ADEOLA AKINBODE
LAGOS,Lagos
Summary
Finance and Grants Management Professional with extensive experience in managing donor-funded health research programmes and multi-site financial operations. Achieved improvements in financial controls, reporting accuracy, and audit readiness through effective budgeting, compliance monitoring, and stakeholder management across multiple healthcare institutions. Committed to developing sustainable financial management systems within complex research and healthcare environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
NATIONAL FINANCE OFFICER
NIHR GSU NIGERIA HUB
LAGOS, Lagos
2020.04 - Current
- Currently responsible for financial oversight and reporting across eight internationally funded research studies with annual budgets exceeding USD 850,000, GBP 250,000, and NGN 1 billion.
- Successfully led financial compliance initiatives across 20+ collaborating centres, developed standardized reporting systems, and delivered financial management training to over 40 Principal Investigators, Finance Officers, and research personnel, contributing to an 80% improvement in financial reporting compliance among participating institutions.
- Proven expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, compliance monitoring, grants administration, financial systems implementation, and stakeholder management across 35 participating healthcare institutions.
- Prepared and reviewed monthly financial reports for multi-center donor-funded research projects, improving reporting accuracy and compliance across participating institutions.
- Coordinated financial reporting and compliance processes for multiple spoke hospitals, ensuring adherence to standards of internationally funded health research programs.
- Managed expenditure tracking and sub-grant reporting processes, supporting accurate financial oversight and reporting.
- Supported implementation of financial control systems improving reporting compliance.
- Recognised for strengthening financial controls, improving reporting accuracy, supporting audit readiness, and building sustainable financial management systems within complex research and healthcare environments.
- Assisted with audit preparation, enhancing financial documentation management for improved compliance.
- Conducted finance training for investigators and finance personnel.
HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER AND DEPUTY ACCOUNTANT
NGCLC
IBADAN, Oyo State
2018.06 - 2020.03
- Led all human resource practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented high-performance culture emphasizing quality, excellence, productivity, goal attainment and empowerment.
- Assessed hiring needs, coordinated recruitment of new staff, and developed employee programmes that fostered meaningful work, growth, and effective leadership.
- Conducted staff evaluations and performance ratings, presenting comprehensive reports to the Executive Director.
- Developed processes and reporting metrics that supported the achievement of the organization’s goals.
- Assisted Chief Accounts Officer with financial duties, including fund deposits, withdrawals, budget preparation, and financial report analysis, providing necessary recommendations.
DIRECTOR OF TRAVELS
NGCLC
IBADAN, Oyo State
2018.05 - 2018.06
- Coordinated travel arrangements by liaising with travel agents to ensure seamless travel experiences.
Education
Master of Science - Accounting
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria 2021.06 -
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria 2012.03 - 2016.09
Skills
Technical Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Grants Management
- Donor Compliance
- Financial Analysis
- Payroll Administration
- Internal Controls
- Audit Support
- Expenditure Tracking
- Data Analysis
- Financial Reconciliation
- Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Financial Modelling)
- Microsoft Power BI
- SPSS
- Microsoft Office Suite
- WITS Financial System
- Stakeholder Communication
- Team Leadership
- Analytical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement
Accomplishments
- Managed financial reporting and compliance activities across eight donor-funded health research projects with combined annual budgets exceeding USD 850,000, GBP 250,000, and NGN 1 billion.
- Coordinated financial management support for a network of 35 participating hospitals and research centres across Nigeria.
- Developed and implemented standardized financial reporting systems, including budgeting templates, payroll management frameworks, asset registers, invoicing processes, and expenditure tracking tools.
- Delivered financial controls and compliance training to more than 40 Principal Investigators, Finance Officers, and research personnel.
- Supported successful financial compliance reviews and audit preparedness activities across over 20 collaborating institutions.
- Led process improvement initiatives that contributed to an 80% improvement in financial reporting quality, compliance, and financial management practices among participating centres.
- Strengthened donor reporting processes through enhanced expenditure tracking, financial monitoring, and documentation controls.
- Collaborated with institutional and international stakeholders to facilitate effective sub-grant management, fund disbursement, and financial governance.
Certification
Corporate Finance Institute:
- Introduction to Corporate Finance – 2020.
- Reading Financial Statements – 2020.
- Introduction to Banking – 2020.
- Maths Fundamentals for Capital Markets – 2020.
DOVILEARN
- Fraud in the workplace – Financial Manager’s Guide – 2020
HOBBIES
- Reading
- Research
- Music
- Watching Movies
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Master of Science - Accounting
University of Lagos
2021.06 -
NATIONAL FINANCE OFFICER
NIHR GSU NIGERIA HUB
2020.04 - Current
HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER AND DEPUTY ACCOUNTANT
NGCLC
2018.06 - 2020.03
DIRECTOR OF TRAVELS
NGCLC
2018.05 - 2018.06
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University
2012.03 - 2016.09