General Manager, Finance

Mr Vincent Opoku is the General Manager for Finance. He is an accomplished senior finance executive with over 18 years of extensive experience in Financial Management, Treasury and Risk Management.

He has a proven track record of steering organisational cost management, implementing effective internal controls, Treasury management, Budget monitoring and evaluation and Risk management, delivering exceptional financial performance. Mr Opoku possesses deep expertise in Balance Sheet Management, Cost Reduction and high-level Stakeholder Engagement, with a strong commitment to Public Financial Management Compliance.

He has held several senior leadership positions, including Head of Treasury and Management Accountant at Metro Mass Transit Ltd from 2008 to 2021, a period of 13 years. His first employment after working with various institutions in the UK after his University education was Ghana Financial Services (Bayport Co. Ltd) in 2006.

Mr Opoku has been with the Commission since 2022 and has overseen the establishment of accounting processes in line with the relevant statutory acts, as well as imprest and stores management. He contributed to the development of relevant policies, including the Internal Control Policy, Accounting Manual, Transport Policy, and Internal Governance Policies.

He is a Chartered Accountant (ICA Ghana) and a Member 0f Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration from the University of Ghana Business School (Legon) and an MBA in Finance from SMU. In addition, he has a Post Chartered Diploma in Treasury and Financial Risk Management from the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana. He had his secondary education at Prempeh College, Kumasi. Mr Opoku is a Christian and happily married with three children.