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 ROI optimisation.• 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.• Maintain and update revenue, margin, marketing analysis packs, pricing, and valuation models every month, enhancing management's ability to make informed decisions. • Compile detailed business unit financial reports, including rolling forecast updates and variance analysis for marketing and sales teams, reducing reporting time by 37%.• Streamline the accounting team's reporting processes by modifying existing templates, reducing the reporting timeline from 14 days to 6 days, achieving a 57%-time reduction.

• 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.• Collaborated with sales and marketing teams to evaluate pricing simulations, ensuring higher profit margins upon adoption while maintaining high product quality and patronage.• Partnered with the IT department to optimise ledger data access, increasing data accuracy and timeliness of reconciliation.• Supported the preparation of financial statements and guaranteed GAAP compliance and alignment with the company policy standards.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop financial models and pricing strategies, enhancing decision-making processes by 18%.

• 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 for the assigned area.• 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.• Streamlined financial processes by conducting monthly bank reconciliations, facilitating accurate accrual-based accounting, and delivering precise journal entries.• Spearheaded the development and implementation of innovative financial solutions, preparing insightful cash flow reports that offered liquidity insights to stakeholders, contributing to a 10% increase in business performance and sustainable growth.

Mba - Business Analytics, Business Analytics

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Accounting

Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Accounting