Michael Oluwaseun
Summary
Experienced mid-senior accountant with over 6 years in financial management, accounting, and auditing. Skilled in financial reporting, budget preparation, and strategic planning, ensuring compliance and accuracy. Proficient with QuickBooks, Sage, and Excel, enhancing financial operations through streamlined processes. Expertise in month-end and year-end closing, account reconciliation, and financial statement preparation. Strong leadership in supervising and mentoring junior accountants, fostering a collaborative team environment. Excellent communication skills for effective stakeholder interaction. Dedicated to continuous professional development and staying current with industry trends, ready to contribute to the financial success of the organization.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Officer
Retail Asset Solution
2024.02 - Current
- Implemented robust inventory management software to enhance visibility, control, and data accuracy in realtime.
- Minimized obsolete inventory with regular reviews of product life cycles, sales trends, and customer demands.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve overall supply chain efficiency and reduce lead times.
- Maintained up-to-date price lists to accurately calculate shipping, shortage and demurrage costs.
- Utilized forklift or pallet truck to load, unload, transport and store goods.
- Moved shipment materials to and from designated areas using lift and hand trucks.
- Sorted and delivered materials to different work areas and staff.
- Worked effectively with shippers to resolve shipment issues, damaged materials and shortages.
- Packed, secured, labeled and applied postage to materials to prepare items for shipment.
- Advised on continuous improvement efforts related to inventory policies, processes, tools, and systems.
Financial Analyst
PWAN Group
2023.11 - 2024.02
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
- Facilitated smooth month-end close processes by efficiently reconciling accounts and addressing discrepancies promptly.
- Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts.
- Implemented effective internal controls to mitigate risks associated with financial misstatements or fraud incidents.
- Performed complex financial and budget analyses to determine requirements and justify requested funding.
- Developed a data-driven automation process for a client, resulting in a 40% reduction in time-consuming tasks
- Designed and implemented databases and data pipelines using RDBMS tools such as Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL to ensure data was up-to-date and accessible for analysis
- Utilized data visualization techniques (Excel, Power BI, R, Python) to present data in a way that enabled clients to identify trends and insights and make data-driven decisions quickly
- Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
- Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.
- Continuously monitored data quality and implemented.
- Provided actionable insights and recommendations to management, which informed business decisions and improved performance
- Worked closely with stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure data was collected, analyzed, and presented effectively
Accountant
PWAN Group Limited
2018.12 - 2023.08
- Achieved a 20% increase in sales in the first-six months by performing market analysis to efficiently achieve the company's business objectives
- Prepared monthly budget, weekly sales performance report, and ensured financial data confidentiality
- Compiled business intelligence and analyzed trends to support actionable recommendations that helped automate reports through the use of business intelligence software
- Analyzed potential clients and generated findings to help improve their profit by using my organization's proposed offerings, while also reviewing staff monthly reports to optimize staff productivity using analytical tools
- Maintained a constant awareness of the current status of industry and business trends through communication with professional organizations, suppliers, customers, competitors, and other informed individuals
- Evaluated and documented business processes, discovering areas for continuous improvement, and executing long-term experiments that increased customer value by 25%
- Generated financial and economic data reports for review by executives, managers, clients, and stakeholders, collaborating with co-workers and management to implement improvements
- Proposed solutions to improve system efficiencies, leading to a 15% reduction in operating costs.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
Account Clerk
GOF Academy
2016.01 - 2017.01
- Verified and posted details about business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and total accounts to ledgers and databases
- Prepared consolidated internal and external financial statements by analyzing information from the general ledger system
- Reviewed and balanced internal accounts, analyzed variances, prepared reports, and monitored depreciable assets using financial software
- Reviewed and validated data to ensure accuracy and reliability, identifying and addressing any issues to maintain data quality
- Prepared and interpreted financial summaries and provided reports to managers on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
- Participated in month-end close activities, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliation of accounts, and sales tax computations
- Gathered end-user reporting and dashboard requirements, ensuring that the final product met their needs and requirements.
Teacher (Intern)
Sapati-Ile Community Secondary School
2015.01 - 2016.01
- Taught the students mathematics
- Assessed and documented each student's progress through observation, testing, and analysis
- Developed schemes of work, lesson plans, and tests that are in accordance with established procedures
- Planned, prepared, and delivered lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning
- Maintained accurate and complete records of students' progress and development
- Assigned and graded class work, homework, tests, and assignments.
Accountant
Cleanace Solution
2014.04 - 2014.11
- Posting into ledger account on peachtree
- Ensured proper reconciliation of accounts
- Documentation of financial transactions by entering account information
- Lodging of cheques and withdrawal for official use
- Assisted in reviewing the reliability of financial information
- Conducting surprise checks and data analysis
- Reinforced financial data confidentiality and conducted database backups when necessary
- Managed balance sheets and profit/loss statements
- Complied with financial policies and regulations.
Education
Master of Science - Finance And Big Data Analytics
Swansea University
Wales, United Kingdom09.2024
Master of Science - Finance
Ekiti State University
Ado Ekiti, Nigeria09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Crawford University
Nigeria09.2015
Mathematics, English, Accounting and Economics -
Prospect College
Nigeria09.2010
Skills
- Teamwork
- Data analysis
- Business Acumen
- Data Visualization
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Business Intelligence
- Project management
- Database management
- Effective communication
- Data and Business Analytics
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn
- Trends and Insights identification
- Inventory optimization
- Cost Reduction
- Accounting and bookkeeping
Certification
- Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Training - 2023
- Introduction to Data Analysis, Alison.com, 2023
- Master-microsoft-power-bi, Alison.com, 2023
- Introduction-to-azure-stream-analytics, Alison.com, 2023
- Diploma in databases and t-sql revised, Alison, 2023
- SQL for Data Analytics, 2023
- Data Analytics Training Program, De-Coredata Analytics, 2024
- Financial Statement Preparation Masterclass, Dalot and Associates, 2024
Timeline
Inventory Officer
Retail Asset Solution
2024.02 - Current
Financial Analyst
PWAN Group
2023.11 - 2024.02
Accountant
PWAN Group Limited
2018.12 - 2023.08
Account Clerk
GOF Academy
2016.01 - 2017.01
Teacher (Intern)
Sapati-Ile Community Secondary School
2015.01 - 2016.01
Accountant
Cleanace Solution
2014.04 - 2014.11
Master of Science - Finance And Big Data Analytics
Swansea University
Master of Science - Finance
Ekiti State University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Crawford University
Mathematics, English, Accounting and Economics -
Prospect College
- Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Training - 2023
- Introduction to Data Analysis, Alison.com, 2023
- Master-microsoft-power-bi, Alison.com, 2023
- Introduction-to-azure-stream-analytics, Alison.com, 2023
- Diploma in databases and t-sql revised, Alison, 2023
- SQL for Data Analytics, 2023
- Data Analytics Training Program, De-Coredata Analytics, 2024
- Financial Statement Preparation Masterclass, Dalot and Associates, 2024
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