Ifeanyi Emeka

Financial Strategy and Planning:

• Develop and implement the financial strategy of the organization in alignment with the company's goals and objectives.
• Lead and coached the finance team to compile key insights from detailed financial forecasts, departmental budgets, and monthly variance analysis.
• Provide financial guidance and insights to the executive team and key stakeholders to support decision-making and drive growth.
• Conduct financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling to identify opportunities for revenue growth and cost optimization.
• Developed and Assisted budget holders to better understand and manage financial information to their advantage.

Financial Management and Reporting:

• Oversee all aspects of financial management, including accounting, budgeting, reporting, and compliance.
• Produced high-quality year-end statutory accounts.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of financial statements, reports, and analysis.
• Establish and maintain financial controls, policies, and procedures to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, and other financial service providers.

Financial Operations:

• Monitor and analyze financial performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Optimize financial systems and processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Strategic Partnerships and Investor Relations:

• Collaborate with executive team members to assess the financial implications of business strategies, investments, and partnerships.
• Manage relationships with banks, investors, and financial institutions.
• Prepare financial reports and presentations for board meetings, investor meetings, and other key stakeholders.

Risk Management and Compliance:

• Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and accounting standards.
• Implement internal controls and monitoring mechanisms to safeguard financial integrity.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes affecting financial operations.

• Created tools to provide critical financial and operational information
• Developed and maintained necessary systems and accounting processes and controls
• Prepared and managed departmental and programmatic budgets to achieve corporate goals
• Consolidated business data into actionable metrics to simplify and highlight areas of concern and opportunity
• Applied knowledge of business and marketplace to advance the organization's goals
• Established and maintained relationships with
• Evaluated data about costs to plan budgets
• Planned, directed, or coordinated activities of other departments and business units
• Prepared financial and regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, and boards of directors
• Analyzed financial data and forecasted trends to improve profitability
• Developed company budgets and performed audits to meet long-term financial goals
• Reviewed customer and staff feedback to improve operational strategies and eliminate obstacles.

• Maintained professional working relationships and promoted open lines of communication with staff
• Developed company budgets and performed audits to meet long-term financial goals
• Met with directors and stakeholders to discuss company needs and goals
• Built strong relationships with suppliers and key customers to secure competitive products and

• Developed a talented team, participating in hiring, coaching, and performance management processes
• Presented operational metrics and data to company executives and directors for review
• Liaised between employees and managers and disseminated important business information
• Measured staff and process productivity and utilized results to make helpful equipment and staffing adjustments
• Strategized with leadership to stay ahead of changing customer needs
• Reviewed customer and staff feedback to improve operational strategies and eliminate obstacles
• Monitored market and competitor trends to develop new ideas and maintain company relevance
• Analyzed financial data and forecasted trends to improve profitability, Developed and maintained necessary systems and accounting processes and controls
• Oversee the preparation of periodic and timely and accurate financial statements of the organization
• Perform finance analysis for the management team on the health and prospects of the company
• Lead the finance team and work with the external audit team on annual audits and other finance & management consultants on various engagements
• Managed treasury and working capital requirements of the organization and I also facilitated funding from finance organizations and merchant banks
• Discovered a budget model that predicts revenue growth with 95% accuracy, hence effectively planned expenses and capital expenditure acquisition and replacement
• Lead the budget committee, prepared yearly workable budgets, and jointly monitored budget performance with the Internal auditor
• Ensuring timely submission of returns for audit and tax purposes
• Maintain the fixed asset register
• Facilitate the development and implementation of company strategic growth plans.

• Audited a variety of internal documents, procedures, and reports using standard protocols
• Developed audit programs and testing procedures to achieve objectives
• Drafted well-written audit reports and other communication to foster accurate interpretation
• Identified control improvement needs, recommending management actions
• Evaluate the company risk profile and update the risk profile schedule when findings reveal a new threat and conduct follow-up reviews
• Evaluate the root cause analysis of all deviations to business projections and company procedures with effective recommendations
• Maintain open communication with management and the audit committee
• Actively participated in the annual auditing process and financial due diligence for various investment purposes
• ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Directly handled the importation of raw materials that achieved cost savings of over 20%
• Identified and investigated a fraud within the company and successfully recovered $60k
• Achieved an 8% cost saving by embedding best-practice financial management processes and controls including periodic audits and cost variance analysis.

• Audited a variety of internal documents, procedures, and reports using standard protocols
• Continuous review of the credit management policy and processes to reflect current economic condition
• Vouched all company expenses for approvals, processes, controls, and budget and prepared variance reports
• Team member in various project management projects
• Coordinate audit exercise and discovery of non-Compliance practices and reported same with clear recommendations for correction or sanctions
• Ensure the accurate documentation and submission of audit reports to management
• Identified control improvement needs, recommending management actions
• Completed risk assessments for assigned business functions to provide input into the annual audit plan.

• Prepare and communicate periodic customer statements with debt age analysis with clients and to management
• Lead customer account reconciliation for both advertisement agencies & direct copy sales
• Enforce the company's credit management policy with the use of credit ratings and credit limits
• Lead debt recovery drive with customers and debt collection agencies leading to less than 10% of sales revenue at year- end
• Manage the collection of withholding tax receipts and maintain the schedule for tax settlement purposes
• Achievements:
• Successfully reduced receivables by 60% through the effective management of advert credit policies and by outsourcing the debt collection process.

• Documented financial transactions by entering account information into computerized systems or job-related software
• Guided accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions
• Evaluated procedures and made determinations with regard to process improvement
• Coordinate team activities and ensured review objectives were achieved in line with company standards
• Assess complex financial/operational/compliance processes and risks
• Develop appropriate solutions which enhanced financial, operational, and information technology audits
• Ensured all work papers supporting the review were clear and concise.

• Prepared accounting information, producing financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
• Developed and implemented record-keeping and accounting systems using current computer technology
• Leveraged technology to improve and innovate finance processes and systems
• Researched and reviewed payments received to input into financial systems
• Reconciled financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information
• Translated analysis into usable reporting for technical personnel and affected officials
• Maintained reliable cash flow projection and reporting mechanisms to meet operating needs
• Posted journal entries by compiling and analyzing account information
• Accumulated and processed financial accounting data to prepare tax returns.