Joseph Alumana Uzorka

Date of birth: **/**/**** Nationality: Nigerian (Nigeria) Phone number: (+234) 806******* (Mobile) Email address: ad3o39@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ******* ********, *******, Flat 3, first floor, 900108, Abuja FCT, Nigeria (Home) A Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Banker with 28 years of experience in corporate financial accounting, and internal control/internal audit functions in the advertising and banking industries respectively. My objectives are to ensure that the financial statements present a true and fair view of the state of affairs of an organization, and that the assets of the organization are preserved, and irregularities are prevented.

01/02/2020 – CURRENT Abuja FCT, Nigeria

FREELANCE ACCOUNTING AND INTERNAL CONTROL WORK SELF EMPLOYED

• Helping clients do accounting tasks including the preparation of financial reports like periodic financial statements.

• Helping clients with reconciliation of accounts and preparation of the proof of the outstanding balances on the accounts.

• Recommending internal controls for clients to preserve assets; and prevent errors and other irregularities.

Address 78 Katampe street, Katampe, Flat 3, first floor, 900108, Abuja FCT, Nigeria 01/04/2019 – 31/01/2020 Enugu, Nigeria

CLUSTER CONTROL MANAGER FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Managing, supervising, and supporting all the branch control officers reviewing the 24 operating branches in Enugu state and part of Ebonyi state.

• Supporting account reconciliation and proofing activities.

• Supporting effective credit review activities.

• Supporting Operations review activities.

• Supporting the General Ledger review function.

• Ensuring the communication and implementation of Audit and Internal Control recommendations.

• Ensuring the correction of anomalies observed during Audit and Internal Control reviews.

• Supporting the verification of the integrity of financial transactions.

• Vetting and improving all reports emanating from branch control officers.

• Reports collation and rendition to Internal Control management. 03/2018 – 31/03/2019 Port Harcourt, Nigeria

BRANCH RESIDENT CONTROL OFFICER (MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Reduction of frauds, losses and other irregularities through the regular Internal Control review of the transactions of branches and the performance of other internal control and audit tasks.

• Call-over of financial transactions

• Review of consummated Treasury bills transactions

• Review of consummated Fixed Deposits transactions

• Review of Controls around cash management and the vault

• Review of ATM administration

• Vault and ATM cash count

• Review of other Financial transactions

• Review of the CCTV controls

• Review of armed and unarmed security arrangements ABOUT ME

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Review of stock of uncollected cheque books, Internet banking Tokens, and the various classes of ATM cards

• Review of probates and letters of administration to ensure adherence to policy

• Review of other non-financial transactions including updates to customer information like email, phone number, name, and account reactivations etc.

• Review of dual access controls in respect of the vault, ATM, and CCTV access

• Other review

• Process improvement and cost savings reviews and recommendations 03/2016 – 03/2018 Lagos, Nigeria

BRANCH INTERNAL CONTROL OFFICER (MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Reduction of frauds, losses and other irregularities through the regular Internal Control review of the transactions of branches and performance of other internal control and audit functions.

• Call-over of financial transactions

• Review of consummated Treasury bills transactions

• Review of consummated Fixed Deposits transactions

• Review of Controls around cash management and the vault

• Review of ATM administration

• Vault and ATM cash count

• Review of other Financial transactions

• Review of the CCTV controls

• Review of armed and unarmed security arrangements

• Review of stock of uncollected cheque books, Internet banking Tokens, and the various classes of ATM cards

• Review of probates and letters of administration to ensure adherence to policy

• Review of other non-financial transactions including updates to customer information like email, phone number, name, and account reactivations etc.

• Review of dual access controls in respect of the vault, ATM, and CCTV access

• Other review

+ Process improvement and cost savings reviews and recommendations 04/2015 – 03/2016 Lagos, Nigeria

STRATEGIC RESOURCE FUNCTION CONTROL OFFICER (DEPUTY MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Reduction of frauds, errors and other irregularities in head office departments through regular Control reviews

• Regular review of the bank’s customer service contact centre (FIRSTCONTACT)

• Regular review of the bank’s money transfer department including the transactions of the Money Transfer Operators (Moneygram, Western Union Money Transfer, Transfast, RIA etc.)

