Financial Analyst Business Partner
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TUNDE GBADAMOSI
Financial/Business Analyst, CRM
Kennesaw, Atlanta, GA 30144, USA
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Financial Business Advisor with over 15 years of comprehensive background in financial management, strategy, business development and business transformation. Proven track record of optimizing revenue, managing budgets, and implementing cost-saving initiatives across diverse industries. Adept at providing data-driven insights, possess expertise in a wide range of software tools, overseeing complex financial operations, and serving as a trusted business partner for executive leadership. MBA in Business Management with a strong foundation in accounting and extensive certifications in finance and management
CORE COMPETENCIES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Financial Business Advisor
Ernst & Young, LLP. Georgia, USA Dec 2017 - Present
Responsibilities and Key Attainments:
Acted as a trusted Business Advisor and Finance Business Partner to 48 Partners and executive directors across the United States, providing expert financial counsel.
Successfully managed a progressive Business Revenue exceeding $420 million, optimizing financial support and enhancing partner satisfaction.
Distinguished as the Senior Technical Specialist for the Mercury integrated SAP solution, contributing to improved client service and streamlined business management.
Proficiently conducted complex daily financial management for over 700 Engagements and books of business reviews, ensuring financial stability for Tax clients.
Demonstrated strong coordination and preparation skills by managing budgets and periodic Revised Estimates (ETC) for all Partner's books of businesses.
Meticulously and efficiently handled accounts payable and receivable for all clients under my portfolio, maintaining financial accuracy and client satisfaction.
Leveraged SQL Server for Data Extraction, Data Visualization Forecasting, and Trend Analysis, enhancing data-driven decision-making by extracting data from various sources, including financial databases and spreadsheets.
Deployed the SAP ERP in efficient payment and collection processes, impacting as healthy cash flow reporting and financial stability.
Provided valuable support to engagement partners, Tax Leadership, and Director of Finance by delivering critical management information on a daily, weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc basis, contributing to informed decision-making.
Critically analysed, investigated and advised on corrective actions for all economic engagements, measure variances between budgets and actual performances, implemented billings and cash collections, ensuring efficient financial cycles.
Demonstrated exceptional skills by setting up new client accounts and engagements that mirrored modeled economics, margin, expected revenue, Cost, Resource hours, Cross-border billing, and collection, aligning financial practices with client expectations.
Senior Finance Manager CIB Business Partner & Finance Analyst
Standard Chartered Bank, London, United Kingdom Sep 2015 – Mar 2017
Responsibilities and Key Attainments:
Implemented and adapted strategies to manage a revenue portfolio of over $18 billion, consistently analyzing and reporting performance against budget and forecasts at all levels.
Successfully educated stakeholders by delivering weekly reports on key performance information (MI) with a focus on ensuring data integrity and timely communication, which heralded better information understanding within the teams and between units
Calculated and improved financial strategies, translating ideas into meaningful financial information for yearly budgets and 5-year rolling forecasts, emphasizing profitability, balance sheet growth, and capital requirements constantly reporting on KPIs and markers
Built comprehensive External and Internal Reports using SAP Controlling Functional Modules, facilitating cost calculation, analysis, planning, and overhead management.
Consulted on financial reporting, generating monthly and bi-monthly performance reports for Capital Market, Security, and Equity Department, while ensuring compliance with local GAAP and IFRS.
Conducted daily revenue assurance activities, blocking leakages through a meticulous review of General ledgers, Income and expense feeds, revenue comparison for CIB group and Treasury products.
Coordinated the management of annual budgets and Revised Estimates (RE), ranking financial priorities for a comprehensive approach to financial planning.
Allocated resources efficiently and consolidated accounts payable and receivable for the Corporate and Investment Banking Group on SAP.
Recommended actions for credit supports and provisions for performing and non-performing Loans on the CIB balance sheet.
Presented monthly reconciliation results for all General ledgers, including Banks Suspense Accounts, and integrated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) into monthly reports, monitoring profitability against budget, forecasts, and revised estimates for CIB Group and Treasury products.
Provided back-end support and integration of Client Business and Ecosystems
Advised on Financing structures for various M&A, Divestitures, Carve-outs, LBOs ensuring efficient sourcing and funds-matching
Advised on Risk Evaluation and modelling processes in the Financial Due Diligence, in different Loan arrangements
Business Transformation and Cost & Data Manager
Union Bank NIG PLC, Lagos, Nigeria July 2014 – Sep 2015
Responsibilities and Key Attainments:
As a key member of the bank's transformation team, played a pivotal role in achieving a complete transformation of Union Bank within an impressive 12-month timeframe.
Leading teams on CRM and MIS Projects for a robust client data base and funding structures for particular economic sectors that revived and produced a robust ALM Structure
Successfully managed and executed an end-to-end Finance and Strategy department transformation, delivering comprehensive change within a remarkable 8-month period.
Achieved a significant reduction in the Cost to Income Ratio, driving it down from 98% to an exceptional 67% through focused cost and expense transformation initiatives.
Assumed responsibility for preparing, implementing, and ensuring compliance with all cost-related policies for the bank, contributing to a stronger foundation of financial governance.
Led various business transformation initiatives, overseeing tasks such as restructuring, new branch locations, relocations, and closures, which streamlined the bank's operations.
Optimization of the business process, through a restructuring of the head office department, achieving improved efficiency of the organization's internal business processes and resource allocation.
