Statutory Reporting • Pioneer comprehensive financial statement preparation (interim, annual, consolidated, separate) for diverse clientele, ensuring unwavering compliance with IFRS, local regulations, and tailored client policies and procedures. • Provide customized bookkeeping service across diverse industries, guaranteeing adherence to IFRS, minimizing risk, and maximizing financial accuracy. • Provide statutory audit support for clients, securing timely and accurate document collection, and providing pivotal information and incisive analysis to auditors, fostering informed decision-making. • Streamlined tax compliance for clients, expertly guiding them through audits, health checks, correspondence, filings, and delivering strategic advice to minimize tax burdens, fostering trust. • Leverage deep industry acumen to tailor tax support for clients, proactively minimizing liabilities and optimizing financial positioning for sustained success.Engagement Management • Spearhead high-profile engagements across diverse industries, driving growth through proactive identification of opportunities, efficient client onboarding, astute budgeting, insightful margin modelling, and timely billing and revenue collection. • Design and implement robust timeline-responsibility charts, employing strategic approaches to consistently meet deadlines and deliver exceptional service, exceeding client expectations. • Prepare periodic status reports detailing project progress for senior executives, ensuring transparency, alignment, and informed decision-making. • Cultivate and nurture valuable relationships within EY and with clients, proactively seeking and capitalizing on new revenue streams and collaborative opportunities. • Empower junior colleagues through comprehensive training sessions and personalized coaching, fostering a team dedicated to delivering exceptional client service with consistent excellence.

• Conceptualized and delivered project strategies for 13 West and Central Africa markets, encompassing business requirements, process documentation, and solutions design, securing management alignment.• Presented management with comprehensive analyses of diverse operating models for WCA divestment markets, factoring in financial forecasts and regulatory implications for informed decision-making.• Anticipated major project risks, formulated mitigation strategies, and developed business continuity plans for potential disruptions, safeguarding project objectives.• Efficiently coordinated stakeholders across supply chain, tax, legal, accounting, end markets, external consultants and sister companies, ensuring timely completion of assigned responsibilities and seamless project execution.• Delivered accurate financial forecasts and valuations for trademarks sold in 9 WCA markets across projects Nash and Deli, totaling over £100 million.• Maintained close supervision of project cash flow, financial reporting, revenue, and expenses, ensuring financial integrity and adherence to budget.• Integrated appropriate internal controls and governance measures within project implementation strategies, maximizing compliance and minimizing risk.DRC, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Burkina Faso, Benin, Equitorial Guinea, Ivory coast & Togo

• Provided overall guidance, leadership support, and strategic direction in the execution of the finance department’s functions and activities. • Management of all aspects of financial accounting, tax management, and compliance with IFRS and all local legislation. • Oversees the preparation of statutory and non-statutory financial reports while ensuring the reports are generated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and provide a true and fair representation of the organization’s financial position. • Management of internal and external audits and corrective actions. • Championed the project coordination on the implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central • Developed and improved the company’s policies and procedures on transactions such as cash in hand and inventory.

• Drove comprehensive financial insights for Nigerian operations by consolidating and reviewing monthly performance reports, preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, and analyzing cost variances, all to provide senior management with actionable insights for optimal decision-making. • Delivered comprehensive monthly reports encompassing sales analyses (price, product type, location, plant), rebates, revenue, material prices, forex exposure, and net debt, along with ad-hoc reports, to inform management's pricing and strategic decisions.• Engaged with external auditor during statutory and group audit, prepares audit file and provides relevant schedules that ties with the trial balance and other supporting documents.• Combined handling of monthly loan interest calculations for pan-African and commercial paper loans with unwavering support during month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring seamless financial reporting and accurate interest recognition.• Championed timely tax remittances for Nigerian operations by promptly reconciling WHT on fixed deposits for credit note recovery and conducting thorough monthly reviews of withholding and VAT schedules, consistently meeting statutory deadlines with zero penalties.• Consolidated data required for sustainability reporting for Nigerian operations.

• Managed various companies' accounting and financial records, ensuring accurate and timely transactions, reviewing financial documents, preparing reports, supporting audits, and collaborating on tax calculations.• Conducted financial statement reviews, proposing adjustments, reviewing client policies, and supporting fixed asset verification, all to ensure compliance with IFRS and prepare accurate restated financial statements.• Managed all aspects of marketing and logistics for external corporate training, including developing and updating materials, facilitating communication with senior colleagues, and incorporating company feedback to improve the training model.

• Prepared monthly performance reports for business unit heads to provide insight on the performance of each unit.• Managed financial data by preparing weekly receivables reports, ensuring accurate and timely transactions, reconciling accounts, and processing monthly payroll while keeping HR informed of staffing changes.• Oversee and provided technical guidance to junior colleagues on assigned responsibilities.

• Analyzed bank data to identify withholding tax compliance issues with savings, current and fixed deposit accounts, and recommended recovery strategies to federal and state revenue services. • Provided supervisory functions on the task assigned to junior colleagues and review reports delivered by team members for accuracy and completeness.