Francis olora

OLORA FRANCIS OLAYEMI Personal data - No 7 Jimoh Ajao Street Igando Lagos - E-mail:-- Tel:-,- – DOB 5th December 1976 PROFILE A qualified Accountant with more than 5 years well-rounded experience cutting across financial accounting, regulatory and statutory reporting, business planning, and performance management and reporting, gained from key players in financial service industries. Highly motivated, creative and growth oriented professional with extraordinary multitasking, learning and team-playing skills and strong ability to adapt quickly and effectively to a dynamic environment. Excellent analytical, presentation and communication skills. TECHNICAL SUMMARY • • • • • Financial Accounting: Account set-up, GL review, P&L, Balance Sheet reconciliation, and year-end account preparation. Management Accounting: monthly accounts reporting with detailed analysis and commentaries, budgeting and forecasting, financial information support for business units. Statutory & Regulatory Accounting: Preparation & rendition of returns, coordination of statutory audits, regulatory examinations and due diligence exercises, handling of queries, compliance monitoring. Processes, Systems & Project Management: Work plan creation, management and execution, identify risks affecting work progress and possible solutions, status reporting, people management. Applications Used: Peachtree, Quick book, busy, retail man, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, MS PowerPoint. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hub Mart June 2018- Present Branch Manager ➢ Lead and motivate the store team to increase sales and ensure efficiency. ➢ Manage the store’s stock levels – Make key decisions about stock level and stock control. ➢ Achieving growth and hitting sales targets by successfully managing the sales team Designing and implementing a strategic sales plan that expands company’s customer base and ensure it’s strong presence ➢ Analyze sales figures – Utilize it to record sales figures for data analysis and forward forecasts. Analyze and interprete trends to facilitate planning. ➢ Meet with customers to discuss their evolving needs and to assess the quality of our company's relationship Prince Ebeano Supermarket January 2017- May 2018 Branch Manager ➢ Improve profit and attain sales target of the supermarket ➢ Deal with all complaints, queries, and other related customer service issues ➢ Organize training, orientation, and supervise all departmental managers ➢ Oversee receiving orders and stock control ➢ Assign and schedule tasks for specific employees and also follow up on the results they generate ➢ Appraise, monitor, and plan tasks to be given to individual staff members ➢ Discipline, counsel, and coach employees to maintain positive result generation ➢ Initiate corrective actions, analyze variance, schedule expenditure, and prepare annual budget aside achieving other financial objectives of the organization ➢ Maintain inventories and approve contracts to ensure consistent availability of the required services and merchandise Hutoos Super Store July 2016-January 2017 Consultant ➢ Study trends, authorize clearance sales and also determine all required sales promotions ➢ Review merchandising by formulating pricing policies ➢ Identify profitability ratio by studying financial statements and operating statements ➢ Study display plans, sale promotion, and advertising towards marketing merchandise in a profitable manner. Your Essential Store (YES) July 2015- June 2016 Branch Manager Handling of operational, organizational and managerial responsibilities of the branch. Primarily reviewing, motivating, coaching, controlling and planning the activities of the branch. ➢ Carry out organizational goals, policies and procedures ➢ Direct and oversee the branch’s financial and budgetary activities ➢ Innovate by applying new technologies and concepts in the workplace ➢ Negotiate or approve contracts and agreements ➢ Processing new product applications and other documentation, Merchandising & Stock Management ➢ Analyze financial statements, sales reports and other performance indicators ➢ Facilitate/assist in training the team; utilize relevant manuals/tool kit trainings as necessary ➢ Effectively communicate goals and objectives to the team Your Essential Store (YES) February 2015- June 2015 Internal Auditor Provides support to department activities with specific responsibility for ensuring that overall fiscal policies, practices and/or regulations meet compliance requirements; completing audits and reviews of the store processes, procedures and methodologies; developing and monitoring internal controls; conducting audits of internal funds; evaluating the degree of internal control exercised by each key staff and providing updated procedures and work aids for store staff. ➢ Working with trustees and management to ensure a system is in place which ensures that all major risks of the company are identified and analyzed, on an annual basis ➢ To plan, organize and carry out the internal audit function including the preparation of an audit plan which fulfills the responsibility of the department, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs ➢ Reporting to management on the policies, programmes and activities of the departments ➢ Coordinating coverage with the external auditors and ensure that each party is not only aware of the other's work but also well briefed on areas of concern ➢ Making recommendations on the systems and procedures being reviewed, report on the findings and recommendations and monitor management's response and implementation Flourish Nutrition February 2010 – 2015 Accountant Assessing the performance of the company by using common financial ratios, also monitoring the profitability, cash flow and non-financial factors such as staff turnover and customer satisfaction. Reporting to the Managing Director in regards to the following: ➢ Preparation of staff payroll, clients Ledger books bank/cashbook, profit and loss account ➢ Handling the procurement of raw materials and vitamins, Negotiation with clients ➢ Co-ordination of sale rep stocks, Handling re-order level of all products Desert Wings Travels GSA Afriqiyah Airways February 2005 – December 2009 Accountant Reporting to the Managing Director in regards to the following: ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ Recording the Incoming Cheques and Cash of the Company, Reconciling the Cashbook and Bank Statements Responsible for all Refunds and Compilation of various station Sales and expenses Computing and Complying of Aviation Tax and Payroll Administration/Management Act as an Interface Between the GM Afriqiyah Airways and the MD Desert Wings Travels Preparation of financial and other operational aviation reports and Disbursement and collection of rents, fees on behalf of GSA. Academic qualifications DIPLOMA Operations Management ALISON 2015 DIPLOMA Designing & Implementing Monitoring & Evaluation Systems ALISON 2015 DIPLOMA Children Studies ALISON 2015 B.SC (Hons) Accounting University of Ado-Ekiti 1999 – 2003 OND Accountancy Ondo State Polytechnic Owo- WAEC St. Theresa Seminary Oke Are- Professional Affiliations Graduate Member, Nigerian Institute of Management Chartered (NIM) - 2004 Member, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)-2008 Associate, Institute of Company and Commercial Accountants of Nigeria (ICCA) -2004 Professional Training Planning and Implementation of Organisational Change (NIM) 2008 Project Management Certification Course (PMP & PRINCE2 Methodologies) (AGILE P3)-2015 References - Available on request