Vanessa Okechi, Acca, Mba Email & Phone Number

Kitchener, ON, CA

Ontario, Canada

• Spearhead business planning and mid-year forecasting processes by collaborating between business teams, the finance department, and the Central FP&A team to generate assessed plans.
• Pioneer transformative reporting enhancements, identifying avenues for automation, integrating fresh data and insights, and crafting advanced BI dashboards.
• Actively enhance business understanding of portfolio performance across business, encompassing business profitability analysis, margin performance evaluation, consumption trends analysis, and marketing efficiency and.
• Conduct portfolio profitability analysis for 8 brands, identifying growth opportunities and profitability drivers, with a 15% improvement in data-driven insights.
• Develop financial models for competitive analysis, revenue forecasting, margin analysis, and pricing simulations using Excel and Power BI, contributing to strategic decision-making with a 20% increase in accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess the financial feasibility of new product launches, leading to well-informed decisions and successful launches, reducing potential risks.

• Facilitated continuous improvement initiatives within the business unit, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance internal processes and reporting and disseminating innovative concepts throughout the FP&A teams.
• Diligently tracked localisation costs across all Lines of Business (LOBs) for various financial planning cycles, assessing variance drivers for review by business development managers.
• Championed diverse projects, including assessing and designing process improvements, implementing and testing new systems, and conducting in-depth analysis of unusual financial anomalies.
• Analysed general ledger transactions and bill of material composition, resulting in a 15% increase in gross margin for product lines in franchise stores.
• Developed and maintained financial models, improving forecasting accuracy by 10% for the commercial and supply chain departments.
• Conducted research and due diligence for franchise location acquisitions, contributing to successful financial outcomes and reduced acquisition risks.

• Reassessed previous financial and business cases and reviewed actual performance compared to projections, drawing out reasons for variances.
• Compiled, evaluated, and consolidated results and crafted pivotal reports, including annual cost and expense budgets, cost rates, cost and expense forecasts, monthly utilisation analyses, and gross profit assessments.
• Identified and implemented robust controls, streamlined efficiencies, and refined procedures to guarantee precise and punctual reporting of financial information in adherence to group deadlines.
• Conducted an in-depth cost summary analysis and tax return filing, reducing errors and improving invoice preparation efficiency by 20%.
• Monitored clients' accounts and conducted regular account reconciliation operations, achieving a 15% reduction in outstanding vendor account discrepancies.
• Prepared and issued timely statements for customers with overdue invoices, enhancing customer relations and reducing payment delays.

Mba - Business Analytics, Business Analytics

Activities and Societies: Student Ambassador

Accounting

Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Accounting