Bukky Lawal

• Assist with preparation of IFRS group annual statutory accounts along with detailed note workings - own preparation of annual P&L accounts and Fee income.
• Preparation of three-four subsidiaries annual accounts in accordance with IFRS.
• Assist with timely production of IFRS consolidated result for quarterly interim financial statements.
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliation and group fixed asset register.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors to ensure smooth annual audit process.
• Collaborate closely with finance team to deliver accurate year-end accounts.
• IFRS 16 Lease accounting - identify new leases, modifications or disposals to be processed through EY lease account tool (Lease enabler) ensuring calculations are correct.
• Update summary report used in year end for lease reporting.
• Quarterly group IFRS 16 reconciliation to ensure rent free periods, prepayment and accruals are correct.
• Collaborate with wider finance team and subsidiaries with IFRS 15 reporting to ensure revenue recognition is in alignment with IFRS 15 requirements.
• Assist with impairment review of acquired entities. Monthly posting of amortisation of investments and intangibles.
• Assist with PI and claims recognition and provisions.
• Completion of National statistics return are done in timely manner and submitted.
• Assist with timely preparation of tax packs used by tax team to file EY partner's annual self assessments.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards, ensuring organisational compliance.

• Managed portfolio of six partners within TAX FSO service line with Total Engagement Revenue of more £40 million.
• Provide financial performance and analysis on specific clients such as LBG, Barclays, HSBC, Blackrock, and other G360 clients
• Closely communicating and consistently engaging with senior management for documenting financial requirements across different service lines.
• Was part of Global Finance Transformation, Program Mercury team, which involved standardizing processes and global integration of system. This will provide more accurate data and give us more time to focus on clients and enable us to deliver exceptional client service.
• Prepared weekly Revenue Leakage reporting on overall FS Tax SL to Service Line lead and Ops Board.
• Demonstrating commercial awareness and key issues driving overall performance of portfolio and advising recommendations for improvement to Partners & Senior Managers. Support client serving engagement teams to make best use of Mercury and its processes in order to effectively manage their projects with EY's external clients.
• Assist client engagement team at various stages of Engagement Life Cycle such as advising on how to select correct client entity for opportunities, ensuring entities have valid PACE linked to it, deal sign-off, pricing plan approved, budget setup, and resource mix leverage.
• Ensure engagements are set up in line with EY local policy and PAF Framework.
• Reviewed various pricing plan options and explained downstream impacts of different user choices required by Mercury.
• Advise client teams on how best to leverage the use of GDS in their resource mix to help maximise portfolio margin.
• Ensure engagement teams are properly prepared for client negotiations from a financial perspective.
• Provide instruction and guidance on estimate to complete (ETC) processes and corresponding financial impacts.
• Provide first line on demand support including analysing, diagnosing and resolving stakeholder queries to develop a strong culture of financial awareness, and accountability.
• Review and monitor inventory across portfolio to identify risk and provide Partners and other key stakeholders up to date details on potential risk to revenue recognition and revenue day performance
• Presented business/financial data to senior stakeholders such as managers, directors and partners highlighting key KPIs to maximize engagement profitability.
• Facilitate training for client serving team on Mercury and effective financial management practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and providing support to other team members across borders, service lines, and industries and constantly leverage leading practices.
• Review open items in ServiceNow (ticketing system), prioritise follow up activities. Spend scheduled time 'on the grid', taking calls / chats from client servers
  • Demonstrate commercial awareness and key issues driving overall performance of assigned portfolio and advising recommendations for improvement to Partners & Senior Managers.
  • Continuously work with TAX FSO Finance team to ensure team and department targets set are being achieved

• Provide high level of Customer Service and deliver a high standard of 100 calls per day in a confident, professional & friendly manner

• Understand different procedures and retain information across number of different campaigns.

• Communicate clearly and openly and display excellent listening skills at all times

• Ensured positive attitude and high level of commitment to all ACS clients and campaigns

• Ensure all customer details are captured and updated appropriately

•Provide feedback to management on potential improvements to existing procedures and scripting

• Ensure that all customers are dealt with at all times in accordance with defined Customer Service Standards and Values •

Work flexibly and co-operatively to ensure that operational service priorities are met

•Utilise appropriate IT systems and processes to manage and record customer contacts and ensure appropriate information is collected

• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Supervised accounts receivables clerks, team of two.
• Maintained fixed asset module and calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.
• Balanced monthly general ledger accounts to accurately record cost and month end accruals.
• Proposed and published metrics and KPIs to be incorporated into the monthly financials and scorecards.
• Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month.
• Analysed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.
• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.
• Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions.
• Reduced annual tax adjustments by 10% through better financial control.
• Suggested budgetary changes to increase company profits by 20%.
• Filed tax returns and prepared governmental reports in compliance with strict standards.
• Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
• Prepared financial pages for presentation to senior management.
• Created presentation formats for monthly/quarterly reviews of expense charge-outs.
• Preparation/review of direct and Indirect Tax returns for different countries.
• Running GL reports as well as prepare and review excel analytics and journals •
• Communicate within and outside the organisation to resolve problems.
• Performing quality checks such as review sample invoices to ensure current Tax rules / requirements per country is applied •
• Maintain relationship with foreign tax authorities and supporting tax audits.
• Supporting business with regard to any upcoming issues related to tax change •
• Monitor/perform the completion of daily routine tasks •
• Participate in projects as required.

