CAREER SUMMARY

I am a B.sc holder with honors in Applied Accounting from Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone. I have Sound financial management skills. Diligent and trustworthy person that likes to work in the best interest of his employer. I am innovative and efficient. When under pressure and in any doubt, I use my intelligence to work adequately and ask questions to avoid errors or mistakes respectively and can manage stress. Also, possess interpersonal communication and multi- tasking skills and an adaptable team player recognized for willingness to learn and teach newly acquired skills. Always takes a challenging and creative role to work as dedicated by authorities.

As someone who has been opportune to learn organizational and administrative policies, procedures, and the protocols necessary to enforce them ethically without liability; I have acquired extensive financial knowledge and experience of working for organisations, someone who always provides the required level of leadership and guidance needed to ensure that best practice is always followed. One of my notable strengths is my ability to meet all my targets before the due date.

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain challenging position that will allow me to pursue my professional education in the field of Accountancy, Auditing, Taxation, Finance and Banking: and an opportunity to contribute to the growth of an organization.

KEY COMPETTENCE

Financial Management skills

Ability to manage time and prioritize workload to ensure efficient delivery of all aspects of tasks.

Highly organized and efficient

Good communication and writing skills.

Polite and professional manner.

Regular user of Microsoft office programs

Good conflict resolvers

EXPERIENCE

Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Attendant Counselor 1

October 11-Date

1.Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team: including developing, writing, modifying, and carrying out planned formal (data-based) and informal (non-data based) programs assessing and reporting outcomes; (programs may include activities of daily living, educational, vocational, therapeutic, or behavioral under the direction of an appropriate specialist and under the supervision of a higher level Attendant Counselor); Is trained in and uses sophisticated training techniques designed to teach the clients specified parts of their individualized plan in an ICF/ID setting, or in a SONF, provides directed care for individuals under the direction of nursing services;

2.Participates with day training, recreation, psychology, and other personnel in training clients' social, recreational, self-help, vocational, and academic skills on and off campus; promotes and maintains a positive reinforcing environment.

3.Observes, documents, and reports changes in clients' general physical or mental condition or unusual behavior and takes appropriate action to provide client safety, security, and protection from abuse and neglect.

4.Trains and assists clients in their own self-care including bathing, dressing, grooming and household skills; participates in the care and treatment of clients receiving specialized treatments and services.

5.Escorts, monitors, participates in and/or trains clients in groups or individually to, during, and from recreational and social activities, vocational training, clinics and other activities in the home, or community.

6.Checks and inventories client clothing and personal possessions, living unit supplies, and other inventories; completes work orders, maintains client records and other related records, and makes reports.

7.Provides information on policies and procedures to resident's relatives and/or guardians.

8.Responsible for ensuring that the residential living unit is maintained in an organized, clean, and safe condition.

9.Performs other related work as required.

EXPERIENCE

Puget Sound Assisted Living, TACOMA, United State of America

Independent Living Assistant

July 2023-October 2023

Provides hands-on-quality care while supporting the physical, mental, and emotional needs of each resident.

Follows the activities of daily living for everyone’s care plan.

Reports changes and observations of residents' needs and preferences.

Takes vital signs and residents’ weights.

Follows standard precautions and safe work practices.

Household chores (cleaning, laundry, dishes, etc.)

Cooking and/or serving meals

Helping clients bathe, dress, and groom

Providing companionship through daily activities and hobbies

Driving clients (as needed) to the store or appointment.

Monitoring and reporting on their condition

EXPERIENCE

Sightsavers International, Sierra Leone Country Office, West Africa

Finance and Support Services Officer

2022-2023

Be responsible for operational management of project funds e.g., Budgeting/forecasting, documentation and spending as per PFAs.

Preparation of monthly journals and ensure financial records are complete and accurate.

Prepare month end AMC checklist.

Ensure proper filing of financial related documentation.

Prepare monthly project financial reports.

Prepares and submit monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports on partners fund transfers and expenditure.

Carry out regular partner financial visits.

Work with the project managers to ensure that partners fund requests and monthly partner financial reports are made promptly.

Prepares and maintain partner fund transfers/team and partners to prepare yearly budget.

Ensure proper financial monitoring of projects including audit of funds provided.

Support collaboration between finance and program teams for joint review of project/program reports, planning and analysis.

Prepare half yearly and yearly donor report.

Undertake other general finance duties as required to facilitate the smooth running of accounting and project finance activities.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Maintain and regularly update project assets register.

Ensure project office equipment such as computers, photocopier, printers etc. are in operational state.

Coordinate the renewal of project vehicles and motor bike insurance.

EXPERIENCE

Sightsavers International, Sierra Leone Country Office, West Africa

Irish Aid Project Finance Officer Finance Department

2021-2022

Work with the NTD program team in the preparation of draft annual budgets and forecasts in accordance with the ASCEND NTD country workplan and submit them to the NTD Program Officer and Finance and Support Services Officer of sight savers in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that the authorized budgets on approved activities of the NTD program are not exceeded.

