Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
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MARIA E KPEDI, aat, aca.

Birmingham,United Kingdom

Summary

Finance Management, Fund Accountant, Banker.

An organised and detail-oriented individual with professional accounting qualifications and finance experience across the pensions, real estate, banking sectors. I am driven by my passion and enthusiasm for research, innovation and technology, finance, curiosity, and problem solving to deliver the best results. I am eager to learn and develop my skills whilst delivering positive results towards the organizations objective .

Overview

6
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work history

Claudia's Kitchen
Birmingham, West Midlands

Finance Intern
04.2023 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • Developed an understanding of start-ups and the business.
  • Assisted in writing funding and financial plans
  • Accurate and timely recording of invoices and VAT returns.
  • Efficiently used to QuickBooks and Excel to record accounting entries.
  • Communicated and effectively collaborated with the external accountants to track outstanding payments and VAT returns.

Philpotts
Birmingham, West Midlands

Retail Assistant
02.2023 - 04.2023

Job overview

  • Effectively worked with team members to continually replenish stock in line with sales records and management requirement.
  • Delivered outstanding in-store experience through positive and attentive customer service.
  • Greeted customers in a friendly manner and offered assistance with selecting and completing purchases.
  • Ensured products were presentable and appealing to customers

Access pensions ltd
Abuja

Fund Accountant
05.2022 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Responsible for the management of 5 funds; 2 Retirement savings accounts (RSAs) and 3 defined benefit schemes (DBs)
  • Prepared the weekly bank reconciliations in a timely manner and submitted compiled reports to the head of the fund accounting unit.
  • Liaised with the pension fund custodians for the daily investment and trade transactions for the reconciliation of accounts and daily valuations
  • Effectively communicated with other PFAs for the monthly consolidation of the DBs funds
  • Daily generation and reconciliation of the net asset value (NAV) for each of the 5 funds
  • Accurate generation of the monthly growth in asset, valuation, and submission of the monthly report of the funds within the stipulated timeline
  • Delivered the necessary support for the auditors, investment team and the custodians as required.
  • Successfully worked as a team with other members of the fund accounting unit to accurately generate the monthly fund reports.

Right Key Property Management
Abuja

Accounts Assistant
05.2021 - 03.2022

Job overview

  • Right key property management, Abuja
  • Efficient Management and record keeping of the rental deposits
  • Prepared Excel spreadsheets to track banking transactions and financial performance.
  • Recorded and filed cash transactions for financial statement development in a timely manner.
  • Calculated bills owed by customers, prepared invoices and distributed statements.

Wetland Microfinance Bank
Delta

Credit Control Officer
09.2020 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • Wetland Microfinance Bank, Delta
  • Reviewed and verified loan history of customers seeking loans from the bank
  • Monitored accounts for signs of fraud and non-payment issues and checked for non-performing loans in the bank.
  • Actively remained updated with lending policies to adhere with guidelines and procedures.
  • Generated and communicated results and recommendations from the credit analysis to the head of credit control.

Wetland Microfinance Bank
Delta

Operations Assistant
05.2018 - 08.2019

Job overview

  • Reviewed and evaluated the work done by cashiers to ensure appropriate delivery of no error or omission.
  • Accurately and Calculated Customers loan repayment amount with great attention to detail.

Wetland Microfinance Bank
Delta

Customer Service Assistant
05.2017 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • Addressed customer complaints and mitigated dissatisfaction by employing timely and effective solutions.
  • Assisted customers and their enquiries using strong interpersonal skills and communication techniques.
  • Guaranteed positive customer experience by answering customers telephone calls and emails promptly to resolve concerns.
  • Created and maintained accurate and current customer accounts and account data with manual forms processing and digital information updates.

Education

Aston University
Birmingham

Master of Science from International Accounting and Finance
09/2022 - 09/2023

University overview

  • Data Mining: Predicting real estate prices using SPSS Modeler.
  • Business Project: The strategic, commercial, and financial analysis and valuation of Taylor Wimpey.
  • The Aston Global Advantage. Birmingham Pride Business Challenge : successfully worked with team members from distinct backgrounds to develop an understanding of Equality, diversity, inclusion as well as a virtual presentation to recommend a Five-year business plan for Birmingham Pride.
  • Sustainability Accounting: A research on the genuineness of companies reporting on sustainability using Volkswagen group as a Case Study.

Babcock University

Bachelor of Science from Accounting
08/2016 - 06/2020

University overview

GRADE 2:1

Final Year Project: The impact of Internal Audit on Fraud Detections in Banks.

Skills


  • IBM SPSS Modeler
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • QuickBooks
  • CPAS pension software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel

Accomplishments

  • Treasurer at St. Vincent De Paul Society, St. Vincent Conference, Birmingham. (June 2023-Present).
  • The 67th session of the commission on the status of women (CSW) as a volunteer UN women UK delegate (March, 2023). Theme: Innovation and Technological Change Education in The Digital Age.
  • Nigerian Model United Nations Society (NISSMUN) as a representative of The World Bank Group. Theme: Eliminating Hate Messages and Violent Crimes. (October, 2015).


Certification

  • Bright Network Virtual Internship: Financial Services and Consulting (June, 2023).
  • CIMA Business Game Challenge (January, 2023). Worked with a team to provide a business growth plan for an airline.
  • Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), (December, 2022).
  • Accounting Technicians Scheme (AAT), (June, 2019).
  • New Horizon Certificate in Project Management (December, 2019)
  • New Horizon Certificate in Microsoft Excel (April, 2018)
  • New Horizon Certificate in Customer Relationship Management (April, 2019).
  • New Horizon Certificate in Microsoft Word, (December, 2016)


Languages

English
Native

Timeline

Finance Intern

Claudia's Kitchen
04.2023 - 06.2023

Retail Assistant

Philpotts
02.2023 - 04.2023

Fund Accountant

Access pensions ltd
05.2022 - 09.2022

Accounts Assistant

Right Key Property Management
05.2021 - 03.2022

Credit Control Officer

Wetland Microfinance Bank
09.2020 - 12.2020

Operations Assistant

Wetland Microfinance Bank
05.2018 - 08.2019

Customer Service Assistant

Wetland Microfinance Bank
05.2017 - 09.2017

Aston University

Master of Science from International Accounting and Finance
09/2022 - 09/2023

Babcock University

Bachelor of Science from Accounting
08/2016 - 06/2020
MARIA E KPEDI, aat, aca.