Financial Management Business Administration

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Name: Spencer A. Weah

Date of Birth: November 4, 1978

Place of Birth: Monrovia, Liberia

Nationality: Liberian

Religion: Christianity

Marital Status: Single

Cell Contact: +1-952-***-****

E-mail Address: ***********@*****.***

Educational Background

Dec. 2009 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Public Finance, University of Liberia

Liberia

April 2007 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Management & Economics, University of Liberia

Liberia

Training

Mar. 2024 Certificate, Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA)-AUDIT

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Washington D.C

Jan. 2024 Certificate, CRSx: Cyber Risk Supervision

IMFx, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C

Sept. 2022 Certificate, Climate-Smart Roads and Railroads, The Road to Sharm El-

Sheikh,

Multilateral Cooperative Center for Development Finance (Online)

Aug. 2015 Certificate, Payroll and Administration Management, AMADI

Johannesburg, South Africa

Oct. 2011 Certificate, Human Resource and Payroll Administration, FreeBalance Inc.

Kampala, Uganda

Oct. 2011 Certificate, Organization Management, FreeBalance Inc.

Kampala, Uganda

Sept. 2011 Certificate, Integrated Public Financial Management Systems

Monrovia, Liberia

April 2011 Certificate, World Bank Sponsored Project Financial Management

Ghana Institute of Public Administration (GIMPA)

Accra, Ghana

Mar. 2011 Certificate, Free Balance Financial Accountability (FA), Performance Budgeting (PB) & Civil Service Management (CSM)

Liberia

Feb. 2010 Certificate, Cash Basis International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)

Liberia

June 2007 Certificate, Microsoft Assess 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, and Coral Word Perfect 2003, LOIC/ UNHCR Computer Training Program

LOIC-Liberia

May 2007 Certificate, Microsoft Disk Operating System, Window Xp Professional, Microsoft Word 2003 and Microsoft Excel 2003, LOIC/ UNHCR Computer Training Program

LOIC-Liberia

Seminar

Mar. 2019 FreeBalance Steering Committee Meeting 2019

Lisbon, Portugal

Feb 2016 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Technical PFM Working Mission

Washington D.C USA

Panel

Oct. 2021- Panelist to Evaluate Expressions of Interest to Develop the PFM Strategy and Action Plan, Republic of Liberia.

Liberia

Oct. 2021- Panelist to Evaluate Expressions of Interest for the Development of the FreeBalance Budget Planning Module Manual, Public Financial Management Reform for Institutional Strengthening (PFMRIS) Project

Liberia

May 2021- Evaluation Panelist for the recruitment of a Consultant to Review and Update the PFM Regulation of 2009. Public Financial Management Reform for Institutional Strengthening (PFMRIS) Project

Liberia

Oct. 2018- Evaluation Panelist for the recruitment of Procurement Advisor, Public Financial Management Reform for Institutional Strengthening (PFMRIS) Project

Liberia

Feb. 2018- Evaluation Panelist for the recruitment of Financial Analyst, State Own Enterprise Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP)

Liberia

March 2018- Interview Panelist for the recruitment of Financial Analyst, State Own Enterprise Unit, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP)

Liberia

Employment History

2020-2024 Public Financial Management (PFM) Specialist

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Immensely contributed to the development of the “Public Financial Management Reform Strategy and Action Plans 2023-2026” of the Republic of Liberia;

●Conducted peer-review on the Public Financial Management Regulations of the Republic of Liberia before being signed off on;

●Ensured that the Public Financial Management Reform (PFM) programs are executed consistent with the objectives of the PFM Strategy and Action Plan;

●Reviewed the PFM Reform strategy and Action Plan and identified gaps and implementation challenges and proposed recommendations;

●Drew-up a monitoring mechanism and periodically monitored and assessed the state of implementation, particularly focused on improvements in institutional capacity and training, overall adaptation and use of the PFM systems in the Republic of Liberia; and

●Developed and built internal capacity in order to improve regular coordination mechanism, and ensure better monitoring of the implementation of the PFM programs in the Republic of Liberia;

2015-2019: Senior Financial Management Officer/IFMIS Lead

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Configured the IFMIS FreeBalance System at the beginning of each fiscal year, creating budget lines, Treasury Bank Accounts, opening new fiscal years etc.

●Developed pivot table each fiscal year to monitor ministries and agencies spendings in line with the Approved National Budget.

●Spearheaded the rolling out of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) to twenty (20) government line ministries, agencies and commission;

●Prepared and sequenced the upgrade of the IFMIS FreeBalance from 6.5e to IFMIS FreeBalance Vision 7;

●Assisted in the development of “Liberia IFMIS Strategy 2020-2024”;

●Provided technical support on the migration of Donor Financed Projects from Sun System to IFMIS FreeBalance;

●Provided peer review on the “Amendment and Restatement to the Public Financial Management Act of 2009 of the Liberia”;

●Prepared and updated “Liberia IFMIS Implementation Plan” and training content regularly;

●Provided technical support to the Comptroller and Accountant General during the preparation of interim and annual financial report; and

●Provided technical guidance in updating or revising the “Chart of Accounts of the Government of Liberia”;

2013-2015: Financial Management Officer/CSM Lead

Ministry of Finance

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Provided functional support to the Civil Service Agency and Ministry of Finance in resolving IFMIS Civil Service Management (CSM) emerging issues. Solutions to emerging issues were appropriately documented for future references;

●Conduct functional training (formal and on-job) and institute other knowledge transfer mechanisms to build functional capacity within the Government of Liberia to support the IFMIS CSM;

●Participated in system design, development, user acceptance and integration testing, go-live support during IFMIS implementation;

●Undertook regular quality assurance of the IFMIS master data; and

●Reviewed and tested internal controls of the IFMIS CSM.

2011-2013: Financial Management Officer

Ministry of Finance

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Prepared of Government of Liberia Trial Balance and Expenditure Reports by Sectors, Programs, Object Codes;

●Prepared daily Cash Ledger (up-dated) to allow effective bank reconciliation; and

●Prepared comprehensive IPSAS-compliant financial statements for Government on a quarterly and annual basis;

2010-2011: Financial System Officer

Ministry of Finance

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Operated and maintained the existing Sun System for accounting for expenditure programs and projects of the Government of Liberia;

●Ensured transactions captured daily on the Sun System reflect correct and complete information for making payments and producing transfers orders;

●Prepared weekly expenditure payment listings on the system for approval by Senior Management/Cash Management Committee ;

●Facilitated the preparation of monthly, bi-annual and annual expenditure statements for all budget spending entities;

●Prepared and verified all cash expenditure reports using sun system for approval and submission to other line ministries, agencies and commissions through the Office of the Comptroller General; and

●Facilitated the production of financial statements for Central Government through ensuring a reconciled trial balance is produced and maintained on the system;

2001-2010 Statistician

Liberia Basketball Federation

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Recorded information on points scored, rebounds, assists, turnovers, time out and other relevant metrics during each game;

●Provided stats to the Press for media coverage; and

●Awarded the “2004 Liberia Basketball Federation Statistician of the Year Award”.

2005- Presiding Officer

2005 General and Presidential Elections

National Election Commission

Republic of Liberia

Key Achievements

●Supervised polling staff to ensure correct procedures were followed and that sensitive materials were accounted for all times;

●Resolved problems as they were encountered in accordance with the relevant procedures;

●Ensured that polling place was ready for counting at the end of the polling;

●Undertook thorough and accurate counting of the votes casted and recording of results;

●Reported the results of the polling place in an accurate and timely manner.

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