Ogolekwu Daniel

ACA-qualified Finance Analyst and Management Accountant with 6+ years of experience delivering month-end reporting, financial control, and business partnering across dynamic, international organisations. Proven ability to manage balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and recharges to a high standard across multiple business units, while ensuring accurate and timely completion of accounting entries. Skilled at synthesising complex financial data into clear insight that supports senior decision-making.

Experienced collaborating with control teams, supply chain functions, and non-finance stakeholders in fast-paced, global environments. Proficient in Advanced Excel and ERP systems including Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics. Right to work in the UK.

Finance Analyst at Digital Echoes Ltd (2025-01 – Present)

Finance and reporting role within a dynamic commercial environment, responsible for month-end activities, financial modelling, and stakeholder-facing analysis.

• Manage month-end close activities including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals management, and completion of accounting entries and recharges across multiple business units.
• Prepare and maintain management accounts with clear actuals vs plan commentary, ensuring accuracy and full supporting documentation for audit and control purposes.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and automated ETL pipelines, reducing reporting cycle time by 50% and saving 10+ hours per week.
• Improved forecast accuracy by 28% through scenario modelling and trend analysis, strengthening the reliability of P&L and cash flow plans.
• Partner with commercial and operational teams to support forecasting and planning activities, translating complex financial data into clear insight for non-finance audiences.
• Identify anomalies in financial data, escalating issues and proposing corrective actions to strengthen internal controls and reporting integrity.
• Support spend management and cost control initiatives, identifying £4,000 in cost savings through detailed expense and vendor spend analysis.

Data / Finance Analyst at SWETS Marine Consultancy Ltd (2023-04 – 2024-12)

Dual finance and data analyst role within an international organisation, delivering month-end financial control, balance sheet management, and strategic reporting across divisions.

• Led month-end reporting and financial control across multiple business units, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals management, and accurate completion of accounting entries.
• Managed recharge processes and ensured full supporting documentation was maintained for all accounting entries in line with internal audit standards.
• Cut the financial reporting cycle by 40% (10 days to 6 days) by automating monthly, quarterly, and annual reports using Power BI dashboards, accelerating stakeholder insights.
• Averted $50K in potential cash flow risks by building early-warning KPI dashboards detecting payment delays, invoice discrepancies, and revenue recognition anomalies in real time.
• Presented data-driven financial recommendations to senior leadership, directly influencing $2M in strategic investment decisions through market trend and internal capability analysis.
• Designed and maintained financial datasets, models, and BI dashboards, improving accuracy of revenue, cost, and profitability reporting across departments.
• Collaborated with control teams and supply chain functions to support forecasting and planning activities, ensuring data integrity across ERP systems.

Finance Analyst at Sylip Corporation Ltd (2021-09 – 2023-03)

Finance analyst role within a global organisation, supporting multi-regional reporting, data warehouse management, and strategic financial analysis.

• Supported month-end close and financial reporting across 6 regions, ensuring accurate reconciliation of actuals against budget and prior period comparatives.
• Maintained financial models, trackers, and scenario analysis tools supporting quarterly forecasting and annual budget cycles with 96% forecast accuracy.
• Overhauled the data warehouse, integrating sales, inventory, and financial systems to improve analytics reliability and reporting consistency across the business.
• Recovered £5K in annual revenue by identifying underperforming regions through sales trend and market penetration analysis, reversing declining performance within 18 months.
• Delivered 12+ annual performance reports with interactive visualisations, directly influencing strategic planning, resource allocation, and market entry decisions.
• Accelerated regional expansion decisions by 12 months through executive dashboards ranking five regions by revenue, market potential, and profitability.

Data / Risk Analyst at Soft Pay System (2019-05 – 2021-08)

Analyst role within a financial services environment supporting risk reporting, data reconciliation, and multi-source data integration.

• Produced 20+ monthly Power BI and Excel intelligence reports with a 92% actionability rate, informing executive-level financial decisions and risk prevention activities.
• Built an early warning system integrating 15+ data sources via SQL pipelines, detecting emerging financial risks 72 hours faster than legacy systems.
• Reduced manual data reconciliation time by 60% by connecting disparate systems using SQL, Power Query, and Excel macros, enabling predictive financial analytics.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy of financial data outputs and strengthen internal controls across reporting processes.

Associate Chartered Accountant in ACA

BSc (Hons) in Accounting & Finance