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Education
Skills
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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

Operational audits

Compliance audits

Risk assessments

Internal controls

Cost-saving strategies

ERP systems

Inventory management

Fraud prevention

Policy compliance

Stocktaking

Transaction reviews

Adhoc investigations

Regulatory compliance

Systems audits

Process improvement

Exception reporting

Operational efficiency

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Operations management

Performance management

Policy implementation

Documentation and reporting

Negotiation

Complex Problem-solving

Budget control

Risk management

Data analysis

Policy and procedure development

Vendor management

Problem-solving abilities

Multitasking

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