Keeping watch on the expenditure of the activities by the NTD team and warning them in advance if there is a danger of those budgets being exceeded.

Informing the FSSM/O and NTD PO regularly of expenditure incurred and forecast to be incurred under each of the approved activities in the ASCEND workplan in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that no expenditure is incurred before it has been authorized in consultation with the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, FSSM/O and Country Director.

Work with the NTD MoHS team to prepare accurate transfer requests with accompanying bank statements and submit these on time to the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, and the Finance and Support Services Team.

Establishing a proper system of accounting in accordance with the donor and Sight savers procedures, rules, and regulations, as well as local regulations.

EXPERIENCE

Sightsavers International, Sierra Leone Country Office, West Africa

ASCEND Project Finance Officer

2020-2021

Work with the NTD programme team in the preparation of draft annual budgets and forecasts in accordance with the ASCEND NTD country workplan and submit them to the NTD Programme Officer and Finance and Support Services Officer of Sightsavers in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that the authorized budgets on approved activities of the NTD Programme are not exceeded.

Keeping watch on the expenditure of the activities by the NTD team and warning them in advance if there is a danger of those budgets being exceeded.

Informing the FSSM/O and NTD PO regularly of expenditure incurred and forecast to be incurred under each of the approved activities in the ASCEND workplan in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that no expenditure is incurred before it has been authorized in consultation with the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, FSSM/O and Country Director.

Work with the NTD MoHS team to prepare accurate transfer requests with accompanying bank statements and submit these on time to the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, and the Finance and Support Services Team.

Establishing a proper system of accounting in accordance with the donor and Sightsavers procedures, rules and regulations, as well as local regulations.

Work with the NTD programme team in the preparation of draft annual budgets and forecasts in accordance with the ASCEND NTD country workplan and submit them to the NTD Programme Officer and Finance and Support Services Officer of Sightsavers in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that the authorized budgets on approved activities of the NTD programme are not exceeded.

Keeping watch on the expenditure of the activities by the NTD team and warning them in advance if there is a danger of those budgets being exceeded.

Informing the FSSM/O and NTD PO regularly of expenditure incurred and forecast to be incurred under each of the approved activities in the ASCEND workplan in line with deadlines.

Ensuring that no expenditure is incurred before it has been authorized in consultation with the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, FSSM/O and Country Director.

Work with the NTD MoHS team to prepare accurate transfer requests with accompanying bank statements and submit these on time to the Sightsavers NTD PO, NTD PM, and the Finance and Support Services Team.

Establishing a proper system of accounting in accordance with the donor and Sightsavers procedures, rules and regulations, as well as local regulations.

Ensuring all budgets expended are accounted for with correct receipts and are well documented. This includes effective supervision of all ASCEND activities being implemented by the NTD programme.

Supervising all NTD programme team members entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of the ASCEND funds and taking precautions, by the maintenance of frequent checks, including surprise audits, against the occurrence of fraud, embezzlement, or carelessness. Reporting any findings to Sightsavers FSSM/O and ensuring controls are put in place to avoid recurrence.

Supervising the expenditure and other disbursement of the budgetary agency and ensuring that no payment is made without proper authority, and in case of any apparent extravagance calling this to the attention of the officer concerned and their superior.

Charging under the proper heads, programmes and items all disbursements of the ASCEND budget.

Preparing the quarterly and annual accounts of the ASCEND budget for audit and preparing financial statements and returns as required by the rules and regulations of the donor and Sightsavers in consonance with the Government Act and the Regula.

EXPERIENCE

Directorate of Food and Nutrition

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Senior Account Assistant

2017-2020

Supervising and coordinating the preparation of draft annual estimates in accordance with a strategic plan and submitting them to the Budget Committee at the required dates.

Ensuring that the authorized estimates of expenditure on votes under his control are not exceeded.

Keeping watch on the expenditure of votes controlled by other officers and warn them if there is a danger of those votes being exceeded.

Informing the Budget Committee regularly of the expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred under each vote.

Preparing supplementary estimates for submission to the Budget Committee where necessary.

Ensuring that no expenditure is incurred before it has been authorized.

Establishing a proper system of accounting in accordance with these Regulations.

Supervising the prompt collection of all revenue due to the budgetary agency and brining promptly to account, under the proper heads, programmes and items, all revenue or other receipts paid into the budgetary agency’s bank account or accounted for to him.

Supervising all Officers entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of the budgetary agency’s funds and taking precautions, by the maintenance of frequent checks, including surprise audits, against the occurrence of fraud, embezzlement, or carelessness.

Supervising the expenditure and other disbursement of the budgetary agency and ensuring that no payment is made without proper authority, and in case of any apparent extravagance calling this to the attention of the officer concerned and this superior.

Charging under the proper heads, programmes, and items all disbursements of the budgetary agency.

Preparing the annual accounts of the budgetary agency for audit and preparing financial statements and returns as required by the Act and these Regulations.

