Accounting Manager

Tanko Abdul-Rashid Yakubu BS, MBA, ACA, CFE, CPA

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Lawrenceville, GA 30045

Phone 678-***-**** Email: **********@*****.*** (most reliable)

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

An accomplished accounting and financial professional with over 27 years of experience in the banking, brokerage, financial, information technology, telecommunications and industrial engines sectors. Results oriented analyst with excellent organizational and communications skills .A professional with a strong track record in leadership and a diverse financial and management experience.

EDUCATION:

Professional/Vocational:

Becker Conviser CPA Review Course, Alpharetta GA - January – April 2003

Passed CPA exams November 2003

College:

MBA (Finance) May 1999 – Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA USA

BS (Accounting ) June 1987 – University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

LICENSES/AFFILIATIONS:

Certified Fraud Examiner Dec 2010

Certified Public Accountant – State of Georgia Dec 2008

Certified Public Accountant – State of Colorado May 2004

Associate-Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana Sept 1995

Final Certificate-Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria June 1993

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, MAS 90 Accounting Software, FAS Asset Accounting, NCR 9020 GL System, Bank Master Banking Application, CYMA GL System, ADP Payroll System, Peachtree Accounting, Report Smith, Crystal Reports, Drake Tax Software & QuickBooks.

Oracle Financials (GL, FA, AP, AR, PO, iProcurement, iSupplier, iExpense, OM, Inventory), SAP-Functional (GL, AP, AR, AA, MM), Max Saber Tax Software, Turbo Tax, Hyperion

Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant. Oracle Financial Functional Consultant with more than 12 years' of post qualification work experience involved in Oracle Apps Implementations, upgrades, migration, support.

Oracle Apps E-Business Suite 11i & R12. Having good working knowledge of General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payables (AP), Accounts Receivables (AR), Purchase Order (PO), iProcurement, iSupplier, iExpense, Sub ledger Accounting (SLA), Multi Org Access Control (MOAC), Fixed Assets (FA), Order Management (OM), Inventory, Cash Management (CM) and Oracle HR.

SAP (General Ledger module)

ACCOUNTING EXPERTISE/KEY SKILLS:

Cash Book Management, Bank Books, Posting to various Ledger Accounts, Payroll, Trial Balance, P&L Statement, Balance Sheet, Calculate Commissions of the sales by executives, Compliance with Audit Issues, Preparing Journal Vouchers, PDC Management (Maintained and managed huge volumes of Post Dated Checks) and Banking. Prepare Checks as per invoices.

Reconciliations – Accounts Receivable (Reconciled for a volume of over 2500+ Customers), Accounts Payable (Reconciled 1500+ Creditors), Bank (Reconciled heavy volumes of transactions with different accounts with various banks including Multi Currency Reconciliations). Credit card Accounts.

Trial Balance, P&L and Balance Sheet – Identify the areas of errors while posting into various ledgers and rectifying them to produce accurate accounting info. Proficient in preparing Final Accounts.

MIS – Generate and Analysis of: A/R Ageing, A/P Ageing, Cash Flow, Comparative Budget statements, P&L, Payroll, Trial Balance and Inventory reports. Other conceptive Financial Reports as required. Prepare and submit statutory reports.

Familiar with various Accounting Standards (Revenue Recognition, Depreciation Accounting etc)

PUBLICATIONS:

Investigating the day-of-the-week stock return for 1995

MBA Dissertation 1999

Current Cost Accounting – Extent of use and reporting by companies in Lagos

Undergraduate dissertation 1987

EXPERIENCE:

Tamaha Consulting LLC, Lawrenceville, GA 07/2016 – Date

Tax and Accounting Practitioner

Individual and Corporate tax preparation using TaxWise software.

Bookkeeping and accounting using Quickbooks and Peachtree Accounting.

General business advisory services in bankruptcies, divorce, company incorporation and management.

Cummins Inc, Nashville, TN 07/2015 – 07/2016

Accountant

Responsible for Inter-Company accounts payable reconciliation.

Responsible for month end close for AP intercompany activities.

General ledger reconciliation after month end close.

Daily accounts payable activities like invoice entering, supplier management and update.

Special projects to resolve accounting issues.

Manheim, Atlanta, GA 08/2014 – 12/2014

Oracle 12i ERP/EBS QA Tester/Quality Assurance

Studied, analysed, designed and implemented Oracle APPS 11/12i PO, AP, iProc, iSupplier, iExpenses, AR,

GL, FA, OM and AME Workflow.

Reviewed as-is business process and prepared to-be (new) process flows for multiple business scenarios.

Involved in testing Requisition, Purchase Order, Expenses and Invoice Approval Process.

Prepared Functional, Setup, Business Requirement and Use Case documents.

