PIUS GIZZIE MAWOLO
Collingdale,PA
Summary
Dedicated accounting professional with extensive experience in financial management and reporting. Managed accounts payable and receivable, ensuring accuracy and compliance while streamlining processes. Demonstrated proficiency in financial analysis, reconciliations, and data-driven decision-making.
Overview
1
1
Certification
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
Agape Family Home
Upper Chichester, PA
03.2025 - Current
- Managed account receivables and payables, journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting to ensure accurate financial records.
- Verified and reconciled accounts payables and receivables transactions, ensuring financial integrity.
- Perform bank account reconciliations, resolving all discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Prepared vendor disbursement reports, resolving payment discrepancies promptly.
- Produced error-free accounting reports with analysis and results.
- Identified and corrected errors in financial documents to enhance accuracy. and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending.
- Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.
Financial Assistant
U.S. Embassy
Monrovia, Liberia
01.2023 - 02.2025
- Managed accounts payable transactions for multiple US federal agencies, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial regulations.
- Processed accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness of invoice data.
- Two-way matching of invoices in ERP system for adherence to Administrative Code and purchasing procedures.
- Reviewed and reconcile vendor statements, identifying and resolving any discrepancies or issues.
- Reviewed allotment requests, reconciled with appropriations, and maintained accurate records to support financial reporting.
- Prepared and processed journal and expenditure vouchers for vendor payments, generating detailed disbursement reports from the Regional Financial Management System.
- Conducted financial analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Collaborate with internal departments to obtain necessary documentation and resolve any billing or payment issues.
- Manage vendor relationships, including addressing inquiries, resolving payment discrepancies, and maintaining open lines of communication.
- Ability to perform periodic analysis of accounts payable data, ensuring accuracy and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
- Assist in the creation of service contracts more than $24,999 to support Contract Compliance Administrator
- Tracked key metrics using spreadsheets to monitor performance.
- Completed additional tasks and special projects assigned by management.
- Prepared and made journal entries for all financial transactions.
- Processed and pre-approved Federal Assistant Grants in the US Embassy grant management system(My Grants) and forwarded it to the Financial Management Officer for final approval
- Maintained, reviewed, and balanced allotment accounting records for Defense Attaché Office (DAO), Public Diplomacy, and non-International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) and Diplomatic Security(Marine Security Guard)
- Maintained, reviewed, and balanced allotment accounting records for Defense Attaché Office (DAO) , Public Diplomacy, and non-International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) and Diplomatic Security(Marine Security Guard)
- Reviewed travel requests against budgeted amount and submitted request for further processing.
- Prepared budget execution report using the Global Business Intelligence and Financial Management systems.
- Analyzed expenditure against established obligations and made necessary adjustments.
- Prepared and processed inter-bank transfers and performed bank reconciliations.
- Provided ad hoc and periodic financial reports to management from the Global Business Intelligence system.
- Documented delivery notes for procured goods and services to maintain accurate records.
- Reconciled employee medical and vehicle insurance and recommended to voucher examiner for payment to insurance company.
- Assist with the creation of new vendor files in ERP system.
- Developed vendor codes for various staff categories in the U.S. Embassy to ensure proper identification.
- Developed vendor codes for various staff categories in the U.S. Embassy to ensure proper identification.
Staff Accountant
Ministry of Finance & Development Planning
Monrovia, Liberia
04.2014 - 12.2022
- Compiled quarterly and annual Consolidated Fund Accounts and Consolidated Financial Statements for Government of Liberia per International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS Cash-Basis).
- Executed year-end reconciliation and closing balance analysis for each fiscal year to ensure financial accuracy.
- Conducted bank reconciliation and auditing to support accurate financial reporting.
- Investigated discrepancy between the General Ledger and the Central Bank Statement and posted adjusting journal entries.
- Prepared monthly consolidated cash expenditure reports utilizing IMF curated pivot-table tool organized by Administrative Units and Economic Classification.
- Prepared daily revenue and expenditure performance report using Free Balance System data to reflect Government fiscal position.
- Monitored commercial bank daily sweep of GOL revenue collection and transfer to the consolidated account at the Central Bank.
- Conducted physical audits to verify accuracy of legislative infrastructure projects, enhancing accountability for Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE).
Education
BBA - Accounting
University of Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa12-2012
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Budgeting
- Accounts receivable management
- Accounts payable management
- Bank reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
- Monthly journal entries
- Year-end closing
- General ledger management
- ERP systems
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
Certification
- Certificate, Reading and Understanding Fiscal Data, U.S. Department of State 2024
- Certificate, Cyber security Awareness, U. S. Department of State 2024
- Certificate, Counterintelligence Awareness, U.S. Department of State 2024
- Certificate, Advance Financial Crime Investigation & Anti Money Laundering, London Academy
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Agape Family Home
03.2025 - Current
Financial Assistant
U.S. Embassy
01.2023 - 02.2025
Staff Accountant
Ministry of Finance & Development Planning
04.2014 - 12.2022
BBA - Accounting
University of Liberia