GABRIEL NIYI OROKUNLE
Managing Partner
Lagos, Yaba
Summary
A career in management, services spent in positions involving Accounting and Auditing. Seeking a challenging position offering the opportunity to utilize my skills and experience with prospect of rapid growth for self-actualization. Accomplished [Job Title] committed to helping small businesses achieve financial success. Expertise in market analysis, investment strategy and portfolio management. Detail-oriented and tech-savvy professional proficient in [Software]. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
42
42
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Financial Accountant
Deola Sagoe Limited Subsidiary of Elizade Toyota Limited
Lagos
- Posting of all transactions on Sage Accounting Package & supervise staff (12)
- Gather and monitor financial data (e.g., sales revenues and liabilities)
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual statements (balance sheets and income statements)
- Forecast costs and revenues
- Manage tax payments
- Organize internal audits
- Prepare budgets (for the entire company and by department)
- Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies
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- Conduct detailed risk analyses to assess potential investments
- Analyze financial trends
- Perform month-end and year-end close processes
- Prepared Reconciliation of all relevant Accounts and management Accounts
- Represent the Company in the Bank and other bank transaction
- Reviewed investments and report to the MD.
Audit Senior
- Planning and reviewing the auditing activities
- Analyze risks and develop measures to reduce them
- Manage the auditor team٫ allocating responsibilities and reviewing the team's performance
- Ensuring the timely completion of audits
- Managing periodical audits
- Preparing reports to auditing manager
- Optimizing the audit process to increase compliance and efficiency
- Schedule, plan and complete risk-based internal audits
- Report and present findings to the business, making recommendations for solutions and improvements to policies / procedures
- Understand the commercial objectives of the business and the impact made by internal audit
- Performed other assignments (inventory/stock takings, Due Diligence assignments etc
- Liaise with external advisors as needed
- Ensure the business complies with all relevant internal requirements, industry regulations and government legislation
- Lead, manage and develop the team
- Prepared & submit audit file subject to review
- Involved in due-diligence and forensic audit /accounting, Planning and designing auditing projects and necessary tasks to be completed
- Assigning roles to various members of the auditing team
- Ensuring standards of quality and accuracy are maintained in audits and other financial reports
- Meeting with management and stakeholders to discuss findings and audit outcomes
- Developing strategies for junior auditors to improve their work outputs
- Overseeing staff and acting as a middle-man for team needs and requirements
- Assisting in the auditing process as and when required
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- Submitting audits and reports in a timely manner for further analysis by management
- Remaining up to date with developments in relevant legislation and the field in general
- Reporting auditing issues and assisting in resolving them
Managing Partner
Gabriel Orokunle & Co. Chartered Accountants
10.2010 - Current
- Managing Partner (Strategic Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, Control
- And Review of Accounting, Tax & other Business activities)
- Provide leadership Implementing firm’s policies and procedures Reviewing financial activities, including accounting tasks, budgets, financial statements and reports
- Manage all operations of the firm, ensuring short- and long-term goals are met
- Build an effective management team Recruiting and retention, Recruit, train, and mentor new team members, goal-setting, compensation etc
- Final review and approval of all audit, accountancy, advisory, taxation, forensic and consulting assignments
- Ensure the firm deals effectively with risk management Participate in the decision making on insurance and benefits
- Forge strategic partnerships and relationships with the clients
- Analyzed and presented financial standings and cost effectiveness to other partners and investors.
- Established and implemented business procedures and process improvements.
- Increased revenue by 75% with successful promotional strategies and reductions in costs.
- Formulated trial techniques specifically pertaining to each case.
COO
GNO Professional Services,
09.2013 - 12.2017
- Implement and lead a continuous quality improvement process throughout program areas, focusing on system/process improvement and compliance Coach and mentor program supervisors/manager in charge
- Participate in the creation of a strategic plan and new processes/approaches to meet goals
- Page 2 of 6 Ensure the continued financial viability of Company programs through sound fiscal management
- Initiate budgeting, forecasting and resource allocation programs Collaboration, install and maintain a human capital development and coaching culture which focuses on professional development and employee retention; Foster a growth oriented, Work on the deadlines and reports.
Adjunt Lecturer
University Of Education
01.2010 - 01.2011
- In Nigeria Campus
- Lectured Finance & Accounting Students at the undergraduate levels.
