SAP
Boluwatife Opeoluwa
Financial Analyst
Summary
I am a commercially savvy certified accountant with over 6 years of professional experience in analyzing highly sensitive commercial finance data and proffering calculated options to make informed decisions within the FMCG Industry.
As an experienced professional in commercial finance and analytics, I have played a critical role in ensuring that business units, as well as the organization as a whole, have access to the necessary analysis to make informed strategic decisions. My contributions have been instrumental in achieving aggressive business targets.
I am an expert in financial analysis, forecasting, excel modelling, scenario & price analysis. These analyses are done ethically while minimizing business risk and maximizing returns.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Category Analyst
Mondelez (Cadbury Nigeria PLC)
Ikeja
12.2022 - Current
- Financial evaluation of new product launch, market opportunities for existing products, pricing sensitivity analysis etc to determine viability.
- Price management for the Integrated Business Performance (IBP) process.
- Timely delivery of report and conduct a thorough analysis of the underlying factors influencing the numbers.
- Timely and accurate preparation, tracking and monitoring of marketing budget/spend.
- Develop models to manage cost centres, performance reporting and delivering budgets to the business
- Negotiation preparation and partnering with the marketing team to provide the financial analysis necessary to improve brand performance
- Provide financial analysis to support business strategies and decision-making
- Partnered with the marketing team to develop and evaluate strategic plans for all categories through brand review reports which contain the P&L of each brand ensuring that no brand delivers below the hurdle rate set by management.
Finance Business Partner (Marketing)
UAC Foods Limited, FMCG
Ojota
07.2019 - 10.2022
- Financial evaluation of new product launch, market opportunities, recipe formulation, pricing sensitivity analysis etc
- Accurate S&OP Report: Integrated Reconciliation and Senior Management Review
- Timely delivery of management report and strategic review of reasons behind the numbers
- Guide Business Unit towards target delivery through budget control and other business decisions as needed
- Timely and accurate preparation, tracking and monitoring of marketing budget/spend
- Develop models to manage cost centres, performance reporting and delivering budgets to the business
- Deliver the monthly business performance review pack and brand review document
- Negotiation preparation and partnering with the marketing team to provide the financial analysis necessary to improve brand performance
- Provide financial analysis to support business strategies and decision-making
- Partnered with the marketing team to develop and evaluate strategic plans for all categories through brand review reports which contain the P&L of each brand ensuring that no brand delivers below the hurdle rate set by management.
Credit Controller
UAC Foods Limited, FMCG
Ojota
11.2017 - 06.2019
- Manage distributors' accounts (over 400) PAN Nigeria and reconcile the statement of account on a quarterly basis
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
- Manage customer accounts by ensuring any issues and queries were dealt with professionally and resolved within 24 hours & efficiently ensuring no loss of sales
- Evaluate credit policy periodically to ensure there is no exposure to credit control risks
- Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month-end journals and rebates into customers' accounts
- Preparation of Sales incentives: Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly and target driven
- Determine the credit ceiling and collection of past-due accounts in conjunction with Field Sales Representatives
- Partnered with internal stakeholders to ensure all customer accounts do not exceed their Credit limits by monitoring types of securities such as post-dated cheques.
Accounts Officer
Scarlet and Snow Oil & Gas LTD
Lagos
01.2017 - 10.2017
- SAGE Accounting Software management, posting and cross-checking of all postings made on the software platform
- Pioneered and organized a successful Banker's Forum where all our bankers were present, and we relayed our expectations to ensure a healthy Business relationship is Maintained
- Implemented cash flow planning, which would help us meet financial obligations with our key business partners
- Revamped the reporting process relating to record-keeping by sales representatives
- Designed financial statements, account payables, receivables, financial planning, financial analysis, and management reports
- Designed a Weekly Performance Report for the Managing Director for strategic decision-making
- Oversee the external audit process
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
04.2010 - 2015.02
Diploma - French
01.2009 - 2011.12
Skills
Scenario and sensitivity analysisundefined
Accomplishments
- ICAN - Training on ‘Enhancing decision making through advanced costing and management accounting tools'
- CFI - ‘Training on professional Ethics for finance managers'
- Udemy – Data Analysis Essentials using Excel
- Udemy – The complete financial analysis training & Investing.
Software
FIT
MICROSOFT EXCEL
Certification
[CGMA], [Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants] [CIMA]
Timeline
[CGMA], [Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants] [CIMA]
01-2023
Category Analyst - Mondelez (Cadbury Nigeria PLC)
12.2022 - Current
Certified [Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst], [CFI & ALX]
09-2022
[ACA], [Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria] [ICAN]
02-2022
Finance Business Partner (Marketing) - UAC Foods Limited, FMCG
07.2019 - 10.2022
Credit Controller - UAC Foods Limited, FMCG
11.2017 - 06.2019
Accounts Officer - Scarlet and Snow Oil & Gas LTD
01.2017 - 10.2017
Bayero University - Bachelor of Science, Accounting
04.2010 - 2015.02
L'alliance Francaise - Diploma, French
01.2009 - 2011.12
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