Richard Kudjoe
Telford,United kingdom
Summary
A highly accomplished Chartered Accountant and Commercial Leader with 19+ years’ experience in mining finance, commercial management, and operational leadership. Successfully provided strategic financial direction across major mining operations, managing approximately US$450 million in operating costs and over US$150 million in capital projects, while ensuring strict financial discipline, cost optimization, and value-for-money procurement practices.
Led end-to-end financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and cost control frameworks that significantly strengthened corporate governance, IFRS compliance, and internal controls. Successfully delivered improved operational efficiency through process optimization, supply chain restructuring, vendor performance management, and strategic contract negotiations.
Provided strong leadership across Finance, Supply Chain, and IT functions, driving digital transformation initiatives, enhancing ERP systems, strengthening enterprise risk management, and ensuring uninterrupted operational support to production teams. Actively supported executive decision-making through insightful financial analysis, cash flow optimization, risk mitigation strategies, and performance monitoring.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work history
Commercial Manager
Northern Asante Mine Company Limited
Konongo, Ghana
11.2025 - 12.2025
- Develop and implement commercial strategies that optimize cost, enhance operational efficiency, and support business growth.
- Provide high-level commercial insight to the Executive Team for decision-making.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve financial performance and operational efficiency.
- Provide strategic direction for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Oversee cash flow management, cost control, revenue assurance, and financial risk management.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS, audit requirements, tax laws, and internal controls.
- Lead the Finance Team in strengthening financial processes and systems.
- Oversee procurement operations ensuring transparency, value-for-money, and compliance with company policies.
- Approve major procurement decisions and ensure proper contract negotiation and vendor management.
- Oversee inventory, warehousing, logistics, and materials management to support uninterrupted operations.
- Implement supply chain optimization initiatives to reduce cost and improve efficiency.
- Monitor supplier performance and manage key commercial relationships.
- Provide strategic direction for IT operations, digital solutions, and technology infrastructure.
- Ensure availability, security, and reliability of all IT systems and networks.
- Oversee implementation of ERP systems, software upgrades, and digital transformation projects.
- Drive ICT policies, cybersecurity strategies, and data governance compliance.
- Ensure IT initiatives support organizational efficiency and cost reduction.
- Review, negotiate, and approve commercial contracts and service agreements.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and audit recommendations.
- Lead commercial risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure proper contract management and performance monitoring.
- Lead and mentor teams across Finance, Supply Chain, and IT to build capability and improve performance.
- Promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across all departments.
- Build a culture of integrity, transparency, and strong internal controls.
- Prepare periodic commercial performance reports for management and the Board.
- Track KPIs for Finance, Supply Chain, and IT to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Lead cost optimization and efficiency improvement projects.
Group Finance Lead
Nguvu Mining Limited
Accra, Ghana
11.2024 - 11.2025
- Update and maintain forecast and strategic scenario finance based on business changes.
- Lead site interactions with and presentation to the senior inclusion into the business plans and budgets.
- Review and analyze monthly financial reports to identify potential cost control issues.
- Oversee management of costs by responsibility, activity, cost Centre, element and other performance indicators, and engage departmental heads in the review of cost centre summaries.
- Manage the compilation of monthly variance analysis, compare budget versus forecasts and previous plans and opportunities for improved performance.
- Engage senior and site leadership and other key stakeholders on priorities and challenges of the finance function and their support in addressing these.
- Guarantee the integrity of period accounting close outcomes – statistics, costs, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow – and that activities and deliverables meet agreed timelines.
- Support in building site finance leadership pipeline, identifying talent and capabilities required and carrying out team. The day-to-day leadership and development of the site finance.
Unit Manager- Management Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
Tarkwa, Ghana
07.2011 - 07.2024
- Preparing periodic financial reports to assist in management decision making.
- Ensuring confidentiality of information at all times.
- Preparing and maintaining Performance Monitoring reports on cost and production.
- Management of deadlines and critical Calendar times such as Financial Year end reports.
- Collation and the preparation of all Departmental budgets including the total budget preparation for the mine.
- Assisting with the preparation/compiling all financial schedules and forecasts for Life of Mine.
- Ensuring the proper administration of Accounting and Fixed Assets systems.
- Establishing and maintaining good communication channels between departments to allow accurate and timeous dissemination of relevant information to the right people.
- Liaising with Departmental Heads to check departmental costs.
- Making inputs in the preparation of Expatriate and Senior Employees’ payroll as and when required.
- Ensuring the development and training of subordinate staff.
Supt. Management Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
Tarkwa, Ghana
02.2009 - 06.2011
- Preparing performance measurement/operating and financial reports for management decision.
- Preparing operational annual budgets, medium term plans and Life of Mine plans.
