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About Candidate
Location
Education
BSc in Accounting and Finance
Work & Experience
Médicos Del Mundo (INGO) – Freetown, Sierra Leone
HR Admin/ Finance, 2025 to date
• Managed overall finances and accounts of the country office.
• Financial Planning and Analysis, develop financial strategies and plans to achieve the organization's goals. This includes budgeting, forecasting, and analyzing financial performance to guide decision-making.
• Reporting, prepare and present financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to provide insights into the organization's
• Collaborated and contributed to the delivery of the organization’s strategic plan as a member of the SMT.
• Produced annual budgets and monthly cash flow projections for the country office.
• Delivered monthly management accounts and reported to the Country Coordinator and HQ in Spain on variances and corrective actions.
• Developed donor budgets and strategic plans for day-to-day operations.
• Prepared project financial reports to donors and partners, ensuring they are aligned to donor requirements.
• Organized and managed the donor audits of the country office's projects.
• Conducted visits to the field and partners to ensure quality in all aspects of finance management.
• Implemented and maintained effective systems, policies and procedures.
• Managed the financial risk register of the country office.
• Performed core financial processes, including transactions posting, operational expenses, administration of bank accounts, payroll preparation and account reconciliations.
• Human resources
• Prepare monthly payrolls
• Manage the internal leave registry
• Monitor HR developments according to Sierra Leone laws and regulations and report to the Director
• Liaise with the Social Secretariat on other relevant matters
• Administration
• Oversee compliance of End with legal and administrative requirements as Medicos laws
• Maintain external relationships with service providers to ensure the efficiency of the office systems, supplies, premises and equipment
• Oversee logistics and other administrative tasks required
• Contribute to the organization of meetings, conferences, events and actions
Health Poverty Action Sierra Leone
Project Finance/Administration Manager, 2016 to 2024
• Prepare budgets and allocate them to each department of the organization.
• Financial Planning and Analysis, develop financial strategies and plans to achieve the organization's goals. This includes budgeting, forecasting, and analyzing financial performance to guide decision-making.
• Reporting, prepare and present financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to provide insights into the organization's
• Keep track of logistics, stocks, assets register, vehicles maintenances, log books and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Assets reconciliations on monthly, purchase requisition, staff welfare and operational cost.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and budgets
• Identify and evaluate project risks and develop risk mitigation strategies
• Liaison between the finance department and other departments to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met within budget and timeline
• Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to project teams and senior management
• Work closely with our implementing partners on the project’s implementations
• Monitoring all staff advances on project implementation and ensure staff retirements are submitted on the time frame
• Supervised by the finance department and the logistics department on key performance indicators asset register and stocks available
• Formulate fiscal policies for the smooth functioning of the organization
• Provide assistance to the accounting department in the preparation of the organization final accounts.
• Oversee the cash inflows and cash outflows.
• Act as a point of contact between the auditor and the organization
• Develop reconciliation statements.
• Perform gap analysis to assess the discrepancies.
• Make sure that the account records management is well organized.
• Complete the month-end closing formalities.
• Ensure all cash accounts are reconciled monthly, half yearly and yearly in accordance with
established procedures, policies and guidelines
• Prepare monthly statutory deductions (NASSIT, PAYE, WHT) for the remittance to NASSIT by
check and NRA via the trip’s portal
Finance/Admin Officer 210 to 2015
Health Poverty Action (INGO) Sierra Leone
• Provides financial information to management by researching and analysing accounting data, preparing reports.
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analysing accounting options.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analysing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential
Account Officer 208-2010
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (INGO)
• Classify, code and post of transactions into the Accounting Software.
• Analyze accounts and establishing correct balances.
• Verify the correctness and completeness of supplier invoices, contracts and orders before entering into the Accounting Software.
• Assist in proper processing of fund transactions and in financial reports preparation, both for donors and internal management
• Assist in budget drafting, monitoring and control.
• Assist in process of ensuring that fund disbursements are made for expenditures indicated in the budget/work plan for executing programmes/projects as specified.
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations for petty cash in a timely manner
• Assist with the compilation of financial information
• Support the timely preparation of monthly financial reports and annual statutory financial statements
• Perform general banking duties.
• Assist with adherence to DFID Administration and Financial Rules and Regulations.
• Assist the Finance Manager with external audit requirements.
• Maintain a proper filing and recording system for all incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents.
• Provide administrative support for meetings, seminars and/or workshops.
• Create, update and maintain organized files and records including a system for tracking, monitoring and prioritizing tasks.
• Process all financial transactions including accounts receivable and payable.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Account Officer.