Ibukunoluwa MARY ODUME
Finance and Account
Lagos,Nigeria
Summary
Highly skilled professional with expertise in financial reporting, budgetary control, and cost analysis. Demonstrates exceptional abilities in continual process improvement, effective service and support, and executive communication. Adept at negotiation tactics, competitor analysis, and maintaining ethics and sustainability. Known for great attention to detail, strong time management skills, and proficiency in computer and numeric tasks. Committed to driving organizational success through strategic financial management and innovative solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Finance & Cost Control Executive
ERDIS Nigeria Limited
08.2023 - 01.2025
- Ensure all accounting transactions and bookkeeping requirements are adequately captured
- Generate all invoices and review both incoming and outgoing invoices
- Effectively organize and update the income and expense sheets and all financial account information
- Ensure monthly payables are entered into the general ledgers accurately and on a timely basis
- Ensure smooth running of the account payables and receivables functions
- Ensure monthly Remittance and filing of statutory deductions
- Assist with the preparation of management accounts
- Assist with the preparation of statements and reports of estimated future costs and revenues
- Assist with preparing other financial reports on specific activities and performances
- Prepare, manage, and control project budgets effectively
- Preparation and analysis of various project cost variance analysis
- Monitoring detailed project cost and cash flow
- Monitor, evaluate, and update project cost data on budgeted amounts
- Assist in enhancing processes within to help manage and monitor cashflow within the organization
- Implementing cost reduction strategies and Identifying cost reduction opportunities to optimize cost on projects
- Proper management of all payables within the organization and monitoring of receivables for complete and detailed reports
- Streamlined operations by integrating the latest technology solutions into daily tasks.
Finance & Accounts Executive
KEVOG Corporate Services Limited
04.2022 - 07.2023
- Generate all invoices and review both incoming and outgoing invoices
- Process accounts payable and receivables for the organization
- Effectively organize and update the income and expense sheets and all financial account information
- Ensure all company’s financial accounts and expenses are paid on time
- Conducted thorough financial audits to ensure accuracy and compliance including payroll as necessary to avoid or reduce the chances of erroneous payments
- Handle account inquiries from both internal and external sources
- Generate financial reports for review and management decision-making
- Reduction of high logistics and office expenses, which was achieved by proper auditing/costing of office expenses, logistics for purchase orders, and proper alignment of the requisition process to industry best practices
- Recovery of outstanding invoices and refunds with OEMs and clients from previous transactions that were handled before I joined the organization
- Proper management of all financial records which led to a well-stated end-of-year financial report for management decisions
- Coached and mentored junior staff to maximize finance department capabilities.
- Managed daily finance services for smooth business operations.
- Monitored cash flow situation closely to avoid any potential shortfalls.
Finance & Client Relations Executive
CAPREMARK Network
02.2016 - 12.2021
- Managed customer inquiries regarding the company’s services, providing generic product offerings and suggesting bespoke solutions to meet clients' unique demands and budgets and also raising invoices
- Prepared weekly and monthly customer engagement and sales reports, analyzing trends and providing insight to management for decisions that impact the company’s bottom line
- Resolve payroll discrepancies and ensure payroll operations are carried out in line with the company’s guidelines
- Ensures that necessary deductions are made without error
- Ensures that staff receive their monthly salaries and pay slips on due date
- Managed client deliverables, and liaised with clients at different milestones to ensure their objectives were met within budget on time
- Worked with Human Resources to structure the payroll schedule of the organization which has led to calculating and remitting the accurate statutory deductions
- Allocated resources to teams and projects based on need, performance and availability.
Finance & Account Assistant Credit Control
Industrial and General Insurance Plc
04.2013 - 06.2015
- Performed daily reconciliation reports by posting all receipts into bank ledgers and prepared the company’s financial operations daily balance for senior management
- Prepared statement of account for brokers' and clients’ accounts, providing insights on various clients' accounts and potential ways of increasing revenue and service delivery
- Performed business-wide monthly bank reconciliation alongside the accounting team
- Negotiate repayment plans and managed client claims
- Being a key member of the team that managed the training program for IGI during the implementation of new database software (IES) which involved engaging multiple stakeholders and delivering training content across various branches and offices for the company
Account Officer
Industrial and General Insurance Plc
11.2011 - 12.2012
- Managed and regularly updated Petty Cash and utility accounts for the company
- Coordinated the issuance of clients’ life and no-life receipts and updated life and non-life returns for clients
- Prepared weekly and monthly reports to management
- Made regular lodgment of life and non-life premiums into the bank from field sales activities
- Joined the team to prepare regular monthly bank reconciliation statements for the company
Education
B.Sc. - Economics
Crawford University
Igbesa, Ogun State 09.2007 - 07.2011
Senior School Certificate - undefined
Loral International Secondary School
FESTAC, Lagos 01.1999 - 01.2005
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) - In View
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
Preparing Financial Statements and Annual Reports
Dawib Associates Limited
10.2023 - 10.2023
Cost Optimization and Managemnet Reporting
Philips Consulting Limited
10.2024 - 10.2024
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Budgetary Control
- Cost Analysis
- Continual process improvement
- Computer and Numeric Skills
- Effective Service and Support
- Process Improvement
- Negotiation tactics
- Executive communication
- Great Attention to Details
- Time Management Ability
- Competitor analysis
- Ethics and sustainability
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Timeline
Cost Optimization and Managemnet Reporting
Philips Consulting Limited
10.2024 - 10.2024
Preparing Financial Statements and Annual Reports
Dawib Associates Limited
10.2023 - 10.2023
Finance & Cost Control Executive
ERDIS Nigeria Limited
08.2023 - 01.2025
Finance & Accounts Executive
KEVOG Corporate Services Limited
04.2022 - 07.2023
Finance & Client Relations Executive
CAPREMARK Network
02.2016 - 12.2021
Finance & Account Assistant Credit Control
Industrial and General Insurance Plc
04.2013 - 06.2015
Account Officer
Industrial and General Insurance Plc
11.2011 - 12.2012
B.Sc. - Economics
Crawford University
09.2007 - 07.2011
Senior School Certificate - undefined
Loral International Secondary School
01.1999 - 01.2005
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) - In View
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
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