Rasheed Yusuf Email & Phone Number

Block D, House 6, Wema Terrace House, Osborne, Ikoyi - Lagos

I currently report to the Group Managing Director on all the Group Accounting and Financial responsibilities, supervise financial records update, developing and assist in making strategic financial plan to make use of limited resources, ensure that spending are controlled to approved level in discharge of responsibilities to clientele by Project Managers, instituting tracking in funds disbursement for projects executions accordance to Bills of Quantities, Identifying, developing and obtaining fund suitable for group business propositions for growth initiatives, conduct and review detailed management and construction analysis to ensure ongoing success and efficiency for projects, perform key duties in project controls, project report, windfall/shortfall project cost back and working capital management to meet obligations, monitors project loan management, fund retirements benchmark and watch list statutory matters within the group for tax management and compliance. Since joining the company, I am instrumental in start-up, developed; Improved and standardize the group accounting records and financial reporting; Manage the liquidity gap between accounts receivables and payable for fund availability and optimization; Regularize arrears incomplete records to standardize accounting and financial reporting for internal and external users; Update and manage remittance of arrears statutory obligations and perform key duties in fund controls, meeting financial obligations by monitoring of banking exposures; Facilitate project fund retirement benchmark from project managers on clients construction stages; Obtained local and offshore funding from Banks for various private hostel developments scheme projects on build, operate and transfer at Nigeria Universities; Engaged in knowledge sharing, coaching, training, and re-training of staffers for competencies assurance and conduct project work in progress valuation for inclusion to financial reporting and external audit assignments

Nigeria

31B, Raymond Njoku Street, S.W. Ikoyi – Lagos

I developed and build-up the entire financial and reporting process of the company from scratch in line with accounting practices for taking an informed decision by Management caused prioritization of spending by reporting on the company’s vessels hire and financial obligations on vessels delivery operations, oil tankers time charter, voyage charter, and administration. Ensure effective treasury and cash management to ensure remittance of funds to foreign ship owners based on charter party, developed financial budget and performance reporting, Act as authorizer and signatory to company’s bank account on limits, driving compliance on taxes due to both state and federal government, prescribe and institute control safeguards on finance and accounting process, roll out draft statutory reporting for external audit engagement and activate appropriate cut-off for adoption in financial reporting. As energetic Manager – Finance, before leaving the company, I achieved the following milestones;• I launched various financial reports through Information Technology intervention to guide management and the first time ever to produce full-year auditable management account in compliance with statutory audit requirement without a hitch• I achieved accelerated cash inflow from receivables for main treasury activities and manages clients delightedly• I turnaround the company’s bottom line in the second year of operation to profit by support to turnover growth of =N=4b representing 370% of the comparative with retained earnings gradual build-up• I was able to progressively part-owned a vessel from a fund generated (over $1m) without external credit and commenced a holistic report on bunkering per vessel for cost monitoring• I guided management at the operational meeting on vessels hire concentration risk and the possible effect on liquidity • I discovered through due diligence, escalated and recovered $50,000 wired to the principal without due process

Plot 270, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos

As outstanding risk officer, I was co-opted to conduct due diligence on the bank risk assets and loan monitoring reports, review of allocated loans and overdrafts credits availed bank-wide under product programs, credit approval memorandum and other credit products rapidly for high lightening of exception for timely regularization by responsible officers in over 400 branches, participated in reorganization of risk assets by product types for accuracy regarding expiry date, interest rate and un-dropped loans. I review and report on excess, expired facilities, past-due obligations and establish contact for timely regularization, activates sanction in conjunction with internal control division on exceptions and temporary overdraft facilities not regularized, Monitoring of advance payment guarantee disbursements, in line with approved conditions, dynamics, and escalation of exceptions in the south bank, populate and database collateral types of facilities availed in the south bank for collateral adequacy coverage review and reporting on inadequacy for collateral upgrade. He achieved the followings at the bank;• I reduced income leakage (averaging =$25,000 per month) by liaising with credit control on review of facilities account for cycle renewals and activates turnover shortfalls commission on customer account in line with covenanted turnover•I performed review of material classified accounts in the south bank to support recovery drive by responsible officers and suggested other monitoring reports on Finacle to Information Technology division for 100% implementation based on prior experience to improve credit monitoring framework • I was able to bring large no of credit bookings with un-dropped loan exceptions first time ever by leveraging on credit monitoring technique gained from prior bank • I earned excellent A rating - 90% on confirmation appraisal based on his positive contributions to credit monitoring unit within the short period

