DAUSON V. Kamara

Rosemount, Minnesota 240-***-**** adzvya@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Highly motivated and enthusiastic accounting professional with over 12+ years of experience in government, public, and private companies, with responsibilities in accounting, financial analysis, and auditing. Highly organized, optimistic, strategic decision-making abilities, and prioritizing and meeting deadlines. Strong background in US GAAP, GAAS, and IFRS.

Core Competencies

Internal and External Audits

Project Management,

Leadership Skills

Cost Accounting

Budget and Forecasting

Purchasing

Sales Management

Excel with Pivot Tables

EAS, Profound (ERP)

Financial Planning and Analysis.

IFRS, US-GAAP, GAAS.

Accounting Operations Management (AP, AR, GL, Payroll, Reconciliation)

SAP-ERP, SAP-FICO, Python, NumPy, Pandas, & Tableau

Ability to lead a team and train them on bookkeeping procedures and accounting techniques

QuickBooks, SAP Business One Full implementation

NetSuite, MS Visio, BPMN, Paylocity, TennisSource

Fixed Assets/Leases

Professional Experience

Senior Accountant June 2022 to Present

Matica Corp, 5775 W Old Shakopee Rd Suite 160, Bloomington, MN 55437

Oversee all Accounting functions. Support Account Receivable and Account Payable staff. Maintained Cash, General Ledger, and Balance Sheet.

Managed, maintain, billed customers, and analyzed billing.

Managed all Accounting functions: AP, AR, and Payroll and staff, Maintain Revenue, General Ledger, Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, and Profit & Loss using SAP Business Technology.

Managed and performed daily, monthly, and quarterly cash reconciliation for multiple bank accounts, vendors & customer accounts including intercompany accounts.

Communicate extensively with customers and vendors, the Sales Manager, and upper management regarding past due invoices, delinquent accounts, deductions, and proof of delivery.

Managed and maintained monthly journal entries and reconciled leases

Provide orientation and training of newly hire accounting staff.

Research and resolved all outstanding reconciliations and other accounting issues.

Coordinate the end-of-month closing processes to ensure all corporate deadlines are met.

Prepared quarterly and annual budget variance analysis and budget performance reports.

Provided support to the CFO with special projects as necessary.

Senior Accountant Dec 2021 to May 2022

Sons of Norway, 1455 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Managed and performed daily, monthly, and quarterly cash reconciliation for multiple bank accounts

Reviewed and approved AP for processing payments

Maintained deposits, and performed cash-related journal entries, including wires ACH and credit card payments in accounting ERP systems

Maintained and prepared financial statements and state-required quarterly and annual statutory filings

Prepared quarterly and annual budget variance analysis and budget performance reports.

Managed and Lodge financial and tax filing compliance

Maintained accurate and current accounting sub-ledger, accurately reflecting the company's transactional reality through the timely posting of all required items.

Maintained and reviewed journal entries and GL reconciliation timely and applied all required controls.

Provided support to the CFO & Controller with special projects as necessary.

Accountant -Contract March 2021 to August 2021

MATWORKS Company, 11900 Baltimore Pike Beltsville, MD

Provided General Ledger review and analysis, including period-end financial closer review in the SAP system.

Ensured that all transactions are accurately reflected in the ledger in the SAP.

Maintained accurate and current accounting sub-ledger, accurately reflecting the company's transactional reality through the timely posting of all required items.

Maintained and reviewed journal entries and GL reconciliation on a timely basis and applied all required controls in the SAP.

Managed deposits, journal entries, general ledger, and AR/AP in the SAP.

Provided technical support to the Controller & external auditors.

Senior Accountant January 2013 - March 2021

Liberia Telecommunications Authority – Monrovia, Liberia

Supervised and managed the revenue cycle.

Prepared annual budget, including forecasts and reporting on budget attainment quarterly.

Reviewed and computed payroll and remittances of government-mandated benefits.

Ensured payments were in accordance with Public Procurement Law and PFM Act of 2009.

