Accounting Manager

RESUME

LAMIN M. SABALLY

CONTACT INFORMATION

***** ********* ***, *******, *******, WA 98204 Tel: 425-***-**** Email: *********@*****.*** UPFRONT AND VERIFIABLE

Your background checks will confirm that I’m a quick learner with the proven ability to work effectively in both independent and collaborative team situations. I’m honest, flexible, energetic and a motivated team builder. I easily grasp new concepts and methods and; I adapt well to results driven work environment changes. I aspire to be a part of a team that benefits from my passion for using my finance education and risk management in banking experience to help an organization achieve its target objectives within the practical scope of internal and external stakeholder expectations. WORK EXPERIENCE

Account Receivable Specialist for Volunteers of America Western Washington – August 2018 to Current

Volunteers of America Western Washington works to create community impact through stewardship and resourcefulness. The agency serves people and communities in need and creates opportunities for people to experience the joy of serving others. Headquartered in Everett, the agency serves six Western Washington counties: Island, King, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. As they respond to increasingly complex community needs, they use their core values to uphold integrity and social impact. These core values include Community First, Commitment to Excellence, Effective Stewardship, and Faith in Action.

As a member of the Accounting & Finance Unit my Duties & Responsibilities Included:

• Identify, code and process incoming program receipts and payments

• Prepare receipts for deposit; post to GL daily.

• Record all electronic cash receipts.

• Process AR information submitted, inform Program Directors of amounts past due.

• Maintain and monitor individual AR account balances.

• Process credit card donations and refunds.

• Reconciles AR ledger to General ledger monthly.

• Process and maintain records on refund checks.

• Maintain all supporting documentation relating to Account Receivable.

• Review and post AR journals, as required and upon approval.

• Serve as a financial resource to program staff and administrative departments, as assigned.

• Assist with the annual budgeting process.

• Assist with the preparation for the annual audit.

• Assist in the development and implementation of internal controls and process enhancements.

• Support the agency’s mission through assisting or leading special projects.

• Provides excellent accounting support and back-up for the Accounts Payable and Contract Billings.

• Reconciles the Payroll and Operational bank accounts monthly and maintains the donor database and donations.

• Maintains the AP filing system, handles the agency postage and mailings. Writes and posts manual payroll checks when required.

• Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.

• Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.

• Maintaining historical records.

• Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing paychecks.

• Paying vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor inquiries regarding finance.

• Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports. Secretary/Treasurer for Enactus, City University of Seattle Chapter - July 2017 to June 2018 Enactus is an international organization with slightly over 12,026 student members. Guided by academic advisors and business experts, the student leaders of Enactus create and implement entrepreneurial projects around the globe. As chapter Secretary and Treasurer, I was an integral part of a leadership team that whose accomplishments transforms lives and helps students develop the kind of talent and perspective that are essential to leadership in an ever-more complicated and challenging world.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities Include:

• Taking, coordinating and disseminating meeting minutes to members and officials.

• Recording and processing reimbursements and invoices.

• Communicating and updating timely Enactus financial status to the board and officers.

• Reconciling financial reports from the business office against the actual invoices.

• Planning and collaboratively working with Fundraising Chair to create and implement ways to raise funds for Enactus through creative projects and University partnerships.

• Collaborating in the creation and implementation of sustainable entrepreneurial based projects. Credit Risk Analyst FBN Bank Gambia Limited - April 2014 to June 2016 FBN Bank Gambia is a unit of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc. Established in 1894, FBN Holdings Plc, is Nigeria’s leading financial services institution by total assets, capitalization and, gross earnings and is one of the largest corporate and retail banking financial institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. The holding company operates an extensive distribution network with over 623 branches, 61 quick service points and 69 cash centers, over 2,500 ATM’s and over 9 million customer accounts. The Bank provides a comprehensive range of financial services and has international presence through its subsidiaries in the UK, Paris, Congo, Ghana, Sierra- Leone, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

As a member of the Risk Management Unit my Duties & Responsibilities Included:

• Reviewing and verifying all required documentations needed to support a credit request.

• Performing the due diligence necessary to support the Relationship Manager’s credit request package.

• Conducting detailed financial credit analysis of requests and making written recommendations as appropriate for Credit Officer and/or Risk Senior Credit Officer’s consideration.

• Evaluating and recommending, when as appropriate, the appointment of Independent Project Consultants and Warehousing Agent for approval.

• Analyzing customer accounts and executing and filing of loan security documents in support of extending credit.

• Monitoring of customers’ accounts and preparing reports on loan performance.

• Constructing timely, collaborative and, accurate executive summary reports in support of the Management Credit Committee, Board Credit Committee and Board of Directors.

• Participation in joint calls with the Relationship Team to prospective and existing customers to assist in developing new lines of business and to manage of existing credit relationships.

• Assisting the department in the implementation of various process improvement initiatives that were implemented to drive higher efficiencies in the credit process and to support the sustained alignment of department with the Bank’s goals and objectives. Accounting Department Internship with the Gambia Medical Research Council July 2013 to April 2014.

Accounting Department Internship with the Gambia Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education April 2013 to June 2013.

Education and Other Training and Skills

Schools attended Degree/Certificate Pursued Completion Date/Duration City University of Seattle MBA/Finance December 2018 University of the Gambia Bachelor of Science - Accountancy May 2013 Corporate Bank Training (Int’l Financial Reporting Std., Risk Management in Banking, Securities

for Bank Lending, a Transactional

&

Cash Flow Lending

April 2014 to June 2016

COMPUTER LITERACY: Including among others, Ms. Word, Ms. Excel, & Ms. PowerPoint REFERENCES CONTACT INFORMATION

Jeremy Chambers, Professor

City University of Seattle

Telephone: 206-***-****

Email: ******.********@*****.***

Kathy Cox

Entrepreneurship Academic Program Director

City University of Seattle

Telephone: 425-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

Ron Woods, Professor

City University of Seattle

Telephone: 206-***-****

*******@*****.***

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