Credit Monitoring, Credit Risk Management, Group Risk Office, 57, Marina – Lagos

For Bank robustness credit monitoring, I was deployed to undertake daily download of loans and overdrafts availed bank-wide in over 700 branches, from both Finacle and Finnone. I commenced daily disbursement review based on product programs approval platform, credit approval memorandum, and credit availment tickets, review documentation of facilities availed bank-wide to ensure compliance with Risk Assessment Criteria, bank policies, and procedures. Collation of unauthorized availment; defective approval; operational lapses; collateral deficiencies and income leakages to ensure timely regularization by responsible officers, statistical analysis of credit bookings, report summary of infractions and reporting, recommended sanctions to the Human Resource dept. as per the bank sanction grid for exceptions not regularized within the timeline, participated in product review and issuing a report to top management on product performance, classification ratio analysis, global limit product portfolio monitoring, credit product utilization and making recommendations on credit product review. Proposed classification of facilities accounts that remained un- regularized in line with Central Bank of Nigeria prudential guidelines on a monthly basis.• Due to start-up and turnaround competence, he was moved to spearhead the activities of income assurance unit for monitoring of periodic fees as at when due on facilities account and achieved an average of $50,000 monthly • Deployed sensitization technique bank-wide to relationship officers and managers to educate them with the view to prevent and minimize infractions to bank credit policies and violation of credit risk assessment criteria• Achieved significant impact in the reduction of infractions, by bringing into bear the combination of his experience inside-out. • Earned combined exceptional and outstanding rating at division level based on his deliverable as concurred by Divisional General Manager before leaving the bank

3, Watch Tower Avenue, Shomolu, Onipanu, Lagos

I supervise the financial reporting functions and reporting to Managing Director on the company’s confidential projects; Coordinate treasury management functions to achieve optimal working capital; Building and sustaining of major relationship for business continuity and performing a credit control function: Assist budget committee and implemented budget mandate; Established and applied financial control safeguards to accounting systems: Ensure statutory reporting compliance; Conduct assets register function as signatory to all bank accounts; Source for appropriate bank funding on need basis and champion statutory audit support functions.As a multicultural leader, I impacted positively within the multinational company, owned by the sub-regional body of five West African countries the followings: Reduced inventory loss by conducting physical verification to materials on the production floor to guarantee compliance with recommended measures across a various cadre of workers and sections; Anchored various banking needs by identifying capital source on the company’s behalf to bridge liquidity on needy basis, manages default risk and leverage on lease arrangement options to acquire income bearing assets; I migrated the accounting and financial reporting process from manual to computerized accounting system. This aided the generation of various financial reports; Save about 14% on the cost of paper material through collaborated indenting with the third party; Engaged, trained and mentor deputy to the leadership position of Financial Controller in the organization; Conclude dealing with Federal Revenue Service for vacating vat remittance status for the company by proofing on educational legislation provision; Collapsed and merge self-reporting and unprofitable unit within the company to save 20% of the unprofitable unit overheads, Won CEO award on proactive skills after completion of Bullet Proof Manager training in 2005.

41, Commercial Avenue, Sabo –Yaba, Lagos

Upon joining the firm, due to the exigency for the team lead, I quickly took the lead role, being the most qualified but not most experienced to facilitate the audit of small and medium-size engagements based on acquired professional knowledge. This further gave me more professional experience and exposures in audit, consultancy, financial and tax management with my interface with Partners. I supervise juniors and seniors on audit engagements, tax advisory, and tax management to clients, Coordinate production of bankable documents and feasibility reports to clients; Strategize audit approach thorough analytical review on audit engagement; Led production of Management domestic reports writing after conclusion of audit assignment; Finalizing audited accounts; Led financial consulting assignment; Identify cost control area and recommendations in client operational areas; Conducting investigation assignment and due diligence which has impacted positively on client processes.As audit lead, made some of the following milestones:• Defend clients before tax authorities to minimize their tax liability in accordance with tax statues; • Participated in investigations assignment and recovered assets and fund misappropriated• Reduced client billing on time spent on engagement and improved service rotation leading to client retention• Improved quality of work papers by applying flow references to aid review process by partners in-charge• Save clients operational cost through the recommendation of alternative procurement options

21, Ereko Street, Lagos Island

As direct report to Assistant General Manager (Finance and Investment) in early part of my career, I was entrusted with keeping of petty cash; Posting and coding of daily financial transactions to computer vouchers; Vetting of computer-generated reports with computer vouchers to guarantee that they are error-free; Analysis of deposits and investments maturity profiles and escalation of liquidity gap; Preparation of staff payrolls and reconciliation of head office/branches account and assist in preparation of Monthly returns to Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to fulfill statutory requirements on a monthly basis. Perform cashiering functions diligently without shortage.