YUSIF ABUBAKAR
Corby,united kingdom
Summary
Strategic and Financial professional with background leveraging credentials of BSc Business Administration with concentration in application of banking, finance and data information, MSc Economics majoring in Money Banking and Finance, coupled with 9+ years direct experience in quantitative / statistical analysis, budgeting, accounting, Health care, and forecasting. Experienced in Pharmaceutical, Health care and Banking Finance with extraordinarily strong understanding of Customer Service, Accounting, Data Analysis, Risk Management, Operations, and monetary management. Strong analytical skills; support operations through analysis of key performance indicators and trends. Consensus-driven communicator; liaise across various business units and promote organizational success. Rapidly adapt to modern technologies and possess expertise with MS Word, Excel, Quick books, Sun Plus, and a broad range of statistical software.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
44
44
years of post-secondary education
Work history
ADMINSTRATOR /CARE SUPPORT ASSISTANT
ALIVE HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL
Northampton, Northamptonshire
11.2023 - Current
- CARE ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Helping patients to take their medication and on time.
- Make beds.
- Helping patients to visit bathroom, toilet etc
- Respecting their dignity.
- Serve meals and help them feed if the need arises!
- Wash and dress patients.
- Continuous monitoring of patients under my care
- Office Administrator responsibilities.
- Organizing and facilitating face to face training for carers
- In charge of DBS applications for fresh staff
- Drafting of non-disclosure contracts for staff
- Updates on atlas by inputting bank details, residential address, telephone numbers and other relevant details
- Training fresh staff on Dom-portal app for care homes
- Responding to emails within my authorities
Co-FOUNDER AND CEO
R2A2 GLOBAL IMPORTS
09.2021 - 01.2023
- Driving the mission and vision of the company.
- Day to day running of the organization.
- Coordinating management inputs into production
- Managing a company overall operation.
- Maintain accountability with the board.
- Monitors the performance of the company.
- Providing strategic, financial, and operational leadership for the company.
- Analyze the effects of long –term growth initiative, planning, new strategies, and regulatory actions.
- Implement, improve, and enforce policies and procedures that will increase the financial and operational effectiveness of the company.
- Function as a strategic partner by developing and implementing the company’s plans and programs.
SUPERVISOR
AFRICA CEMENT FACTORY GHANA
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Supervising to ensure there is accurate measuring, grading, and feeding of raw materials into the production machine.
- Operate production line equipment, like factory conveyor line.
- Assemble goods on a production line.
- Report faulty equipment for maintenance.
- Monitor production and conduct basic testing and quality checks.
- Supervising of loading and transportation of final goods to customers
FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
YERN FOUNDATIONS INTERNATIONAL
11.2019 - 01.2021
- Offering training programs to disabled people less privilege in the communities across Ghana and privilege ones who wants to enhance their skills.
- In charge of business strategies and monetary management etc.
- We create a network of skilled equipped individuals for self-employment and societal development in the field of Production of shower gels, Floor cleaners, Epoxy training, liquid soap productions ,Fresh yoghurt production, TV installations ,Multi satellite installation ,Beads making ,Shampoo productions ,etc
- These and many more impacting life and changing the community in the positive directions
Teacher English as Second Language
VietUc Training and Educational Consultancy Jcs - Hanoi, Vietnam
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Facilitator of students’ learning, who’s native language is other than English, with managed classroom activities in effort to promote communication in English
- Consisting of role pronunciation techniques, quizzes, flashcards, games, music and combining basic studies with real-life interactions involving language use in different situations such as home, friends, and school.
- Students consist of age (5-8 Years, Teenagers high school students, adults etc.)
- Teaching all syllabuses available.
- Entertaining and guiding students to reach their full talent.
- Teaching communication skills, pronunciation, phonics etc.
Health Assistant
Seventh Day Adventist Government Teaching Hospital – Kwadaso-Kumasi, Ghana
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Serve meals and help to feed patients with dignity.
- Wash and dress patients.
- Make beds.
- Make patients feel very comfortable!
- Monitor patient’s conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, and weight.
- Helping patients to take their medications and on time.
- Helping patients to visit washroom with their dignity respected.
HEAD OF FINANCE for Northern Sector
Alive Pharmaceutical - Ghana
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Established new forecasting tracking and management reporting system to improve availability and accuracy of financial data, triggering substantial increase in accuracy
- Conducted quantitative analysis of financial and operational data showing budget to actual variances enabling management to make informed business decisions
- Develop detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and develop forecasts
- Consolidate and analyze monthly results and budgets
- Create and deliver presentations, providing recommendations on short- and long-range ROI
- Assisted Operations in the Monthly Operations Review to identify areas for cost reductions and operational improvements, annual budget process, periodic forecasting, and periodic analysis of operations performance
- Performed ad-hoc analysis and reporting.
