Management Sales
Resume:
NWANERI EMEKA KINGSLEY
*B Elizabeth Street
Jubilee Estate
Mowe Ogun State
Nigeria
**************@*****.***
Profile
Certified Accountant, Auditor and Business Administrator with over 18 years working experience educated to Master’s degree level, with strong analytical skills built upon well researched and articulated studies. Also, possesses extensive Finance, Auditing, Accounting, Negotiating, Communicating and Administrative skills having worked on numerous projects thereby building up considerable wealth of experience in leading demanding projects with stringent budgeting and time constraints. Excellent ability to coordinate various tasks leading to business process improvements and efficiency, while working consistently to the highest professional standards in delivering business / organizational benefits whether working under normal conditions or under pressure in clement, crisis or volatile times to achieve results. Pro-active and self-motivated professional with a problem solving view leveraged on a flexible attitude, willing to lead, follow, learn and effecting change whilst taking on new challenges. Passionate in mentorship, improvement of organizational strategies, policies (finance, procurement, HR, revenue and operations/production), structures and compliance to such policies leading to greater profitability and competitive edges.
Career Objective
Continuous Business Process improvement (sometimes including paradigm shifts) leading to greater efficiency, cost reduction, increased revenue & profitability while securing the assets of the organization, including HR.
Special Skills
Risk Management: Over 6 years enterprise and process level risk assessments, recommending responses and auditing risk compensatory controls.
Auditing: Applied external and Internal auditing standards to audit and document SOX,
IT security, internal controls and compliance
Policies and Procedures development: Developing best practices standards
and procedures for business processes
Financial analyses and Consolidation: Preparing financial statements using IFRS standards Analyzing and Interpreting financial data for effective decision making and financial data
Cost Management: Managing operational expenses during lean income period meeting with Accounts Payables and emerging commitments
Excellent Communication Skills: Passionate in communicating effectively both oral, written and pictorial maximizing value derived from Organization most scare resource- “time”
Negotiating Skills: Consistently achieving a “win-win” situation..
Leadership Skills: Mentoring, team building, dealing with others with respect, fairness that leads to trust and integrity amongst others.
Major Achievements
Pushing for Procurement efficiency, transparency and reduction of invoice processing time (from >60days to <10days) reducing opex and capex and improving overall working capital in Lafarge
Contributed immensely to transparent disposal of Company’s bided cars and furniture’s in Lafarge (Increasing non- operational revenue by more than 200%)
Championed and participated in Plant audit leading to overall plant efficiency and recovery of over N500M from various suppliers and contract, hiring of mobile equipment and impress pay-outs in Lafarge.
Contributed in savings worth over N500M per annum through the drive of reducing cement tolerance limit from 3% to 1% across WAPCO Plants.
Reduction in capital and operational expenditure leading to reduced operating cost in Multi Links and Mabon (achieving cost reduction of over 200%)
Efficient management of cost and reporting in cable project execution Multi Links.
Prepared Organizational Policies that mitigates risks and improves operational efficiencies in Procurement, Distribution, HR, Treasury and Credit management and Fixed Asset Accounting.
Introducing and maintaining accounting and Internal control
Reduction of Debtors payment period in Multilinks thus increasing revenue and collectibles.
Others (Community Based)
Currently serving as ICAN Mowe and District Society Chairman, heading an 11 Man Executive Board
Participated effectively in Pioneering ICAN Mowe District Society and elected as its pioneer Vice Chairman
Established an NGO ‘’Covenant Partners” and currently the “Executive President” whose aim is assisting the less privileged youths in skill acquisition thus eradicating grass root poverty
Training and Mentoring of over 100 Colleagues, students, friends, youths and neighbors within Nigeria.
Detailed Work Experience
June 2015 – August 2016
Melka West Africa Limited (Marine & Oil and Gas Sub Sector)
Head, Finance and Administration
Finance : Responsible to set the financial strategy and ensure its implementation breaking down the objectives to monthly targets in terms of Commercial control, Treasury management, Tax Planning and administration, Financial Accounting and Accounts Payable Management.
Commercial Control includes Invoice Management and Administration and Debt Management
Treasury Management includes – providing funds for operational basis, Working Capital Management and Cash budgeting and Control, FX Management
Tax Planning and administration includes ensuring that statutory taxes such as vat, withholding tax, PAYE are paid without attracting penalties yet at convenient times, Answering to tax issues, filling of annual returns and obtaining the annual TCC and other relevant Industrial Permits as and when due.