• Regular review of the Budget and Performance Monitoring department of the bank

• Regular review of the Financial Control department of the bank

• Regular review of the General Services department of the bank

• Regular review of the stores department of the bank

• Regular review of the transactions and activities of the Company Secretary’s office

• Regular General Ledger and expense review for the transactions of the above-mentioned departments 08/2012 – 03/2015 Lagos, Nigeria

INTERNAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR GARNISHEE PROCEEDINGS (DEPUTY MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Prevention of liability to the bank by providing accurate and reliable information in line with policy and legal requirements

• Generating a list of accounts based on the parameters provided by the legal department of the bank

• Securing the funds in a garnished bank account to prevent dissipation and liability to the bank

• Placing and lifting liens based on the instructions and details provided by the bank’s legal team

• Placing and lifting freezes based on the instructions and details provided by the bank’s legal team

• Maintaining adequate audit trail for liens or freezes placed on customers’ accounts

• Maintaining adequate records for liens or freezes placed on customers’ accounts

• Clarifying the FINACLE account information of customers to the legal team 01/2012 – 08/2012 Lagos, Nigeria

INTERNAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR OTHER ASSETS (DEPUTY MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• -Ensuring that the overall OTHER ASSETS reports from all the branches of the bank were accurate and reliable, and preparing and rendering reliable consolidated reports to the Group Head - Internal Control.

• -Made remarkable improvements to the Cash Tracking Template to engender greater accuracy and reliability.

• -Collating and reviewing bank-wide monthly exception reports

• -Collating and reviewing bank-wide monthly cash tracking reports

• -Collating and reviewing bank-wide monthly prudential provisioning reports 05/2011 – 01/2012 Lagos, Nigeria

INTERNAL CONTROL OFFICER ON ATM AND FINNONE LOANS RECONCILIATION (DEPUTY MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Reconciling accumulated differences in ATM accounts thereby saving the bank from writing off millions of Naira (NGN)

• Reconciling accumulated differences in FINNONE loan accounts thereby saving the bank from writing off millions of Naira (NGN)

• Preparation of proof of reconciled accounts

• Submission, to the team lead, of accounting entries that were reconciled

• Preparation of accounting entries to be passed to rectify the accounts being reconciled

• Testing the overall effects of the rectifying accounting entries before the entries journal are uploaded to the bank’s financial application - FINACLE

07/2009 – 05/2011 Lagos, Nigeria

HEAD, INTERNAL CONTROL UNIT ON USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING (DEPUTY MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Review of application functional requirement documents

• Testing the functionalities and user-friendliness of new and existing applications

• Developing User Acceptance Test scripts for new and existing applications

• Developing User Acceptance Test scripts for system changes and modifications to applications

• Conducting and coordinating User Acceptance Tests on applications to ensure adequate controls, thereby preventing errors, losses and application failure.

• Achieved a breakthrough in the development of a deal margin calculation application that prevented regulatory sanctions and financial losses.

01/12/2006 – 07/2009 Lagos, Nigeria

ACTING HEAD OF REVENUE ASSURANCE AND INFOTECH CONTROL (ASSISTANT MANAGER) FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED

• Preventing income leakage, preserving the Infotech Assets of the bank, and ensuring that there is no failure in Service delivery

• Review of application functional requirement documents

• Testing the functionalities and user-friendliness of new and existing applications

• Developing User Acceptance Test scripts for new and existing applications

• Developing User Acceptance Test scripts for system changes and modifications to applications

• Conducting and coordinating User Acceptance Tests on applications to ensure adequate controls, thereby preventing errors, losses and application failure.

• Achieved a breakthrough in the development of a deal margin calculation application that prevented regulatory sanctions and financial losses.

• Regular review of the bank’s Data Center for HVAC, and physical security

• Investigations and resolution of customer complaints relating to the bank’s financial and loan application, namely FINACLE and FINNONE

23/01/2006 – 30/11/2006 Lagos, Nigeria

BRANCH INSPECTION/AUDIT OFFICER (ASSISTANT MANAGER DESIGNATE) SKYE BANK NIGERIA PLC (NOW POLARIS BANK)

• Reduction of frauds, errors and other irregularities in the bank's branches through regular Control reviews

• Reduction of frauds, losses and other irregularities through the regular Internal Control review of the transactions of branches, and performing other control and audit functions.

• Call-over of financial transactions

• Review of consummated Treasury bills transactions

• Review of consummated Fixed Deposits transactions

• Review of Controls around cash management and the vault

• Review of ATM administration

• Vault and ATM cash count

• Review of other financial transactions

• Review of the CCTV controls

• Review of armed and unarmed security arrangements

• Review of stock of uncollected cheque books, Internet banking Tokens, and the various classes of ATM cards

• Review of probates and letters of administration to ensure adherence to policy

• Review of other non-financial transactions including updates to customer information like email, phone number, name, and account reactivations etc.