Successfully influenced the deployment of enhanced software system, after conducting a thorough System audit & review which catalyzed improved operational efficiency and digital capabilities.
Developed and implemented a comprehensive procurement to payment policy, enhancing cost management and financial control
Senior Finance Business Partner for Stanbic IBTC Capital Ltd and Investment Banking Group
Standard Bank Of South Africa, Lagos, Nigeria Nov 2012 – July 2014
Responsibilities and Key Attainments:
Leading as a Senior Finance Business Partner, with responsibility for overseeing the finance processes of the entire Buy and Sell sides of the Investment Banking Group across diverse industries and product groups, including Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Telecom, Media, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, Consumer and Retail, Merger and Acquisition, Origination, Debt Capital Market, and Equity Capital Market.
Implemented a deep-dive and meticulous building of a Book of Business from the universal banking clientele that generated a 200% increase in the transaction volumes within a year, with attendant increased revenues
Regularly led the Financial Forecasting and Models for IPOs and other Short-term funding arrangeemnts undertaken by the Investment Banking Group
Ensured data integrity and facilitated timely communication to stakeholders through meticulous management reporting of key Investment Banking Group Management Information (MI).
Spearheaded the monthly and bi-monthly preparation of financial performance reports for Head office in South Africa, incorporating in-depth analysis, review, and insightful commentaries, all aligned with local GAAP and IFRS standards.
Consistently played pivotal role in strategic planning by conducting weekly deal review and pipeline deals meetings, and prepared financial forecasts in alignment with Investment Banking Group business strategy.
Efficiently Managed Cash Management, Payable and Receiveable, and investment decisions for IBTC Capital Ltd.
Orchestrated the comprehensive management, coordination, preparation and periodic review of the annual budgets and estimates.
Provided indispensable leadership management information for SICL/IB Group decision-making.
Established and tracked Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the SICL/IB Group's business units, while meticulously monitoring the profitability of products, customers, and business units.
Finance Business Partner & Cost Control Manager - Personal and Business Banking (PBB)
Stanbic IBTC Bank of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria Oct 2008 – Nov 2012
Responsibilities and Key Attainments:
Spearheaded Finance ownership of the bank's Pricing Engine, Concession management, and customer revenue management on the TBMS Pricing engine, optimizing pricing strategies and revenue streams resulting in growth in revenue run-rates, avoiding leakages, recoveries and closing revenue gaps. Achieved through meticulous daily monitoring
Conducted monthly reconciliation and reporting of incomes, Direct and Indirect Costs, and other key financial indicators against Current, Historical and Budget forecasts, to ensure alignment with overall bank financial performance
Guided strategic decisions by providing valuable insights, through indepth SWOT analyses of branches, poviding monthly branch and client-focused profitability reports
Calculated and prepared periodic Balance Sheet and P&L performance reports, detailing all components and indices of All Sales personnel which was instrumental to efficient quarterly performance reviews by Business Unit Heads.
Consistently ensured monthly reporting of dormancy and cross-sell ratio of Branches, Sales personnel and Relationship Managers which led to an improvement in customer engagement, activity ratio and revenue growth month-on-month a vibrant client portfolio.
Regulalry conducted deep-dive reviews based on monthly and quarterly product performance analysis reports for all products, enabling data-driven decisions and enhancements for each Product Head resulting in consistent increase in products deployment
Effectively measured and reported on the performance of new branches against business cases, steering alignment with strategic goals and regular monthly reporting, leading to an earlier-than-expected breakeven period than projected timeframes.
TECHNICAL (IT) SKILLS
Data Management:
SQL Database Management, Data Extraction, Data Visualization, Forecasting, Trend Analysis
Computer Tools:
MS Excel, MS Word, SAP Module, Power BI, FINACLE, COGNOS, TBMS (Pricing Engine), SAP ERP, Hyperion, Oracle, GFIS, Mercury Business Solution, SAP Controlling Functional Modules
Research:
Financial Modeling, Auditing, Management Accounting, Variance Analysis, Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Analytics, Productivity management, Financial Operations, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), US GAAP
EDUCATION
oMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Lagos, Nigeria 2008
oBachelor of Science (Accounting), Cum-Laude
University of Lagos, Nigeria 2001
oNational Diploma in Accounting
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State 1998
PROFESSIONAL COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS
oAssociate Member: Chartered Accountant (ACA) (CPA Equivalent)
oAssociate Member: Chartered International Taxation (ACIT)
Institute Of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria 2006
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria 2010
oMember: Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM)
oAssociation Member: Cost Management (ACM)
Nigeria Institute of Management 2004
Nigeria Institute of Cost Management 2004
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
oCSPO - Certified SCRUM Product Owner: SCRUM Alliance, 2021
oBest Practices for Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting: Euro Money, New York, 2015
oFoundation Leadership Program: Global Leadership Centre, South Africa, 2014
oAdvanced Financial Analysis and Business Modeling Using Excel: Signal House Consulting
oMoney Laundering Control Training Workshop: Standard Bank Group of South Africa, 2015
oEffective Project Management: Phillips Consulting, March 2009
oEffective Taxation: KPMG International, 2010
Business Analytics
Financial Control
Revenue Optimization
Budgeting And Forecasting
Financial Analysis
Auditing
Data Analytics software Tools
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Financial Modeling
Leadership
Quality Assurance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Relationship Management
Business Development
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