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Education
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Kennedy Senyo Amenu-Tekaa

Riverdale,GA

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively to expand skills while facilitating company growth and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Analyst Intern (Remote)

Jomacs IT Solutions
Alberta, Canada
09.2023 - 02.2024
  • Conducting thorough data collection, cleaning, merging, and implementing data quality control measures
  • Communicating key findings to superiors to facilitate data-driven decision making
  • Worked closely with stakeholders to ensure accuracy of collected data sets used in forecasting models
  • Summarizing analysis results and insights in reports or presentations for stakeholders
  • Creating visual representations of data through charts, graphs, and dashboards to present findings effectively.

Finance Executive

Penncy Ventures
New Abirem, Ghana
02.2020 - 04.2023
  • Analyzed actual financial results to budget, preparing variance reporting to functional groups
  • Created financial management mechanisms to minimize financial risk to business
  • Checked payroll, vendor payments and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance
  • Completed month-end and year-end closings, kept records audit-ready and monitored timely recording of accounting transactions
  • Managed accounts payable and receivable functions to ensure timely payments of invoices and collections of receivables
  • Assisted in developing short-term and long-term financing strategies while maintaining relationships with banks and other financial institutions.

Cashier

Eagles Beachwear
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
06.2018 - 09.2018
  • Answered product questions with up-to-date knowledge of sales and store promotions
  • Accepted cash and credit card payments, issued receipts and provided change
  • Operated cash register or POS system to receive payment by cash, check and credit card
  • Preserved appearance of store by arranging and replenishing displays and merchandise racks
  • Balanced daily transactions on a computerized point-of-sale system
  • Operated cash register efficiently and accurately, processed payments by cash, check, credit card, gift card or automatic debit.

Accounts Officer/Data Entry Officer

National Health Insurance Authourity
New Abirem, Ghana
08.2014 - 09.2017
  • Managed accounts receivable functions including billing, collections, customer inquiries
  • Maintained accurate record keeping of all financial transactions
  • Recorded debit, credit and account transactions in computer spreadsheets and databases
  • Identified and corrected data entry errors to prevent duplication across systems
  • Identified discrepancies between source documents and entered data
  • Transferred written information into databases to maintain consistent, accurate client records and project details.

Finance Intern

Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
New Abirem, Ghana
06.2013 - 09.2013
  • Assisted in preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
  • Processing of checks
  • Petty cash handling
  • Developed Excel spreadsheets to track expenses, revenue, cash flows and other KPIs.

Education

Master of Arts - Law And Finance

University of Angers
03.2020

Master of Science - Economics

Nicolaus Copernicus University
01.2020

Master of Science - Financial Markets And Intermediaries

University of Macerata
10.2019

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Professional Studies
08.2014

Skills

  • Financial Reporting and control
  • Proficient in [Microsoft excel, word, powerpoint]
  • Basic to intermediate level in [Power Bi, SQL, python]
  • Business Analysis
  • KPI Tracking
  • Asset Control
  • Data Entry
  • Handling Confidential Materials
  • File Management, filing and data archiving
  • General Administrative Support
  • BI Dashboards
  • Financial planning and analysis

Certification

Jomacs Corporate Training : Data Analytics Training Program & Projects (February 2024)

Accomplishments

  • Published Book (Generis publication, 2022): Financial sector regulatory and supervisory framework in Ghana - The Pre and Post Banking Crisis
  • Published Research (research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2022): Examining the survival strategies of banks in Ghana in the post - 2017 banking crisis
  • Academia Letter: Financial regulation and the Financial crisis in Ghana.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Italian
Limited

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Data Analyst Intern (Remote)

Jomacs IT Solutions
09.2023 - 02.2024

Finance Executive

Penncy Ventures
02.2020 - 04.2023

Cashier

Eagles Beachwear
06.2018 - 09.2018

Accounts Officer/Data Entry Officer

National Health Insurance Authourity
08.2014 - 09.2017

Finance Intern

Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
06.2013 - 09.2013

Master of Arts - Law And Finance

University of Angers

Master of Science - Economics

Nicolaus Copernicus University

Master of Science - Financial Markets And Intermediaries

University of Macerata

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Professional Studies
Kennedy Senyo Amenu-Tekaa