Peter Sarpong
Gaithersburg,USA
Summary
Dr Sarpong is a passionate advocate for employee empowerment and servant leadership development. Highly motivated, detailed oriented, self-starter, adaptable, and results-driven professional with a Doctor of Education in Organizational leadership with an emphasis in healthcare administration and over six years of experience in accounting, taxation and financial management. He has two years’ professional and technical training in risk management from General Electric, possesses a strong analytical mindset, exceptional problem-solving skills, and passion for financial data. I am skilled in leading organizational culture change, fostering servant leadership development, and optimizing organizational effectiveness. Demonstrates expertise in servant leadership as effective leadership in training programs for organizational sustainability, facilitating team building, and driving continuous improvement across diverse environments. Passionate about empowering organizations and individuals to achieve peak performance. Strong leadership skills and proven experience in grant management, including tracking expenditures, revenue, reporting, and strong understanding of financial processes, including reviewing and approving invoices and ensuring accurate coding for grants.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accountant Advanced – Credit Cards and Grant
Maryland State of Education
09.2023 - Current
- Review MSDE CPC activity logs and execute journal entries to ensure proper coding; enter journal entries produced from review by Deputy Chief of Accounting; reallocate expenditures to proper PCA and AOBJ
- Perform monthly recording and reconciliation of the Agency’s credit card accounts
- Activities with bank statement report and prepare journal entries
- Post credit card journal entries in Financial Management Information System (FMIS)
- Administer the credit cards for MSDE, reconcile monthly logs and statements from credit card holders reallocate credit card expenditures to proper PCA and Agency Object
- Follow-up and update credit card delinquencies
- Analysis grant revenue and expenditure
- Perform grant request drawdown and payment
- Report 425 federal reports
- Update Statewide weekly revenue and expenditure reports
- Communicate and follow up for correct P-Card to reconcile credit usage with the appropriate programs
- Record cost allocation of administrative expenditures and revenue accounts
- Query monthly FMIS (66 screen) revenue and expenditure balances
- Assist in setting up FMIS data including PCA, and grants as needed
- Serve as backup for level 200 invoice review and approval
- Support the Deputy Chief of Accounting on ad hoc requests, especially Grant draw analysis
- Respond to audit inquiries and requests for journal entry back-ups in line with audit requirement
- Routinely review and prepare monthly credit card journey entries timely
- Consistently meet monthly PCARD deadline allocation in FMIS
Snr. Accountant - Account Payable
Huntington Healthcare Center
04.2020 - 07.2023
- Worked with the Administrator and suppliers to raise POs for all orders
- Run Account Payable Register from Oracle and analyze accrual data software
- Updated monthly prepaid balance and update new loans that need to be amortized
- Updated Monthly Accrual Tracker
- Supported the AP team on ad hoc requests
- Communicated and followed up, both internally and externally
- Routinely exceeded Account Payable ad hoc requests from Management
Individual Tax Preparer -PTIN
Gaylor Tax Services LLC
12.2022 - 03.2023
- Updated over 950 client organizers in Lacerte and SharePoint for 2022 tax returns
- Ran client information reports from SharePoint and updated clients’ status in Lacerte
- Prepared and e-filed 2022 Individual tax returns
- Administrative Assistant on clerical duties
- Follow tax laws and diligently process individuals’ income and businesses’ taxes electronically
- Manage individuals and businesses to respond to IRS’s audit requests needing additional documentation
- Research and analysis data throughout the year
- Prepared and e-filed over 150 2022 Individual Tax Returns in 2 weeks
Data Analyst/Accountant 2
Department of Economic Security
05.2017 - 04.2020
- Reconciled all accounts and subsidiary ledgers, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and fixed assets
- Processed and transmitted State Income expenses analysis report monthly