Head of Internal Control and Audit
Integrated Capital Services Limited, Subsidiary of Chartered Bank PLc
01.2008 - 10.2010
- Audit and Compliance
- Review and Implementation of policies, plan & budget
- Auditing and internal control, Responsible to CBN-Central Bank of Nigeria Examiners
- Lead Internal Audit’s change initiatives by implementing action plans related to risk assessment and annual audit planning, audit execution, audit reporting, audit staff recruiting and development, audit technology, and reporting
- Oversee the execution of individual audits defined in the audit plan ensuring the highest level of service quality and client satisfaction
- Obtain approval of the risk-based annual audit plan from the Board
- Issue all Internal Audit reports ensuring the reports are clear, concise, identify root causes with practical solutions, and ultimately provide value to management
- Oversee Internal Audit’s participation in critical business and technology initiatives and projects ensuring that the audit’s perspective is effectively voiced and appropriate controls are designed and implemented on a proactive basis
- Coordinate the activities of external auditors including how best to leverage the work performed and results produced from Internal Audit’s work
- Actively participate in executive management meetings and/or committees to ensure that Internal Audit is well-informed of key business developments that could have an impact on audit priorities and/or plans
- Ensure that Internal Audit is performing its work in accordance with established professional standards and remain abreast of emerging trends and best practices that can be incorporated into the function
- Conduct investigations on reported cases of fraud and misconduct and prepare investigation reports
- Create and implement policies to maintain a sound ethical culture within the Company
- Ensure firm-wide Policy/Procedure/Regulatory Compliance
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- Ensure methodical documentation of work plans, testing results, conclusions and recommendations
- Ensure follow up on findings and corrective actions
- Facilitate development of an appropriate risk strategy and appetite of the organisation
- Lead the annual risk assessment and planning process to develop the risk-based audit plan and ensure the plan is responsive to and aligned with the risk profile of the Company
- Proactively inform senior management of significant risks or exposures related to internal controls, compliance, and/or governance requiring prompt attention
- Facilitate continuous identification and periodic assessment of business risks in the operating environment and update the risk registers.
Audit Manager
Bolaji Akeredolu & Co. Chartered Accountants
01.2007 - 07.2008
- Conducted strategic and technical reviews to verify compliance with quality control standards, schedule constraints and budget parameters.
- Trained and mentored department staff on policies and procedures to establish strong foundation for client development and service activities.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Conducted technical and analytical reviews of tax returns to check for accuracy and qualified deductions.
Financial Accountant & Head of Admin.
Deola Sagoe Limited/Odua Creation Ltd
11.2005 - 01.2007
- Planning and performing operational and financial audits
- Identifying business process risks
- Developing testing methodologies to evaluate the adequacy of controls
- Documenting the results of the evaluations
- Developing recommendations and reports based on audits and presenting these ideas to senior management
- Formulating professional development and educational plans for junior staff members
- Planning and allocating resources and individuals in accordance with skills and schedule
- Coordinate with clients about auditing practices
- Train and mentor audit assistants and other audit staff
- Analyze financial data, records, reports and statements
- Initiate internal audit controls for effective financial management
- Maintain and update financial databases including audit findings
- Coordinate with the management to take necessary action on audit findings
- Integrate best practices and systems into the audit programs & reports
- Compiled budget figures by reviewing past budgets, evaluating estimated income and assessing expenses.
- Mitigated impacts on financial accounting and business operations by working proactively to identify and resolve strategic concerns.
- Produced timely and accurate financial and progress reports and submitted for consideration during key decision-making process.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by uncovering and correcting outstanding financial problems and account errors.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Contacted customers to immediately find resolutions for escalated issues.
- Input financial data and produced reports using Sage Software.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Delivered exceptional project management and addressed complex business strategy for senior leadership.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Led daily general ledger entries, using double-entry accounting method and check backs.
- Assessed data and information to verify entry, calculation and billing code accuracy.
- Analyzed and prepared annual budgets to contain costs, minimize losses and assure compliance with internal controls.
- Minimized losses and checked compliance with internal protocols by analyzing and preparing effective annual budgets.
- Trained [Number] employees on established practices and accounting protocols to eliminate workflow snarls and tracking concerns.
- Stayed on top of applicable federal and state requirements to minimize legal and financial risks.
- Controlled company expenses with skilled financial forecasting of [Type] metrics.
Audit Senior
Hamzat Subair & Co. Chartered Accountants
08.2003 - 07.2005
- Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards.
- Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Conducted technical and analytical reviews of tax returns to check for accuracy and qualified deductions.
- Interviewed business owners to understand needs and explain audit scope.
- Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
- Completed audit papers by thoroughly documenting audit tests and findings.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Consulted clients on internal control systems development and audit program improvements.
- Developed audit policies, guiding administrative and technical functions.
- Worked with management at project level to achieve expense plans.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Enhanced audit controls by improving planning and testing processes.
- Suggested key budgetary changes to increase company profits.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Evaluated design and operating effectiveness of audit areas.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of tax codes, legislation and tax programs.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Computed taxes owed by applying prescribed rates, laws and regulations.
- Identified audit risks, prepared budgets and coordinated with management and audit team in preparing related reports.
- Researched technical tax issues to define tax effect or impact of certain tax positions.
- Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy.
- Collaborated with accounting manager to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability and profitability of business operations.
- Resolved financial and tax issues and maximized customer satisfaction scores.
- Facilitated financial and operational audits, working with internal and external managers to communicate recommendations or issues surrounding audits.
