Senior Accountant at Nipco PLC (2024-04 – Present)
- Monitor financial performance, identify area of improvement and implement appropriate measures.
- Management of intercompany transactions between the parent company and its subsidiaries and passing relevant inter-journals
- Ensure that relevant support schedules to the balance sheet and income statements are up to date and reviewed/approved.
- Supporting the Financial Control (FC) during the preparation of the monthly management report / management information system (MIS), and budget compliance report (Variance).
- Given optimal support during the external audit to ensure accuracy of cash count, schedules, trial balance, bank reconciliation and ensure availability and accessibility to required documents.
- Deputizing the head of Accounts on accounts department functions and responsibilities to achieve departmental objectives in consonant with company corporate goals.
- Provide leadership by guiding, giving on the job training, directing, overseeing and monitoring the performance of the junior accountants and account officers.
- Ensure monthly reconciliation of bank statement and cash books (ledger), fund allocation and cash management
- Manages relationships with bankers, auditors, and tax authorities
Head of Accounts at Easyday Retail Products Limited (2022-11 – 2024-03)
- Leads the Accounting as well as the reconciliation and settlement teams.
- Conduct financial analysis to support strategic decision-making through analyzing financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in the company's financial performance.
- Establishes and maintains Internal Control Procedures to safeguard financial assets, prevent fraud, and ensure the accuracy of financial records.
- Oversees the reconciliation of all transactions to ensure that records match between internal systems and external partners, and drives swift resolution of discrepancies, ensuring prompt settlement where required.
- Responsible for budgeting and budgetary management.
- Manages relationships with bankers, auditors, and tax authorities
Finance & Admin Manager at Discovery Brands Management Ltd (2018-09 – 2022-11)
- Manages effective cashflow across, and ensures ample liquidity.
- Performs financial management duties including generating financial data, compiling and submitting reports, analyzing industry trends and assessing the financial health of the company
- Stays abreast of best practices as well as governmental regulations and policies, and promote organizational compliance.
- Creates strategic business plans based on the analysis of the company's status and financial forecasts.
- Develops new metrics for driving business performance relative to strategic priorities and minimizing risk.
- Oversees the reconciliation of all transactions to ensure that records match between internal systems and external partners, and drives swift resolution of discrepancies, ensuring prompt settlement where required.
- Provides insights into business performance vs. competitor and industry trends
- Manages relationships with bankers, auditors, and tax authorities
- Coordinates strategic financial planning for the company and its clients, including expenses, income, insurance coverage, objectives, tax status, and risk tolerance
Account Manager at Vanguard Pharmacy Limited (2017-02 – 2018-08)
- Performs financial management duties including generating financial data, compiling and submitting reports, analyzing industry trends and assessing the financial health of the company.
- Oversee group revenue policies and procedures, including billing for revenue generation
- Prepares monthly payroll, PAYE, pension, WHT and VAT and other dues
- Attend to auditor and government officials in matters relating to finance.
- Assist management in formulating business support policies that maximize the market value of the company and minimize its risk profile.
- Analyze cashflow cost control, and expenses to guide business leaders, and analyses financial statement to pinpoint potential weak areas
- Responsible for group budgeting and budgetary management.
- Oversee the bank reconciliation, and effective vendors management
Accountant at Fonemart International Limited (2013-12 – 2017-02)
- Maintains an up to date records and prepares reports for the CEO.
- Manages, oversee and review all financial accounting processes.
- Create, coordinate and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, and conversation of assets.
- Effective management of working capital and the treasury.
- Preparation of monthly staff payroll (Head office and branches)
- Inventory management – stock management and accountability.
- Reconciliation of books, vendors, customers and bank statements.
- Monitoring regular sales trends and provide required data for management to make though decision for business development.
Account Executive at Murhi International Television (MITV) (2007-07 – 2009-08)
- Assists accountants on their day to day activities.
- Responsible for writing vouchers.
- Posting of daily transactions.
- Responsible for cash and cheques collection and deposits.
