Igwe Onuoha
Finance And Accounting
Mississauga, Ontario
Summary
Resourceful and detail-oriented professional with extensive experience and expertise in managing all facets of accounting, financial management, auditing, analysis, and controllership within high-profile companies. Possess strong ability to monitor day-to-day financial operations within the company. Proven track record of preparing and analysing financial statements to provide insightful information to senior executives for decision-making. Collaborates with all members of the organization to achieve business objectives. Instrumental in streamlining and improving processes, enhancing productivity, and implementing accounting solutions. Tech-savvy; proficient in Microsoft Office, Google-Suite, Zohobooks and Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Financial Accounting Manager
Payhippo
Lagos
07.2022 - Current
- Led finance transformation by selecting and co-ordinating the implementation of an appropriate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC, and recruiting and coaching high-quality employees. This enhanced finance and accounting operations generally and specifically reduced the time taken to determine monthly revenues by 95% as revenue computations were now performed automatically by the ERP rather than manually on spreadsheets.
- Built templates for the monthly management accounts and balance sheet schedules for the holding company and operating company, this enhanced reporting efficiency by 30%.
- Championed the appointment of external auditors and managed execution of the audit within tight timelines as was required to enable the business raise capital.
- Led month-end close process, quarterly reporting and preparation of the statutory financial statements such that reports were submitted to directors before the set deadline for decision making.
- Prepared cash flow projections and monitored same to track cash burn rate and analyze variances between actual cash utilization and cash flow projections.
Senior Manager
Orange Group
Lagos
01.2020 - 06.2022
- Recommended price-ups (based on channel-wise profitability) as well as cost saving initiatives to directors for decision making based on data-driven insights from analysis performed which helped improve margins across products in the pharmaceutical, beverage and personal care businesses by 7.5%
- Recommended solutions to directors upon market research and data analysis which resulted in increased profitability, improved metrics as well as upscaling of new B2B e-commerce and agency banking businesses
- Reduced risks associated with the Procure-to-pay process through internal controls proposed which was implemented to improve efficiency
- Also improved the expense review procedures to ensure greater value-for-money
- Optimised use of the inventory module on Microsoft Dynamics 360 Business Central by ensuring that relevant controls were properly set up for review and approval of all journal entries, key reports were generated from the system, reviewed and exceptions resolved on a timely basis
- Prevented huge potential revenue losses by reporting near expiry date products within a six-month window and following through on sell-off
- Improved the system versus physical inventory reconciliation to clearly highlight the cause of any discrepancy in quantity or expiry dates identified and made recommendations to resolve the exceptions
- This resulted in a 50% reduction in time spent identifying and resolving exceptions and 70% reduction in management time spent reviewing the reconciliation.
Assistant Manager
PwC
Lagos
01.2013 - 01.2020
- Managed audit teams to successfully execute assigned accounting and audit tasks in statutory and group reporting engagements
- Successfully planned and executed statutory audits of clients in the manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, transportation, shipping & logistics, media, entertainment, fintech, consulting, hospitality, agriculture, agro-allied and telecommunications industries within predefined time and quality constraints
- Applied extensive financial, accounting, and compliance knowledge in preparing IFRS financial statements for listed, unlisted companies and not-for-profit organisations
- Earned recognition and praise from senior management for directing and educating on accounting principles and audit methodology
- Identified compliance issues, made recommendations and facilitated implementation of recommendations by clients in strengthening their internal control systems upon finalisation of audit engagements
- Promoted swiftly throughout the career with PwC for displaying strong commitment to performance excellence and for efficiently managing assigned audit teams.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
08.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Nigeria
12.2005 - 01.2010
Skills
Financial analysis and reporting
undefinedCertification
Member, ACCA, Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
Work Availability
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Timeline
Financial Accounting Manager
Payhippo
07.2022 - Current
Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA), Corporate Finance Institute, Canada
12-2020
Senior Manager
Orange Group
01.2020 - 06.2022
Master of Business Administration -
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
08.2017 - 12.2019
Member, ACCA, Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
07-2017
Assistant Manager
PwC
01.2013 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Nigeria
12.2005 - 01.2010
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