OKEDURUM, Emmanuel Obinna

Credit and Warehouse Controller

Telephone: 080********, 090******** ● Email: adq350@r.postjobfree.com

Gender: Male, Marital Status: Married, Nationality: Nigerian, Date of Birth: 18/05/1969

A finance professional of over 10 years’ experience, poised to add value with strengths in credit risk, audit, financial/business analysis, financial reporting, & process improvement.

COSO ● SOX ● IIA Standards ● IFRS ● Excel ● Accpac ● Sage line 50 ● Peachthree ● Tally ERP ● LEAN ● SAP

November 2010 – date CREDIT AND WAREHOUSE CONTROLLER

OCULUS PHARMACARE LTD.

Oculus PharmaCare Ltd is a top-notch player in the pharmaceutical industry for 21 years with a turnover of =N=4.9 billion mark with an employee size of 80 to 150 bracket.

Vetting customers’ orders for compliance to credit limits, policies, processes & procedures

Interfacing with Reps/Customers (End-to-End) on collection of overdue receivables nationwide

Collate orders, plan and approve invoicing for customers to be done promptly and accurately

Collate the approved invoices, send to warehouse for transportation and delivery to customers

Collect general customer complaints/inquiries or changes to orders and ensure they are treated

Managing Credit officers/sales Reps to meet the order 2 cash collection targets set by management

Chat with key customers to negotiate discounts that can induce faster payment timelines

Create new customer portals and information with applicable credit features on ERP system

Credit assessment and performance review analysis and reports to management

Certifying acceptable level of credit risk appetite relative to working capital needs per time

Granting credit approval to qualified customers after appropriate risk analysis

Decline credit to non-performing or delinquent accounts and change limits as the case may require

Conducting of forensic audits, reconciliation of customers’ accounts and intra-group receivables

Inspection visits to key customers to conduct reconciliations as the case may require

Crosschecking withholding tax returns vis-a-viz customer’s invoices

Conducting special fraud investigations as exigent and reporting cases of breaches

Reviewing processes and systems to ensure fraud detection and prevention companywide

Call over of vouchers to ensure accuracy of sales and receivables data

Recommending write offs of bad debts to management and implementing same as approved

Preparing ECL reports with respect to IFRS 9 impairment treatment for management and board

Circularization of customers periodically to conduct integrity tests on receivables data

Generating appropriate reports as evidence for collections, police or court cases

Assist in drafting Contract papers in respect to specific transactions with mega distributors

Collecting Form Ms from Banks and filing same for LCs or Bills for Collection transactions

Fill the form Ms in line with Proforma Invoices provided by Suppliers to procure products

Submit Form Ms,Proforma Invoices with Marine Insurance for Forex bidding for payments

Source Forex from BDCs to ensure suppliers are paid to avoid credit block

Reconcile LCs and Bills for Collection payments with banks and BDCs per Proforma Invoices

Interfacing with FIRS Tax Auditors to provide documents for periodic audits

Preparing and filing FIRS Monthly Returns

Ensuring that tax payments corresponds with tax liabilities

Bank reconciliation and posting customers payments into GL

GL account reconciliation

Reviewing & analyzing GL entries and accounts

Preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, ytd & yearly management performance reports.

Preparing weekly & monthly collection and receivables reports for management/board meetings

Consolidating organization-wide departmental budgets apportionment

Preparing territory-wise, area-wise, region-wise & companywide sales budgets

Reporting on company weekly/monthly results and assisting in month end financial statements

Processing bills/vouchers for account payables of all categories in the chart of accounts

Posting of all expenses and vendors payables into correct general ledger heads and cost centers

Proper coding of all journal entries into chart of accounts and cost centres

Posting petty cash expenses and updating book records.

Reviewing and maintaining controls around receivables, sales & inventory.

