Hi, I’m
Kehinde Fagbemi
Finance Lead
Lagos
Summary
Highly skilled professional with expertise in financial reporting, strong analytical abilities, and exceptional organizational skills. Proficient in written and oral communication, with a proven track record in producing comprehensive management accounts reports. Adept at time management for timely and accurate financial reporting. Seeking to leverage these competencies to contribute effectively to a dynamic organization.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
7
Certificates
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)
Finance Lead
10.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for all the finance and accounting activities of the Foundation, preparation of various management reports and financial statements and analysis.
- Lead the annual budgeting and semi-annual re-forecasting for the specific program, ensuring alignment with programmatic goals and accurate reflection of available financial resources.
- Working with external auditors for auditing of the Foundation's account and various project accounts.
- Ensure tax and other regulatory compliance through accurate deduction and remittance of WHT, VAT, NHF, NSITF, CIT, etc.
- Manages and monitors budget implementation through variance analysis and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary and ensures expenditure remains within authorized levels.
- Ensure proper anti-money laundry reporting
- Ensure disbursement of funds to seed capital beneficiaries.
- Oversees all accounts, ledgers and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with appropriate standards and regulatory.
- Liaise and maintain relationships with external stakeholders such as bankers, partners, tax consultants and auditors for finance operations.
- Present and communicating financial information clearly and effectively to non-financial stakeholders, ensuring understanding and alignment across teams' requirements and partners requirements.
- Identify areas of improvement and develop / implement process improvement strategies to enhance efficiency.
Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON)Sokoto, Sokoto State
Finance Officer
09.2020 - 04.2021
Job overview
- Responsible for grant financial management, maintaining adequate financial records and ensuring financial compliance with USAID regulations and acceptable accounting standards and practices.
- Assisted in the implementation of the project work plan and budget execution.
- Identified areas of cost reduction through careful analysis of expenditure patterns.
- Monitored grant budget and prepare all necessary milestone report and documents.
- Prepared monthly bank reconciliation statement.
- Procured training consumables, office equipment and stationery.
- Maintained proper filing system for all financial records and updating soft and hard copy data base.
- Implemented financial and internal control policies and procedures.
- Collated staff time sheet for payroll processing.
Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON)Abuja, FCT
Project Accountant
08.2018 - 07.2020
Job overview
- Responsible for preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting and assist in preparation of quarterly budget, organize and attend meetings.
- Computed and prepared tax returns and remittances.
- Prepared monthly payroll schedules.
- Analyzed budget and prepared a periodic report that compares budgeted cost to actual cost.
- Administered petty cash system.
- Assisted technical staff to develop and manage monthly and quarterly activity budget.
- Reviewed the activity request and prepared bank vouchers for payment.
- Prepared close out budget and financials.
- Check mated expenses for compliance with donor regulation.
- Monitored cash advance and retirement to ensure compliance.
- Improved decisions taken on the financial position of the company through early submission of financial reports.
- Initiated the use of Online banking which stopped delays in transaction payments.
- Organized a company's meeting including Hall, Accommodations, and Itineraries for more than 20 persons within short notice successfully.
- Managed quarterly budget of up to 9 million and budgeted amount not exceeded.
BPL Nigeria Limited
Accounts Officer
12.2017 - 07.2018
Job overview
- Responsible for preparation bank reconciliation, petty cashbook, Vendors account, payroll and handling of shipping documents.
- Managed and reconciled office petty cash.
- Prepared monthly payroll.
- Processed payments and maintained records for suppliers and vendors.
- Periodic inventory count.
- Raised GRN, payment voucher and petty cash voucher.
- Processed suppliers and vendors invoice for payment.
- Proper filing system for all financial records and documents.
- Handled shipping documents.
- Reduced pilferage and wastage of stock by weekly inventory count.
- Increased the number of containers shipped in a month from 10 to 15 through early submission of shipping documents.
- Increased production capacity by ensuring constant supply of raw materials by reducing the lead time.
Me Cure Health Care LimitedLagos, Lagos
Trainee Accountant
08.2017 - 12.2017
Job overview
- Responsible for analyzing sales of the branches, posting of daily transaction through tally ERP 9 and filing of documents.
- Daily analysis of vendors payment (Aging Analysis).
- Prepared and maintained accounting documents, invoices and records.
- Processed vendors invoice for payment.
- Daily posting of bank and cash transactions to tally.
- Daily filing and sorting of financial documents.
- Build and maintained vendors confidence to supply on time by ensuring that they get their payments when due.
- Improved access to documents and reduced loss of documents through an effective filing system.
Education
University of LagosNigeria
Bachelor of Science from Accounting
10.2011 - 01.2016
Skills
Analytical
Organizing
Communication (Writing and Oral)
Time management
Management accounts reports
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel (Advance)
Power Point
Power BI
Sage 200
Tally ERP
Tax compliance
Financial audits
Financial budgeting
Project finance
Certification
Association of Accounting technicians West Africa (AATWA)
Timeline
Certificate of Achievement in Advanced Excel by JK Michael Institute
07-2024
Certificate of Participation in Advance Financial Reporting Workshop by GODP
08-2023
Certificate of Participation in Understanding the Mechanics of Deferred Tax-IAS 12 by Deloitte
07-2023
Finance Lead
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)
10.2021 - Current
Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN)
04-2021
Finance Officer
Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON)
09.2020 - 04.2021
Certificate of training in Accounting for Donor Funding program by PricewaterCopper (PwC) Finance Academy
09-2018
Project Accountant
Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON)
08.2018 - 07.2020
Association of Accounting technicians West Africa (AATWA)
12-2017
Accounts Officer
BPL Nigeria Limited
12.2017 - 07.2018
Trainee Accountant
Me Cure Health Care Limited
08.2017 - 12.2017
Certificate of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)
04-2017
University of Lagos
Bachelor of Science from Accounting
10.2011 - 01.2016