Accounts Payable Financial Systems

OBJECTIVE: To work and add value to a well – structured organization that recognizes excellence,

offers challenges and career advancement wherein I can fully utilize and further develop my career to achieve both the organizational and my personal goals. Well-qualified financial systems leader offerings demonstrated skills and success in managing internal accounting processes, improving controls and strengthening systems for optimal performance. Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration and payroll, Python, SQL, data visualization and PowerBI/Tableau. Gifted in building and leading solid teams to handle high-volume operations with consistency.

AANU OLUFEMI AKINOLA

ad5dn1@r.postjobfree.com

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30 Segun Aregbesola street,

Abule-Egba 100276 Lagos, Nigeria.

OBJECTIVE: To work and add value to a well – structured organization that recognizes excellence, offers challenges and career advancement wherein I can fully utilize and further develop my career to achieve both the organizational and my personal goals. Well-qualified financial systems leader offerings demonstrated skills and success in managing internal accounting processes, improving controls and strengthening systems for optimal performance. Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration and payroll, Python, SQL, data visualization, Power BI/Tableau. Gifted in building and leading solid teams to handle high-volume operations with consistency. WORK HISTORY

Jan 2022 to current

LEAD, Card Reconciliation Analyst

United Bank for Africa Plc, Lagos, Nigeria.

- Cards and E- banking Operation

- Reconciling Agency Banking transaction, comparing settlement report/fund with the bank’s position, confirming failed transaction and processing refund to customers account for failed transactions.

- Manage and reconcile all Debit card transaction

payable/receivable general ledger accounts including On- Us, Remote –On-Us, Not-On-Us Nostro, and Chargeback suspense and prepare daily proof of account balances

- Reconcile general ledger account for MasterCard POS and Web transactions

- Investigate and resolve open items in the general ledger accounts and settlements files

- Observe due diligence in processing incoming chargeback credit to the Cardholder’s account

- Processing Visa fees and charges including monthly and quarterly invoices (Billing) to expenses account

- Ensure income earned from card transaction

(reimbursement fees) is duty calculated and settled to appropriate income ledger accounts

- Render monthly proof of accounts to the Financial Control

(FINCON)/Internal Control for further actions

- Ensuring that Discrepancies in settlement report is prompt escalated and follow up with switch till resolution is achieved.

SKILLS

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

- Banking and E channels

operation

- Dispute analyst

- Good understanding of

Electronic Payment Systems

- Basic Accounting

- Human Relation

- Customer Service Skills

- Analytical control and

Investigation skill

- Fraud and operational risk

knowledge

- Data management

- Accounts Payable/Account

Receivable

- Complaint resolution

- Account reconciliation

EDUCATION

2024

BSc ECONOMICS

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, Oyo state,

Nigeria.

2002

NATIONAL DIPLOMA

Osun State College of Technology,

Esa-Oke, Osun State, Nigeria

January 2019 to Dec 2021

Lead, Card Reconciliation/NIP Dispute Helpdesk

NIP DISPUTE (INTER AND INTRA BANK)

UNITED BANK for AFRICA PLC, Lagos, Nigeria.

- Receiving of complaint by other bank of erroneous transfer,

fraudulent and confirmation of funds by the

beneficiary

- Confirming status of fund in daily settlement report

- Placing hold on fund based on erroneous transfer and engaging account officer to contact the customer for consent while error made by the Bank, fund is to be returned once account is funded as mandated by CBN

- Placing hold on customer account based on fraudulent transfer and engaging our Fraud team for resolution

- Confirming fund in settlement report and customer’s account for non-receipt of fund and advise the sending bank

- Advising sending bank to log for return on DRS, Once customer consented to return of fund for erroneous transfer

- Raising of indemnity and engaging legal unit for review before sending to the receiving bank

- Engage other bank to confirm if their customer has been contacted for consent and advice to log for reversal

- Logging for reversal based on advice from receiving bank on DRS

- Sending of customers’ complaint to other bank for erroneous transfer, fraudulent and non-receipt of fund by the beneficiary

CERTIFICATIONS (2023-2024)

- IBM Databases and SQL for Data Science with

Python

- IBM Data Science Methodology

- IBM Python for Data Science, AI & Development

- IBM Python Project for Data Science

- IBM Tools for Data Science

- Introduction to Generative AI

- IBM Data Analysis with Python

- Data Visualization with Python-Edureka

- Machine Learning with Python--Edureka

- Tableau--Edureka

- Data Science and Machine Learning Internship

Program

- HP LIFE E-Learning certificate in Data Science

and analysis

October 2009 to Dec 2018

International Funds Transfer Officer-

United Bank for Africa, Lagos, Nigeria

- Processing of incoming and outgoing monetary wire transfers via MT103, MT202, to various

beneficiaries account.

- Review and treating of recall transaction

via MT199 to correspondence bank

using SWIFT platform based on

consent granted by the customer (if

credited) and if the fund is in bank

position, the customer will be notified

for contest if need be.

- Processing of foreign bank draft to the

bank’s corresponding bank (CITI bank

and Standard Chartered.

- Amendments of messages on return

payments from offshore bank via

SWIFT platform.

- Monitoring and reviewing transactions for

potential suspicious activity and report to

compliance for further action.

- Review of open items in offshore internal mirror account for FCY transactions.

- Ensure all transactions are processed in

adherence to bank policy and regulatory

bodies.

- Timely processing of all request within stipulated Turn Around Time (TAT) for customers.

ACCOMPLISHMETS

- Plug in of dialogue Chat-box to answer staff

queries on Centralized Processing Portal in

order to improve Turn Around Time and

customer satisfaction. (project ongoing).

- Represented the bank at National House of

Representative(FCT) on payment gateway

Income/Revenue issue. UBA plc -March 2024

- Uncovered and recovery of Three Billion Naira

loss to customers through payable account

reconciliation. UBA plc -2020.

- Process improvement on inward telegraphic

process flow on bank core application (Finacle)

from 11 pages to 1 page. UBA plc-2019.

- Redesigning of foreign currency transfer form to a single page from pages UBA plc- 2018.

- Automation of Dispute resolution portal to

ensure prompt customer satisfaction in

compliance with the regulation policy

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