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SARAH ACHEBE

Finance/Treasury/Accounting

Summary

Business-minded Finance /Treasury Lead with more than Five years of expertise overseeing transactions. With experience in Fintech, IT, Procurement and Legal industries. Well versed in Financial reporting, Treasury management, Budgeting, Tax, Book keeping and Audit etc. Results-driven , Meticulous, conscientious and methodical in approach.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Finance Lead

Grey
01.2022 - Current


  • Pioneered the implementation of the company's financial structure, by implementing accounting systems, a payroll system and an expense management software.
  • Pioneered the Treasury structure together with the Treasury manager.
  • Onboarded 5 liquidity providers, in 3 months of working with the company.
  • Oversee the work of the Finance team handling over $100,000 in transactions per week
  • Implemented Saasant that helps import, review, delete, and map daily transactions on a centralized platform, while reducing the number of probable manual errors
  • Budgets, expenditures and revenue to adjust plans and achieve targets
  • Registered the Nigerian entity with various statutory authorities
  • Ensure accurate calculation and distribution of salaries and other benefits to employees
  • Generate financial reports covering trend analysis and current expectations to assist management with key decision-making
  • Liase with the US Entity for financial reporting and tax planning & filings.
  • Foreign exchange risk management and development of foreign exchange risk mitigation strategies
  • Developed a finance manual document, which included the expense policy, vendor management policy that aided efficiency in the finance department.
  • Liase with the Treasury manager to ensure all FX trades are booked on our worksheets and enhancing smooth settlement with the counter-parties, also ensuring we give out competitive rates to our customers.
  • Improved financial transparency and operational efficiency to drive profitable growth.
  • Improved financial controls and procedures with targeted advice to senior leaders and staff
  • Review business operations, data analysis, pricing models and product- launch strategies to recommend process improvement opportunities
  • Recruited and trained top-quality candidates to fill vacancies and maximize the teams performance
  • Prepare presentations and reports for management to aid in key financial planning and decision-making
  • Coordinates efficient accounts payable and receivable operations, keeping accounts current and liabilities paid on time.

SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER

Groove Platforms Limited
07.2020 - 12.2021
  • I oversaw financial operations of the company, spanning through reporting, controls, budgeting, tax filing, payroll review, receivables and payables
  • Successfully implemented QuickBooks Accounting Software for the company
  • Rolled out a system that helped cut office related cost to 20% within six months.
  • Devised an efficient payment and expense system that helped monitored vendors and therefore reduced cost up to 5% within 1 month.
  • Implemented a standard finance manual, that helped structure the finance Department.
  • Coordinated the full month end procedure including preparation of balance sheets, income statement and cash flow statements.
  • Liaised with the company’s tax consultants, external auditors and other consultants and manage all bank related matters.
  • Provided accurate information and bases for the remittance of relevant financial statutory returns, WHT/VAT/PAYE/Pension and I attend to all tax related matters.
  • Expense review, vendor scouting and negotiation, and ensuring that the company gets value for money.
  • I managed all financial transactions, including billing, payables, postings, reconciliation, budgeting, receivables and credit control.
  • Maintenance of the Property, plant and equipment register (PPE) including additions, depreciation and disposal.
  • Implemented cost reduction initiatives and process improvements to optimize efficiency and productivity.

Accounts Officer

Warehouse Network Resources Limited
Lagos
04.2019 - 06.2020
  • Devised a system that helped controlled cost and increased revenue to about 30% within 2 Months of joining the company.
  • Directly responsible for managing all things relating to payments, payroll, inventory, asset management and budgeting.
  • Prepared routine and ad hoc financial reports for senior accounting staff, business management and employees.
  • Checked monthly bank statements against account information to identify and resolve discrepancies.
  • Processed staff expense vouchers and reconciled expenses against statements.
  • Helped maintain optimal financial controls over income and expenses by following precise procedures.
  • Maintained adequate petty cash on hand for typical expenses and tracked usage.
  • Advised on expense trends and potential updates to future organizational budgeting.
  • Prepared and submitted periodic tax returns to meet local, state and federal requirements.

Chamber Accountant

Akaraiwe & Associates
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Recovered about N22,000,000.00 from overdue tenants, through prompt advisory, monitoring and collection
  • Designed and implemented salary schedule specification for the firm
  • Implemented the e-salary payments for the firm
  • Managed reconciliation of daily and weekly reports
  • Responsible for the preparation and processing of salary payments
  • Ensured effective and efficient cash management.
  • Executed tasks related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial statement preparation and cash flow analysis.
  • Prepared for financial audits, internal reviews and tax returns.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Madonna University Okija
10.2013 - 05.2017

Skills

Hard Skills -SAP by design/Oracle netsuites/Quickbooks/ Sage50/ WaveAccounting/ Zoho Books/ Fresh books/Microsoft Excel/MicrosoftWord/ Power Point/Microsoft Outlook/GoogleDocs/Google Meet/Google sheets/Google Forms

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Additional Information

CERTIFICATIONS

Associate Chartered Accountant 2022

Quickbooks Online certification 2022

Microsoft excel for business 2020

Chevron vendors training on invoicing 2019

National youth service corps 2019

Association of accounting technicians (AAT) 2016


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AWARDS & POSITIONS HELD

Award of Academic Excellence, Madonna University, Okija 2017

Secretary of Sustainable Development goals (SDG) 2018


LANGUAGES

English-Fluent

Igbo-Fluent

Hausa-Fluent



Timeline

Finance Lead

Grey
01.2022 - Current

SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER

Groove Platforms Limited
07.2020 - 12.2021

Accounts Officer

Warehouse Network Resources Limited
04.2019 - 06.2020

Chamber Accountant

Akaraiwe & Associates
01.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Madonna University Okija
10.2013 - 05.2017

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