• Generated financial statements and contributed in the timely production of monthly management accounts including budgeting and forecasting process
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
• Modified a comprehensive financial reporting package to reflect growing organisational complexity.
• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.
• Filed tax returns and prepared governmental reports in compliance with strict standards.
• Consolidated financial data and materials for key leadership meetings.
• Ran and analysed monthly revenue risk reports for the executive team.
• Monitored organisation's performance against competitors.
• Budgeted active and proposed projects by accurately determining pricing, margins and risk factors.
• Maintained fixed asset module and calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.
• Pro-actively sought solutions to issues, before they occur where possible
• Assisted with tendering and procurement process
• Influenced the business through engaging and communicating effectively with partners and stakeholders
• Evaluated commercial data effectively and communicated articulately to non-financial stakeholders
• Developed KPI reports for the different units in the company providing the director and managers with useful insight on how to improve financial and business performance or identify developing issues.
• Developed and maintained excellent business partnering arrangements with external stakeholders by ensuring the provision of reliable and timely financial information and analysis.
• I engaged with senior stakeholders of the company on a regular basis to provide consistent financial support.
• Analysed and researched reporting issues to improve accounting operations procedures.
  Filed tax returns and prepared governmental reports in compliance with strict standards.
  Computed taxes owed by applying prescribed rates, laws and regulations

• Assisted inannualbudget setting andperiodic monitoring.
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet items or entries on all asset and Liabilities and in the occurrence of any discrepancies a thorough investigation is carried out and journal correction is implemented.
• Maintained Fixed AssetRegister in accordance with IAS 16
• Maintained Depreciation Schedule for Fixed Asset register
• Accounting for Finance & Operating Leases in accordance with IAS 17
• Accounting for Finance & Operating Lease in accordance with IAS 17.
• Prepared accurate financial statements at end of the quarter. Assisted in the closing down of Year end procedures including closing and generating final balance of every cost centre codes
• Prepared and inputted Journal,Virementand Prepayment entries.
• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Responsible for all UK and EU VAT calculation and HMRC filing.
• Managed Corporation tax compliance, preparation, calculation review and submission of tax returns using company's in-house software
• In charge of calculations of all estimated tax liability for quarterly instalments as well as ensured timely payments of all amounts due to HMRC
• Managed all aspect of VAT compliance, submission of returns, VAT payments, Overseas VAT compliance which included submission of all EC sales lists.
• Liaised with external non-UK tax advisors on tax compliance issues relevant to all EU and overseas operations such as corporation tax, VAT and transfer pricing
• Responsible for all areas of current and deferred tax accounting for interim and annual accounts, including calculation of deferred tax and current tax liability
• Responsible for the development of robust documentation for all areas of tax compliance to support the Accounting manager's obligations
• Proposed and published metrics and KPIs to be incorporated into the monthly financials and scorecards.
• Reviewed collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.
• Worked with management at the project level to ensure expense plans are achieved.
• Worked with managers to develop annual expense plan goals.
• Maintained fixed asset module and calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.
• Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
• Assisted management with the finalization of the annual expense plans.
• Created presentation formats for monthly/quarterly reviews of expense charge-outs.
• Prepared financial pages for presentation to senior management.
• Reduced annual tax adjustments by 10% through better financial control.
• Suggested budgetary changes to increase company profits.
• Filed tax returns and prepared governmental reports in compliance with strict standards.
• Modified a comprehensive financial reporting package to reflect growing organisational complexity.
• Implemented marketing strategies which resulted in 12% growth of customer base.
• Reported internal control issues to management and supplied comprehensive recommendations to mitigate the associated risks.
• Met with clients to identify and assess business controls, risks, process gaps and work flow inefficiencies.
• Compiled financial reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures and profit and loss.
• Reconstructed accounting records from clients' checks and cash receipts.
• Performed periodic budgeting/modelling to project monthly cash requirements.

• Period-End postings of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) & Housing and Health General Fund (H &GF) rent and service charges figures- Done last week of the period.
• Processed period-End Revenue and Capital Journal entries Period- end Sink Clearance using-Using Oracle Applications.
• Period-End production of budget monitoring report for HRA and Housing & Health General Fund.
• Processed DF98 Capital Expenditure and CPIR forms Fortnightly Morrison VAT Reconciliation.
• Processed Half-yearly void council Tax payment schedules Posting of Redcare Internal Charges in Period 6 Processing Purchase invoices including obtaining relevant authorisation and reconciling supplier statements.
• Processed sundry debtor invoice request forms relating to homes in Havering.
• Processed In-year Virement requests {Budget journals} and Budget Re-profiling Printing off the over £100K Journal Authorisation schedule after period End.
• Used the 11i spreadsheet to request new codes and amend or close existing ones.
• Monthly reconciliation of HRA & H & H GF salaries (Permanent and Agency staff) Assisting with the submission of Statistical Returns such as the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) Assisting with Budget Development for the HRA &Health and Housing General Funds Assisting with Year-End closure of Accounts.
• Assisted with compiling information relating to the submission of relevant Grant claims Joint working with HIH to achieve Year-End Cash Reconciliation Working on ad hoc financial projects within the Housing Finance Section.
• Compiled general ledger entries on a short schedule with nearly 100% accuracy.
• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.
• Filed tax returns and prepared governmental reports in compliance with strict standards.
• Compiled general ledger entries on a short schedule with nearly 100% accuracy.
• Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.