financial accounting and reporting budgeting and planning costing and pricing Cash Flow management Payroll and Employee BenefitsRecievable ManagementPayable Management

• Supervising operations of the Finance Department & leading a team which is well versed in Accounting, Financial Reporting & Internal Audit. • Keeping close tabs on Internal Controls & Taxation; assuring compliance with established protocols for each administrative assignment; facilitating day-to-day monitoring & posting of payments in a seamless manner. • Compiling data on daily cash inflows & inflows; controlling balances in multiple bank accounts for operational expenditures & for clearing current liabilities. • Adhering with the Budget for payments that have to be made to related parties for services; critically assessing & organizing internal transfers between multiple accounts. • Preparing request & maintaining record for each payment to avoid unnecessary duplication; controlling the flow of documents & developing methods & guidelines optimizing business processes within a given area of responsibility. • Developing cordial working relations with credit institutions & banks for favorable rates & terms of engagement; managing all tasks linked with contractual arrangements with banks inclusive of drafting application, requesting for information & compiling accompanying documents. • Assessing proposals, highlighting key risks & consulting with lawyers for each borrowing proposal. • Preparing overall audit strategy & undertaking periodical & annual audit programs & reports; supervising & controlling all work being executed by staff whilst guiding them to deliver performance indicators in sync with growth goals & additional established targets. • Appraising progressively the soundness, adequacy & application of Internal Control Systems; assuring compliance with audit observations & other legal/regulatory requirements.

• Proactively engaged in meetings with auditors to develop a better understanding of business processes; commuted to multiple sites to engage with the relevant staff & obtained documents & information. • Critically assessed the extent to which risk management processes were effective; recorded results using software such as Microsoft Word & Excel. • Provided ad hoc advice & guidance to managers & staff across all levels; administered courses & training sessions to enable them to deliver on their financial/operational KPIs. • Performed risk assessments on key business activities & leveraged the information to determine what should be covered in audits. • Anticipated key pressing issues through research & interviews & developed course of action on how best to deal with them. • Provided support & guidance to the Management Team on strategic thinking & decision making. • Collaborated with staff to outline strategy for making the operations more effective; assured that the stated goals & objectives are accomplished through regular follow up & feedback sessions. • Prepared reports to highlight major issues & problems & distributing the reports to the relevant people for necessary action. • Assessed the extent to which the business complied with rules & regulations & informed the Management Team if any issue required their support & attention.

• Continuously improved operating processes & business effectiveness by providing business performance analysis & identifying underlying trends to the Management Team. • Assured accurate financial reporting, led all decision support analysis across the division, analyzed investment opportunities / pricing strategies for core business & provided functional leadership across the finance division. • Critically monitored expenditures, revenues, production cost & work in progress to ensure that payments made/received are within budgeted limits agreed with representatives from other departments. • Prepared financial statements & management reports as planned, required, needed or instructed by the management to facilitate strategic thinking & decision making. • Audited expenditures to identify & eradicate unnecessary variable or fixed expenses to maintain/enhance profitability; adjusted & corrected opening & closing entries for the fortification of accounts as accurate as possible. • Processed & posted interfaced journals to GL including Accounts Payable, Payroll, Inventory & Accounts Receivable as well as manual journals from the GL. • Classified fund & account invoices for alignment with budgetary control & general accounts through which the Trial Balance is verified prior to the initiation of desired financial statements & reports. • Prepared a Monthly Budget for all ongoing projects & Consolidated Budget for the corporation to exercise control over day to day expenditure. • Acquired Statements of Accounts from vendors & other parties for reconciliation; investigated major variations & took strict action against fraud & embezzlement. • Conducted Variance Analysis to determine key areas of concern; made recommendations to control major variances on a sustainable basis.

Take a part in the continuous improvement and development of the organisation, enabling the company to deliver against its targets undertake regular best practice/benchmarking reviews Identifying areas for improvement and driving delivery of initiatives Research into best 'methodologies' to assess where opportunities can be made to streamline current processes being a part of a virtual 'Continuous Improvement' team, to deliver improvement opportunities on a regular basis lead and assist in the delivery of projects, process improvements, system implementations or transformation activities Ensure lean practices are maintained and developed Reporting of progress made on initiatives to stakeholders for on a regular basis.Producing Monthly Management Accounts and presenting to the Financial Director.Project costing for various building and developing projects .Prepare forecasts/budgets in liaison with Managers.P&L Reporting.KPI reporting and cash flow forecasting.Variance analysis i.e. monitoring performance against budget, and KPI data Balance Sheet reconciliations Accruals and Prepayments, to include supporting back upPreparing statutory tax returns for the corporationsAd-hoc tasks. Accounts Package: Microsoft Excel/ MS Access