About Candidate

1. Provide financial education to line department personnel to ensure that they fully understand their actual costs, budgets, variations to budget and cost implications of their actions.

2. Provide financial analysis and other related supports to the operations to ensure the business fulfils its overall objectives and achieves maximum efficiency in costs and profitability.

3. Proactively seek out and pursue cost saving opportunities with the line departments.

4. Develop strong working relationships with line management and leaders to allow the early identification of areas for improvement, and the development and implementation of sustainable solutions.

5. Actively develop an approach to the continuous improvement of internal controls and management reporting systems across all activities.

6. Advice as to correct coding to minimize incorrect cost allocations.

7. Attend and actively partake in all production, toolbox, safety, and other relevant operations meetings.

8. Act as the first active contact person for all financial matters to the operations and other support teams, and serve as an active liaison between finance and the business.

9. Carry out thorough checks on all service contracts transactions (Volvo, CAT, and others) to prevent overbilling

10. Provide training to other finance staff on specific business unit activities.

11. Other functions as may be requested by the Senior Business Analyst, FP&A Manager, Finance & Supply Manager, and Business Owners. 
12. Assist line managers and HODs in the preparing quarterly cost forecasts and annual budget.

13. Actively participate in the month-end accounting procedures (with particular focus on the accruals process), ensuring that all processes are in align with Iluka Group policies, procedures, and deadlines.

14. Responsible for bespoke COGNOS reports that meet the specific needs of the business owners and ensure that business owners receive these reports in a timely manner.

15. Partake in fuel inventory counts in all areas within your scope and, conduct monthly fuel cost efficiency analysis to identify irregular patterns and report findings in a timely manner to line managers, heads of departments, and the FP&A Manager.

16. Prepare a weekly report, which provides insight on ongoing activities in the operations for the FP&A Manager and the Finance & Supply Manager. 

17. Prepare cost presentations and presents at departmental meetings, discuss trends, agree on corrective actions, and records the reasons for discrepancies.

18. Partake actively in the general finance month-end reporting process by ensuring that within 2-business day of the subsequent month, all costs (equipment, power, etc.) allocations are complete.

19. Present the reasons for all overruns above $1k by the end of the 2-business day after month-end to the FP&A Manager/ Senior Business Analyst for MPPR.

20. Performing commercial appraisals/evaluations such as; rent vs buy, mined vs contracting, and alternative options for business decision making, and ensure that MEP applications have the required financial analysis to support the request (NPV, IRR, etc.).

Location

Education

B
Bsc(Hons) Applied Accounting 2008
University of Sierra Leone
C
Certificate in Procurement Fraud Management 2014
KPMG
C
Certificate in Grant Management Essentials 2013
MANGO United Kingdom
C
Certificate in Financial Management 2011
KFM Consultants
C
Certificate in Keeping Accounts & Reporting 2013
MANGO United Kingdom

Work & Experience

F
Fuel Business and System Analyst October 5, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Sierra Rutile Limited