- Managed and filed State quarterly Withholding Tax Returns
- Performed ad hoc research and analyzed case management-related issues
- Prepared expenditure reports on a weekly basis
- Developed and implemented a new dashboard for Statewide Office performance tracking
- Developed and introduced efficient weekly reporting systems
- Managed 80% of the daily client eligibility reports for over 6 months
- Consistently met federal reporting deadlines on a quarterly basis
Financial Analyst
Atrium Holdings
05.2016 - 01.2017
- Managed and consistently processed income statements for management loan approvals
- Supported and collaborated with Upper Management in executing over ad hoc research in 15 hotels' financial discrepancies totaling over $100 billion in revenue processes after 3 weeks of employment
- Consistently met monthly reporting targets
AR Accountant
WageWorks
12.2015 - 04.2016
- Managed day-to-day operations and recruited talents for the accounting department
- Processed COMMUTER insurance monthly billing and payments for over 500 vendors
- Researched and responded to inquiries on posted bills
- Led /contributed significantly to 4 projects for efficiency
Risk Management Associate/Controllership Analyst Accountant
GE Capital
06.2012 - 07.2015
- Supported Portfolio Managers in ad hoc risk inquiries
- Led 5 Risk Analysts to create new forecasting, tracking and management reporting systems to improve the accuracy of data, triggering a 10% increase in accuracy
- Led and consistently coordinated monthly Risk manager's peer review meetings
- Reconciled and managed 130 accounts valued at over $ 12 million and reviewed fixed assets for corporate annual reporting
- Reviewed KPIs and forecasted investment viability
- Managed the Standard and Policies Procedures in preparation for GE Capital’s Franchise sale in 2015
- Developed a reputation for the ability to accurately analyze and produce ad hoc deliverables that achieved 85% results
- Managed GE Capital calculation for Retail Finance’s 2012-13 for clients’ credit limit approvals
Education
Doctor of Education (Ed. D) - Organizational Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ11.2024
Master of Science - Accounting
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Alpharetta, GA04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky12.2011
Skills
- Organizational development strategies
- Leadership training and development
- Change Management
- Learning organization
- Organizational culture
- Healthcare culture
- Team dynamics
- Collaboration
- Succession planning
- Conflict resolution
- Performance improvement plans
- Leadership
- Continuous improvement
- Technology
- Diversity
- Equity
- Ethics
- Inclusion initiatives
- Marketing
- Segmentation in healthcare
- Professional development in healthcare
- Grant management software tools
- FMIS
- ASAP
- G5
- PMS
Certification
- Foundations of GE Leadership -Credit Risk, Impact on Business Drivers, and Corporate Strategy
- Simplean
- Research Ready: Introduction to Research Modules
- Qualitative Research Modules Mastery
- Quantitative Research Modules Mastery
- Research & Publication
Presentations
- Healthcare Leadership and contrast of healthcare structures
- Internal regulation and Sustainability in healthcare
- Marketing and segmentation in healthcare
- Problems of organizational culture in healthcare
Community Service
Mentor & Founding Member, The Savior Church of Ghana, Diaspora Branch, 2012-Present
Dissertation
A Study of Servant Leadership and Healthcare Provider Job Satisfaction in Ghana
Affiliations
- International Leadership Association
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Accountant Advanced – Credit Cards and Grant
Maryland State of Education
09.2023 - Current
Individual Tax Preparer -PTIN
Gaylor Tax Services LLC
12.2022 - 03.2023
Snr. Accountant - Account Payable
Huntington Healthcare Center
04.2020 - 07.2023
Data Analyst/Accountant 2
Department of Economic Security
05.2017 - 04.2020
Financial Analyst
Atrium Holdings
05.2016 - 01.2017
AR Accountant
WageWorks
12.2015 - 04.2016
Risk Management Associate/Controllership Analyst Accountant
GE Capital
06.2012 - 07.2015
Master of Science - Accounting
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Northern Kentucky University
Doctor of Education (Ed. D) - Organizational Leadership
Grand Canyon University
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