- Application of cost management and budgetary control principles in managing mining assets.
- Undertaking operational reviews in specific departments with the view to determining profitability of various mining /processing operations.
- Controlling mining fixed assets and preparing yearly impairments as and when required.
- Preparing and managing reliable and timely cash flows.
- Monitoring relevant financial and operating ratios in the operation and advising management.
- Understanding, interpreting and applying relevant tax laws in business transactions.
- Taking control and ensuring that accounting systems are developed and implemented to meet business targets.
- Interpreting contractual clauses/rates in major contracts and applying them in reviewing bills of quantities and related invoices.
- Understanding and application of SOX and COSO frameworks in financial management.
- Motivating subordinates for better performance and be able to build a unified performance driven team.
- Liaising with relevant officials of other departments to ensure effective delivery of accounting services.
Cost Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
Tarkwa, Ghana
09.2008 - 01.2009
- Assist with the preparation of operational annual budgets.
- Assist with cost management and budgetary control principles in managing mining assets.
- Prepares daily, weekly and monthly cost reports and trend analysis.
- Capital accounting for various departments.
- Assist with the preparation of periodic financial reports to assist in management decision making.
- Monitoring and Review of monthly accruals.
- Administration of Property, Plant & Equipment (PPE).
- Prepares reliable and timely cash flows.
- Prepares monthly contribution per pits report to management.
- Prepare statutory reports to BoG, and Chamber of mines.
- Assist with SAP BI information uploads.
Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
Tarkwa, Ghana
10.2006 - 08.2008
- Reconciliation of vendor’s account.
- Respond to Vendor queries.
- Monitoring and reversal of accruals.
- Ensure prompt payment to Suppliers.
- Verification of processed invoices for payment.
- Bank reconciliation.
- Weekly Cash forecast.
- Assists in analyzing and reviewing of monthly departmental cost.
- Assists in Financial report -Provident fund (Staff & Officials).
- Reconciliation of Accpac sub- ledges.
- Vendor Reconciliation.
Acting Finance Manager
Goldfields Ghana Limited
- Carry out all assignments in finance manager capacity any time Finance Manager is on short leave or annual leave.
Accounting & Costing tutor
Sefwi Bekwai Senior Secondary School
01.2006 - 10.2006
Education
Student - Taxation
Association of Taxation Technicians (UK)
United Kingdom 12.2025 -
Partly Qualified - Chartered Accountant
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
United Kingdom 06.2024 -
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants, (ICA)
Ghana 02.2022 - 07.2025
MBA - Accounting
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kumasi, Ghana 09.2019 - 06.2022
BSc - Accounting
Ghana Telecom University College
Accra, Ghana 01.2016 - 07.2018
Chartered Accountant - Part 2 ICAG
Institute of Professional Studies Legon
Accra, Ghana 01.2002 - 01.2005
Skills
- Communication skills in English, Fante, Ga, and Twi
- Interpersonal skills
- Synergy understanding
- Ergonomics knowledge
- Negotiation expertise
- Organizational skills
- Leadership abilities
- Team collaboration
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Accounting software knowledge including SAGE Pastel, ACCPAC, QuickBooks, and DBit
- Adaptability to new environments
- Pressure management
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- First aid and workplace safety knowledge
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) expertise
- SAP software proficiency
Referees
- Lindley, Hassler Witbooi, VP & Head of Finance, lindley.hasslerwitbooi@goldfields.com, +233 540 119 870, Goldfields Ghana Limited, PO Box 26
- Alex, Obu-Simpson, Group HR and Admin Manager, aosimpson@nguvumining.com, +233 531016151, Nguvu Mining Limited, P.O Box KAPMB 93, Airport Ghana
Affiliations
- Playing Tennis
- Reading
Timeline
Student - Taxation
Association of Taxation Technicians (UK)
12.2025 -
Commercial Manager
Northern Asante Mine Company Limited
11.2025 - 12.2025
Group Finance Lead
Nguvu Mining Limited
11.2024 - 11.2025
Partly Qualified - Chartered Accountant
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
06.2024 -
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants, (ICA)
02.2022 - 07.2025
MBA - Accounting
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
09.2019 - 06.2022
BSc - Accounting
Ghana Telecom University College
01.2016 - 07.2018
Unit Manager- Management Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
07.2011 - 07.2024
Supt. Management Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
02.2009 - 06.2011
Cost Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
09.2008 - 01.2009
Accountant
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Gold Mine
10.2006 - 08.2008
Accounting & Costing tutor
Sefwi Bekwai Senior Secondary School
01.2006 - 10.2006
Chartered Accountant - Part 2 ICAG
Institute of Professional Studies Legon
01.2002 - 01.2005
Acting Finance Manager
Goldfields Ghana Limited