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Education
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Certification
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Kehinde Fagbemi

Finance Lead
Lagos
Kehinde Fagbemi

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 Limited
Lagos, 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 Lagos
Nigeria

Bachelor of Science from Accounting
10.2011 - 01.2016

Skills

Analytical

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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

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