MARK WEPIA AOTORI
US ARMY BUDGET ANALYST
COL SPGS,USA
Summary
With 15 years of experience in supply chain management and advanced leadership skills combined with over a year of success as a budget analyst and financial manager, I am a dedicated and seasoned professional. Possess a unique blend of experience, including three years in US Army Financial Management, reflecting a commitment to precision, integrity, and strategic decision-making. A proven track record of enhancing productivity and elevating customer satisfaction through exceptional service. Prioritizes the welfare and health of team members, fostering a collaborative and thriving work environment. I am eager to contribute to organizational success by continuing to learn and grow as a dynamic procurement and supply chain management professional. Adept at developing tracking metrics, following projects, and working with representatives of all departments to develop accurate budget proposals. Good interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Budget Analyst (G8)
US ARMY
Sembach, GERMANY
11.2022 - 08.2023
- Conducted customer services by processing soldiers Pay and allowances, bonuses, flight pays and combat entitlements
- Reviewed incoming pay inquiries and assigned each inquiry to the coding sections
- Delivered expert administrative pay support, including processing all the pay inquiries, pay affecting documents, leave forms, promotions, and demotions
- Facilitated the smooth hands-on training to six (6) Civilian human resource personnel to learn the operations of military pay at 4TH CAB
- Coded over 700 transactions in Pay and allowances, bonuses, flight pays, combat entitlements, basic allowance for housing, family separation pay and start or stop meal deductions
- Prepared and compute travel vouchers as well as process pay documents for coding and onwards processed for payment
- Maintained a high level of customer care for walk in soldiers.
Financial Management Technician (AMPO)
US ARMY
Fort Carson, Colorado Spring
09.2020 - 10.2022
- Conducted customer services by processing Soldiers Pay and allowances, bonuses, flight pay and combat entitlements
- Reviewed incoming pay inquiries and assigned each inquiry to the coding sections
- Delivered expert administrative pay support, including processing all the pay inquiries, pay affecting documents, leave forms, promotions, and demotions
- Facilitated the smooth hands-on training to six (6) Civilian human resource personnel to learn the operations of military pay at 4TH CAB
- Coded over 700 transactions in Pay and allowances, bonuses, flight pays, combat entitlements, basic allowance for housing, family separation pay and start or stop meal deductions
- Prepared and compute travel vouchers as well as process pay documents for coding and onwards processed for payment
- Maintained a high level of customer care for walk-in customers.
Supply Officer-in-Charge of CASA 295 and MI-17 Aircraft spares and Valuable and attractive store
Ghana Air Force
Tamale, Northern Region
09.2019 - 11.2019
- Consulted with customers to understand their desires and suggest the best products to meet their needs
- Reviewed the incoming orders and assigned work to the stock keeping unit (SKU) to maintain a demanding schedule
- Regularly removed trash, organized tools and checked the SKU's equipment to maintain a neat and safe work area
- Delivered expert administrative support each day, including processing all the paperwork, order requests and consumer unit’s fulfillment coming through a busy SKU
- Counted stock every Fridays and performed snap checks and documented data in the computer database
- Performed reverse logistics for excess stock, defective items or obsolete materials and aircraft spares to manufacturers for either repairs, replacement, modification or disposal.
Manning and Control - 2nd Officer-in-Command
Ghana Air Force
Takoradi Base, Western Region
05.2019 - 09.2019
- Processed soldiers’ documents, including processing leaves and passes, conducted orientations and briefs on compensation, benefits and opportunities for promotion
- Oversaw smooth transition from a recruit to the status of a full Air Man by coordinating ground and classroom orientations
- Scheduled and administered personnel's assessments and performance tests
- Evaluated human resources trends and prepared thorough reports to help higher command make strategic operational decisions
- Maintained accurate and current personnel's records for all wings in the Ghana Air Force - Takoradi Base
- Processed personnel's documentation, including their performance evaluations.