Receiving goods, Posting GRN or SRN into General Ledger

Compare quantities ordered to that received, and report shortages or defects in conditions

Supervise personnel and manage processes to ensure efficient supply chain to customers

Ensure warehouse activities, systems, processes and procedures are properly coordinated

Engage in spot checks, bin cards reconciliation and full cycle stock audits with external auditors

Monitor stock levels to prevent stock outs and guide the management on reorder levels

Ensure that site safety standards are maintained

Providing on the job training for Accounts Officers and management of team performance

Oct 2008 to Nov 2008 HEAD, INTERNAL CONTROL AND AUDIT

AZSA MICROFINANCE BANK LTD

Overseeing bank-wide internal control and audit work program: and credit committee member

Credit appraisal, reviews, recommendations and risk management

Cash verification and confirmation of disbursements by cashier’s daily

Reconciliation of suspense accounts

Pursuing the recovery of non-performing and overdue loans

Aug 2008 to Oct 2008 INTERNAL CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR

TRADERS MICROFINANCE BANK LTD

Overseeing bank-wide internal control and audit work program: and credit committee member

Credit appraisal, reviews, recommendations and risk management

Call over of vouchers to ensure the integrity MIS and maintaining fixed assets

Cash verification and confirmation of disbursements by cashier’s daily

Monitoring of imprest accounts disbursements and retiring of same

Securing compliance to policies, processes and procedures

Preparing returns for NDIC, CBN, FIRS and Interfacing with CBN Examiners and External auditors

June 2007 to July 2008 ACCOUNTANT

PORT & MARINE SERVICES LTD.

Vouchering, coding and posting all expenses on Sage

Handling all payables and procurement for materials on site

Preparing monthly pay roll and management accounts per period

Reviewing & analysing GL entries and accounts

Managing on site imprest accounts

Interface with external auditors

December 2006 to May 2007 INTERNAL CONTROL & AUDIT OFFICER

OANDO PLC

Development and implementing audit work plans in respect of various Internal Audit assignment

Monitoring organization wide compliance with laid down policies, processes and procedures.

Reviewing systems and procedures across all business and recommending improvements to existing processes and procedures, where appropriate.

Conducting confidential investigations on control breaches, as may be necessary.

Managing the day to day assignment-related operational issues.

Bridging the gap between the ICAM and the field team.

Providing on the job training and development of staff.

Acting as an interface with external auditors.

Adequate inspection coverage of all Oando Group Businesses.

Managing and monitoring the conduct of special investigations into any aspect of the company’s operations.

Preparing reports and implements recommendations.

Ensuring adequate care and maintenance of audit documents.

Managing the performance of Officers in my team.

April 2002 to Nov 2006 HEAD, INTERNAL CONTROL / CREDIT DEVELOPMENT

UGO-AKU COMMUNITY BANK LTD

Oversight of internal control functions of the bank i.e. review of audit steps, book entries like Waste Sheet,

Call over of vouchers and savings journal disbursements by cashiers

Preparing monthly returns sheet for Central Bank OF Nigeria and FIRS

Ensuring that tax liabilities are paid to FIRS

Preparing bank reconciliation reports for management needs

Escalating audit issues to the management and supervisory director.

Credit administration and risk management

Key member of the credit committee.

Writing of credit appraisals and recommending same written by other officers of the bank.

Marketing of loans, target accounts and credit facilities of the bank to the community

Segmenting banking business according to sectors for profitable concentration

Training of officers of the bank in credit development, marketing and risk management

ACCA P.E.1 (ID: 1424234) Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants

ANIM (ID: 073004424) Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing

MBA-FINANCIAL MANAGEMT Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho

B.A. GEOGRAPHY (2.2) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

HOBBIES: Reading, Writing, Meeting People & Driving.

REFEREES:

Clifford Nzimako Fola Igwe Morgan Onwukwe

Oculus Pharmacare Ltd UBA Plc, Marina, Lagos KBL Insurance Ltd

234********** 234********** 248*********

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