Fatoye Olawale

Internal Audit, Internal Control and Enterprise Risk professional with over seven years' experience driving governance, elevating control effectiveness, enforcing compliance and strengthening financial discipline across real estate, hospitality, retail, diversified operations, oil and gas, shipping and marine services. Adept at executing risk-based audits, control reviews, fraud risk assessments, revenue assurance, payroll, procurement, inventory and ERP-based audit analytics using Advanced Excel and Power Query.

Audit Executive at Unitop Holding Limited (2025-09 – Present)

• Championed 15+ risk-led assurance reviews across four business divisions, leading 25+ strategic control remediation actions that improved compliance, accountability and operational effectiveness.
• Spearheaded monthly inventory verification exercises across operating entities, reducing stock variance discrepancies by 40% within three months through tighter control monitoring and prompt remediation.
• Scrutinized procurement and expenditure transactions exceeding ₦250 million annually, identifying process gaps that reduced unauthorized vendor payments by 15%.
• Reinforced payment, expense retirement, journal posting and supporting-documentation controls across finance and operational processes.

Senior Internal Auditor & Risk Manager at Japaul Gold & Ventures PLC (2024-06 – 2025-09)

• Directed financial, operational and compliance audits across five business divisions, delivering assurance over processes supporting budgets exceeding ₦1 billion.
• Evaluated strategic, operational, financial and compliance exposures, enhancing fraud risk, expenditure, procurement, contract and payment controls through targeted remediation advice.
• Uncovered eight major transaction irregularities and policy violations, enabling the recovery of approximately ₦45 million and strengthening procurement and contract governance.
• Presented 20+ board-level audit updates to senior management and the Audit Committee, achieving 85% management adoption of critical audit recommendations.

Deputy Director, Internal Control at Adron Homes & Properties (2024-01 – 2024-06)

• Oversaw internal control activities for property transactions exceeding ₦500 million, ensuring adherence to delegated authority limits and corporate governance protocols.
• Analysed payroll and expense control processes, exposing duplicate payments and workflow gaps that unlocked annual cost savings of approximately ₦18 million.
• Revamped 10+ internal control policies, lowering reported control breaches by 30% within six months.
• Led investigations into control failures, suspected fraud and expenditure exceptions while engaging department heads to implement corrective actions.

Internal Control Officer at Adron Homes & Properties (2021-10 – 2023-12)

• Tested transactions, payments, expense retirements and accounting records for accuracy, completeness and policy alignment.
• Executed inventory, fixed asset and operational reviews to enhance asset accountability.
• Advanced improvements to segregation of duties, documentation and approval workflows.
• Monitored adherence to internal policies, approval limits and financial control procedures.
• Investigated discrepancies, procedural breaches and suspected internal control lapses.
• Collaborated with Finance, Operations, Human Resources and Procurement teams to elevate governance standards.

Accountant / Internal Auditor at UAC Restaurant (2020-02 – 2021-09)

• Reviewed revenue, cash handling and inventory controls across multiple restaurant locations, reconciling monthly sales exceeding ₦50 million while reducing cash leakage by 25%.
• Optimized inventory monitoring and variance reporting, lowering inventory discrepancies by 20%.
• Enhanced reporting reliability through reconciliations, management reports and supporting schedules.
• Supported budgeting, variance analysis and cross-functional resolution of control-related issues.

Audit Trainee at Olatunde Kehinde & Co. (Chartered Accountants) (2019-03 – 2020-02)

• Contributed to statutory audit planning, fieldwork, documentation and working paper preparation across client engagements.
• Performed substantive, compliance and analytical procedures on transactions, balances and supporting records.
• Executed control evaluations, tax compliance assignments and account reconciliations while maintaining professional standards.

B.Sc. in Accounting – Osun State University, Osogbo

MBA in Finance & Investment – Ahmadu Bello University