Severin Suh

Experience

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  LeCar Transportation Corporation

  Oct 2008 - May 2010

  Accountant

  • Set up and reviewed cash collection procedures to ensure minimum risk, accountability and correct allocation of revenue.• Liaise with management accountants to ensure payroll costs and job bonuses are correctly recharged.• Managed all international trade transactions (documentary credit and letter of credit) including internal processes.• Assisted in system development and testing, and participated in set-up of income tax calculation.• Produced monthly payroll reports and dashboards for internal usage.• Prepared and submit monthly financial statements, with appropriate notes. Show less

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  Mechs Agro Solutions-CIG

  Jan 2009 - Dec 2022

  Business Development Manager and Founder

  Responsible for planning and directing the organization's operations and programs. Develop and implement consistent inventory and cost accounting policies, procedures, and operational reporting.This is a non-profit organization that has also trained over 350 villagers on dairy farming and sustainable agricultural practices.Business Highlights:*200 hectares of palms developed*Dairy farm with Peak daily production of 20,000 eggs achieved and Yearly pork production surpassed 3500 annually. Show less

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  African Aura Mining Inc

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

  Accountant

  • Effectively managed an in-country budget of over US $9.8 million, monitoring and tracking expenditure.• Introduced a cost saving scheme mostly targeting drilling and field exploration costs that led to the reduction of US $0.54 million to the company for 2010.• Performed analysis of all daily treasury operations to ensure accuracy and follow up on discrepancies.• Prepared payroll journal vouchers for posting of payroll costs.• Performed treasury operational functions such as cash management, cash forecasting (weekly, monthly and long term), interest rate monitoring and forecasting.• Designed a monthly financial reporting system for reporting to the London office that led to timely filing of quarterly accounts being filed by the CFO to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).• Worked closely with the financial controller to train geologists on relevant internal controls relating to the utilization of petty cash and budgets. This resulted in over 90% optimization of resources.• Played a key role in assisting the financial controller in ensuring that the working capital needs of the company are adequately anticipated through a rigorous control of the treasury (Petty cash and bank). Show less

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  Halliburton

  Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

  Senior Accountant

  • Monthly preparation of Foreign Income tax for 20 companies spreading across 8 countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.• Translation of financial statements from US GAAP to UK GAAP.• Preparation of Overseas Corporation tax (OCI) for Halliburton overseas companies • Allocation of over $120 million monthly revenue to global cost centers.• Monitoring and quality control of balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis for the UK and Central Africa (Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)• Monthly reconciliation and review of 200+ balance sheet accounts located in UK and Central Africa (Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)• Was recognized as the Most Valued Personnel (MVP) for role played in the transfer of the accounting function of Halliburton subsidiaries from the UK and Central Africa (Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea) to Dubai.• Was recognized as the employee who completed the most courses (24), from Halliburton University. These courses were part of training and CPD meant for all finance staff.• Due to detailed analysis carried out on the UK entities, the internal audit review was pleased to ascertain the accuracy and completeness of the accounts following an interim audit in August 2014, confirming there were no material misstatements in all 11 entities under my control.• Was among the most efficient employees having the lowest numbers of rejected reconciliations, following the monthly balance sheet reconciliation exercise. Show less

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  Oilibya Services JLT

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Accounting Coordinator

  • Managing the accounting function for holding companies (one in Mauritius, one in Malta), 2 Dubai based companies and intermediary holding companies in Mauritius, UK and Central Africa.• Provided technical support to affiliates in Africa notably regarding OHADA, IFRS and UK GAAPs when required.• Managed and coaching a team of accounting professionals who are responsible for the entire accounting function including preparation of annual financial statements.• Responsible for treasury management including AP, AR, banks and shareholder contributions. • Coordinated with external auditors to ensure timely completion of external audit processes for the stand-alone financial statements of the entities.• Ensure proper application of the group`s transfer pricing policy for intercompany billings, allocation of group project charges and tax planning of affiliates.• Preparing various customized management reports (Corporate costs, source of funds, TAR, and BSAM) for the CFO.• Magnificently implemented a mechanism of preparing monthly bank reconciliations for all 60 bank accounts with a 5 day deadline of resolving all reconciling items.• Successfully supervised the reclassification of over 200 million Euros among the control accounts, which resulted from inefficiencies during the migration of the accounting software from PeachTree to SAGE Accpac.• Implemented the first ever monthly reconciliations between the budget and actual performance of the group since 2002. This resulted in efficient spending and optimization of the 2015 budget. Show less

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  Farina Group

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2023

  Project Manager and Founder (Responsible for the Project Success)

  Initiated, Planned, Executed, and Controlled the entire project.

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  Missio Aachen

  Sept 2023 - Nov 2023

  Business Development Manager

  Through a partnership with the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon-NECC, I am responsible for fundraising, grant writing, driving growth, and building strategic partnerships with local and international donors.

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  Communications Specialist Ltd

  Dec 2023 - now

  Senior Project and Accounting Manager

  Leading a diverse team of professionals across; the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, India, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea to ensure a successful implementation of the multi-million dollar Wireless Area Radio Network (WARN) project on behalf of our client, Marathon Petroleum.