AKINLABI RAHEEM

Finance & Audit Expert

PROFILE

I am a Chartered Accountant

with over two decades of work

experience.

My career trajectory started in

Deloitte before I decided to explore

opportunities in service industries, viz.

banking and financial services, as well

as oil and gas sectors. My core

strengths are in strategic and

corporate finance, risk management,

and auditing.

As a self-motivated and organized

individual with proficiency in

financial and risk management, my

career objective is to attain a

leadership position in a growing

company, and applying creative

problem solving and lean

management skills to achieve

optimum utilization of resources for

maximum benefits to stakeholders.

CONTACT

PHONE:

234-803-***-****

ADDRESS:

House 9, Road 5, Peace Estate,

Baruwa, Lagos

WEBSITE

Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/a

kinlabi-raheem-1b5a071b

Twitter:

@AkinRaheem1

EMAIL:

ad13py@r.postjobfree.com

HOBBIES

Reading

Indoor Games

Researching

COMPUTER SKILL

I have skilled knowledge in the use

of the following software packages:

SAP B1 (Accounting software)

CAAT (Audit software)

AS/2 (Audit software)

WORK HISTORY

Mar 2023 to Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank Plc

Date Chief Financial Officer

Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank Plc is one of the foremost Primary Mortgage Institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria saddled with the provision of mortgage banking.

• Provide the Executive Management with financial data for strategy formulation.

• Manage Financial Control and Treasury Services departments of the Bank

• Ensure adequate liquidity for mortgage financing, forecasting and budgets

• Superintend over business risks, insurance requirement as well as compliance with regulatory and other legal requirements

• Handle Investors’ Relations and other Board Matters as referred

• Handle all matter relating to capital raise and engagement with local and international funders

Mar 2021 to Greengates Group Limited

Sept 2022 Group Chief Financial Officer/Operations Greengates Group Limited is a group of companies with business interest in financial services, FMCG manufacturing, Chemical manufacturing, Capital market, Hospitality and Real Estates. My top-line responsibilities as the Group Chief Financial Officer include the following:

• Provided the Group Managing Director with financial data for formulating strategies and ensure execution in an efficient manner.

• Provided leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team across the group and the subsidiary companies, including consolidation of group accounts.

• Managed the processes for financial forecasting and budgets for the group and the subsidiary companies

• Analytically reviewed monthly, quarterly and yearly performance of the group including the subsidiary companies for the Board and Board Committees

• Managed bankers’ as well as investors’ relationship.

• Developed policies to bridge operational lapses and ensure the group operations are performed in an efficient manner. Nov 2017 to Virtue-One Global Investments Limited

Jun 2020 (Chief Financial Officer)

The primary business of the company is lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) as a bridge to enhance financial inclusion. As the CFO, I had responsibility for the four fundamental pillars of the role, which are leadership, operations, controls and strategy through the following key functions:

• Collaborated with the Chief Executive Officer in the formulation of strategic initiatives for the company including identification of new business initiatives.

• Managed the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and supervised the preparation of all financial reporting (internal and external).

• Investors’ and bankers relationship management

Finacle and Flexcube

(Banking applications)

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word

and PowerPoint)

• Provided leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team.

• Managed business risks, insurance requirement as well as compliance with regulatory and other legal requirements. Mar 2014 to Energia Limited (an indigenous marginal field operator) Sep 2016 (Headed Internal Audit as well as Finance) The company is the operator of OML 56 (located in Kwale, Delta State), and is a Joint Venture (JV) partnership with Oando Production & Development Company (OPDC). My experience is summarized below: Head of Treasury & Finance

• Provided leadership and management of the Finance Team

• Prepared monthly cash forecast, monitored its

achievement and reported on variances.

• Coordinated monthly cash call meeting with non-

operating Joint Venture partner, that is, OPDC.

• Managed relationship with the bankers and investors

• Planned and executed payments of company’s payables to suppliers, project contractors, Government taxes and fees, etc. Head of Internal Control & Audit

• Set up Internal Audit function and the reporting templates

• Planned and supervised execution of financial,

regulatory, compliance and operational audits.

• Contributed, as appropriate, in the year-end statutory financial audit

• Liaised with the Board Audit Committee and ensured provision of periodic audit reports

Apr 2005 to Diamond Bank; FinBank (now First City Monument Bank) Feb 2014 (Internal Control, Compliance, Inspection and Investigation) I started banking career in erstwhile Diamond Bank (now, Access Bank) where I held various positions in Internal Control and Compliance between 2005 and 2007. I later joined FinBank Plc in 2007, which later became First City Monument Bank. Hereunder summarize my banking career experience:

• Supervised audit of head office departments,

branch operations and subsidiary companies.

• Handled regulatory compliance functions including rendition of money laundering returns

• Quarterly rendition of fully reconciled nostro (off-shore) bank accounts to the Central Bank of Nigeria.

• Conducted investigations into high profile fraud cases and rendered assistance in prosecution.

Jan 1997 to Akintola Williams Deloitte (now Deloitte) Mar 2005

Deloitte is a foremost accounting firm with a wide range of clients across various sectors of the economy. As a training ground, I received basic training in the firm and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2002. The exposure received in the firm shaped my adaptation during career development phase.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

• Obafemi Awolowo University – B.Sc.

• Managerial Finance at London School of Business & Finance

• INSEAD – AWR Executive Development Program

• Managing Credit Default with Cash Sweeps in Financial Models

• Application and Implementation of IFRS 9 in Financial Institutions in Nigeria

• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

- (May 2002).

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Stabilized Virtue-One Global Investments Limited from the brink of collapse and re-positioned it for sustainable future growth

• Completed equity financing for the recapitalization of Virtue- One Global Investment Limited

• Successfully managed funding for and handling of Well drilling and Work-Over operations

• Achieved tax savings of over US$200,000 on transaction taxes during reconciliation with the Inland Revenue Service.

• Investigated unprecedented fraud in the history of erstwhile FinBank and prosecuted the mastermind.

SKILLS

Technical Generic

Cost Optimization Analytical thinking

Budgeting and financial forecasting Good Team Player Financial Analysis and Interpretation Result Oriented Financial Accounting Problem Solving

Financial Management Communication skill

Corporate finance Adaptability

Financial reporting Conveys inspirational vision

Computer skill

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