Dave Malechi OGWU, CFE
**** ***** ***** *****, *************, GA 30044 acqhob@r.postjobfree.com 404-***-****
Fraud Examiner/Financial Analyst
Summary of Skills
Professional Fraud Examiner, Investment Banker and Financial Analyst, skilled in investment consulting, assets misappropriations fraud examination, corporate performance measurements, including commercial banking procedures, loans and securities counseling. A very strong team player with exceptional leadership skills backed by good education, written and oral communication qualities.
Relevant Qualities:
Strong corporate assets misappropriation fraud recovery and fraud policy implementation skills.
Informed investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
Investigated financial statements fraud and expert opinion consulting.
Present oral or written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations and entire industries.
Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
Professional Experience
Flowers Foods, 2900 Rolling pin Lane, Suwanee, GA, 30024, 06/ 2010 - Date
Compliance Associate:
Performed assets misappropriation controls, supply customers’ price audit and compliance confirmation, unscheduled contractors sites visits, pre-hire and post hire information verifications.
Followed fraud prevention policies, Associates travel reimbursements claims, receipts confirmations and retirement verifications, verified incidences reports, interviewed frauds and all forms of corporate breaches suspects.
Ensured order productions to customers’ specifications, supervising supervisors/operators compliance to standards, checking record books and timely shipment of orders to customer.
Performed production equipment running statistics, analysis of production variances, carried out products shelf-life tests and products quality control.
Observing employee work rules compliance, ingredients codes verifications, approvals/rejection of substandard products for dumping and preparing report of findings for management action.
Edward Jones Investments, Atlanta, GA 04/ 2007 – 06/2010
Investment Analyst
Investment Research Analyst/ Investment Advisory Services
Worked closely with third party money managers, portfolio managers, sales directors, and financial advisors.
Reported and discussed the Global Investment Committee’s strategic and tactical asset allocation models and make recommendations to financial advisors, created customized proposals that meet the client’s objectives.
Analyzed and investigated financial statements laundry fraud to determine hidden losses
Acted as the liaison between Edward Jones and other groups financial advisors, and Investment Advisory Research by providing manager selection guidelines.
Researched the universe of investment options, both on-platform and off-platform for separately managed accounts, mutual funds, exchange traded funds and alternative investments for financial advisors.
Partnered with firms top advisors in meetings and conference calls to discuss asset allocation changes, and investment manager recommendation for existing and prospective clients.
Supported my principals in trading activities and general office administration
Reviewed clients’ investment portfolios and recommended actions for implementation
Carried out stock market analysis and reviews that supported informed investment decisions
OSI Portfolio, Duluth, GA 09/2006 – 04/ 2007
Vice President, Portfolio performance and Investment Management
Developed Investment policy statements using the information provided by the clients, to determine the appropriate risk-return profile that matches their investment goals and objectives
Developed strategic asset allocation models using advanced financial applications in creating optimized asset allocation blends, proposals, Monte Carlo analysis, attribution and overlap analysis reports.
Recommended and provided manager search analysis from the list of approved money managers that meet the client’s goals and objectives.
Provided an on-going quarterly performance monitor, researched discrepancies and recommended necessary adjustments to the managed account operations.
Provided training to the Financial Advisors during branch visits on the various resources available within the Consulting Group’s platform.
Greenwich Trust Ltd. 02/2004 – 09/2006
Head, Capital Market Group
Headed Ondo State and Ekiti state joint portfolio assets holding evaluation and sharing
Met regularly with Ondo state and Ekiti state governments treasury representatives
Carried out branch operations management, financial advisory Services, portfolio management
Actively participated in various financial products marketing, preparation of new issues prospectus and Registrars Management
Prepared periodic departmental reports for board meetings and decision metrics.
Evaluated quarterly instructional investors’ portfolio performance and recommended actions.
Met with 15 to 20 portfolio managers to discuss portfolio construction, investment philosophy and attributions.
General office administration, staff appraisals, evaluation of training needs and promotions
Indemnity Finance Limited 12/ 2001 – 02/2004
Head, Capital Market Group
Registered with SEC/NSE and operated Indemnity Finance as its pioneer Chief Operating Officer
Reported to the joint board of 16 insurance companies that own Indemnity Finance
Provided capital market data and statistical analysis to support informed investment decisions to financial advisors.
Performed Weekly Corporate Financial planning Strategies, Marketing of primary market issues
Stock market and investment advisory services
Training of new hires and supervising 17 employees
IMB Securities PLC 04/1995 – 12/2001
Head, Credit/Corporate Finance Units
Prepared IPOs documents, Wholesale and retail dealing in stocks, offered investment advisory services and management of over 1500 investors’ accounts
Marketed institutional investors, corporate and high net-worth customers for stocks purchase including commercial papers and
Supervised office compliance with regulatory authorities’ filings.
IMB Securities PLC, Officer, Corporate Finance 06/1986 – 04/1995
Prepared IPOs documents, studied and trained as stockbroker (trainee)
Prepared import documents for trade financing.
Performed capital market research and product marketing
Certification and Training:
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) # 653867 Current
Investment Banking Institute, Atlanta 10/ 2010 – 11/2010
Four weeks intensive training:
Studied financial statements analysis and valuations, using comparable companies, precedent transactions and discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis,
Sell side; buy side mergers & acquisition, dilution models and pitching presentations
Education
MBA, Economic crime & fraud management, Utica College, Utica, N.Y 05/ 2013
MBA (Finance Management) Lagos State University, Lagos Nigeria 09/ 1998
ACS (Certification) Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria 02/ 1997
BS Economics/Sociology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 06/ 1998
GED, Nigeria Model High School, Lagos, Nigeria 09/ 1982
Awards
2010 Group Analyst of the year
2006 Company Analyst of the year
IT Experience: Expert proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint M-Search, Zephyr Asset Allocation, PSN (Plan Sponsor Network), Thompson Portfolio Analytics and Morningstar.