Finance Manager Admin Officer

UMAR ABDULLAHI UMAR (ACA)

Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako House, 8 Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11,Garki, Abuja. Tel: 081******** Email: ***************@*****.*** ACCOUNTS FINANCE

Seasoned, dependable and reputable accountant with over Five (5) years progressive experience in Accounts, Finance, with untainted track record. A keen analyst with a distinction in transparency in reporting to internal and external stakeholders. Possess commercial awareness and excellent presentation, verbal communication and organizational skills. Seeking to provide top quality professional service on financial and managerial matters in a challenging and merit- driven work environment with opportunities for career development and advancement.

Areas of Expertise

Financial Analysis &

Reporting

QuickBooks POS

SAP

Cash & Treasury

Management

Variance & Trend

Analysis

Microsoft Office

Proficient

Account

Reconciliations

Reporting &

Documentation

Team Building &

Supervision

SKILLS

Excellent report writing skills

Good planning and organizational skills;

Accuracy;

Flexibility and adaptability;

Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines;

Result-oriented in a team approach;

Ability to work individually as well as in a team;

Ability to work in a multi-cultural setting

Notable Achievements

Reconciled a complex Staff payroll which had been stuck in limbo for 9 years with

Increased accounting department’s efficiency by 50% through providing transaction E- channels and others

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Society For Family Health (SFH) NGO. Kaduna Finance and Admin Officer. Global Fund Malaria

Timely review and processing of all vendor payments

Record and account daily transactions and ensure accuracy and completeness of required files and supporting documentation that serves as evidence of transactions.

Process cash disbursements in accordance with financial management policies and established approval levels.

Prepare monthly financial reports for the facility.

Responsible for procurement activities for the facility in accordance with the organization’s procurement policy.

Responsible for all matters related to the administration of the facility.

Manage assets within the facility to ensure adequate maintenance. Al-Basar International Foundation Trust (NGO), BAUCHI Head of Account

Purchasing and Business Central processing:

Enter all invoices into the accounting system and allocate them against purchase orders.

Coordinate and manage the process to setup new suppliers in the accounting system and deal with supplier queries regarding payments.

Maintain and update supplier information and do relevant background checks and terrorist/ debarment checks.

Ensure that direct debits payment are checked to supporting documentation and correctly recorded in the accounting system.

To ensure monthly payment reports are produced for the cash flow analysis.

Maintain an updated list of preferred vendors for the office.

Manage procurement and purchase requisition process in Business Central Managing staff and vendor accounts:

Process travel requisitions and related staff advances

Enter staff expenses into the accounting system (reimbursements and/or advance liquidations)

Timely payments to suppliers, payments done within 30 days of receipt of invoice.

Run the creditor report at month-end.

Cashbook management and reconciliations:

Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for the main operating account for submission to the Head Office Finance team.

Manage the petty cash process and balance petty cash monthly.

Prepare monthly reconciliations of payables, payroll, accruals and prepayment control accounts.

Ensure that internal bank transfers are correctly managed.

Follow up on reconciling items above and pass correcting entries where necessary.

Processing of the cashbook on a monthly basis.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS BSc Accounting, Bayero University, Kano State; 2015 National Diploma in Accounting, Kano State Polytechnic, Kano State; 2010 Professional Affiliations

Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

(Qualified November 2022)

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