Rufus Kpan

• Led change and transformation across business areas to align company resources, achieving 30% Opex reduction.
• Led development of new business initiatives, diversifying retail channels and product portfolio, and achieved 5-year record sales.
• Established strategic partnerships for energy access, e-mobility, and solar water pumps.
• Partnered with a government agency to provide energy access to 1,500 households in the country's most remote areas.
• Implemented process improvement to optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow, leading to reduction of Opex-to-revenue ratio from 80%+ to 55%.
• Achieved 2,000 device sales in 3 months on a new business unit launched with no capital.

Led accounting, controlling, reporting, tax, and treasury functions.

• Successfully negotiated a 12-month tax moratorium.
• Led budget and pricing model development, updating unit economics to align with actuals and increase profitability.
• Supported financing initiatives, and played a key role in ERP deployment.
• Managed and monitored cash flow, ensuring that the company had sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs.
• Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures, reducing monthly closing time by 20 days.

Led strategic projects, subsidiary reorganization, and financial modeling.

• Designed subsidiaries operating model from scratch and led recruitment.
• Successfully managed operational challenges during Covid-19 outbreak, implementing an operational master plan that addressed products and equipment delivery issues on a major mining contract in Guinea.
• Negotiated key contracts, increased service level, and reduced COGS by 19% on a major hydroelectric project in Cameroon.

Led financial controlling and reporting, and organizational effectiveness.

• Led subsidiaries management model project and initiatives to address budgetary gaps.
• Improved financial reporting efficiency and reduced subsidiaries' monthly closing time by 5 days.
• Successfully managed key accounts profitability and retention project, leading to 100% of contracts renewal and 10% reduction on general expenses.

Oversaw budgeting, reporting, and accounting functions of the LDC agricultural inputs operations in Ghana.

• Successfully managed ERP deployment and change management.

• Drafted users' needs, analyzed data consistency rules, and conducted process analyses.

• Conducted technical reviews of eco-friendly construction projects.