OYETUNDE, OYEBODE JAMES
+1-469-***-****, • *.********@*****.*** • Dallas, Texas
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
To pursue and achieve a professional career that encourages hard work, excellent result, integrity and competence towards the realization of corporate goals & objectives in a competitive business environment.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) award of recognition for successful implementation of the biometrics Bank Verification Number (BVN) project.
SKILLS • Excellent understanding of
financial statements
preparation & financial analysis.
• Strong knowledge of Nigerian
tax laws and related
computations.
• Microsoft Dynamics Navision &
Business Central specialist.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Fast learning capability.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good team player.
• IFRS & US GAAP proficient
WORK HISTORY
April 2023 - January 2025
Dallas, Texas. Manager / ERNST & YOUNG USA
ACCOUNTING COMPLAINCE & REPORTING (ACR)
Responsibilities:
• Leading US and foreign bookkeeping activities as well as local to US reconciliation efforts with a team across India, Argentina, and the US
• Supervising and monitoring team members across various jurisdictions in respect of preparation of financial statements to ensuring adherence to stipulated timelines in order to meet the set deadlines
• Managing global compliance for statutory reporting & tax compliance activities in over 20 countries
• Supervising cross border teams, ensuring user training and collaborat- ing with engagement teams to plan the engagement and develop work program timelines & support technology implementation
• Evaluating the current bookkeeping service delivery model to identify improvement areas to create value-added alternatives
• Performing project coordination and maintenance of weekly, monthly and quarterly update documents and budget files
• Ensuring the statutory reporting and bookkeeping processes/proced- ures documentation is relevant and up-to-date
• Adjusting and updating financial statements with year-end audit adjustments proposed by the statutory auditor as well as managing the yearend tax provisioning process.
• Preparation of company income tax, education tax and capital allowances computations, based on the audited financial statements and trial balance for the year.
• Computation of deferred tax balance for multinational organizations based on the audited financial statements for the year.
• Providing my clients with periodic updates on the changes in the Nigeria tax landscape and its impact on tax payers as well as designing and implementing simple solutions to complex tax processes.
• Performing quarterly and yearly tax accounting procedures for our clients.
• Advising our clients on the appropriate Withholding Tax rate to be deducted on vendors' invoices.
• Reviewing the WHT and VAT accounting records on a monthly basis to ensure consistency with the enabling statute.
• Reviewing monthly WHT and VAT positions and making regular returns to the relevant local tax offices.
Responsibilities:
• Preparation of statement of financial position, Statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income, Statement of changes in equity, Statement of cash flows and Notes to the financial statements in advance of the statutory audit.
• Coordinating efficient delivery of financial statement close process and statutory reporting, as well as supporting multinational organizations in their year end statutory audit processes.
• Maintaining daily accounting books and records according to IFRS requirement using Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP system.
• Maintaining fixed asset schedule and carrying out depreciation accounting according to GAAP rules and as per company policy.
• Carrying out bank reconciliation and settlement of accounts for my clients.
• Reviewing and reconciling general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting balances.
Manager / ERNST & YOUNG NIGERIA
ACCOUNTING COMPLAINCE & REPORTING (ACR)
While in the ACR service line of EY, I am involved in managing teams in the process of carrying out the following functions for various clients in the oil & gas, trading, manufacturing and IT services sectors: WORK HISTORY
Aug 2013 - Mar 2023
Lagos, Nigeria
• Supervising the installation of biometric devices and training on the use of the BVN Solution for the banks assigned to me.
• Writing the BVN training manual that was given to the banks to assist them in understanding the BVN application, and also reviewing subsequent versions produced by the vendor.
-SHELL Contract Review.
I was responsible for:
• Reviewing of financial transactions between Shell and some of its Oil
& gas contractors during a specified period.
• Evaluating the activities of the contractors to ensure they conform to the contractual agreements with Shell.
• Flagging irregularities (financial & non-financial) and communicating such with Shell for further action and resolution.
• Providing recommendations to Shell to help them protect against financial loss and reputational damages.
As a team member, I was responsible for:
• Preparing periodic financial records accurately with a view of ensuring timely & accurate reports to assist decision making for the project.
• Carrying out periodic account reconciliation and ensuring all relevant books of accounts are up to date.
• Actively carrying out testing on the BVN application to ensure that all functions work properly without any flaws and are up to expectation before it is pushed to the banking industry for use Carrying out workshops and training sessions for banks to enlighten them about the BVN solution.
CONSULTING SERVICE LINE
While I was in the consulting service line of EY, I had the opportunity of working on different major projects. These include:
-CBN's Bank Verification Number (BVN) Project ( A $60 million dollar CBN initiative to help revolutionize the banking industry and provide a centralized platform through which banks may enroll and uniquely verify the identity of each customer).
EDUCATION
September 2010
Anambra, Nigeria
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Madonna University
CERTIFICATIONS
Qualified Chartered Accountant - Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) CPA in progress
REFERENCE: Available upon request