1. Peter Ofori-Nuamah, ACCA
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10300 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE,SILVER SPRING,MD.20903 CELL: 240-423-1841
Email: Pofori-nuamah@msn.com
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
A visionary; dedicated, democratic leaderandcertified charteredaccountant withover 20 yearsof progressive experience infinance and programs management
operations ininternational economic development for global multi-billiondollars organizations. Demonstratedability toengineerfinancialprocesses andcontrol
strategies fornonforprofit,corporate andgovernment agenciesthat drive growth,leverage corporate resources, increase efficiencyandbottom-line profit. Possesses
solid leadership,communicationandinterpersonalskill toestablish rapport with all levels of staff, management,boardanddonors.
KEY COMPETENCIES
 AccountingandFinancialManagement  Grants & Contracts Management  Business PlanningandAnalysis
 International Programs development  Global Operations Efficiencies  QAQC, M&E ,Audit andCompliance
 Controllership & DecisionSupport  Financial& budgetaryAnalysis  Administration,Logistics andSecurity
 Representation and Fundraising  Investor Relations andDonorSupport  Project Mgt.& ImpactAnalysis
 Computers andSystem Integration  OMB A-21, A-87,A110, A-122, A-133  Indirect CostNegotiations
Proficiency inJ. D.Edwards, Oracle Financial,MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint, People Soft, MSAccess, MSOutlook/FrontPage,QuickBooks,Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great
Plains), and Deltek-Cost point.
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, GRANTS &FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MAR 01 – PRESENT
PONA GROUP, INC. SILVER-SPRING, MD
Consult andassistover90 clients (i.e. economic and International development corporations both non-for-profit andfor profit, communitybased
organizations and community development corporation) in financial,contracts, grants and cooperative agreements management. Reengineerprocedures
to ensure compliance with government/donors contracts/grants/cooperative agreements compliance and accountingrequirements resultingin savings of
more than $6.4billion forclients. MajorProjects as follows:
PROJECTPOSITION TITLE/ PERIOD
PROJECTCLIENT FUNCTIONS
Lead Set-up Consultant
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) AndGovernment of Ghana 2nd
Compactproject inAccra-Ghana.
1/2014-07/2014
Millennium Development Authority
Accra - Ghana
 Lead a team to setupanddevelop capacity development planand
trainingto ensure effective and efficient performance contract imple-
mentation throughoversight of financial management, suchas budget-
ing, cost containment, andtransparentaccounting and reportingprac-
tices; activity planningandreporting, comprisingmonthly,quarterly,
and annualwork plandevelopment; staff allocationandmanagement,
includingtroubleshootingandresolvingpersonnel and/or otherhuman
resource management issues; andpropermanagement of key stake-
holder expectations (MCCFunded$498.2m Ghana PowerCompact)
Senior Finance and Administrative
Manager / (PHS Group Inc.- Country
Director,Haiti)
12/28/2011 –11/28/2013
PHS Group Inc.
Silver Spring,MD
Port-au-Prince Haiti
Shelter Program
 Responsible forthe overallfinancial/administrative managementof
project activities to include thebudgeting/ forecasting/accountingand
implementation of all services requiredto financiallyandadministra-
tively support field office operations ofPort-au-Prince andCAP Haitian
Shelter Programs.(USAID $560millionfunded designandconstruction
of 12 communities forHaitian people)
Compliance and Close-Out Consultant
12/2010-09/2011
Millennium Development Authority
Accra - Ghana
 Led the post close-out quality assurance and quality control(QAQC)
compliance effort inMillennium Development Authority $540 million
funded Ghana Millennium challenge Account forEconomic Growth and
Poverty ReductionProgram
National Director,Quality Assurance &
Quality Control
4/2010-11/2010
International Relief & Dev.USAID
Funded AVIPA Program, Kabul,
Afghanistan
 Led the quality assuranceandquality control(QAQC) compliance
effort in IRD-USAID$470 million fundedAfghanistanVouchers for
Increased Productionin Agriculture (AVIPA) program implemented in
cooperationwiththe Ministry of Agriculture, IrrigationandLivestock
(MAIL).Hiredandfinalizedscope of work for 40 expatriate and local
staffs under QAQC director’s supervision and rollout of QAQC system.

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Business Process Engineering
Consultant
09/2009-03/2010
US General Services Administration –
WashingtonDC
 Consulted ontheU.Sfederal government’sFinancial Management Line
of Business (FMLoB) project to improve the cost, quality, and perfor-
mance of financialmanagement systems by leveragingsharedservice
solutions andimplementingother government-widereformsthat foster
efficiencies infederalfinancialoperations. (GSA-CNI FMLoBContract)
 Developedhighperformance finance term to drive disciplinedsystem
framework to strengthen controls and builtshared service center.
