Detailed-driven Control/Compliance officer, Well-versed in comprehensive analysis of operations, process improvement recommendations and best practice introduction. Focused on maximizing company compliance with applicable laws and standards.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
E-banking Operations Control Officer
Fidelity Bank Plc
Ikeja, LA
09.2023 - Current
In-charge control officer with the responsibility of reconciling and monitoring the settlement processes related to POS transactions, PAYDIRECT transactions and CARD Operations.
Ensuring POS transactions are accurately processed and settled.
Monitoring daily POS transactions to identify errors or discrepancies.
Reconciling transactions between the bank's records, switching company and merchant accounts.
Ensuring accurate calculation and application of fees or charges associated with POS transactions.
Leverage the use of alert system to identify suspicious transactions and escalate them for investigation.
Reviews the POS business team activities to ensure they are in line with AML/KYC regulations.
Reporting and analysis.
System and process optimization.
In charge control officer responsible for the review of Paydirect account as a lead/collecting bank to ensure that institutions are credited and appropriate collection accounts are debited and income recognized
Confirm that all income stated for collecting bank are credited to income account
Cluster Control and Compliance Officer
Fidelity Bank PLC
Ikeja, LA
09.2021 - Current
Ensure compliance to management policies and regulatory guidelines
Call over daily transactions of the operation team and ensure adherence to laid down policies
Vault Cash count on branch visitation to confirm physical balance against registers and System balances
Investigate any incidents of fraud and error with an aim to correct or reduce the severity of impact that may follow
Teller proof/vault movement review to ensure tellers/branch do not exceed till/vault limits on daily basis and when they unavoidably do, ascertain there is adequate insurance cover
Review branch activities to ascertain that relevant approvals were obtain when required
Monitor all expenses from branches in my region with an aim to ascertain that appropriate approval was obtain before incurring cost and has been properly accounted for in the bank's financials
Monitor and review banks automated fraud alert system in other to prevent fraudulent activities, correct and reduce to the minimum any loss to customers and the bank
Monitor Inflows and outflows for AML/CFT purposes in other to protect the bank and customers against CBN Anti-Money Laundry guidelines
Ensure adherence to Data Protection and Privacy in other to protect the organization from losses arising from data protection and privacy breach
Ensure complete documentation of customers information
Identified and help correct errors in financial data or accounting practices
Monitoring of the bank's Risk assets in order to reduce bad and NPR for branches under in the region.
Receive, review, and authenticate documents for all unstructured loans and some structured loans before authorization
Confirmation of Invoices, LPOs, Domiciliation letters, Certificate of completion etc
Before release of funds to customers when due
Senior Finance/audit Officer
Givanas Industry Nigeria Limited
03.2018 - 08.2021
Preparation, analysis and interpretation of the company's financials ratios and those of sister companies and consolidation of financial Statements as maybe required
Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial/operational control and devised corrective actions addressing risks and deficiencies
In-charge officer responsible for monitoring company's daily transactions, evaluate and assess compliance with laid down policies by management and statutory authorities to minimize risk, avoid sanctions and material misstatements in company's books of account
Monitoring, reconciliation, and preparation of other Reports like cashflow statement, inventory movement report, receivables, payables reports, VAT and WHT and any other ad hoc report when required for board reporting
Audit Senior
Egunjobi, Adegbite & Co. (Chartered Accounts)
01.2015 - 03.2018
Assisted in the preparation of audit reports, presenting findings clearly and concisely to senior management for review.
Increased overall reliability of financial statements by performing detailed reviews of account reconciliations and supporting documentation.
Conducted walkthroughs of various business processes, gaining an in-depth understanding of operations while identifying potential control weaknesses.
Evaluated critical business systems and processes, identifying areas of potential risk exposure and offering recommendations to mitigate those risk.
Stayed current on industry trends and accounting standards changes, ensuring that all audit activities adhered to applicable guidelines at all times.
Improved company compliance with laws and regulations through regular monitoring of accounting procedures.
Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation.
Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.