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Basit Shittu

Charlton,London

Summary

A highly adaptable and organised professional with strong communication skills, honed through experience at Sales Methods Ltd. Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial accounting, including account and bookkeeping as well as audit documentation. Skilled in learning new technologies quickly, evidenced by the effective use of a new data visualisation platform within Salesforce to deliver a final report. Committed to leveraging these skills to contribute effectively to team projects and organisational goals.


Work history

Forage- Audit Virtual Work experience-EY
09.2025 - 10.2025
  • Audit skills I learnt through my financial accounting and management accounting modules I was able to use during my tasks skills such as understanding financial statements which include balance sheet, income statement, cash flow
  • Documentation and reporting preparing clear, evidence-based audit documentation writing professional audit reports and communicating findings concisely
  • Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and clear communications.

Project Intern

Sales Methods Ltd
06.2025 - 07.2025
  • This work-based learning experience consisted of me working for Sales Methods Ltd during this period I was doing in depth analysis and research work which would help improve their business this included.
  • Identifying key competitors within the Salesforce ecosystem
  • Categorising these competitors (e.g. direct vs indirect, feature-rich vs lightweight, well-established vs newer players) to help understand our position in the market.
  • Analysing competitors’ product features, pricing models, customer feedback, and go-to-market strategies.
  • Evaluating competitors market positioning, strengths, and potential weaknesses in comparison to Sales Methods.
  • Delivered projects on time by managing tasks effectively.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Finance

De Montfort University
09.2024 -

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Leigh Academy Bexley
01.2022 - 01.2024

Skills

  • Soft skills
  • Communication skills both written and verbal during my time at Sales methods ltd I had to communicate with my colleagues when having to present the tasks to the company good communications skills helped everyone within the project team know their role for the presentation
  • Organisational skills throughout my time at Sales methods I had a timetabled schedule of when I would complete each task so I could get the task done on time for the final submission date
  • Adaptability skills midway through the task, our team decided to use a new data visualization platform within sales force I quickly learned it through tutorials and applied it effectively to deliver the final report





  • Hard Skills
  • Microsoft Excel during my first year during the business analysis techniques module I learnt how to data format basic formulas (Sum ,Average ,Count IF) and conditional formatting
  • Microsoft PowerPoint being able to create a PowerPoint presentation when being asked to complete a task
  • Account and Bookkeeping during my introduction to financial accounting module I learnt how to balance sheets and how to do a a financial statement preparation
  • Audit documentation

Languages

Fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan

Extracurricular activities

I play football for a local team on the weekends as well as having a passion for reading books related to economics on how the global economy has changed over the years the book, I’m currently reading is New Development in International Finance by Joel Sternard Joined the Accounting and finance society something that’s helped me network with like-minded people

Timeline

Forage- Audit Virtual Work experience-EY
09.2025 - 10.2025

Project Intern

Sales Methods Ltd
06.2025 - 07.2025

Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Finance

De Montfort University
09.2024 -

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Leigh Academy Bexley
01.2022 - 01.2024
Basit Shittu