Grants and ContractsConsultant
04/2005- 03/2010
AmericanCouncil onEducation
WashingtonDC
 Providedcompliance advice on FARandUSAIDrules andregulations
on contracts and cooperative agreements,grant tracking system de-
sign and deployment,financial statement preparation, and budgeting.
Global Finance Controller
07/2008- 09/2009
JPMorgan ChaseVestera
Dulles, Va.
 Managed team of50 global finance associates. Developed, monitored
and administeredtax policies,operatingbudgets,financialreporting,
economic forecasting, financial product development andcash man-
agement operations inEight (8) European countries-- U.K, France,
Netherland,Poland,Spain, Belgium, Italy and Germany ( Ernst and
Young Contract)
Finance andContracts Management
Consultant
09/2006 – 06/2008
NEPAD/ Ghana SchoolFeeding
Program,Accra, Ghana,
 Setup the financial and contract management system for thefirst
phase of the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) involving138
schools ineighteen Districts inGhana.
 Designedandimplemented neanalysisandmetrics based forecasting
system allowing real time fact-baseddecision-making.
Senior Program Management Lead
06/2003-08/2006
CHF International/United Nations
Capital Development Fund(UNCDF
(2001), Lafto Project,Ethiopia
 Providedoverallleadershipanddirection of the contract agreement.
Led and managedthe program througha combinationof technicalas-
sistance, local capacity building throughproject partners andwith
government. This includedpersonnel and financial management,ad-
ministrative oversight,program quality assurance,management of the
consortium and management of sub-agreements with consortium part-
ners. Conductedthe finalevaluation ofthe $7, 8889,230 Low-Income
HousingArea Improvement Program (the Laftoproject).
Senior Consultant, Grants& Contracts
Management
03/2002- 06/2003
U.S. Department of Commerce–
NOAA/OFA-Silver-Spring,(Adecco
Contract)
 Developedand administeredfederalcompetitive, noncompetitive,for-
mula, congressional earmark grants andcooperative agreements.
 Managed andoversaw allphases of grantsmanagement systems in-
stallation, rollout, capacitydevelopment and compliance
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCE JUNE 99 – MAR 01
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSINGAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, DC
Achieved 27.5% increase inthe city’s affordablehousingstock andhomeownership for low and medium income families by 12.5%.Acquired funding of more than $25
billion by nurturing investors, investment bankers and strategic partners in affordable housing development in the District of Columbia.
 Managed and supervised Office of Economic development (DHCD) budget of over $450 million annually and fifty (50) professional staff.
 Led the division with oversight andmanagement offederal grants and otherfinancialprograms (CDBG,HOME) for the Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD) and the DC Housing Production Trust Fund.
 Assisted the Government of District of Columbia indevelopinga fiscalpolicy framework and institutedpoliciesorientedtoward increasing transparency of public
spending and delivery of essential services
 Restructuredandprovided strategic visionfor the design and implementationof D.CGovernment poverty reductionandeconomic development programs.Planned,
and managedcomprehensive Capital development programs,including non-competitive federal; localgovernment and private sectorcooperationagreements and
contracts on the D.C Gateway Project.
 Managed thecity's federalfunded HousingDevelopmentTrust Fund,Small Business Equity Funds,Community DevelopmentBlock Grant (CDBG) programs and
liaison with D.C business community.
 Managed andimplementedthe city’s portfolio of debt andequityjoint venturepartnershipinvestmentsin excess of $1.4billion inaffordable housingdevelopment.
SENIOR SYSTEMS MANAGER JUNE 99 – NOV 99
OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE WASHINGTON DC
Transitioned three financialSystems from FMS---MLS---R*tar with the D.C. Government which improved the government by reducing tax process cycle by 45%.
 Led the transitionteam to managethe installation,testingandcapacity development of DCgovernment roll-out of a newaccountingandinformation system (from
FMS to R*tar).
 Led the implementation, testing, and maintenance of the functional aspects of the Oracle e-Business Financials for Revenue and tax administration.
 Worked withusers, programmers and analysts,to create anddevelop new functional systems andprocedures that enhanced accounting tasks and programs of
government operations in all DC government departments and agencies.
MANAGER, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS NOV. 96 –JUNE 99
DC HOUSINGAUTHORITY WASHINGTON DC
Restored over 2550 housingunits throughprograms reorganization and recouped$6 millionpreviouslydisallowed cost anddouble payments. Transformed the troubled
agency and redeemed it from receivership to independent status.

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 Managed thefinancialadministrationof theDistrict of Columbia governmentcongressionalearmarkedComprehensive Community Development Block Grants and
multi-million annual Capital Development Grant for Affordable Housing development.
 Coordinated withagency heads and budget officerson the development and submissionsof program budgets and analyzed the agency’s use of federal grants.