After consultation with the Vote Controller, monitoring the budgetary agency’s procedures for the procurement of goods, services and works in accordance with the Public Procurement Act 2004 and regulations made under it.

Ensuring that proper provision is made for the safekeeping of the budgetary agency’s moneys, securities, valuable documents and account books in accordance with these Regulations.

Supervising the operation, maintenances and protection of the budgetary agency’s accounting and data processing equipment including the provision of dust and damp free accommodation and standby facilities in the event of breakdown or power failure.

Responsibility for the proper organization of his office, for a fair allocation of duties among his staff and for their training.

Ensuring that all officers with duties of a financial nature are conversant with and comply with these Regulations and any other financial directives.

Instituting disciplinary of other action as he thinks necessary against officers contravening these Regulations and any other financial directives.

Where necessary, taking action to secure the recovery of losses, of their write-off in accordance with the Act and these Regulations, and

Implementing the policies and directives of the budgetary agency as communicated to him by the Vote Controller, but that if he considers that any directive is not in accordance with the Act and regulations governing financial matters, he shall prepare a written statement of objection to the Auditor General and copy is to the Vote Controller and the Minister of the budgetary agency.

Ensuring the preparation of cash book and Bank Reconciliation statements

EXPERIENCE

Bonthe District Health Management Team

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone, West Africa

District Human Resource Officer

2016-2017

Serves as HR focal person for the Directorate of HRH who will be reporting monthly to the DHRH on HR related matters through the District Human Resource officer. This includes participating in monthly facility in-charges meetings and compiling feedback from the facility level, to be brought to central level DHRH’s attention.

Take responsibility for sound HR Records Management within the District, including:

Creating and maintaining comprehensive lists of all healthcare workers and health facilities in the district.

Regularly updating staff changes and or information into the Integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS)

Monitoring staff attendance and reporting to the Directorate on staff returns.

Processing leaves forms for submission to the Directorate, who will subsequently forward them to HRMO for approval

Serve as knowledge base for health workers for all matters pertaining to human resources and staff welfare:

Popularize the flow chart document making sure that all health workers understand its content.

Facilitate the induction of newly recruited staff.

Provide information on official MoHS employee policies.

Observe issues related to occupational health safety and report as needed to the central level.

Receive health worker complaints and grievances and oversee any resulting action accordingly.

Monitor the implementation of the Individual Performance Appraisal System at district level and facilitate target setting with supervisor and employee as needed.

Asses the manpower needs and identify and report manpower gaps for the annual manpower plan.

Prepare Annual Leave Plan for each facility in the district.

Recommend staff that are eligible for promotion in the district.

Participate in the recruitment process by:

Identifying vacancies at the facility level to better match applications to postings

Monitoring the new reporting of recruits as they start working at facility following deployment.

Assist in planning and implementation of training, including:

Coordinating in-service training of district staff

Managing MoHS support of pre-service training as deemed pertinent; for example, officer could assist in selecting training candidates for MoHS schools, ensuring requirements match MoHS requirements.

Bonthe District Health Management Team

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone

District Data Officer

2010-2016

Enter all health-related Data into the District Health Information System

Assist the Monitoring and Evaluation officer in ensuring that the district has enough data capture always forms.

Distribute data capture forms to all Peripheral Health Unit in the District

Ensure no Peripheral Health Unit have stock out of no Data Capture forms.

Timely collect data capture forms from all Peripheral Health Unit in the District

Ensure that all forms are fully and appropriately completed.

Ensure proper storage of data collection forms.

Maintain a backup system for all data relating to the district.

Make data available to end users when needed.

Attend to any other duty assigned by the Monitoring and Evaluation Officers.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Date:

2021-2023 Masters in Accounting and Finance

FOURAH Bay College, University of Sierra Leone

2013-2017 Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Applied Accounting

Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone.

2008 Single subject Diploma in Bookkeeping and Accounting II

Institute of Commercial Management (ICM), England

2006-2008 Diploma in Accounting

Freetown College of Management and Accountancy Bo Campus

TRAININGS ATTENDED

Certificate in Result Based Management held in Freetown from 20th -24th March 2017

Certificate as a Trainer on Community Directed treatment with Ivermectin held In Freetown from 22nd – 26th August 2017

Training on field work using GPS mapping, navigation, and PDA-based data collection from 14th -20th November 2016

Certificate on Advance training on Computer software all Programmes, held in Mattru, from 14th -30th March 2013

Training on basic skills for District Health Information system (DHIS 2) and use of health information system from May 16th– June 8th 2013

REFERENCES

1.Dr. Ezekiel Duramany Lakkoh 3. Ty Lee

Financial Management Consultant/Senior Lecturer Director of Human Resources

Institute of Public Administration and Management Puget Sound Assisted Living

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+232**-***-***/076-600-372 +1-254-***-****

2.Lebbie Nicol

Attendant Counselor Manager, Unit 313/314

Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

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Tel: +1-919-***-****

Kabba Conteh

2420 N. 202nd Place Apt B304 Shoreline WA 98133, Accounting & Financial Professional

Contact Number: +1-206-***-****

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