Ezekiel ADEGUN

• Monitor compliance with financial regulations, report requirements/updates, and advise management on financial strategy.
• Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management decisions.
• Managing Banking relationships.
• Developed strategic plans for day-to-day financial operations.
• Designed and maintained financial models to identify and measure risks.
• Asset and liabilities management.
• Conducted financial due diligence on potential investments and acquisitions.
• Complied with established internal controls and policies.
• Analyzed business processes to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies.
• Implemented and regularly reviewed financial controls to generate accurate and reliable financial data.
• Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.

• • Documented cash, credit, assets, liabilities, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
  • Consolidate and analyze financial statements and reports.
  • Gathered financial information, preparing documents, to determine risks and create forecasts.
  • Manage relationships with external and internal audits with the aim of tracking errors and adding contributions to maintain accuracy.
  • Detect and correct mistakes early and implement systems to avoid recurring issues.
  • Leveraged finance knowledge to strengthen controls and improve transparency.
  • Used advanced software to prepare documents, reports, and presentations.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
  • Oversee all accounting and tax issues and maintain effective internal controls while ensuring statutory compliance.
  • Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
  • Oversee preparation of working papers, reports, and supporting documentation for audit findings.

• • Oversee daily transactions, e.g. receivable/payable account, general ledger, and bank reconciliations.
  • Reconciliation of inter-company / division accounts on a monthly basis.
  • Attend to queries from external auditors (Ernst & Young) and the revenue authorities e.g. tax audits.
  • Prepare budgeting and forecast revenue reports.
  • Ensure that expenditures are recorded accurately in books.
  • Liaise with tax consultants regarding filing returns with the Federal Inland Revenue Service and State Board of Internal Revenue.
  • Arrange timely payments of tax and obtain a tax clearance certificate.
  • Submit reports and recommendations to Group Accounts Manager regarding matters such as deviations from established policies, procedures, and standards, unauthorized expenditure, and fraudulent and/or illegal action.

• Review financial and non-financial control systems for adequacy/accuracy
• Review of compliance with external laws and regulations
• Review of economy, effectiveness, and efficiency of operations
• Review and assess policies and procedures for effectiveness and efficiency
• Review and advise on corporate governance
• Analysis of the Time Value of Money
• Identify key business risks and advise as appropriate
• Report to the appropriate authority on discoveries and make recommendations
• Achievements:
• Effective implementation of the Time Value System
• Identify weaknesses in the Control System and make recommendations
• Ensure compliance with Internal and External policies/laws
• Ability to work and deliver under pressure
• Uncover fraudulent acts and good communication skills.

• Preparation of monthly management reports with strict compliance with reporting templates and deadlines
• Maintain a good cash system/administration
• Invoicing and follow-up of receivables
• Analysis of the general ledger for monthly reporting purposes
• Ensure proper and timely rendering of various statutory returns such as PAYE, VAT, and WHT to the relevant tax authority
• Ensure smooth auditing of our annual accounts by external auditors
• Maintenance of fixed assets registers
• Maintenance of schedules up to management accounts e.g
• Prepayments, Advances to staff, etc
• Reconciliation of various bank accounts and other duties assigned.