- Role and Responsibilities:
- Performed all accounting and financial functions in a professional manner.
- Monthly profitability and cost analysis based on products varieties.
- Preparation and submission of daily, weekly, and monthly sales report in terms of credit, cash and recovery.
- Analyze weekly and monthly expenditure and submit reports and suggestions to reduce expenditure.
- Conduct weekly and monthly price survey of competitors’ pricing in relation to our prices through market survey.
- Analyze weekly and monthly performance.
- Management of sale targets by each sales representative of the company.
- Weekly and monthly bank reconciliation on bank statements, and stock reconciliation.
- Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Document financial transactions by entering account information.
- Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
- Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
- Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents and clearing them before payments.
- Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
- Maintain financial security by following internal controls.
- Prepare payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
Accountant
Seventh Day Adventist Nurses Training College – Kwadaso-Kumasi, Ghana
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts
- Handle month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities
- Analyze financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital.
- Prepared balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position.
- Role and Responsibilities:
- Coding and posting of vouchers using sun plus software.
- Collection and receipts of school fees and other income
- Preparation of trial balance and balance sheet.
- Preparation of salaries, vat, SSNIT and corporate tax
- Bank reconciliation of the college.
- Preparing cash voucher for payments.
- Writing of checks for payment to clients and service providers.
Sales Manager
Barclays Bank – Knust Campus Branch- Ghana
01.2006 - 01.2011
- Created marketing strategies to achieve sales targets of a bank
- Implement best practices to meet customers' needs and requirements
- Initiate campaign strategies for bank products and services
- Ownership for entire sales lifecycle – from Leads to Closure
- Determine and execute appropriate sales strategies for the Bank in accordance with the Bank’s consolidated strategy and operational targets
- Determine critical success factors for new client acquisition, negotiate and close business to ensure that Branch Sales targets are achieved.
- Ensure branch operational integrity: communication and compliance in all branch policies and procedures
- And provide consistent quality customer service to both internal and external customers that meets or exceeds established standards.
- Other areas of key Responsibilities:
- Selling of Barclay loan and scheme loan to Customers and non-customers of the bank to help achieve individual target and institutional target.
- Processing of loan for both junior and senior staff of the university communities
- Selling of bank assurance products and other services to staff of KNUST and other customers
- Relationship management of top clients of the branch (senior members of the University community (KNUST).
- Sale of fixed deposit and treasury bills and Accounts opening
Customer Advisor
Barclays Bank – Knust Campus Branch- Ghana
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Snap checks and Risk Control Assessment (RCA): RCA and Snap check are detailed audit of all aspects of the bank operations and seek to ensure that the banks operations are in line with the policies and procedures as outlined in the various operation manuals and circulars.
- Management of all Customers Enquiries issues and complaints management
- Reconciliation: Prepared the daily reconciliation of all the branch’s suspense
- Managing the Purchase, Redemption, and Stoppage of Treasury Bills
- Issuance, Repurchase and Cancellation of Managers Cheques and Bankers Payment
- Processing of all Government Salaries, SSNIT Pension, Government Pension, Salaries of various Companies and Businesses for their Respective employees
- Handling of all Customer Statement Requests for financial analyses
Education
MSc Economics (Majoring in Money, Banking and Finance) -
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2015 - 04.2018
BSc Business Administration [second class upper honors] (banking and finance option), Fundamentals of Accounting, Organizational Behavior Management, Management Informational System, Economics, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management and Research Methods, Financial Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Business Law, Banking law, Financial Management of Banks, Operations and Production Management, Management Science, Bank lending, Commercial banking, Bank regulations - undefined
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2008 - 04.2012
Post-graduate professional certificate in project management. - undefined
Graduate Training Institute
01.2013 - undefined
Teaching advance English as Foreign Language - undefined
TEFL Accredited London
01.2018 - undefined
Microsoft Office, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Network Essentials, MS Word, MS Power Point, Fundamentals and Computing, Advance Excel - undefined
NIIT Ghana
08.2020 - 05.2020
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Care Certificate
07.2023 - undefined
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Banking Training, Shelley’s Investment and Management Ltd (Sima Accra)
