Naa-Norley Lokko
Burtonsville,MD
Summary
A Lead Analyst with experience in diverse operational and analytical tasks in Finance and Accounting. Collaboration and Developing others. Knowledgeable in SimCorp, Business Objects, Summit, PeopleSoft, Essbase, Treasury Management Systems, Workday and adept at using Microsoft programs, as well as visibility into Tableau and SQL. Experience in analyzing large data sets, with great influencing and negotiation and problem-solving skills. I am a personable individual with an engaging communication style, sound judgment and ability to build strong working relationships. I provide sound recommendations to management and ability to explore options beyond the obvious. Good with time management.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Associate - Multifamily
Fannie Mae
04.2022 - Current
- Provided subject matter expertise on the Fannie Mae Multifamily 3Residential Loan products and guidelines to build end user system to track and automate forbearance verification and non-accrual accounting.
- Evaluated team member performance regularly, providing constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful project completion, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results.
- Improved team productivity by streamlining workflow processes and implementing efficient project management practices.
Lead Treasury Analyst
Fannie Mae
05.2015 - 03.2022
- Led comprehensive financial analyses, providing actionable insights on debt financing, investment opportunities, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Managed treasury operations, optimizing cash flow and liquidity positioning across multiple business units.
- Evaluated credit ratings of corporate entities, identifying strengths and vulnerabilities to inform investment and debt issuance decisions.
- Developed advanced financial models to assess market trends, economic conditions, and asset performance.
- Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration with finance, legal, and executive teams to enhance financial strategy and reporting.
- Managing float cash and giving recommendations for short term investment for cash surplus.
- Maintaining internal and external bank accounts and relationships with bank service providers.
- Implemented automation solutions for various treasury functions, enhancing accuracy while reducing manual workload demands on staff members.
- Handled cash flow, debit and interest schedules and bank accounts.
- Presented forecasting and financial reports to corporate executives and clients.
- Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls and safeguards for revenues and expenditures.
- Managed daily liquidity needs by monitoring cash positions and executing necessary transactions.
- Analyzed financial patterns and made accurate predictions.
- Conducted thorough financial analyses to identify potential areas for cost savings and revenue growth opportunities.
Accountant – Funding Group
Fannie Mae
01.2010 - 05.2015
- Playing the project lead role for Cash Accounting in the Treasury Management System with ERP interfacing into Accounting system.
- Managing and supporting the Cash Control Processor system, by monitoring daily cash movement between the company and the Federal Reserve Bank and other third-party banks, closing the cash system monthly and generating monthly journal entries.
- Prepare daily and monthly reconciliations for investment and debt portfolio to ensure general ledger account information is accurate, consistent, traceable, and audit.
- Prepare and analyze Treasury Accounting’s balance sheet and profit and loss statements schedules and reports, for 10Q and 10K, weekly and monthly reviews.
- Aggregate, review, analyze, and record financial information to the general ledger to facilitate smooth monthly closings
- Participate in random SimCorp/CCP related projects and provide recommendations for reporting and accounting system improvements
- Coordinate and provide internal and external SOX and auditing request information
- Work with team to provide timely and accurate daily Treasury Accounting cash reconciliation and monthly cash flows
Cash Analyst – Cash Management
Fannie Mae
05.2005 - 12.2009
- Perform Cash Management functions, overseeing day to day cash movement of about 600bn and management of company’s working and operational capital as well us tracking and organizing principal and interest payments to Investors via trust accounts
- Preparing daily forecast of cash receipts and disbursements and providing recommendations for other investments appropriately
- Maintaining internal and external bank accounts and relationships with bank service providers.
- Providing advice all departments with regards to bank accounts, cash collections, receipts, disbursements, returns and cash allocations.
- Maintained appropriate documentation and produced monthly management reports that accurately summarize the allocation and resolution of cash transactions with unknown ownership.
- Participated in corporate systems development work, SOX and re-auditing functions which impacted cash and the bank reconciliation process.
Education
MBA - Finance
Leicester University
United Kingdom01.2003
Master of Arts - Accounting and Financial Management
Keller School of Management
Virginia05.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Ghana
Ghana06.1997
Skills
- Financial Management
- Financial Systems
- Financial Reporting
- Treasury Operations
- Treasury accounting
- Forecasting and Planning
- Credit Analysis
- Risk Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Client relationship management
- Account Reconciliation
- Project Management
Timeline
Lead Associate - Multifamily
Fannie Mae
04.2022 - Current
Lead Treasury Analyst
Fannie Mae
05.2015 - 03.2022
Accountant – Funding Group
Fannie Mae
01.2010 - 05.2015
Cash Analyst – Cash Management
Fannie Mae
05.2005 - 12.2009
MBA - Finance
Leicester University
Master of Arts - Accounting and Financial Management
Keller School of Management
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Ghana
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