• Review of dual access controls in respect of the vault, ATM, and CCTV access

• Other review

• Process improvement and cost savings reviews and recommendations 01/08/2002 – 22/01/2006 Lagos, Nigeria

INTERNAL AUDITOR (BANKING OFFICER) RELIANCE BANK NIGERIA LIMITED (NOW POLARIS BANK)

• Preservation of the bank’s assets, prevention of fraud errors and other irregularities, improvement of existing systems and processes in the bank's branches through regular Control reviews Reduction of frauds, losses and other irregularities through the regular Internal Control review of the transactions of branches and the performance of other Internal Control/Audit tasks.

• Call-over of financial transactions

• Review of consummated Treasury bills transactions

• Review of consummated Fixed Deposits transactions

• Review of Controls around cash management and the vault

• Review of other Financial transactions

• Review of the CCTV controls

• Review of armed and unarmed security arrangements

• Review of stock of uncollected cheque books, Internet banking Tokens, and the various classes of ATM cards

• Review of probates and letters of administration to ensure adherence to policy

• Review of other non-financial transactions including updates to customer information like email, phone number, name, and account reactivations etc.

• Review of dual access controls in respect of the vault, and CCTV access

• Other review

• Process improvement and cost savings reviews and recommendations 04/06/2001 – 31/07/2002 Lagos, Nigeria

ASSISTANT BANKING OFFICER, INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARD TRUST BANK NIGERIA LTD

(NOW UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA)

• Preservation of assets, prevention of fraud errors and other irregularities, improvement of existing systems and processes at the branch.

• Call-over of financial transactions

• Review of consummated Treasury bills transactions

• Review of consummated Fixed Deposits transactions

• Review of Controls around cash management and the vault

• Review of other Financial transactions

• Review of the CCTV controls

• Review of armed and unarmed security arrangements

• Review of stock of uncollected cheque books, Internet banking Tokens, and the various classes of ATM cards

• Review of probates and letters of administration to ensure adherence to policy

• Review of other non-financial transactions including updates to customer information like email, phone number, name, and account reactivations etc.

• Review of dual access controls in respect of the vault, and CCTV access

• Other review

• Process improvement and cost savings reviews and recommendations 1994 – 1997 Lagos, Nigeria

HEAD OF CENTRAL ACCOUNTS LOWE-LINTAS ADVERTISING AGENCY

• Assisting in formulating budgetary and accounting policies

• Preparing financial statements for presentation to boards of directors, and management.

• Conducting financial investigations, preparing reports, undertaking audits and advising on matters such as the purchase and sale of assets, businesses, mergers, capital financing, suspected fraud, and insolvency

• Examining operating costs and organizations' income and expenditure

• Providing assurance about the accuracy of information contained in financial reports and their compliance with statutory requirements.

• Providing financial advice on business structures, plans and operations.

• Liaising with financial institutions and brokers to establish funds management arrangements.

• Introducing and maintaining accounting systems and advising on the selection and application of computer-based accounting systems.

• Maintaining internal control systems.

• Appraising cash flow and financial risk of capital investment projects

• Confirming the accuracy of tax computations.

• During that period, I was named the youngest accountant to prepare the financial statements of the organization.

30/04/1991 – 18/03/1992 Owerri, Nigeria

EXTERNAL AUDIT STAFF SPIROPOULOS ADIELE OKPARA & CO: CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

(NOW GRANT THORNTON)

• Providing superior accounting and audit services to clients of the audit firm

• Auditing of the financial records of clients

• Vouching of transaction tickets to ledgers and journals

• Preparation of trial balance of clients

• Preparation of final accounts of clients

• Confirming the objectivity and genuineness of financial transactions

• Proof-reading audit reports and prepared financial statements 2015 – 10/2017 Lagos, Nigeria

ASSOCIATE OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS OF NIGERIA (ACIB) The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria

Website https://www.cibng.org/

1998 – 2003 Benin City, Nigeria

MASTER’S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION University of Benin, Nigeria Website https://www.uniben.edu/

1999 – 05/2000 Benin City, Nigeria

ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA (ACA) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

Website https://www.icanig.org/

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1986 – 09/1990 Benin city, Nigeria

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING University of Benin Website https://www.uniben.edu/

1984 – 06/1986 Benin city, Nigeria

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION - ADVANCED LEVEL Edo College, Benin city Website https://edocollegebenin.com/w_home

1979 – 06/1984 Ughelli, Nigeria

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION - ORDINARY LEVEL Government College Ughelli Mother tongue(s): ENGLISH

VIDEO EDITOR Autodesk sketchbook Outlook FINACLE Zoom Microsoft Office SKYPE Finacle Core

Microsoft office

Microsoft Excel Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Word Online video and audio communication

Graphic design

Financial applications

Social media and email

Work organization

LANGUAGE SKILLS

DIGITAL SKILLS

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