Mohammed Awal Baba

FCCA qualified accounting professional with over 25 years of experience commanding the full accounting cycle within export trade and telecommunications environments. Trusted custodian of general ledger integrity, financial reporting, payroll and statutory compliance at one of Ghana's leading horticultural export organisations, with a sustained record of audit ready year end accounts and disciplined internal controls.

Known for transforming accounting operations: accelerated the monthly reconciliation cycle from 15 days to 5 days and served on the team that migrated the organisation's accounting platform from Microsoft Excel to Tally ERP, materially strengthening reliability, accuracy and productivity. Maintains current IFRS fluency through continuous professional development with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana and Deloitte and Touche.

Accountant - SPEG (Pineapple Producers and Exporters of Ghana) LBG - Accra

(2003-04)

• Safeguard general ledger integrity by raising journal entries, preparing monthly accruals and reconciling accounts receivable and accounts payable ledgers to strict monthly deadlines
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and sales reports for posting, ensuring the cashbook reflects complete and accurate transactions at all times
• Administer payroll end to end and discharge all statutory obligations, including SSNIT contributions, VAT returns and income tax filings
• Maintain the fixed assets register, computing depreciation and related accruals in line with policy
• Control the payments cycle through preparation of cheques and payment vouchers and disciplined management of petty cash
• Formulate draft year end accounts for external audit and manage the reconciliation of member and client accounts
• Accelerated the monthly reconciliation process from a 15-day task to 5 days by instituting timely and accurate entry of transactions into the cashbook
• Served on the project team that transferred accounting operations from Microsoft Excel to Tally ERP in 2013, resolving longstanding issues of reliability, accuracy, efficiency and productivity
• Produced special reports on accounts receivable, accounts payable and interim grant disbursements that informed senior management decision making
• Recommended improvements to reporting quality that enabled timely, decision ready responses to senior management
• Prepared and forwarded recommendation notes with ratio analyses on the financial viability of investment projects in the subsidiary company to senior management

Accounts and Administrative Clerk - Ghamal Telecommunication Company Ltd - Ghana

(1999-02 - 2001-12)

• Provided accounting support across bookkeeping and maintenance of financial records in a commercial telecommunications environment
• Handled administrative duties supporting daily office operations, building the foundations of a disciplined accounting career

B.A. - Social Work - University of Ghana (2008)

Higher National Diploma - Accounting - Accra Polytechnic (1998)