaluated the Elliot Marcells

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needs of expenses, tracked amounts of invoices with the general ledger entries, and reported any discrepancy in the report. Review payroll to check accuracy of statutory deductions. Prepare and send Management letters to the clients after execution of audit procedures. Selected Contributions:

§ Provided hands-on support in preparing and analysing bank reconciliations, identifying unrecorded items, and finding reasons for disagreement with bank balances by utilising EY audit tools.

§ Prepared and sent bank confirmation letters to clients’ banks, compared confirmed balances with the bank statements, and inquired the management about the differences.

§ Recorded year-end currency rate on cut-off dates, valued foreign exchange balances of clients, and recorded foreign exchange gain / loss in the income statement.

§ Evaluated the effectiveness of subsequent clearance of accounts by randomly selecting number of receipts and vouchers prior to and after the cut-off date.

§ Composed letters to the clients’ solicitors to enquire about existing litigations, probability of winning and losing the case, and impact of litigation decision on clients’ financial performance.

§ Checked compliance of clients’ financial statements with International Financial Reporting Standards.

§ Served as a liaison between the audit team and clients’ internal audit department to ensure smooth execution of audit.

DATABANK GROUP, Accra, Ghana

Intern (2012)

Presented investment proposals to the clients by conducting extensive research on markets and preparing reports on the facts and trends. Demonstrated information related to various investment packages to the clients while interacting with potential clients.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

DATABANK GROUP, Accra, Ghana

Volunteer (2012)

Counselled fellow peers on variety of reproductive health issues. Regularly visited health facilities, such as Accra Psychiatric Hospital and offered assistance to the patients. Provided emotional and moral support to mentally retarded kids in managing their day-to-day tasks. SKILLS

Technical Proficiencies: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Language Proficiencies: English (Fluent)