Financial Analyst Senior

FINANCE PROFESSIONAL

Strong business acumen with ability to partner and support business leaders with proactive analytics and data management, aiding in strategic business and operational decisions. Well-developed continuous improvement mindset utilizing dashboards, reporting and analysis to persuade and inform variety of audience. Ability to lead implementation of strategic business initiatives across enterprise to achieve organizational goals using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Adinkra Cargo Movers, Charlotte, NC February 2019 to 2022

Senior Financial Analyst

Monthly and quarterly review and analysis of actual costs and comparison to plan and prior period performance

Continuously review financial analysis methods and tools; implement improvements as needed

Analyze financial and non-financial data to identify trends, risks, and/or indicators

Developed and communicate financial models, metrics, dashboard, KPIs, and business drivers to senior management.

Participates in and documents key processes, decisions and insights to business partners Seeks to improve understanding of business products and strategy

Contributes ideas to improve business processes and knowledge in the workplace Operates collaboratively while building relationships with business partners

Intermediate knowledge of finance and/or accounting practices and procedures preferably common to an insurance industry finance environment

Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Accra, Ghana January 2014 to June 2018

Senior Financial Analyst

Managed the various financial processes, including monthly expense package, forecasting, and budget planning.

Collaborated with Senior Vice President of financial planning to create a 2-year plan.

Assist in preparation of various reports and data requests and answers ad-hoc requests for internal and external reporting customers. Routinely communicate actual performance compared to budget/plan/goals

Functioning as a member of Exelon finance Team with responsibilities for ensuring a financial perspective is brought to daily operations, proper classification (O&M vs Capital) and treatment is followed, and compliance with all managerial policies

Reviewed monthly analysis of actual costs and comparison to plan and prior period performance

Streamlined planning and reporting processes; data sourcing, transformation, and identify opportunities for improvements.

Documented data transformation in line with data lineage procedures to ensure data integrity.

Continuously reviewed source of records, source of origins, and authorized data systems (ADS) in line with enterprise data management procedures.

Stanbic Bank Ghana, Accra, Ghana May 2010 to January 2014

Senior Financial Analyst

Collected, analyzed, and managed quantitative data and created meaning reports and dashboards.

Contributed to developing and implementing strategies to maintain and improve competitive position and profitability.

Work with and maintain secure and confidential information as well as escalate data breach if they occur. Self-driven with growing ability to deal with ambiguity and a willingness to learn and take on additional responsibilities Basic problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Utilize creativity thinking in improvement of business processes Basic understanding of products and elements of the business

MSM

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Business Administration, Finance, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Marketing, University of Ghana, Legon - Accra, Ghana, 2010

SKILLS

Software Proficiencies: Tableau; PeopleSoft; MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint); SharePoint; Alteryx; Jira

Business & Financial Proficiencies: Financial Reporting; Data Analytics; Financial Modelling; Financial Analysis; Budgeting; Account Reconciliation; General Ledger; Accounting; Continuous Process improvement; Agile; Problem Solving; attention to detail

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