1. Provide financial education to line department personnel to ensure that they fully understand their actual costs, budgets, variations to budget and cost implications of their actions. 2. Provide financial analysis and other related supports to the operations to ensure the business fulfils its overall objectives and achieves maximum efficiency in costs and profitability. 3. Proactively seek out and pursue cost saving opportunities with the line departments. 4. Develop strong working relationships with line management and leaders to allow the early identification of areas for improvement, and the development and implementation of sustainable solutions. 5. Actively develop an approach to the continuous improvement of internal controls and management reporting systems across all activities. 6. Advice as to correct coding to minimize incorrect cost allocations. 7. Attend and actively partake in all production, toolbox, safety, and other relevant operations meetings. 8. Act as the first active contact person for all financial matters to the operations and other support teams, and serve as an active liaison between finance and the business. 9. Carry out thorough checks on all service contracts transactions (Volvo, CAT, and others) to prevent overbilling 10. Provide training to other finance staff on specific business unit activities. 11. Other functions as may be requested by the Senior Business Analyst, FP&A Manager, Finance & Supply Manager, and Business Owners.  12. Assist line managers and HODs in the preparing quarterly cost forecasts and annual budget. 13. Actively participate in the month-end accounting procedures (with particular focus on the accruals process), ensuring that all processes are in align with Iluka Group policies, procedures, and deadlines. 14. Responsible for bespoke COGNOS reports that meet the specific needs of the business owners and ensure that business owners receive these reports in a timely manner. 15. Partake in fuel inventory counts in all areas within your scope and, conduct monthly fuel cost efficiency analysis to identify irregular patterns and report findings in a timely manner to line managers, heads of departments, and the FP&A Manager. 16. Prepare a weekly report, which provides insight on ongoing activities in the operations for the FP&A Manager and the Finance & Supply Manager.  17. Prepare cost presentations and presents at departmental meetings, discuss trends, agree on corrective actions, and records the reasons for discrepancies. 18. Partake actively in the general finance month-end reporting process by ensuring that within 2-business day of the subsequent month, all costs (equipment, power, etc.) allocations are complete. 19. Present the reasons for all overruns above $1k by the end of the 2-business day after month-end to the FP&A Manager/ Senior Business Analyst for MPPR. 20. Performing commercial appraisals/evaluations such as; rent vs buy, mined vs contracting, and alternative options for business decision making, and ensure that MEP applications have the required financial analysis to support the request (NPV, IRR, etc.).

B
Business Analyst January 4, 2020 - October 5, 2022
Sierra Rutile Limited

• Demand Planning (Supplier through to End User • Rationalization fuel supply into bulk storage • Prioritizes the fuel storage locations based on current stock levels and the mine’s fuel usage pattern • Supervises staff in ensuring the supplies are directed to the allocated storage facilities • Transactions – Pronto Management of Fuel Warehouses (Posting Transactions) • Ensures the invoices for fuel are accurate before supervising their input into the Pronto accounting system • Conduct daily, weekly and monthly reconciliation • End of the Month Stock Take • Variance Analysis • Ensures the maintenance of spreadsheets to record the daily on mine fuel transactions • Prepares a monthly fuel usage report for management • Monitoring & Analysis Frotcom & FMS • Supervises the compilation of weekly fuel usage reports to management.

C
Cost Analyst January 9, 2019 - March 31, 2023
Sierra Rutile Limited
G
Grant Accountant January 5, 2018 - March 31, 2023
Plan International Sierra Leone

Overall financial accountability, compliance and reporting to donors and management on the GEC overall project implementation. Responsible for the grants management and reporting processes, from budgeting, budget management including grant budget setup; financial management and reporting are conducted in a manner consistent with DFID and Plan International policies, procedures and regulations. Position holder will also support Country Office internal assurance team during grant audits.

F
Finance and Admin Manager January 2, 2017 - March 31, 2023
Children of the Nations
F
Finance Manager January 6, 2015 - March 31, 2023
Petro Jetty Limited
P
Project Accountant January 6, 2013 - March 31, 2023
DAI International - Access to Security and Justice project

Skills

Develop excel financial and non-financial template
100%
Data Manipulation and analysis
80%
Shared - grant cost apportionment and allocation
100%
Grant cost management and liquidation
100%
Knowledge in SAP grant module, QuickBooks accounting software and Excel financial models.
95%
Grant cost allocation by chart of accounts
100%
Internal controls monitoring and financial management education
100%
Emails and outlook
100%
Cost analysis and measurement of efficiency
100%
Grantees financial coaching and mentoring
100%
Financial Reporting and interpretation
100%
Procurement -Pre and post activities
100%

Awards

S
Set - up trainings on grant application budget template 8
Grant applicants should be guided in understanding designed templates in order for them to be grounded on grant application requirements.
R
Review submitted grant application budget 8
After submission of grant application budgets, it highly significant to review the budgets submitted in order to ensure compliance to grant conditions and application requirements.
S
Send feedback to unsuccessful grant applicant and state reason(s) for been unsuccessful. 5
Accountability and transparency
R
Restricted and unrestricted funds management 5
G
Grant procurement fraud risk managment 95
Ensure grant procurement aligns with set standards and requirements.