Budgeting, Financial Reporting, IFRS, Policies and Procedures

TINA WOSU, CPA, CGA.

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Profile

A chartered accountant with professional experience in Finance and Accounting across various industries including Consulting with one of the ‘Big Four Accounting Firms’, FMCG, Oil and Gas and Public Sector. I am an excellent team player with keen business acumen and excellent communication skills. I enjoy working in an intellectual and challenging environment.

Key Skills & Capabilities

International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), Finance Function Effectiveness and Transformation, Development of Finance Policies and Procedures, Preparation of Financial Statement, Period End Closures, Management Reports, Gap Analysis, Cost Control, Internal Audit, Financial Statement Analysis, Cash Flow Statements, Budgeting, Variance Analysis, Fixed Asset Management, Inventory Management and Valuation, Report Writing, Project and Schedule Management, Client Relationship Management, Coaching and Leadership.

Soft wares: MS Excel, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, SAGE X3, SAGE 300

Work Experience

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Feb 2013 – April 2016

Senior Associate (Finance and Accounting): I have provided consulting services to clients in various sectors such as Manufacturing, Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas, Public Sector and Real Estate. Below are some selected projects;

Financial Accountant for a Multinational Manufacturing Client.

Developed and implemented policies, processes and internal controls to safe guard business assets.

Identified areas of improvement, recommendation and implementation of change strategies.

Monitoring expenditure against expected revenue and coordinating the collection and consolidation financial data.

Design and implement process improvements and systems within the functional areas listed above

Liaised between clients and senior management.

Maintaining and updating the chart of accounts; accounting policies, procedures and internal controls.

Preparation of monthly management financial reports and briefing senior management on the reports.

Coordination and preparation of annual budget.

Providing advice and interpreting accounting policy; and recommendations to operational issues.

Finance Function Transformation for an Upstream Oil and Gas Company.

Insight analysis and review of client’s business based on interview sessions and workshops with client’s Finance and Account department

Financial and accounting analysis of financial statements and management reports

Evaluation of current business operations against best practices to identify gaps and improvement opportunities

Improvement recommendations associated with financial management budgeting and forecasting, financial close and consolidation, management and financial reporting, cash management and program accounting, working capital management.

Development of finance policy, accounting policy, procedure manuals and maps for finance department.

Preparation of report on and presentation to client.

SAGE ERP Implementation for a Downstream Oil and Gas Company.

Managed the development and importing of clients chart of accounts.

Managed the process of importing accounting information from old accounting system in SAGE ERP

Liaised with the software specialist through every stage of the project.

Organised and coordinated team brain storming sessions.

Ensured the different phases of implementation were in accordance with set plan and time.

Coordinated the sourcing allocation of resources and clean up exercises

Prepared weekly progress report for client and management.

Non Statutory Audit of Revenue Generation and Remissions

Investigating and auditing client’s business process for accurate and complete documentation

Collation, checking and analysis of large volume of spread sheet and other sources of data

Initiating and coordinating meetings with relevant stakeholders to improve business process

Examining and advising on the accuracy of the of the organisation’s financial statements.

Sundry Foods Ltd Jan 2010 – Sept 2010

Internal Auditor

Efficiently coordinated with various departmental managers to deliver maximum productivity whilst directly reporting to head of internal audit.

Responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial and business risks.

Identified audit issues and proposed constructive and practical solutions to management whilst taking into account local circumstances and working with departmental managers to ensure practice and compliance with audit recommendations.

Accountable for drafting factual reports highlighting loopholes observed during audit and delivered presentation to management.

Instrumental in managing junior members of audit team as well as guiding interns, liaising with external auditors, and assisting in preparing weekly audit plans.

Prince Pat and Associates Apr 2009 – Dec 2009

Management Accountant

Supported accounting team in preparing statutory accounts, monthly budgets and forecasts, variance analysis, etc.

Investigated and analysed variances against company’s budgets and prepared variance reports

Assisted in month-end closing process and journal entry adjustments

Prepared and posted journals including depreciation and amortisation, payroll, interest, bad debts, provisions, payments, accruals, etc.

Involved in monthly bank reconciliation with sales and purchase ledgers as well as responsible for coding and processing monthly sales and purchase ledger invoices.

Entrusted with the task of handling billing of customers whilst ensuring debt is collected on time as well as ensuring all invoices are paid after authorisation and follow-up of unapproved invoices.

Exxon Mobil Project Account Assistant Mar 2008 – Mar 2009

Project Account Assistant

Responsible for monitoring cost and budgets of projects, liaising with managers and suppliers on budget expenditures and suppliers payment.

Coordinated with different departmental managers in monitoring of budgets of CAPEX and OPEX expenditure.

Ensured Authorisation for Expenditure (AFE) were signed and approved by appropriate managers.

Entrusted with task of coding, processing, and posting invoices to appropriate accounts and projects along with preparing updated reports on amount of expenditure on ongoing projects.

Involved in handling accounts payable including creating and processing of suppliers invoice payment and schedules.

Organised kick-off meetings to enlighten suppliers on contract terms and company policy before execution of contracts as well as resolved invoice queries with suppliers.

Dispatched purchase orders to vendors after approval from authorised persons

Education

M.Sc. Oil and Gas Accounting

Robert Gordon University, UK. 2010 – 2011

B.Sc. Accounting

Madonna University, Nigeria. 2003 – 2007

Professional Memberships

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA, CGA)

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