Controller

Wale Adesegun, MFin, MCSE, FCA, CPA, CISA, CA

** *********** *** *.*. Calgary, AB T3J-2T1

Phone: 403-***-**** Cell: 403-***-**** Email: ****.********@*******.***

Profile

Professional Accountant (CPA) with over twenty years experience in increasingly responsible financial management and business development positions in finance, accounting, and internal controls, internal and external financial and IT audits. Strengths include general ledger, financial statements, financial analysis, budgeting, cash management, internal and external financial reporting. Prior experience in public accounting with one of the big 4 international accounting firm

Accomplishments

Developed standard Control Matrixes to simplify audit work reviews and the quality control process of the firm resulting in quality service delivery

Championed & coordinated the development of electronic working paper file for the firm that resulted in cost savings

Recovered over US$2 million in duplicate invoice payments for a U.S. client

Key Skills

Experienced in internal controls over financial reporting (SOX / NI 52-109 inclusive)

Designing operational effectiveness and risk assessments

Experienced in budgeting, planning, scheduling and reporting in a timely manner and good working of contract deliverables

Working knowledge of ASPE, PSAB, IFRS and Canadian GAAP

Working knowledge of data mining tools; MS Excel and Access, and major ERPs (SAP R/3, Oracle, JD Edward, PeopleSoft, Cognos, QuickBooks, ADP, Sage, Financial Edge)

Excellent knowledge of IT databases and platforms of UNIX, Linux and windows.

Professional work experience

Controller, Financial Reporting (Contract)

Gozzanny Health Services Inc, Calgary Alberta 2/2014 – Date

Managed the implementation and successful migration of the company accounting systems from QuickBooks to JD Edward, 2 months less than planned resulting in significant cost savings.

Analysed and corrected the underlying processes and controls for the development of monthly financial statements in compliance with Canadian GAAP

Through financial modeling and analysis, advices the management through monthly management reports on cost curtailment and savings, business models that improves financial performance

Perform ongoing cash flow analysis against cash projections and decide on proactive actions to mitigate any cash short falls.

Manages policies & procedures including compliance with C-SOX (NI 52-109)

Follow-up on process gaps remediation and provide roadmap for process standardization and compliance with policies.

Oversight over payroll administration.

Managing the budget preparation collaboratively with the business units.

Coordinating the preparation of annual financial statements and the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) including liaison with External Auditors for effective and seamless end of the year audit.

Coordinates payroll and benefits administration.

Consultant, Risk Analysis (Contract)

Cervus Equipment Corporation (Robert Half Consultant) 1/2016 – 4/2016

Reviewed and evaluated the internal control over financial reporting to redesigning key controls (Control Activity) as related to information technology general computer controls (ITGC) and application controls with COBIT/COSO framework as benchmark for best practice.

Evaluated internal controls design and operating effectiveness and used the result to redesigned control activities and operating process documents.

Followed-up on remediation plans.

Completed internal controls flowchart with the aid of Microsoft Visio for the financial application processes with the key controls properly identified.

Designed excel based automated working papers and reporting process.

PeopleSoft Security Consultant (Contract)

Enmax Corp, Calgary Alberta (Robert Half Consultant) 1/2015 – 05/2015

Managed PeopleSoft Security analysis and user security access in PeopleSoft Financials ensuring effective segregation of duties.

Reviewed all information and maintained accuracy in financial systems.

Managed compliance to documented procedures.

Manager, Internal Audit Services

Gozzanny Health Services Inc, Calgary Alberta 4/2013 – 1/2014

Developed short and long term plans and IT audit universe based on the risk assessments result to ensure efficient audit reviews that reduces cost by concentrating on the key areas of the business

Managed the compliance reviews of the internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with NI 52-109 (C-SOX) to ensure fair representation the company’s financial results

Identified reportable issues and dimension of risk, recommends and follow-up on remediation plans to mitigate the identified risks or gaps / deficiencies to ensure the company’s continuous improvement to maturity level.

Controller, Financial Reporting (Contract)

Stalwart Financial Services 6/2012 – 3/2013

Coordinated and Performed day-to-day accounting functions such as accounts payable, payroll, etc. ensuring the integrity and reliability of the financial systems

Managed financial planning and reporting process in accordance with US GAAP

Prepared the operational budgets as necessary and provide monitoring through variance analysis to assure budget discipline and cost savings

Managed project team in defining and documenting project objectives, scope and overall project approach.

Monitored and guided the project team in effective project performance evaluation

Coordinated with legal, property dealers, and other third parties for all leasing arrangements

Coordinated the negotiation of “Service-Level-Agreement” for Information Technology services

Maintained the general ledger and performed periodic reviews to ensure the integrity of the general ledger

Managed the preparation of financial statements and the financial reporting process including coordinating the preparation of corporate tax.

Information Technology Audit Specialist

FGL Sports Ltd, Calgary, Alberta 5/2011 – 5/2012

Identified control weaknesses and recognized opportunities for improvements / enhancements to ensure that IT resources are allocated in an efficient manner and provide value to the company business operations

Assessed and reported on both the adequacy & effectiveness of those IT key internal control activities (General Computer and Application Controls) that aim to manage risk and support the organization financial statements assertions.

Consultant, Internal Controls Assessment (Contract)

Direct Energy, Calgary, Alberta (IFG Consultant) 4/2011 – 5/2011

Ensured that all capital expenditure related to drilling was reviewed/approved as per the Delegated Level Authority

Consultant, Securitization Accounting (Contract)

Bridgewater Bank, Calgary, Alberta (Robert Half Consultant) 7/2010 – 12/2010

Analyzed/reviewed individual mortgages for issues relating to transition from legacy to current securitization accounting systems

Provided necessary documentation of analyses/reviews to facilitate external audits of pool mortgages

Manager, Audit (Assurance & Advisory)

M Jokodola Doye, CPA, Houston, Texas U.S.A. 9/2003 – 5/2010

Managed and completed 40 SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance consulting and 120 audit engagements (oil & gas, manufacturing, health, retails and banking & finance engagements) while operating within a very tight deadlines and budgets.

Managed 10 consulting engagements for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance reviews against ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002 frameworks

Worked collaboratively with audit team members to develop and/or implement COBIT/COSO risk based audit programs.

Assisted clients with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting, providing them advice on IFRS application and implementation of new accounting pronouncements.

Volunteer Experience

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, Calgary Tax Clinic 2012 – 2013

Prepared income tax returns for low income/senior Canadians

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Calgary 2014 - Date

Minister in-charge of Finance

Coordinates and manages the Accounting team

Manages timely filing of GST returns and refunds, and annual information returns.

Coordinates the preparation of quarterly income and expenditure and funds accounts

Track the church revenues (internal and external generated funds) for the purpose of setting priority on fund drive focus.

Education and Training

Master of Financial Management (MFin.), University of Alberta 08/2014

Chartered Accountant (CA) - (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta) 01/2012

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - (AICPA, Michigan, U.S.A.) 11/2011

Production Accounting (CAPPA) – SAIT, Calgary, Alberta 11/2011

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 02/2005

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 05/2001

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 02/2000

Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) – (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria) 01/1990

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