 Planned,coordinated,developed, supervisedandmonitoredthe operations andcapitalbudgets,grantsmanagement and financial management programs for the
Agency,
 Developedfinancialmodels andforecasts; analyzedactual spendingversus budget; developedmanagement reportingtoolsto support executivedecisionmaking,
and served as a resource to financial management.
 Intercededas necessary incomplex issues and maintainedan awareness of all on-going assignments,oversaw the supervision of agency financial staff involved a
combination of professional, technical, administrative and clerical positions.
 Participated as a member of a panel at the request of the Director of Finance to interview applicants for vacant agency finan cial positions.
MANAGER, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SEP 94 – NOV 96
NAVY EXCHANGE, NATIONALNAVY MEDICAL CENTER,BETHESDA MD.
 Managed the accounting and cash office staff of nine. Coordinated the annual operating and capital budget processes of the exchange.
 Developedfinancialpolicy andcontrols utilizingaccountingandfundcontrolsystemsto maintain proper financial balance and toassure thatmanagement obtains
maximum benefit from financial resources,monitors controls overthe activities and programsof the exchange throughthe direct control over the funds allocated
for personnel, equipment, material, training, developed controls to ensure the effective use of funds within constraints of the budget approved.
 Recommended appropriate personnel actions, approvedleave training recommends tofurtherthe development of subordinate staff members, inconjunction with
the office of the commandant resolved complaints and grievances and perform other managerial responsibilities are required.
CHIEF TREASURY OFFICER MAY 88 – AUG92
COMPTROLLER AND ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT- GHANA NATIONAL TREASURY,ACCRA, GHANA
As chief treasury officer administeringthe national foreign obligations,negotiating and servicing the nation’s foreigndebts resultingin over 6 billion savings through
debt restructuring. Ghana became current on her debt services obligations for the first time in 20 years.
 Managed thenationalforeign currency accounts, monitored and serviced government loans guarantee and managed the national investment portfolio.
 Managed theGhana Poverty ReductionProgram andcoordinated theRegional Economic Integrated Programs of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS).
 Coordinated Projectseligible to benefit from the Poverty ReductionPrograms formulatedby stakeholders suchas local communities, local governments, non-
governmentalorganizations,associations,developmentinstitutions andspecializedcooperative agencies (World Bank and USDA) inmembercounties of ECOWAS.
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT JULY 85-MAY 88
TEBEREBIE GOLDFIELDS,TARKWA GHANA
 Controlled and providedfinancialandadministrative support forthein-country operations andtheGhana development project development team of Teberebia
GoldfieldGhana Limited. Achieveddouble-digitproduction growthand35% reduced cost perounce of gold production in Ghana’s operation within two years.
 Led, coordinated and integrated all financial and accounting related matters and activities between the Teberebia Ghana and her development partners
 Provided leadership to the Ghana Finance Team and approximately 60 expatriate and local staff split between Accra, Tarkwa and USA
EDUCATION/ PROFESSIONALTRAININGANDCERTIFICATIONS
University of Maryland University College-Adelphi, MD:
Masters of Business Administration -Business Law, Public Policy and International Business, -– 2007
Bachelor of Science -- Major-Business Administration, Minor- Accounting ---2005
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA): The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) London, England. -- 1988
 Certificate inAdvancedProgramming in Microsoft Access – 1999
 Certificate inPublic HousingAccounting, Community Development Budget &Finance - 1997
 Career Training Institute-Silver-Spring MD.–Certificate,NetWare Administration& Engineeing.-1996
 Government ContractingOfficer’s Technical Representative Certification(DOD) -1995
 National Career Institution - Chicago,IL- Dip. InCorporate Accounting – 1993
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
 Institute of CharteredAccountants (ICA) – Ghana
 Association of CertifiedCharteredAccountants(ACCA),England
 National Association of Federated Tax Prepares’of America
HONORS & AWARDS
 Associate of the YearAwardDepartment of The Navy (Exchange ) – 1994
 Bingham Award and Certificate of Appreciation, USDepartment of Navy (Exchange) – 1994-95
 Certificate ofCommendation for Excellence, District of ColumbiaGovernment – 1999-2000
 Certificate ofAppreciation andExcellent Performance Commendation-2003
 America Whois Who - 2005
 Dean’s listed,University of Maryland UniversityCollege,Spring2003,Summer 2004,
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE:
 Othello Mahone,ExecutiveDirector, DHCD – 202 545-0586,Weshunt21@aol.com
 John Akuomoah,InternalAuditor,DCGovernment, (202) 442-7264,John.Akuamoah@dc.gov
 Charles KweningDirectorforFinance and Administration – IRD,571-388-0005 CKweningsnr@yahoo.com