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Olarewaju Agboola Ezekiel

Internal Auditor, Control And Compliance
Palm groove,Lagos

Summary

Self-motivated and result oriented personnel having more than 10 years of working experience in accounting & finance, audit/risk control & compliance, seeking fulfilling positions where I can apply my skillsets and professional knowledge.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Internal Audit, Control and Compliance

AMA-ZUMA OIL AND GAS NIG. LTD
- 05.2025
  • Perform financial, operational, compliance audits, assess risks and recommend mitigation measures for improvement.
  • Daily monitoring of inventory counts/reports of pre-trip and post-trip inspections of consumables (i.e. Petrol, Diesel, retail shops, warehouses and depots stocks) on the trucks/trailers/ Peddlers (200+) and spot checks/stocktaking of in-house inventories and external warehouses/depots.
  • Review & call over of all transactions and authorized charges for loading system (trailers/peddlers) at NIPCO & A.A Rano Oil & Gas Depots, Lagos. Supervise the materials usage for maintenance services of Generators at GLO Sites networks.
  • Executive compliance with company policies (procurements, finances), industrial regulations, and statutory requirements.
  • Conduct adhoc assignment, special investigation, execute audit plan and implement saving costs strategies on purchases.

MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT/RISK, CONTROL & COMPLIANCE

PALLADIUM NIG.LIMITED
06.2024 - 04.2025
  • Company Overview: (Otere Apapa Village Pentagon Estate Road, Lagos) (Agro-allied, Manufacturing, Retails, Shops, Outlets. Real Estate, FMCG & Retails/Warehouses Business)
  • FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS: Regular call over of financial and operational transactions, IT/System inventories audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, correctness of inputted data assurance and adherence to the company policies.
  • RISK ASSESSMENTS: Identify risk control weaknesses, assess potential and vulnerable loopholes and fraud areas and recommend risk aversion measures and improved cost savings.
  • INTERNAL AUDIT & CONTROLS: Evaluate internal controls, identify gaps, inefficiencies, weaknesses, and recommend preventive and corrective measures to enhance operational efficiency & effectiveness.

MANAGER, AUDIT/RISK, CONTROL & COMPLIANCE

Adron Homes & Properties Ltd.
08.2023 - 05.2024
  • Company Overview: (72A/B Adeyemo Akapo, Omole Phase 1, Lagos)
  • Ensuring validation & correctness of ERP information obtained from client's subscription forms money details & fund payments for the land acquisition.
  • Confirm that KYC, PLOA, Contract of Sales (COS) and Intent Letter to build are duly executed and are in line with information contained in the ERP system accuracy.
  • Confirmation of clients' payments on accounts for the preparation of client refund, allocation & review of regional monthly accounts for compliance conditions prior to MPR meeting.
  • Review all financial documents i.e cheque booklets, declaration sheets, weekly mobilization, vendors receipt for retirements and prompt retirement of IOUs within 48-Hour.
  • Review of petty cash/fund utilized by the region and assesses to detect exceptions, fraud & recommend implementable solutions to avert errors re-occurrence in the ADRON GROUP.

SENIOR, INTERNAL AUDIT, CONROL AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Amo - Group of Companies
01.2010 - 07.2023
  • Company Overview: (Magodo phase 2, Lagos-State) (Agribusiness, Livestock, Hatchery, Pharma Supplies& Import-Export, Manufacturing/Retail/Depot, Shipping & FMCG)
  • Ensuring staff comply with company policies, processes & procedures, relevant laws; checking the correctness of staff salaries& incentives i.e. HR globally compliance.
  • Proficient ways to cut costs and improve earnings & profitability level.
  • Oversee risk-based audits covering operations, regulations and financial processes.
  • Conducting risk assessment, evaluating the efficacy of risk management, reporting risk management issues, evaluating Internal Control and making recommendation on how to improve in a bid to prevent fraud, wastage, misappropriation & misuse of company resources.
  • Review of general ledgers, vouchers and daily call over of posted transactions without any exception.
  • Conduct adhoc investigation into identified irregularities and reported risks within time limit.
  • Daily system audit involvements, periodic daily stock counts, reconcile inventories system variances Vs physical balances.
  • NatnudO Foods Ltd, Port Harcourt, River-State (Retails / Depot) Dec.2021 -July 2023
  • Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited Awe/Oyo & Owerri, Imo State (Production) June 2019 -Nov.2021
  • NatnudO Foods Limited Abattoir Akinyele, Oyo State. (Manufacturing & Retail company) - Jan.2014 - May 2019
  • Diversay Pharma Ltd, Agege Lagos State (Manufacturing /Import-export) March.2013-Dec.2013
  • Amo Byng Feed Mill Limited Awe, Oyo – State (Manufacturing company) Jan.2010 - Feb.2012

Education

Certified - ACA

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
12.2023

NYSC Discharge Cert. - undefined

NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORP (NYSC)
01.2008

PGDIT - Credit

ISP Computer Institute, Kano
Kano, Kano State
11.2007

B.Sc. - Accounting

University of Ado - Ekiti
12.2006

OND - Accounting

Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo
12.1998

Skills

Financial audits

Accomplishments

  • Supervised N500M Inventories counts delivered in piecemeals for the Constructions of Multi-million National Hatchery expansion projects in Owerri, Imo State; Monitored External Hatchery Operations N120M /week in Ibadan and monitored valuable poultry cage materials shipped for Pen Constructions.
  • Saved income leakages-N12.5M across Amo Group of Companies on Diesel & Petrol Diversions; Identified and blocked all existed and potential loopholes & fraud areas in overstated customers and vendors invoices.
  • Tracked and recovered all omitted records of customers' invoices-N10.5M and overdue receivables.
  • Reduced number of frauds on Diesel, mitigated risks and recommended implementable risks management standards i.e. installed CCTV in strategic areas, adopted triple keys in different stores & installed preventive (tracking) control measures.
  • Reconciled IT system inventories audits and involved in new ERP software migration from TALLY software.
  • Reported operational deficiencies, gaps and weaknesses and making recommendation for management improvement.
  • Recovered funds from illegal bills, misappropriated fund and diverted goods from external parties & internal collaborators.

PERSONAL PROFILE

  • Sex: Male
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Nationality: Nigerian
  • State: Ekiti

Software

ERP,SAGE, TALLY,POLOXY,OOdo

Timeline

MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT/RISK, CONTROL & COMPLIANCE

PALLADIUM NIG.LIMITED
06.2024 - 04.2025

MANAGER, AUDIT/RISK, CONTROL & COMPLIANCE

Adron Homes & Properties Ltd.
08.2023 - 05.2024

SENIOR, INTERNAL AUDIT, CONROL AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Amo - Group of Companies
01.2010 - 07.2023

Manager, Internal Audit, Control and Compliance

AMA-ZUMA OIL AND GAS NIG. LTD
- 05.2025

Certified - ACA

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

NYSC Discharge Cert. - undefined

NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORP (NYSC)

PGDIT - Credit

ISP Computer Institute, Kano

B.Sc. - Accounting

University of Ado - Ekiti

OND - Accounting

Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo
Olarewaju Agboola EzekielInternal Auditor, Control And Compliance