Gboyinde Sodipo

Gboyinde is a certified finance professional (FCCA, AFM) with extensive expertise in financial planning, analysis, and strategy. I bring an 8 years+ proven track record of driving profitability, optimizing budgets, and delivering impactful insights to empower businesses.

Currently contributing at Mixta Africa, a leading real estate company and subsidiary of the ARM Group of Companies, I specialize in empowering organizations to achieve financial efficiency and sustainable growth. I excel at transforming financial data into actionable strategies that align with organizational goals.

In driving financial excellence & strategic growth I bring to the table:

• Strong capability in corporate strategy development and business performance advisory to drive impactful outcomes.
• Expertise in budget planning, monitoring & forecast, and financial modeling to support decision-making that align operations with strategic goals.
• Strong background in financial operations management and performance analysis.
• Expertise in financial reporting, credit rating, and due diligence, ensuring compliance and precision in decision-making
• Passion for leveraging data-driven insights to enhance efficiency and profitability.
• Collaborative leadership, partnering with cross-functional teams to achieve results.

In my approach, I believe that finance goes beyond numbers—it's about creating strategies that drive sustainable growth and empower teams to succeed. Through a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and innovative problem-solving, I help organizations thrive in dynamic markets.

As such, I am deeply committed to strategy and business planning, helping organizations achieve their financial objectives while improving overall performance. Outside of work, I dedicate my time to charity initiatives, volunteering, and pursuing personal challenges through long-distance racing.

I am open to new opportunities to contribute as a Finance Strategist Executive or Business Planning Leader to organizations focused on achieving measurable results. Let’s collaborate to drive success and innovation in your business!

Mixta Africa: 6 years

Head Finance Strategic Business, Duo by Mixta.

September 2022 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria.

A builder; General manager responsible for Mixta Africa Rent-To-Own product, Duo by Mixta.

Key Achievements

• Spearheaded the Duo Strategic Business Unit, achieving a ₦7.21B revenue buildup within 2 years.
• Developed a comprehensive financial and business model plan tailored for the DUO scheme, enabling long-term scalability and profitability.
• Designed and implemented a budget monitoring process, ensuring financial efficiency and alignment with corporate goals.
• Established clear operational structures and enhanced process execution, improving organizational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Responsibility

• Provided strategic stewardship and coordination for the DUO Rent-To-Own scheme.
• Executed innovative financial strategies to increase the bottom-line while maintaining investor confidence.
• Introduced efficiency-enhancing procedures, streamlining operations across teams under the business unit.
• Led cross-functional teams to meet and exceed annual objectives, consistently achieving high customer satisfaction scores and delivering value to stakeholders.

Key Skills & Expertise

• Financial Strategy & Forecasting | Financial Reporting, Budget Planning & Monitoring
• Investor Reporting & Financial Modeling | Process Improvement
• Corporate Strategy Development | Project Management
• Cross-Functional Leadership | Excellent Communication & Presentation

Financial Planning

November 2020 - September 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria

Key achievements

• Developed a financial model for the delivery of 984 affordable homes
• Coordinator, internal and external stakeholder engagement for fund-raise initiatives from Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) that led to a successful ₦8 Billion Guaranteed bond transaction
• Implemented a budget monitoring process that resulted in a cost optimization of 28%, for the group, by H1 2021. Delivered the corporate finance presentation of FY 2020 consolidated business review to the newly appointed BOD and all country managers.
• Key member, funding initiative for a ₦4billion Guaranteed bond transaction. Managed the Company’s 2021 rating process that resulted in a rating upgrade (investment grade).

Responsibilities

• Perform complex financial modelling and operational analysis to support individual business units and consolidated budget creation.
• Translate the budget strategies into actionable and quantitative plans for monitoring ease.
• Consult and advise management regarding advanced planning, consolidation, and financial reporting issues.
• Analysis of variances to budget/forecast for revenue/margin as well as operating expenses.
• Evaluate data, prepare forecasts, trend analysis and presentation of results pertaining to sales, operations and general business conditions and other areas.

Financial Reporting

February 2019 - October 2020 (1 year 9 months)

Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Preparation of statutory reports for Nigerian Stock exchange (NSE), Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in compliance with IFRS.
• Preparation and reporting of major subsidiaries periodic management accounts and financial statements while complying with IFRS.
• End-to-end coordination of statutory assurance audits and point of contact on statutory audit matters by country stakeholders.
• Relationship management of statutory auditors in relation to financial reporting by providing prompt and adequate response for all audit queries raised.
• Coaching and developing the financial accounts team to provide viable financial and business information that aid management in making strategic and profitable decisions.

Cormart Nigeria Limited

2 years

Assistant Finance Manager

February 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)

Lagos, Nigeria

Key Achievements

• Developed an effective financial and analytical scheme for performance measurement of B2B departments.
• Project manager, Value Chain Digitalization- Open market sales analysis for B2C automated payment process
• Audit of employee services that reduced expenditures by 30%.
• Debtor's circularization which reduced bad debt from 30% to 12%.

ExxonMobil, Mobil Producing Nigeria

1 year 1 month

Account Payable and Tax Analyst

February 2016 - February 2017 (1 year 1 month)

Lagos, Nigeria

Key Achievements

• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Assets Management (BSAM) account
• Managing monthly vendor payables account for vast vendors
• Preparation of annual FIRS report for tax audit

Capita

3 months

Customer Service Advisor

October 2015 - December 2015 (3 months)

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Performed administrative functions and processed customers queries.
• Built relationships with customers to find solutions that are right for them.
• Established ways to meet customer needs while using initiative that ensured effective solutions.

University of Leeds | Master of Science (MSc), Accounting and Finance 2014 - 2015 | Grade: Distinction

University of Lagos | Bachelor of Science (BSc), Accounting 2009 - 2012 | Grade: Second class upper division