OLAWALE HAKEEM AKERE

Responsible for providing independent assurance on the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and
internal controls while supporting the achievement of organizational objectives.

• Develop and implement the annual risk-based internal audit plan.
• Prioritize audit assignments based on organizational risk exposure.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of corporate governance processes.
• Promote ethical conduct and accountability across the organization.
• Report governance concerns to senior management and the Audit Committee.
• Review key business risks and mitigation strategies.
• Provide assurance on risk management processes.
• Provide independent assurance over recruitment, personnel administration, payroll processing, employee
  benefits, statutory remittances, and compliance with HR policies and labor regulations.
• Review and assess the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Identify control weaknesses and recommend improvements.
• Monitor implementation of corrective actions.
• Provide independent assurance over revenue generation, billing, collections, and receivables.
  Identify and quantify revenue leakages.
• Verify that all services rendered are accurately billed and collected.
• Review pricing compliance, contracts, and SLAs.
• Report revenue assurance findings and recovery opportunities to management and the Audit Committee.
• Supervise financial, operational, compliance, and investigative audits.
• Review audit findings and reports before issuance.
  Present significant audit findings to management and the Audit Committee.
• Lead or oversee fraud investigations where required.
  Assess fraud prevention and detection controls.
  Recommend measures to minimize fraud risk.
• Evaluate compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor changes in regulatory requirements and their impact on the organization.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the Audit Committee.
• Present audit plans, reports, and follow-up status reports.
• Ensure functional independence of the Internal Audit Department.
• Track management's implementation of agreed audit recommendations.
• Report overdue corrective actions to senior management and the Audit Committee.
• Manage and develop internal audit staff.
• Establish performance standards and training programs.
  Provide independent advice on internal controls, risk management, and governance matters.
• Participate in major projects as an advisor without compromising audit independence.

• Collaborate with the Audit Manager in planning, organizing, and carrying out the internal controls
  function, including the preparation of an audit manual, audit plan, scheduling and assigning work, and
  estimating resource needs.
• Conduct risk assessment of departments/functional areas in accordance with timelines.
• Review controls over recruitment, payroll processing, leave administration, promotions, and employee
  exits.
• Assess segregation of duties and payroll approval controls.
• Conduct HR and Payroll audits.
  Identify payroll errors, ghost workers, unauthorized payments, and policy violations.
• Report findings and recommendations.
• Conduct audit testing of potential risk areas and identify reportable issues.
• Assure that appropriate operating procedures are in place to ensure compliance with Cashlink policies
  and propose modifications as needed.
• Monitor and provide advice to management to minimize risk resulting from poor internal controls.
• Identify areas of financial and administrative strengths and weaknesses and develop best practices.
• Review the responses to internal and external audit management letter queries to ensure that
  recommendations are implemented; follow-up on the audit action plan to ensure that all action items are
  resolved before the next audit.
• Provide management with periodic reports on compliance with standards of excellence.
• Provide training to staff on Internal Controls.
• Perform an audit-related investigation as directed by the Audit Manager

• Reviewing controls over billing, revenue recognition, collections, and receivables.
• Identifying revenue leakages and control weaknesses.
• Assessing risks relating to revenue loss, underbilling, non-billing, and collection failures.
• Evaluating mitigation measures.
• Conducting income assurance reviews as part of operational and financial audits.
• Reporting revenue exceptions and recommending corrective actions.
• Ensuring billing and collections comply with approved tariffs, contracts, SLAs, and company policies.
• Advising management on strengthening revenue assurance controls and improving profitability.
• Monitoring implementation of recommendations arising from income assurance reviews.
• Review outsourcing contracts and SLAs.
• Verify vendor performance against the agreed KPIs.
• Assess the cost-effectiveness of outsourced services.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms.
• Identify risks associated with third-party service providers.

• Assisting in weekly cash count and advance review for the group.
• Monthly audit of drivers' overtime and out-of-station allowances.
• Assist in carrying out the quarterly physical verification of assets. and reconcile with the records maintained in
  the asset register.
• Carry out a daily/weekly review of vehicle dispatches and movement with invoices prepared by marketers.
• Carry out a daily/weekly review of vehicle movement and reconciliation with the customer order form
  raised with the tracking report.
• Keep records of drivers' outstation allowance and customer order forms.
• Assist in signing of requisitions and keeping records of advances and retirements.
• Branch audit.
• Any other assignment as directed.

Responsibilities to the Area Account Controller for the maintenance of accurate, reliable, and proper
accounting records in the Restaurants. This also involves accounting for inventory and cash sales, recording
and safeguarding of fixed assets, treatment and control of expenses, and prompt rendition of the financial
report of the restaurant to the Regional and Head Offices.

• Ensure posting of Stock or Inventory by ensuring that GRV/GRNs are raised for all items received at the
  restaurant through 3rd party Supplier, Sister Companies or the hubs / National Warehouse. This also
  includes items purchased through Impress to the appropriate account.
• Posting or Treatment of Daily Sales / NPS.
  Posting of other Stock transactions such as Bad and Damage, Staff Samples, Staff Lunch, Complimentary
  samples, PDQC Samples, Transfer to other Restaurants, Consumables, and Fuel Usage.
• Carry out stock-take, posting of Stock count Input, and Adjustment of variances.
• Treat the conversation of raw materials and semi–finished goods to finished goods before they are sold off to customers in the Manufacturing Module.
• Accounting for daily sales through posting of tellers into the Cash sales account and notifying Restaurant
  Management of any discrepancies.
• Ensure proper booking for Input and Output VAT and raise a journal to transfer the same to Head Office
  through the current account.
• Managing Imprest and float accounts through disbursing and posting into the database after due
  authorization by the responsible Manager.
• Running monthly depreciation and posting, maintaining the Fixed Assets register, and ensuring
  documentation of the movement of assets to and from the Restaurants.
• Posting of all expenses incurred by the restaurant as relayed from the Regional office.
• Posting of journal for prepayment, accruals, allowances, and provisions.
• Forward to the Regional Reports on Current Account and Cash In Transit Account.
• Backing up date daily and weekly basis and forwarding it through Area Account Controllers to the
  Regional Office. (Software used: Sage Pastel Evolution).

• Collated and entered daily sales data for analysis and reporting.
• Prepared remittances and cheques accurately and on time.
• Conducted inventory counts and prepared reports on stock positions.
• Assisted with product cost analysis and related accounting support tasks.