Princewill Iese Akika

 AKIKA IESE PRINCEWILL Add: H2-2 Mutual Alpha Court Estate Iponri, Lagos state. TEL-.- PERSONAL PROFILE_____________________________ I am an experienced chartered Accountant, a highly driven and intelligent individual with excellent Finance and Audit skills. I am result-oriented and a focused achiever with strong analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills. I am focused in contributing my experiences in building an Organization’s finance team and building systems to manage the finance function of a company towards achieving more productivity. I was able to achieve a more efficient utilization and management of working capital in companies I have worked for, i have also been able to clean accounting records thereby giving companies clean accounting records and also built a working system and processes. In the area of taxation, I have also been able to write off up to 80% tax liabilities arising from tax audits in company where I worked. CORE COMPETENCIES_____________________________ *Financial statement analysis *Microsoft office Proficiency *Vendor management *Account reconciliation *Analytical reasoning *Financial Reporting *Strong organizational skills *Flexible Team Player *Working capital management *Retail Pro Proficiency *Quickbooks and Sage proficiency *Inventory Management *Budgeting *Treasury Management *Strong internal control skills *Cost Accounting EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS____________________ Gatimo Limited Aug 2019 – Till Date Head of Finance and Accountants My day to day activity requires me giving finance strategy and direction to the business, ensure efficient utilization of working capital and i was able to secure a single digit interest rate loan from the bank through the CBN. Job Description/ Achievements: Responsible for the management of the entire finance functions Preparation, presentation and defending of monthly management account Develop finance strategies that supports the business objective Supports learning and development initiatives through internal training of staff. Managing Treasury, Tax and Insurance risk portfolio of the business. Responsible for working capital and long-term funding issues. Responsible for preparing, monitoring and reporting annual budget and quarterly forecasts. Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports that support business decisions and direction through leading and lagging indicators. Managing stakeholders’ relationship including regulators, external auditors etc. Responsible for the finance functions of other subsidiaries in the group such as Gatimo Apparel Ltd, Betti O Foundation and I Share Cuz I Care. Synlab Nigeria Limited Aug 2018 – Aug 2019 Financial/Management Accountant Job Description/Achievements: Responsible for preparing the consolidated monthly Management Pack Monitoring and maintaining the integrity of the General Ledger. Manage the treasury and payable operations Manages the company Tax Manages pension and regulatory compliance Manage the company payroll Monitoring and assessing the working capital arrangement of the company Monitor the actual cost of OPEX and CAPEX to ensure control and providing periodic reporting. Supervise store and Inventory Management Monitoring spending and recommending ways to cut down cost. HealthPlus Limited Jan 2018 – Aug 2018 Finance Payable/Inventory (Team lead) Job Description/Achievements: Ensure all posting of branch petty cash have been entered into the books and also check postings with hard copy vouchers to confirm accuracy. Assist in the preparation of the financial statement through the provision of payables figures liable during a period. Monitor the Cashbook postings and check for accuracy and completeness. Monitoring of general ledger accounts. Calculation of working capital requirement Review and signing off on bank reconciliation schedules. Preparation of weekly/monthly cash budget Review fund utilization report and also identify variances between actual funds expended and with amount budgeted Inventory Management Ensure strict adherence to the budget. HealthPlus Limited Aug 2016 – Jan 2018 Finance Officer Job Description/Achievements: Maintain and manage of petty cash records and finance of branches. Enter all income and expenditure transactions into accounting system. Reconcile bank, control and other accounts. Contribute to the preparation of annual organizational and project budgets Contribute to the preparation of monthly income and expenditure statements and budget comparison and cash flow reports. Prepare and enter journal entries and adjustments into the accounting system Prepare financial year end schedules, including debtors and creditors, and ensure all accounting requirements, up to and including trial balance, are complete Liaise with and assist external auditor in respect of annual financial statements Process banking: including deposits and daybook Process all Petty Cash reconciliations on a weekly basis, or as required, including issuing cheques to float custodians Responsible for management of payables. HealthPlus Limited 2015 - 2016 Internal Audit Job Description/Achievements: Assessing risk factors to identify high risk areas within the organization. Contributing to the formulation of audit policies and procedures in accordance with generally accepted audit principles and standard Conducting regular reviews of operational and accounting system and practices to identify weakness and make suitable recommendations for improvement Ensuring reliability and sufficiency of the financial and management information generated by and furnished for the use of the company Undertaking special assignments and ad-hoc activities as may be required by management. Conducting pre-audit of transactions in order to ensure the authenticity of these transactions and their compliance with established standard operating procedures. Conducting special investigations based on available information to resolve. Monitoring and reviewing procedure and financial breaches in internal systems. Evaluating the state of internal control arrangements in the company; and make recommendations to ensure management of their continued adequacy and appropriateness Maintaining contact and interaction with External Auditors to the company Ensure that cash sales for the previous day are reconciled. Inventory Management. Achievements: Identification of high risk areas Making recommendations on identified risk and mitigating them Reduction of company’s shrinkage level. Successful departmental Audit carried out. Helped the organization in reducing cost. EDUCATION____________________________ ACA (Associate Chartered Account), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, 2018 B.sc Accounting, University of Jos, (Second class upper 3.80), 2010 -2014 ‘A’ Level Certificate, University of Jos,- SSCE, Command Secondary School Jos,-