Geoffrey Boateng
London
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in managing, stewarding, and relationship building with partners and donors.Overseeing and managing compliance risk and financial management.Skilled in contract management and developing strategies and goals to drive organisational success. Committed to staff development and fostering a collaborative work environment.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Chartered Accountant
Moracle Ltd
London, Harringey
09.2019 - 06.2025
- A boutique firm of accountants and business advisors based in London, offering charitable organisations a wide range of services, including fundraising, business development, and annual accounts filing to Companies House and the Charity Commission
- Worked with the Director of Programmes and Operations to provide sound financial advice to the CEO, directors, and Donors
- Established robust systems, interpretation, and analysis of performance data from the client's database.
- Worked on a variety of projects, providing financial information and associated reports, including forecasts, to a range of users; planning and implementing the move to new accounting systems; designing and making improvements to systems and processes.
- Developed and improved the management reporting process, including cost recovery strategies
- Financial Management (Transactions recording, Reconciliations including Bank and Control Accounts)
Programme Finance Manager
Leonard Cheshire
London, Vauxhall
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Company Overview: Leonard Cheshire is the Lead partner of 8 Partners managing Aid Connect Funds granted by FCDO
- Managed the Finance of a group of Eight Consortium partners, including PLAN UK
- Responsible for the consolidation of the budgets of 8 consortium members
- Reviewed projects, monitored project expenditure, and prepared financial reports to meet donor requirements.
- Produced Management Accounts to a high standard and with accuracy
- Worked closely with budget holders and ensured enough working knowledge of the programme budget. Conducted regular meetings to understand and explain variances.
- Advised consortium members about the eligibility of costs for project expenditure
- Maintained a control system to track programme spending and financial compliance for the consortium
- Funds / Cash Management
Head Of Finance
Africa Centre
London, SWK
05.2015 - 09.2018
- Company Overview: Africa Centre - London, Black Friars
- Led the finance team and managed all aspects of financial operations of the organisation.
- Responsible for financial planning processes and acted as an effective business partner to budget holders including donor reporting
- Implemented and improved financial processes across all functions and supported the CEO and advanced management reporting.
- Managed finance systems upgrade
- Maintained oversight of all transactional elements of the function.
- Managed the organisation's forecasting and cash flow activities to optimise between investment returns and operational needs.
- Africa Centre - London, Black Friars
Grants Manager
World Vision
09.2012 - 04.2015
- Managed Ten Grant Compliance Officers and Grant Programme Managers with a grant portfolio worth over £129 million with a geographical spread across the whole world.
- Dealing with Institutional donors such as the World Bank, DFID, EC and ECHO.
- Audit Review: Performed pre-audit assessments of in-country programmes prior to External Audits by donors.
- Maintaining Oversight of Compliance and Risk Management of Grant Awards
- Setting up of Financial Management systems in the in national offices and overseas in-country offices.
- Organizing Training Workshops overseas on donor compliance and grant management
- Capacity building of UK Grants finance team and National Office finance teams.
- Management of Developmental and Humanitarian Emergency grants
- Reviewed and amended budgets to meet donor specifications.
Finance Manager
Trust for London
London, CMD
06.2001 - 12.2012
- Company Overview: Trust for London - London, Camden.
- Management Accounts: Responsible for Budgets Planning, Cash-flow forecasts and management reports.
- Reconciliation of all balance sheet and control accounts.
- Statutory Reporting: Produced Statutory Accounts under SORP and liaised with external auditors concerning annual audit arrangements, made submissions to Companies House, Charities Commission.
- Cash Management: Ensured up to date accurate banking records were always kept.
- Trust for London - London, Camden.
Programme Accountant
Tropical Health and Education Trust
London, WSM
01.2012 - 09.2012
- Performed risk assessments on new projects. Provided analysis and challenge to cost centre managers and supported resource allocation decisions. Identified and quantified opportunities for cost savings. Helped drive forward-thinking and early identification of issues and decisions.
- Cash flow Management: Monitored project cash flows against programme plans and budget- escalate deviations to relevant budget holders. Worked with in-country finance officers to ensure adequate funds were available for in-country programmes.
- Management of payments and transfer requests: Reconciled all payment requests with grant accountability statements and payments made. Reviewed the bank reconciliation and designed a methodology to work out the closing bank balances of funds from Thet head office.
- Monthly Donor reporting: Reviewed monthly donor reports on programmes supported by DFID and USAID including summary reports of spend and cash flows of in-country programmes. Reviewed reports from in-country offices to ensure timeliness and accuracy and ensured expenditure met donor requirements.
- Management Accounts: Produced budgets for bidding new business on Calls for Proposals from UNICEF, DFID and USAID. Produced management accounts to reflect quarterly expenditure against budgets across all in-country activities and reconciled with forecasts.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Aberdeen Business School
ACCA-Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - undefined
University of West London
Skills
- Cash Management
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Financial management
- Management reporting
- Contract negotiation
- Operations management
- Contract Management
- Strategies and goals
- Staff development
Accomplishments
- Claimed VAT refunds of £100K through Partial Exemption - Africa Centre.
- Dealt with Institutional Donors such as World Bank, EC, USAID, DFID whilst working with World Vision.
- Compliance and Risk Management expert-World Vision.
- Strategy Implementation Expertise.
- Crisis Management-Africa Centre.
- Governance.
- Audit Expertise- Own Accountancy practice.
- Finance systems Management Expert.-Trust for London.
Timeline
Chartered Accountant
Moracle Ltd
09.2019 - 06.2025
Programme Finance Manager
Leonard Cheshire
09.2018 - 08.2019
Head Of Finance
Africa Centre
05.2015 - 09.2018
Grants Manager
World Vision
09.2012 - 04.2015
Programme Accountant
Tropical Health and Education Trust
01.2012 - 09.2012
Finance Manager
Trust for London
06.2001 - 12.2012
ACCA-Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - undefined
University of West London
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Aberdeen Business School
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