Corporate Financial Reporting Manager - Society for Family Health
(2024-12)
- Direct the comprehensive review and reconciliation of multi-entity Trial Balances to ensure absolute data integrity and financial accuracy.
- Oversee strategic corporate financial reporting and lead statutory audit cycles to ensure 100% compliance with IFRS and local regulatory frameworks.
- Monitor and consolidate financial reporting activities for diverse business units and associated entities to provide a unified organizational financial position and audit.
- Spearhead financial system building and capacity development initiatives, designing scalable operational architectures to support long term corporate growth.
- Author and implement robust corporate financial policies and governance frameworks, standardizing operations and strengthening internal controls.
- Leverage SAP ERP systems to automate complex financial reporting workflows, optimizing data visibility and accelerating month-end close cycles.
- Enforce rigorous internal and external compliance standards to mitigate financial risk and ensure seamless audit readiness.
Head of Finance and Control (Contract) - Key of Display, Nigeria (Mi+)
(2024-06 - 2024-12)
- Spearheaded enterprise risk management frameworks for the Nigerian region, designing robust mitigation strategies to safeguard corporate assets and ensure business continuity.
- Directed comprehensive financial planning, budgeting, and rigorous cost-containment initiatives to optimize OPEX/CAPEX and drive regional profitability.
- Supervised corporate financing activities and led statutory audit cycles, leveraging in-depth financial analytics to provide the executive board with actionable commercial insights.
- Optimized working capital and treasury operations, strictly managing the cash conversion cycle to ensure robust liquidity while mitigating financial exposure.
Senior Finance Associate (Lead) - Taxaide (Tgroup)
(2023-04 - 2024-06)
- Led the finance function across the Tgroup portfolio, with a specialized focus on 21 Search, ensuring rigorous financial management and consolidated group reporting.
- Led Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) initiatives, providing executive-level decision support that directly drove profitability and improved commercial outcomes.
- Managed corporate treasury and liquidity operations, optimizing working capital and strategically allocating capital across diverse business units to maximize ROI.
- Architected complex financial models to evaluate new business ventures, capital expenditures (CAPEX), and strategic projects, driving informed enterprise growth.
- Led the comprehensive, group-wide budgeting and forecasting cycle, enforcing strict variance analysis and proactive cost-containment measures.
- Designed and embedded robust corporate governance frameworks and internal controls, ensuring strict regulatory compliance and mitigating enterprise risk.
- Partnered with cross-functional commercial teams to optimize the bill-to-Cash cycle, accelerating revenue recognition and streamlining client billing operations.
- Restructured procurement and vendor management operations, negotiating high-value contracts to drive significant cost savings and operational efficiency.
Head, Accounts and Finance - Sanniphil Company Limited
(2022-01 - 2023-04)
- Supervised financing activities, management accounting, annual audits, cash flow management, and financial analysis.
- Demonstrated proficiency in job costing, meticulously tracking project expenses, and allocating costs accurately to various projects, resulting in better cost control and resource allocation.
- Managing the company financial risk and managing processes to mitigate risk.
- Led budgeting, costing, taxation, and business planning, fostering strong bank and client relationships.
- Drive robust data management practices, optimizing inventory, and conducting contract reviews to enhance financial performance.
- Played a key role in tax investigation resolution with FIRS.
- Implemented effective credit policies that supported cash flow management.
- Modelled financial data for securing Sinosure loans, increasing working capital by 35% in 2020 and 2022.
- Monthly business target setting, performance review and deploying necessary control action where needed.
- Developed a shipping template, reducing transportation expenses by 25%.
- Conducted investment valuations and provided valuable insights for management decisions.
Senior Accountant (Team Lead) - Sanniphil Company Limited
(2019-01 - 2022-01)
- Prepared cash liquidity statements, managed month-end close, and facilitated financial statement preparation.
- Led accounting entries, revenue analysis, receivable and vendor management team.
- Established budget and performance metrics, achieving 40% revenue growth in 2020.
- Transitioned to Quickbooks Enterprise, improving inventory management efficiency by over 90%.
- Diligently monitored, analyzed, and reviewed Tecno daily info, leading to reduced supply discrepancies and minimized financial losses.
Business Process Officer (Contract) - Bridges & Barriers Advisory Services Limited
(2018-10 - 2019-01)
- Played a pivotal role in the comprehensive assessment of existing processes within the Joint Venture Improvement Program, identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
- Supported in a comprehensive assessment to identify and eliminate operational bottlenecks, significantly improving workflow efficiency.
- Worked with Wood Mackenzie consultants to design and implement targeted financial and operational optimization strategies.
- Conducted rigorous gap analyses against industry benchmarks to prioritize high-impact improvement and cost-saving opportunities.
- Established and monitored project KPIs and financial milestones to ensure strict alignment with strategic organizational objectives.
Accountant - Jamel Technical Limited
(2018-02 - 2018-10)
- Produced precise inventory usage and movement statements, enhancing visibility into inventory levels and facilitating efficient procurement and production planning.
- Assumed a key role in the preparation and filing of Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) returns, ensuring timely compliance with tax regulations and minimizing the risk of penalties.
- Conducted thorough reviews of material usage after production, identifying areas of waste and inefficiency and collaborating with relevant teams to implement corrective measures.
Business Accountant - Prolanz Digital Service Limited
(2017-07 - 2018-02)
- Posting and managing of general ledgers.
- Evaluated operational processes and identified areas of weakness, particularly in financial controls.
- Designed and implemented robust internal control measures to minimize cash leakages, effectively reducing them to just 1%.
- Strengthened the internal control system by introducing stringent checks and balances, enhancing financial integrity.
