OSEI KWAME AKYEAMPONG
London
Summary
Experienced financial professional with strong expertise in managing credit and collections. Skilled in risk assessment, account reconciliation, and resolving discrepancies. Valued for collaborative teamwork, adaptability, and delivering consistent results. Reliable and adept at navigating changing needs with focus on improving cash flow and minimizing bad debt.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accountant
Kaylee East Ghana Limited
09.2018 - 12.2024
- Prepare financial reports, forecasts and statements
- Handle and resolve payment disputes, negotiating repayments plans to significantly improve cash collection
- Prepare monthly bank, payables and receivables reconciliations
- Manage financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, to support business objectives
- Evaluate creditworthiness, setting up terms of credit, tracking and managing overdue invoices of customers through the implementation of effective payment reminder systems for customers to reduce credit risks
- Analyse financial data to identify trends, perform risk assessments, and recommend strategies for growth
- Manage accounts payable and receivable ledger balances, accurately and timely processing invoices and payments to maintain financial integrity
Assistant Inventory Controller
Mantrac Ghana Limited
08.2020 - 03.2022
- Supporting inventory and cost of sales variances investigation and reconciliation
- This helped clean the inventory and cost of sales accounts of outstanding reconciling items
- Supporting in the preparation of gross margin and inventory cost analysis report
- Supporting the review of inventory internal controls and making recommendations as needed for process improvements
- Supporting external and internal auditors with account analyses and information required to conduct mid-year and end-of-year audits
Assistant Credit Controller
Mantrac Ghana Limited
12.2018 - 03.2022
- Managing customer income collection processes, including debt chasing and negotiating repayment plans with clients experiencing financial difficulties
- This led to a significant reduction in customer overdue balances
- Liaising with finance and sales teams to obtain financial information leading to prompt allocation of customer payments and investigating discrepancies in customer accounts leading to a significant decrease in the receivable balances
- Run debtors report and prepared cash received/forecast and unallocated cash reports to promptly identify overdue debts, facilitate effective management of accounts receivable collection and propose write-offs
- Providing exceptional customer service to clients, resolving disputes and issues efficiently via various communication channels, including phone, online and customer site visitation
- This helped with the effective reconciliation of receivables account balances
- Initiating legal proceedings by liaising with solicitors for outstanding debts which gradually led to the recovery of 15% of bad debts written off
- Ensuring accrued, deferred income and VAT balances are correctly accounted for on a monthly basis in line with varied contractual arrangements
Accounts Officer
Mantrac Ghana Limited
09.2015 - 02.2016
- Month end duties-preparing accruals and posting journals, month end preparatory work
- Variance analysis and Investigative analysis
- Performing monthly and daily bank reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner
- Assisting in running Payments to Employees on a weekly or monthly basis whilst ensuring that Employee Expense Claims are updated and reconciled to avoid over or underpayment
- Cash flow forecasting and review
- Coordination of Supplier Payment runs in strict accordance with Company Payable Period Policy
- Reconciling monthly bank statements against company records, identifying discrepancies and implementing corrective actions
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Ghana
Accra, GhanaSkills
- Invoice management
- Financial reporting
- Risk evaluations
- Strong attention to detail
- Deadline oriented approach
- Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook proficiency
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Credit control
- Accounts receivable maintenance
- Cross functional Communicator
- Account reconciliation proficiency
Certification
Certified Accountant, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Accomplishments
- Improved Cash Flow, Reduced overdue balances by 30% in 6 months.
- Streamlined Invoice Process, Implemented a system reducing invoice errors by 40%.
- Debt Recovery Success, Recovered 15% of written off debts successfully.
- Enhanced Reporting Accuracy, Achieve 95% accuracy in Financial Reporting tasks.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Team Building / Company RetreatsPersonal development programsCareer advancementCompany CultureTimeline
Assistant Inventory Controller
Mantrac Ghana Limited
08.2020 - 03.2022
Assistant Credit Controller
Mantrac Ghana Limited
12.2018 - 03.2022
Accountant
Kaylee East Ghana Limited
09.2018 - 12.2024
Accounts Officer
Mantrac Ghana Limited
09.2015 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Ghana
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