Chartered Accountants
Mojibola Oluwa & Co
04.1997 - 02.2003
Account Officer/Finance Asst I
Supreme Court of Nigeria
02.1991 - 07.1997
- Salaries Section-Computation of salaries, payment Vouchers etc
- Preparation of Staff Salaries in the department
- Gratuity Section - Computation of Gratuities, Pension Claims
- Keeping Treasury Properties in custody
- Oversees the Pension and Funds
- Foreign Exchange Section - Computation and Preparation of Estacodes,
- Medical etc
- To the beneficiaries - i.e
- Judges and other prominent people in the society
- Processing of Form’ A’, Estacodes's, Travellers
- Cheque and foreign currency with other banking Instrument in CBN
- Official representative of the SCN in CBN as at then
- Central Pay Office- Revenue Cashier
- Preparation of Cheque Summary Registered as
- A control to the cashbook
- Issuing official practicing license to registered
- Lawyers, SAN etc.Remittance of Government
- Revenue to CBN Account
- Render Returns i.e
- Responsible to office of the Accountant
- General of the Federation and the Honorable AGF-Audit.
Account /Sales Clerk
Archway Pharmaceutical Limited
02.1986 - 04.1991
- Sales and purchases of drugs and other pharmaceutical products
- Stock Takings
- Banking, Receipts and other Negotiations
- Marketing and personnel Management
- Experience: - - Exposed to Government Ministry, Manufacturing,
- Construction, Financial Institution, Trading, Oil Company and Logistic/ Servicing industries
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Education
Master of Science - Accounting
University of Education Winneba
Winneba, Ghana 04.2013 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Ado-Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. 04.1999 - 04.2005
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife 01.1997 - 01.1998
SSCE - undefined
WASC/GCE O' LEVEL -
Ilupeju Community Grammar School
Iwere-Ile, Oyo State, Nigeria 01.1979 - 01.1984
CIMA- Passed the Final level of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) FCA-Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. Dated 22/ - undefined
Baptist Primary School
01.1972 - 01.1978
B.Sc. Project - undefined
ACA-Associate of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. Dated 5/ - undefined
FCTI- Fellow of Chartered Institutes of Taxation of Nigeria Dated 2/ - undefined
ACTI-Associate of Chartered Institutes of Taxation Dated 6/ - undefined
ACCACertIFRS-Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards (UK). - undefined
AMNIM- Associate member of Nigerian Institute of Management - undefined
M. Sc - Accounting
UEW
B. Sc - Accounting
UNAD
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
OAU
Certificate in Computer Science. Dated - undefined
First School Leaving Certificate - undefined
Professional practicing License/Certification ICAN- License to practice as a Chartered Accountant. Dated 25/03/2010 CITN- license - undefined
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
Orokunle G.N - undefined
G.N - undefined
Skills
Excellent analytical and numerical abilityundefined
Certification
MSc. BSc, FCA, FCTI, AMNIM, CIMA-Final(UK), CISI(UK), ACCAcertIFRS(UK)
Timeline
COO
GNO Professional Services,
09.2013 - 12.2017
Master of Science - Accounting
University of Education Winneba
04.2013 - 04.2014
Managing Partner
Gabriel Orokunle & Co. Chartered Accountants
10.2010 - Current
Adjunt Lecturer
University Of Education
01.2010 - 01.2011
Head of Internal Control and Audit
Integrated Capital Services Limited, Subsidiary of Chartered Bank PLc
01.2008 - 10.2010
Audit Manager
Bolaji Akeredolu & Co. Chartered Accountants
01.2007 - 07.2008
Financial Accountant & Head of Admin.
Deola Sagoe Limited/Odua Creation Ltd
11.2005 - 01.2007
Audit Senior
Hamzat Subair & Co. Chartered Accountants
08.2003 - 07.2005
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Ado-Ekiti
04.1999 - 04.2005
Chartered Accountants
Mojibola Oluwa & Co
04.1997 - 02.2003
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University,
01.1997 - 01.1998
Account Officer/Finance Asst I
Supreme Court of Nigeria
02.1991 - 07.1997
Account /Sales Clerk
Archway Pharmaceutical Limited
02.1986 - 04.1991
WASC/GCE O' LEVEL -
Ilupeju Community Grammar School
01.1979 - 01.1984
CIMA- Passed the Final level of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) FCA-Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. Dated 22/ - undefined
Baptist Primary School
01.1972 - 01.1978
Financial Accountant
Deola Sagoe Limited Subsidiary of Elizade Toyota Limited
Audit Senior
SSCE - undefined
B.Sc. Project - undefined
ACA-Associate of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. Dated 5/ - undefined
FCTI- Fellow of Chartered Institutes of Taxation of Nigeria Dated 2/ - undefined
ACTI-Associate of Chartered Institutes of Taxation Dated 6/ - undefined
ACCACertIFRS-Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards (UK). - undefined
AMNIM- Associate member of Nigerian Institute of Management - undefined
M. Sc - Accounting
UEW
B. Sc - Accounting
UNAD
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
OAU
Certificate in Computer Science. Dated - undefined
First School Leaving Certificate - undefined
Professional practicing License/Certification ICAN- License to practice as a Chartered Accountant. Dated 25/03/2010 CITN- license - undefined
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
Orokunle G.N - undefined
G.N - undefined
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