Financial accounting involves maintaining the Financial records of the Company and drawing out on a monthly basis reports showing the result of the business. Ensuring the integrity of the financial statement within an acceptable monthly limits. Liaising with External Auditors for annual accounts amongst others.
Accounts Payable Management includes paying managing payables to align with our receivables and ensuring that our terms with our payable contractors are reasonably followed.
Setting up internal control system to secure the assets of the organization and liaising with External Auditors, and other statutory bodies during statutory requirements.
Human Resources Management and Administration
Sourcing for suitably qualified applicants, short listing, interviewing and engaging right candidates and placing them at appropriate positions of their competence
Establishing and ensuring compliance to employees policies as it relates to punctuality, work etiquette and discipline
Ensuring staff attend trainings and developmental programs that will aid productivity and achievement of operational goals
Managing Promotion, Redeployment and Dis-engagement
Payroll Management
Staff travels (International and locals) Security administration (Management, Staff, Visitors and Assets), Vehicle Management and Maintenance, Generator and Diesel Management and general Office Cleaning amongst others
July 1 2011 – February 2015
LAFARGE CEMENT WAPCO NIGERIA PLC {WORLD LEADING CEMENT MANUFACTURER}
SNR. INTERNAL AUDITOR
I provided objective assurances to top level management on internal control effectiveness, working with diverse teams of highly skilled professionals to identify key business issues that contributed immensely to operational efficiency.
I also performed risk analysis, internal audits, business process improvement, compliance audits and special projects from a corporate perspective. I led some team members in certain projects such as: bank recovery of funds and reconciliation project, Vendor labour cost recovery, and PO Process cycle time reduction, Cement tolerance review amongst others and participated strongly in others such as selection committee on estate managers, selection committee on caterers, company- wide associated risk exposure committee and Lafarge FOC as Head office location Champion.
Carried out several IT, operational and financial audits in various processes and sub processes such as: HR, Treasury; Finance, Credit & Conventional Sales; Logistics; Purchasing; Inventory and imprest; In all review exercises conducted, made significant findings and recommendations leading to improved processes and recovery of funds and followed-up action plans to execution.
Carried out several control testing to identify level of compliance of established controls mitigating identified risks in business processes. Some mitigating controls includes: SOD application, compliance to policies, approval matrix for expenditure, credit sales and reconciliation statements.
Prepared and reviewed operational policies such as: Sales, Credit, Procurement, Inventory, Fixed Asset, CAPEX, Inventory, HR and Corporate policies amongst others.
GRAND PETROLEUM LIMITED Jan – June 2011
MANAGER AUDIT
Established pre-transaction audit process for all payments of supplier’s invoices
Leading to monthly savings of several millions of naira from over invoicing
Monthly stock reviews and establishment of stock controls
Development of policies and procedures covering: finance; stores; sales; procurement and HR,
MABON GROUP NOVEMBER 2007 TO DECEMBER 2010
GROUP INTERNAL AUDITOR
Worked on key investigating operations for MABON Group, part of my main duties involved Auditing support to the various operations, financial, administration and contracts team with regards project evaluation, budgeting and budgetary controls, variance investigation, debt management, tax management and administration. Some of my major responsibilities included:
Identifying business and operational risks and putting in place mitigating controls
Establishing financial control Measures
Ensuring Compliance to approval limits and in line with budget
Reviewed Budget and Estimates
Variance Investigating and Reporting
Reviewed Cash flow Management and Administration
Pre-transaction review of cash and bank payments
Tax Query Review
Project Management review
STEPHEN FASAWE AND CO {CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
September 2006 to October 2007 Audit Senior
October 2005 to August 2006 Audit Associate
MULTI LINKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (FOREMOST TELECOMMUNICATION FIRM IN NIGERIA)
Accountant – October 2001 – September 2005
Personal Information
ISACA Student member 2013
M.Sc.{Finance}. 2008 – 2010 University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria
ACA 2007 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Lagos
B.Sc.{Bus. Admin} 2004 University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria
Diploma {information technology} 2002 Aptech technologies
Professional and Leadership Trainings: John Maxwell Leadership training, Advance excel applications, Financial Management, Motivational Seminar on the extra mile concept, Napoleon Hills leadership trainings USA, IFRS training by Delloite, Supply chain management training by Next level Purchasing, USA, Systems audit training by A.J. Silicon. Bumper Sales Training & Customer Service Trainings amongst others.
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