Ghana Air Force Recruit Training School – Logistics Officer
Ghana Air Force
Takoradi Base, Western Region
11.2018 - 05.2019
- Performed warehouse functions including receipt, inspection, inventory, load/unload, stored, issued and delivered supplies and equipment
- Performed quality control, property management and repair management
- Maintained automated supply system for accounting the training school installations of all supplies and equipment
- Issued and received training ammunitions, rifles and pistols
- Secured and controlled weapons and ammunition in security areas for training
- Scheduled and performed preventive and organizational maintenance on weapons and equipment
- Operated unit level computers.
Ghana Air Force Clothing Store – Supply Officer
Ghana Air Force
Takoradi Base, Western Region
08.2017 - 09.2018
- Performed warehouse functions including receipt, inspection, inventory of all clothing items, load/unload, stored, issued and delivered to personnel
- Received bulk, individual stores and ceremonial uniforms from suppliers (Class II)
- Performed inventory procedures, including ordering, receiving and storing Class II supplies
- Generated a monthly clothing returns report to Ghana Air Force Headquarters for planning.
Ghana Air Force Registry – Administrative Assistant
Ghana Air Force
Takoradi Base, Western Region
08.2017 - 09.2018
- Processed and compiled all voucher transaction data to the final stage of filling
- Initiated correspondence pertaining to voucher progression and records, all flight-outs and flight-in and other records and reports pertaining to the completion of all vouchers
- Maintained all voucher and receipt record tracking system within the Ghana Air Force
- Liaised with internal and external auditors during snap and mandatory auditing periods
- Reported to Air Force Headquarters on all status of vouchers progression
- Implemented a new automated computerized voucher data progression system for manning control operations.
Ghana Air Force 5th Forward Movement Unit (5FMU) – Movcon Assistant
Ghana Air Force
Accra Base, Burma Camp
08.2007 - 07.2010
- Marked and lapelled cargos and freight shipments in accordance with regulatory requirements
- Documented and inventoried freights, cargos and aircrafts and materiel shipments of all types
- Prepared equipment, cargo and personnel for travel to airports, seaports and rail station
- Requested and coordinated transportation to meet movement mission
- Performed transportation operations, traffic management, convoy operations for troops, cargo transfers and distributions to the consumer unit, cargo and shipment documentations
- Inspected, counted and documented cargo utilization both manual and automated data processing systems
- Loaded and unloaded supplies, equipment and aircraft spares from ships, dockyards, warehouses
- Created load plans for road movement, air shipment and ocean liner vessels.
Ghana Air Force Technical Store and Valuable and Attractive Store – Technical Store Assistant
Ghana Air Force
Accra Base, Burma Camp
10.2006 - 08.2007
- Maintained warehouse inventory as well as Mobility Readiness spares valued over $87M
- Analyzed and reported the usage and status of critical parts through my unit supply chain commander
- Managed nine direct personnel, providing evaluations to improve work performance
- Accounted for the management of repair spares valued at over $3.4 million including MI-17 helicopter and K8 fighter jets engines
- Assisted in the replacement and management of aviation spares for the K-8 Karakorum fighter jets, EADS CASA C-295 Airbus Military, Diamond DA42 Twin Star Twin-Engine Light Utility Aircraft, Mil Mi-17 Helicopter valued at over $130 million.