Heavily involved in Testing Migration, R12 Patches and CCR (Change Requests).

Verizon Wireline, Alpharetta, Georgia 11/2006- 07/2014

Senior Accountant

Responsible for the monthly/quarterly/annual revenue closing process of seven billing platforms with total value of $500 million

Perform general ledger reconciliation and resolve outstanding issues using SAP GL module.

Perform deferred and accrued income reconciliations.

Perform revenue reconciliations for seven billing platforms.

Ensuring that revenue recognition issues are addressed from a technical accounting perspective in regulatory standards and Verizon Wireline internal accounting policies.

Research and resolve A/R and revenue recognition issues

Document accounting procedures and suggest process improvements and enhancements.

Preparation of supporting schedules and special projects.

Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) testing.

8 years of continuous use of SAP general ledger module.

Banc of America Capital, Tucker, Georgia 11/2003 – 10/2006

Operations Analyst

Daily cash analysis and reporting and investigation of unidentified cash receipts.

General ledger reconciliation.

Assist in month end closings.

General accounting functions including accounts payable.

Responsible for year end 1099 reporting.

Preparation of Lease payoff quotations, lease bookings and responsible for terminating bought out equipment from the books.

Software Technical Services, Inc. Alpharetta, Georgia 07/1997 – 11/2003

CONTROLLER (12/2000 – 11/2003)

Responsible for the accounting and financial activities of the company so as to ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial information.

Designing adequate internal controls to safeguard and protect the assets of the company and performance of the internal audit function.

Supervised the payroll function to ensure accuracy and minimise errors.

General ledger maintenance/updates, month-end close, year-end close, journal entries, fixed asset depreciation and general ledger reconciliation.

The preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements to highlight important trends and advise management accordingly.

Perform budgetary control functions and strategic planning by way of annual budgets and business plan.

Responsible for the preparation of cash flow projections.

Monthly commission review and calculations.

Inter-company reconciliation.

Supervised the billing function to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Monitoring key indicators that address the financial and operating strengths of the business.

Responding to the information needs of company management, lenders, CPAs and investors.

Direct supervision of personnel in the accounting department including their training and professional development.

ASST. CONTROLLER (07/1997 - 11/2000)

Responsible for preparing month-end and year-end financial statements.

Assist in the quarterly and yearly external audits.

Perform cost control functions by verifying bills, reconciling vendor accounts and negotiating hard with vendors.

Reorganized the accounts payable division that resulted in the reduction of monthly controllable expenses by 45 percent.

Perform monthly bank reconciliation for all company accounts.

Accounts Receivable Functions:

Perform collection of delinquent receivables, reconciliation of all client accounts and resolving collection problems.

Overseeing the daily research and application of cash receipts from asset-based lending accounts.

Perform billing functions using MAS90 accounting software. Customers billed according to billing cycle stated in the contract.

Preparation of month-end reports like cash flow reports and aged receivable reports reconciled to that of factoring financial institution.

The Trust Bank Ltd., Accra, Ghana 11/1994 – 4/1996

ASST. MANAGER-INTERNAL AUDIT

As the Head of Internal Audit, planned and executed the audit of departments, branches and financial/banking products and reported to the management committee on weekly basis.

Developed and implemented programs and controls to manage risks.

Fixed asset management including asset tracking, acquisition, disposal and retirement.

Wrote very technical reports and initiated and implemented internal control procedures that improved the efficiency of delivering banking services.

Overhauled the accounting procedures of the bank and proposed a change in the method of accounting for foreign exchange transactions to be in line with the international standards and which was implemented with the backing of management.

Performed investigation of bank frauds and helped in reducing the incidence of bank frauds to a minimum.

Supervised the verification of telex/wire transfers and reviewed the work of 7 subordinates.

Icon Ltd. (Merchant Bankers), Lagos, Nigeria 6/1987 – 10/1994

ASST. MANAGER-ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Performed general accounting functions like maintenance of original books of entry.

Postings to the GL & extraction of trial balance.

Preparation of monthly financials.

Preparation of bank and inter-company reconciliation.

Single-handedly computerized the reconciliation of bank accounts.

Designed and implemented the payroll system in the brokerage arm of the bank.

Performed budgetary control functions and liaised with both the external and internal auditors.

Solely responsible for preparing bank returns for regulatory bodies like the Reserve Bank and Deposit Insurance Corporation.

REFERENCES:

Name Telephone Position Organization Email

Cindy Howard 678-***-**** Manager Verizon Comm. **********@***.***

Sonya Moeller 404-***-**** Manager Verizon Comm. *****.*******@*****.***

Azzam Husseini 770-***-**** Manager Bank of America

Mohammed Ali Idris 703-***-**** Director Office of Attorney General DC

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