1. Richard Amponsah
rampo30954@wildcats.wilmu.edu***3024071367
Summary:
 Excellent people skills, leadership skills and customer focus.
 A proactive approach to problem solving.
 Able to work closely with customers, often in joint client/consulting teams.
 Flexible & adaptable, able to work well individually and within a team.
 The ability to perform under pressure and deliver to challenging timescales.
 Ability to handle confidential information.
 Can interact with all levels of staff including senior management.
 Attention to detail.
 Proactive, taking the initiative to explore issues and to generate new ideas and approaches.
 Able to work under pressure and deliver results to deadlines.
 Having a creative and analytical thinking cap, practical and thorough approach to resolving issues.
Certification & Education:
 Certified Financial Analyst
 Post-Bac. Certificate 2007 in Healthcare Administration/M.I.S Drexel University
 MBA-Accounting, Wilmington University, Delaware
 Delaware Society of CPA-Student Member
 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – Student Member #749495
 Currently taking Becker CPA Review Courses towards CPA certification
Technical Skills & Experience:
 Analytics: Statistical data analytics and Methodologies experience
 SAP FICO on-the-job trained and utilized in production
 SAS Base/Advance 9.4 trained data and tables creation and manipulation
 Budgeting, Forecasting and Variance Analysis/CVP analysis
 Data analysis and Data manipulation
 Asset management, Fixed income, equities, trading, foreign exchange, derivatives, bond pricing/trading, asset
backed mortgages(ABS), Collateralized debt obligations(CDOs)
 Managed the various kinds of risks associated in maintaining a portfolio of assets.
 Financial Statements Analysis and Reporting, Data validation and Tableau Reports and Analysis
 Advanced MS Excel: Macros, formulas, Pivot tables, v-lookup, h-lookup, QuickBooks
 In-depth knowledge on Internal controls and COSO framework documentation and compliance review
 Financial Reporting and Compliance- GAAP, IFRS, SFAS, GAAS
 Working knowledge of Hyperion Accounting software
 Extensive working knowledge Reconciliation, Variance Analysis of Statements and Financial reports
Christiana Care Health System October 2016-November 2016
Financial Analyst (Contractor)
Responsibilities:
 General ledger preparation, Data manipulation and creation of tables for variance analysis
 Validated absorption costing methodology used in compliance with GAAP
 Re-calculated inventoriable costs and Overheads and compared with Benchmarks for reporting purposes
 Reviewed and used data mining and predictive models to verify optimized growth and Key Performance
indicators (KPI) by extrapolating the numbers
 Analyzed data and assisted data analysts, data modelers and developers for interpreting the data definitions,
fields & attributes.
 Ensured that the client business is kept aware of any relevant interaction that CSM have with their clients
AT&T Corporate Center, Middletown, NJ September 2007 – October 2016
Sr. Accountant
Responsibilities:
 Performed year-end adjustments/Journal entries, accruals, variation analysis for US SG&A expense Accounts.
 Worked extensively with SAP FICO to generate trial balances, ledgers entries and account postings.
 Worked on Journal entries; Kept books up to date for year-end closings and quarterly reports.
 Handled several aspects of accounts payable and generated required reports including entry in QuickBooks.
 Prepared cost of jobs performed by the field technicians and prepared invoices to be sent to clients.

2.  Worked with external auditors to provide requested documentation and/or supporting schedules
 Monitored all necessary controls to ensure SOX compliance.
 Ensured the accurate, complete and timely reporting of monthly financial report data/information.
 Worked on SOX compliance within the control framework and environment.
 Promoted to handle different aspects of accounts receivable for the company using MS dynamics (Contract
Renewed).
 Assisted in the management of the global financial statement close, consolidations and reporting process
 Prepared balance sheet and reported quarterly to CFO on Regulatory Reporting Areas.
 Assisted with ADP payroll preparation and preparation of Financial Statements and Reports applying.
 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards.
 Analyzed and created financial reports with Macros, extensively used pivot tables and v/h-lookups.
 Supervisory oversight with cash flow team, cost to complete reporting, owner contracts, and cost accounting
 Prepared summary report using Oracle ERP and construction accounting with budget reviewing and variance
analysis
 Prepared regular reconciliations for all job cost related accounts as well as required schedules for the year-
end audit.
Morgan Stanley, Brooklyn, New York September 2006 to Sept 2007
Accounting Staff- intern
Responsibilities:
 Received first-hand on-the job training in Reconciliation/Analytical Review skills.
 Created reports with Excel: pivot tables, v-lookup for Controller Department for internal audit.
 Experienced preparing Financial Reports, Project Accounting/Cash-flow statements.
 Assisted with the general ledger/consolidations accounting of speciality accounting areas e.g. Benefits .
 Shadowed Balance sheet control and consolidation Team. Experience with Finance Package e.g. Hyperion.
 Prepared weekly and monthly reports using pivot tables.
 Trained on Reconciliation and the preparation of consolidated management accounts.
 Ability to manipulate, analyze and interpret both financial and business data using SAGE software package.
 Analyzed and created reports with MS Excel working with Macros.
 Acquired hands-on skills and much experience in accounting/financial operating systems.
 Assisted in the preparation of budgets and forecast projections.
Bankone, Wilmington DE November 1999 – April 2005
Accounting Associate
Responsibilities:
 Financial advisory tools ranging from corporate finance to equity research.
 Extracted financial data from company annual reports.
 Performed quality checks to ensure accuracy of data entered.
 Conversant with Account reconciliation, managing accounts payable & receivables.
 Did oversee collections activities related to customers, including developing and maintaining reports, creating
communications, and monitoring individual issues to ensure resolution.
 Analyzed, synthesized and presented data in a concise and easy to understand format
Professional References
Dr. Robert Baah Internal Auditor, AT&T 610-931-2602 Email: donpieroo@gmail.com
Mr. Kwabena Andoh. CPA 240-535-1594
Clement Pobee. BlackRock, Investments/Hedge Funds SME, Email: fabriccraft1@gmail.com