Education
US ARMY AIR ASSAULT (E2B)
ADVANCE LEADER COUSRE (ALC)
BASIC LEADER COURSE (BLC)
Senior Non-Commission Officer Course Certificate: Leadership -
GHANA AIR FORCE SENIOR NON-COMMISSION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Air Force Trade Training Basic, Intermediate and Advance Certificate: Logistics and Supply -
GHANA AIR FORCE SCHOOL OF TRADE TRAINING
Bachelor of Science: Procurement and Supply Chain Management -
UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
Diploma in Business Studies: Business Accounting -
KUMASI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Skills
- Budget Analytics
- Audit inventory
- E-business operations
- Business ethics
- E-procurement
- Record keeping
- Warehousing
- Supply chain trends analyst
- Material sourcing
- Clerical support
- Communication
- Monthly Reporting
- Variance Reporting
- Expense Monitoring
- Budget Compliance
- Accounting Principles
Additional Education
- PEACE OPERATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE (POTI), Ebola Virus Disease: Awareness and Precautions for Peacekeeping Personnel, August 23, 2019
- PEACE OPERATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE (POTI), Ethics in Peacekeeping, August 23, 2019
- PEACE OPERATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE (POTI), Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, August 23, 2019
- PEACE OPERATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE (POTI), Logistics, August 23, 2020
- DESASTERREADY.ORG (CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND FOUNDATION), Bystanders Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse, November 20, 2019
- INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) UN, Different Needs – Equal Opportunities: Increasing Effectiveness of Humanitarian Action for Women, Girls, Boys and Men, September 29, 2016
- DESASTERREADY.ORG (FLEET FORUM), Introduction to Fleet Management, April 06, 2017
- DESASTERREADY.ORG (UNHCR), UNHCR Protection Induction Program, April 01, 2017
- DESASTERREADY.ORG (AMERICAN RED CROSS), Shelter Fundamentals, October 29, 2016
- DESASTERREADY.ORG, UN Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) IMPACT, October 18, 2016
- PEACE OPERATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE (POTI), Global Terrorism, December 21, 2010
- ALISON, UK, Understanding the Ebola Virus and How You Can Avoid It, February 24, 2015
- ALISON, UK, Diploma in Business Management & Entrepreneurship, July 29, 2014
- ALISON, UK, Introduction to Supply Chain Management, July 23, 2014
- ALISON, UK, Understanding Supply Chain Ecosystems, July 23, 2014
- ALISON, UK, Fundamentals of Incoterms, March 27, 2014
- ALISON, UK, Understanding Cost of Quality and TQM Tools, March 27, 2014
- ALISON, UK, Diploma in EU Public Procurement, March 24, 2014
- NEXT LEVEL PURCHASING ASSOCIATION, Managing Supplier Performance, March 19, 2014
Languages
Hausa
Limited
Twi
Professional
Yoruba
Elementary
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Financial Budget Analyst (G8)
US ARMY
11.2022 - 08.2023
Financial Management Technician (AMPO)
US ARMY
09.2020 - 10.2022
Supply Officer-in-Charge of CASA 295 and MI-17 Aircraft spares and Valuable and attractive store
Ghana Air Force
09.2019 - 11.2019
Manning and Control - 2nd Officer-in-Command
Ghana Air Force
05.2019 - 09.2019
Ghana Air Force Recruit Training School – Logistics Officer
Ghana Air Force
11.2018 - 05.2019
Ghana Air Force Clothing Store – Supply Officer
Ghana Air Force
08.2017 - 09.2018
Ghana Air Force Registry – Administrative Assistant
Ghana Air Force
08.2017 - 09.2018
Ghana Air Force 5th Forward Movement Unit (5FMU) – Movcon Assistant
Ghana Air Force
08.2007 - 07.2010
Ghana Air Force Technical Store and Valuable and Attractive Store – Technical Store Assistant
Ghana Air Force
10.2006 - 08.2007
US ARMY AIR ASSAULT (E2B)
ADVANCE LEADER COUSRE (ALC)
BASIC LEADER COURSE (BLC)
Senior Non-Commission Officer Course Certificate: Leadership -
GHANA AIR FORCE SENIOR NON-COMMISSION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Air Force Trade Training Basic, Intermediate and Advance Certificate: Logistics and Supply -
GHANA AIR FORCE SCHOOL OF TRADE TRAINING
Bachelor of Science: Procurement and Supply Chain Management -
UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
Diploma in Business Studies: Business Accounting -
KUMASI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Similar Profiles
Trevar ShelleyTrevar Shelley
11b at US Army11b at US Army
Mitchell GutgsellMitchell Gutgsell
Army Officer at US ArmyArmy Officer at US Army
Darrelle HowardDarrelle Howard
Food Supply Specialist at US ArmyFood Supply Specialist at US Army
William "Brent" SturgeonWilliam "Brent" Sturgeon
Battalion Command Sergeant Major at US ArmyBattalion Command Sergeant Major at US Army
Consuelo Angélica Alcántara SantillánConsuelo Angélica Alcántara Santillán
English Courses for Private Students at FreelanceEnglish Courses for Private Students at Freelance