01.2014 - undefined
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Legacy and Legacy Training and Development Seminar, Calvary Chrismatic Church Kumasi
01.2008 - undefined
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Barclays Fraud Control and Management, Barclays Bank Ghana
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Sanctions Training, Financial Crime
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Data Privacy and Records Management Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Anti-Money Laundering Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Complaints Management, Customer Service and Controls
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Treating Customers Fairly
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Health and Safety Awareness
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Business Continuity Management (BCM)
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Advanced Branch Operations Workshop
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Barclay’s Customer Service Training and Operational Risk Management
01.2005 - 04.2008
Skills
- Strategy Development
- Risk Management
- Corporate Finance
- Performance Optimization
- Effective Communication
- Strong inter-personal and relationship skills
- Financial Accounting
- Documentation and reporting
- Relationship Management
- Budgeting & Cost Reduction
- Concept Implementation
- Sense of responsibility and passion to learn
- Plan, organize, direct activities and programs
- Excellent creative and analytical skills
- Imbued with conducive team spirit or work independently
- Strong morals with inspiring attitude for maximum productivity
Custom
- Adinkra Apau Obrempong, Human Resource Manager, SDA Nurses Training College, +233244130628, sdanmtc1@gmail.com
- Dr. Hydrat Yusif, Dean/Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, +233-3220-602691, economics@knust.edu.gh
- Louisa Abeka, Human Resource Manager, Alive Health Care Int United Kingdom, +4407383416667, contact@alivehealthcareint.co.uk
- Kofi Quao, Barclays Bank Northern Sector Manager, Barclays Bank Ghana, +233244947916, kofi98@gmail.com
Timeline
ADMINSTRATOR /CARE SUPPORT ASSISTANT
ALIVE HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL
11.2023 - Current
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Care Certificate
07.2023 - undefined
Co-FOUNDER AND CEO
R2A2 GLOBAL IMPORTS
09.2021 - 01.2023
SUPERVISOR
AFRICA CEMENT FACTORY GHANA
08.2021 - 01.2022
Microsoft Office, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Network Essentials, MS Word, MS Power Point, Fundamentals and Computing, Advance Excel - undefined
NIIT Ghana
08.2020 - 05.2020
FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
YERN FOUNDATIONS INTERNATIONAL
11.2019 - 01.2021
Teaching advance English as Foreign Language - undefined
TEFL Accredited London
01.2018 - undefined
Teacher English as Second Language
VietUc Training and Educational Consultancy Jcs - Hanoi, Vietnam
08.2017 - 06.2018
Health Assistant
Seventh Day Adventist Government Teaching Hospital – Kwadaso-Kumasi, Ghana
01.2015 - 01.2016
MSc Economics (Majoring in Money, Banking and Finance) -
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2015 - 04.2018
HEAD OF FINANCE for Northern Sector
Alive Pharmaceutical - Ghana
01.2014 - 01.2015
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Banking Training, Shelley’s Investment and Management Ltd (Sima Accra)
01.2014 - undefined
Post-graduate professional certificate in project management. - undefined
Graduate Training Institute
01.2013 - undefined
Accountant
Seventh Day Adventist Nurses Training College – Kwadaso-Kumasi, Ghana
01.2012 - 01.2013
BSc Business Administration [second class upper honors] (banking and finance option), Fundamentals of Accounting, Organizational Behavior Management, Management Informational System, Economics, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management and Research Methods, Financial Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Business Law, Banking law, Financial Management of Banks, Operations and Production Management, Management Science, Bank lending, Commercial banking, Bank regulations - undefined
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2008 - 04.2012
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Legacy and Legacy Training and Development Seminar, Calvary Chrismatic Church Kumasi
01.2008 - undefined
Sales Manager
Barclays Bank – Knust Campus Branch- Ghana
01.2006 - 01.2011
Customer Advisor
Barclays Bank – Knust Campus Branch- Ghana
01.2005 - 01.2006
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Barclays Fraud Control and Management, Barclays Bank Ghana
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Sanctions Training, Financial Crime
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Data Privacy and Records Management Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Anti-Money Laundering Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Complaints Management, Customer Service and Controls
01.2005 - 04.2008
undefined
Anti-Bribery & Corruption Training
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Treating Customers Fairly
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Health and Safety Awareness
01.2005 - 04.2008
undefined
Business Continuity Management (BCM)
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Advanced Branch Operations Workshop
01.2005 - 04.2008
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Barclay’s Customer Service Training and Operational Risk Management
01.2005 - 04.2008
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