Anthony Chukwuemeka Orubor
Summary
Seasoned chartered accountant with over 13 years of experience in financial reporting, taxation, statutory compliance, accounts payable, treasury management, risk management, budgeting, business analysis, business process automation/improvement, and audit coordination in the Agro/Food, FMCG, Oil & Gas, and Banking sectors. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Power BI, SQL, SAP, and SAGE ERPs for business reporting. Holds master's degrees in finance and data science as well as ACA certifications from ICAEW and ICAN. Seeking a challenging finance role in an industry-leading company to leverage skills and experience in driving employer's bottom line and advancing career in a leading accounting role.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Controller
Patec Group
05.2018 - 08.2022
- Financial Reporting (month-end closure and management report, year-end report, and statutory audit) with a target of 10% continuous improvement in turnaround time
- Treasury Management and Business Financing ensuring the overall cost of financing mix is kept below 10%
- Taxation (CIT, WHT, VAT, PAYE etc) and interfacing with regulatory authorities to achieve 100% compliance on statutory and regulatory affairs
- Budgeting and Business Analysis to maintain variances within a minimum threshold of 5%
- Initiated and managed an overall ERP deployment to drive the business process automation and efficiency at a sustained rate of 25%
- Prepared external audit documentation and financial reports for Managing Director in operational planning and key decision making
- Overseeing daily financial functions, including payables, receivables, inventory, fixed assets, payroll, staff mentoring/coaching and financial reporting to sustain a knowledge driven environment to achieve 25% overall departmental efficiency
Assistant Finance Manager
Bell Oil & Gas Ltd
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Financial reporting (Preparation of periodic financial statement: statement of financial position, profit or loss statement, statement of cash flow)
- Budgeting and budgetary control by reviewing company's approval processes and support in the compilation, analysis, and approval of global monthly budget for management consideration
- Maintained a prompt invoicing and debt collection system
- Maintained an effective system of financial control for operational processes
- Treasury Management
Assistant Manager (Finance)
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
09.2011 - 07.2017
- Achieved 30% efficiency in month end closing and year-end closing turnaround time on SAP ERP and preparation of final accounts in compliance with IFRS requirement
- Planned and coordinated year end audit with the external auditors which led to more than 35% reduction in typical audit duration
- Control and review of general ledger entries including prepayments, accruals, allocations, balance sheet review & reconciliation and preparation of associated balance sheet notes to ensure 100% compliance
- Formulation of budgetary and accounting policies as well as P&L variance analysis and ad hoc reporting thereof to ensure variances are not outside the allowable 5% threshold
- Designed and implemented a strictly invoice-based payable system with all local suppliers that resulted in 25% improvement in cash flow management
- Managed PAYE Tax, WHT, VAT as well as Pension & Insurance portfolio of company
- And achieved 100% companywide compliance
- Working closely with external auditors in providing assurance about accuracy of information contained in financial reports and their compliance with statutory requirements in record 25% improvement in turnaround
Cashier/Customer Service Officer
Equitorial Trust Bank Ltd
07.2008 - 08.2011
- Handled cash and cheque transactions with emphasis on accuracy and 25% reduction in turnaround time
- Processed public sector transactions like: VAT and custom duties with emphasis on 100% accuracy and 25% reduction in customer turnaround time
- Processed call overs of previous day transactions to ensure 100% accuracy on postings and documentation
- Managed individual and corporate accounts to ensure an overall branch annual balance sheet growth of 25%
Education
MSc. - Data Science
University of South Wales
MSc. - Finance
University of Lagos
ACA -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
ACA -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
BSc. - Business Administration (Accounting)
University of Benin
Senior School Certificate -
Skills
- SAP
- SAGE
- Xero
- QuickBooks
- Regulatory compliance
- Taxation
- Risk management
- Budgeting
- SQL
- MS Excel
- Power BI
- IFRS
- Team leadership
- Account payables
- Project financing
- Attention to details
- Financial analysis
- Interpersonal skills
- Treasury management
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Strategic planning
- Cash flow management
- Internal controls
- Tax compliance
- Management accounting
Accomplishments
- At Patec Group, I lead my team in sourcing a N2bn CBN CACS intervention funds at a single digit interest rate for the construction of an integrated aquaculture farm, N750m working capital from a commercial bank and managed an end-to-end equipment procurement with foreign OEMs, complete set up of the finance department and implemented SAP ERP in the entire company.
- At Emzor Pharma, I coordinated the successful conversion of the financial reporting format from Nigeria GAAP to IFRS, restructuring and consolidating of all working capital source(s) thereby reducing the company's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) by more than 10% and was the team lead year end audit for 5 consecutive years and ensured that audited financial statement was out not more than 3 months after financial year end.
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading
- Table Tennis
Certification
ACA Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
ACA Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
Reference
Available on request.
Affiliations
- University of South Wales (USW) Alumni
- University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni
Timeline
Financial Controller
Patec Group
05.2018 - 08.2022
Assistant Finance Manager
Bell Oil & Gas Ltd
07.2017 - 04.2018
Assistant Manager (Finance)
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
09.2011 - 07.2017
Cashier/Customer Service Officer
Equitorial Trust Bank Ltd
07.2008 - 08.2011
MSc. - Finance
University of Lagos
ACA -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
ACA -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
BSc. - Business Administration (Accounting)
University of Benin
Senior School Certificate -
MSc. - Data Science
University of South Wales
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