Ronke OKE

Seasoned finance professional with focus on strategic financial management and corporate governance. Streamlines financial operations and enhances profitability through innovative cost control measures and robust financial planning. Combines strong analytical skills with deep understanding of regulatory compliance to drive sustainable growth.

• FCA [Fellow Chartered Accountant] May 2022 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
• ACA [Associate Chartered Accountant] May 2005 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
• Member [Institute of Entrepreneurs] Dec 2014 Institute of Entrepreneurs of Nigeria

• Currently contributing to upgrade of NextCounsel software (a legal software)
• Currently leading integration of NextCounsel software to Admons (a Nigeria accounting software)
• Upgrade of accounting software such as QuickBooks, Peachtree, and Sage Accounting
• Coordination of 5 years’ tax health checks due to non-compliance of the organization to the provision of relevant tax laws
• Coordinated reconciliation of general ledger (including bank), account receivables, and account payable for a period of 10 years, to correct wrong posting and other observed irregularities.
• Successfully revitalized a comatose foreign branch through effective audit and coordination of team members
• Coordinate conclusion of back-log years of FIRS and LIRS tax audits to the point of obtaining final demand notices and ensuring settlement of final tax liabilities
• Preparation and update of finance policy manuals with the attendant result of improving Internal control procedure
• Implementation of 100% online payment system
• Successfully coordinated audit team that discovered over 100 stock items that were not previously captured in the stock record

Dentons ACAS-LAW, Lagos Jun 2023 to date (A member of Dentons, a global Law firm in 81 countries) Africa Representative - Global Matter Credit Committee

• Africa Webinar: Compliance Risk Assessments - A global perspective, 2026, Dentons
• NRS E-INVOICING,2026, Kreston Pedabo Nigeria
• Financial Forecasting & Strategic Planning for Law Firms, 2025, Ass of Law Firms Administrators of Nigeria
• Critical Thinking- Strategic Initiative Communication, 2025, Association of Law Firms Administrators of Nigeria
• Managing Your Personal Finance, 2025, Dentons ACAS-Law
• Developing and Maximizing Your Personal Effectiveness, 2025, Dentons ACAS-Law

• Finance
• Coordinate development of annual plans and budgets to support the achievement of corporate strategy
• Engages executive management for the development of strategic, long-term business and financial plans as well as projections to minimize financial risks
• Builds key banking relationships to facilitate proper, timely, and cost-effective funding of business operations
• Prepare and update policy manuals to ensure appropriate financial operating standards, procedures, practices, and controls are in place for efficient financial management
• Coordinate preparation of timely, accurate, and useful financial and management reports for management, Board of directors, and other users of financial information.
• Raises funds as approved to finance organizational activities.
• Work with statutory auditors’ firm on several audit assignments such as statutory audit and internal control audit.
• Coordinate preparation of monthly payroll to ensure payroll payment and statutory remittances meet provisions of standard operating manual and relevant laws e.g. Pension Reform Act, Personal Income Act
• Ensure that all statutory deductions and taxes (e.g PAYE, NHF, Pension, ECF, VAT & WHT on local and foreign invoices) are remitted accurately and timely in line with provisions of all applicable laws
• Evaluate and monitor the performance of branches, regions, and zone in such areas of budgetary performance, profitability, and other key performance indicators (KPI).
• Supervise and monitor monthly updates of Fixed Asset Register and Fixed Asset Schedule. Ensure that fixed asset register accurately classifies assets (e.g In Use, Faulty Assets e.t.c
• Supervise monthly update of Vendors database and accurate classification of vendors (e.g existing, due for renewal, expired, termination e.tc), with comments on their performance level.
• Coordinate monitoring of age of account receivables and account payables to ensure clients settle invoices as at when due and vendors are paid as at when due.
• Corporate Service
• Maintaining a safe and secure work environment by monitoring the activities of the security provider.
• Improves operational efficiency; e.g providing work schedule to monitor supporting staff activities e.t.c.
• Ensuring that organization fixed assets are serviced and repaired as at when due.
• Maintenance of filing and retrieval systems for all organization records
• Coordination of operational procedure for the company canteen
• Coordination of health and group life insurance schemes for all employees.
• Ensuring that government required particulars e.g. insurance, vehicle particulars are obtained as at when due.
• Procurement and maintenance of company supplies and assets.
• Liaising with company lawyer on all legal activities