Maintained and updated cash flow for all bank accounts and reviewed bank reconciliations.

Prepared quarterly and annual financial reports and budget performance reports.

Performed costing analysis and present recommended solutions for decision and action.

Maintained Fixed Assets register

Staff Accountant

Junior Tennis Champions Center, 5200 Campus Dr, College Park, MD Dec 2019-Feb 2020

Managed deposits, journal entries, general ledger, and AR/AP in QuickBooks.

Reconciled balance sheets in addition to assisting with month-end closing in QuickBooks.

Responded to customer service inquiries and resolved issues.

Maintained Fixed register

US Payroll Accountant Feb 2018 to July 2018

Vanguard Resource Group – Fairfield, Iowa

Prepared bi-weekly payroll calculations for local non-profit clients, including the deduction for FICA, FIT,

SIT, and Medicare tax.

Developed Excel spreadsheets to determine net pay calculations, use of state and federal income tax withholding tables, and application of SUTA information.

Managed deposits, journal entries, general ledger, and AR/AP

Prepared quarterly payroll tax reports including Federal Form 941.

Financial Analyst and Reporting officer February 2010- December 2012

Liberia Telecommunication Authority, Monrovia, Liberia

Responsible for the preparation of quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements, conducted variance analysis, and prepared reports.

Managed financial statements into Excel and perform historical data analysis of key ratios.

Built a forecast based on input from consensus estimates and internal opinions of businesses.

Analyzed revenue and expenses using Excel with pivot tables and graphs.

Interprets data from a range of sources, such as user research and process performance metrics, and consequently helps the team make data-driven decisions.

Lead Auditor Jan 2009 to Jan 2010

Internal Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Liberia – Monrovia, Liberia

Supervised auditors in the field and reviewed their work.

Ensured compliance with the Liberian revenue code by preparing national government and income tax returns.

Led the audit team in conducting audits of company financial records.

Audited and assessed whether taxpayers followed the established tax laws.

Advised taxpayers of past errors, so they could be compliant in the future.

Led the exit meetings, drafting high-quality audit reports for review by audit management, facilitating issue tracking, validating the closure of issues, and approving the closure of important audit issues.

Finance/Admin Officer May 2004 to Dec 2008

Peace Winds Japan – Monrovia, Liberia

Managed daily operational cash and organized financial issues for field office operations.

Analyzed revenues and expenses to ensure they were recorded appropriately.

Prepared financial statements and supporting schedules.

Performed general account analysis and reconciliations, including bank statements, fixed assets, employer's benefit costs, accruals, and prepaid expenses.

Served as the primary focal point of contact with external auditors and managed the annual financial statement audit and completion of fiscal year filing.

Oversee inventory management and reporting.

Maintained Fixed register

Accounts Payable Accountant Dec 2001 to Apr 2004

University of Liberia – Monrovia, Liberia

Rectified accounts payable issues with employees and vendors.

Verified details of transactions, including funds available and total vendors' balances.

Recomputed vendor invoices and processed payments.

Education

MBA with specialization in Accounting/SAP Finance

Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

2021

MBA in Accounting

University of Liberia – Liberia

2015

BBA in Accounting

University of Liberia – Liberia

2009

Certifications

Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), Texas USA 2014

Certificate, Public Sector Finance, Liberia Institute of Public Administration 2013

Professional Certificate, Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMV), Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) 2020

Business Analyst Certification, Janbask, Data Analytics & Programming Foundation Certificate, PGP 2021

PGP DA -Programming Foundation and Data Analytics with Python and Data Science with R -Certificate 2021

Post Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics, Purdue University 2022

PG DA – Tableau Certificate, Purdue University/Simplilearn 2022

Computer skills

SAP Hana SAP ERP SAP FICO R Studio Excel with Pivot Tables Vlookup Hlookup Charts PowerPivot Access SAP Lumira SAP Predictive Analytics SAP Crystal Reports QuickBooks NetSuite Paylocity TennisSource

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