Professional Experience:
AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (AATF) (December 2014-Present)
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – WEST AFRICA
• Posting of all receipts and payments into the financial system and ensuring daily banking for the Nigeria country office.
• Management of the payroll system, timely filling of tax returns and advising management on changes in the relevant tax laws and implication on corporate strategies.
• Manage petty cash; receive cash, prepare travel advances, claims and cheque payments on behalf of the foundation.
• Management and reconciliations of receivable , payables and key accounts concerned.
• Coordination and management of procurements and logistics supports for the country office and West Africa.
• Provide main support with problem resolution on cash-counts, bank reconciliations, finance system and financial close outs at country office.
• Audit and Management of West African project finance activities for the Cassava Mechanization Agriculture Processing (CAMAP) project, NEWEST RICE project, Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), GIZ, COWPEA and TELA Maize project in Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
• West Africa Sub- grantee financial review and relating with project partners in ensuring compliance with donor requirements in utilization and reporting of sub-grant received.
• In liaison with sub-grantees, assess internal controls, perform effectiveness tests over processes with significant control deficiencies, recommend solutions to issues arising from control reviews, and ensure execution of management action plans.
• Track and follow up on implementation of all recommendations on each project from internal audit, external audit, supervision missions and Portfolio Review .
• Review the Interim Financial Reports (IFRs) submitted by active projects and provides necessary feedback.
• Provide support to and coordinate the AATF Nigeria project activities in line with Donor requirements and regulations.
• Maintenance of fixed assets registers and ensuring that inventory supplies are maintained and updated in a timely manner.
• Supports subsidiary General Finance, Audit and Reporting.
PRIVATE NETWORKS NIGERIA LIMITED (PNN GROUP) (March 2013– November 2014)
ACCOUNTANT
• Maintain the general ledger and the transaction management processes of the company via SAP.
• Prepare trend analysis of Capex, Opex and revenue transactions, all general ledger sub-ledger account reconciliation via SAP
• Prepare the annual periodic internal management reports and variance analysis via SAP
• Prepare quarterly management reports and calculation of relevant financial ratios for control
Purposes.
• Processing invoices, account payables, receivables and determine invoice status via SAP.
• Ensure all inventory and stock management systems are maintained accurately within the agreed parameters and in a timely manner.
• Tax remittances and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Liaises with internal and external auditors on matters relating to audit.
• Reconciles revenue accounts and complying with cut-off procedures.
• Monitor and report on budget performance.
• Monitor and review month-end manual journal entries to ensure accurate posting.
• Assist in the preparation of comprehensive, proactive, and timely cash flow statements and bank reconciliation statements.
• Raise and post journal vouchers and other intercompany financial transactions via SAP.
• Prepares and maintains the fixed assets register and payroll processing.
• Run monthly depreciation computation, amortization and ensuring they are in line with the trial balance figures at any time.
• Seconded to Onecard Topup services limited which is a subsidiary of PNN Group as an accountant to manage the finance function of the company.