AHMED LAWAL, Account Manager

AHMED LAWAL

Account Manager

FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL OF NIGERIA

Location
Nigeria
Education
Master's degree, Management and Accounting
Experience
14 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months

Account Manager at FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL OF NIGERIA
  • Nigeria
  • My current job since April 2012

Manager /(Accounting Officer)
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria,
Lagos, Nigeria. (January 2019- Present)

Directorate of Inspection and Monitoring (Inspection officer)
• Review accounting documents to ensure accurate information and calculations and making correcting entries where needed.
• Monitor compliance with auditing, accounting standards, and guidelines reviewed and adopted by the council.
• Examine supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with guidelines and standards.
• Making use of SAGE Accounting software and Quick Books Pro to prepare and manage accounting records.
• Skilled in analytics, Financial Accounting, Budgets, Financial Reporting, Risk Management, and Auditing.
• Knowledge of accounting standards and practices, International financial reporting standards (IFRS).
• Good computer skills and proficiency in the MS Office Suite especially MS Excel, MS Word, Spreadsheets.
• Good oral, analytical, numerical, and communication skills, Good team player, and the ability to learn fast.



Deputy Manager (Compliance Officer)
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria,
Lagos, Nigeria. (January 2017- December 2018)
Directorate of Corporate Governance
• Research on principles of corporate governance across the globe.
• Part of the team that engages professionals/companies on adoption of corporate governance best practices.
• Ensuring conformity of reporting with IFRS, Group standards, Accounting procedures, and local statutory provisions (CAMA).
• Planning and organizing meetings for Technical committee members on the reviews of the suspended code.
• Support in providing travel logistics for board members and staff
• Design work plan to support the flow and sequence of meetings
• Part of the secretariat to the Technical Committee that reviewed the suspended Code and issued the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) 2018.
• Prepare the budget for the directorate on the actualization of the public hearing sensitization on the exposure draft of the NCCG in six geo-political zones of the country.
• Member of the Web Portal Committee on the NCCG 2018, drafting the Template of reporting on compliance with the Code.



Assistant Manager/(Accounting Officer)
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria,
Lagos, Nigeria. (January 2013- December 2016)

Directorate of Accounting Standards
• Review of Accounting Standards - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), GAAP, and IPSAS.
• Hands-on support on the review of entities (Oil and Gas, Banks, Insurance companies) financial statements by the council to ensure compliance with relevant and applicable financial reporting standards.
• Supervise the Preparation of Financial Statement of the Council.
• Research on financial and corporate reporting concepts that may need standardisation.
• Executing duties assigned towards the successful transition of public and private entities to the final adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS and IPSAS) in Nigeria.
• Ensuring compliance with The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise, as well as improve the accuracy of corporate disclosures.

Management Assistant/(Compliance Officer)
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria,
Lagos, Nigeria. (April 2012- December 2012)

Directorates of Auditing Standards/Registration of professional
• Statutory registration of Audit professionals in accordance with the FRC Act, 2011 for a fee.
• Biometrics data capture for professionals seeking statutory registration with FRC for a fee.
• Updating and maintaining the financial record of registered professionals and companies.
• Database management, resolving payment queries.
• Monitor and assess risks of Registered Auditors and ensure they comply with supervision service standards, processes, and procedures.

Accountant at AYODELE ARULEBA and Co
  • Nigeria
  • August 2010 to March 2012

Audit Associate:
1. Perform financial analysis of financial statements. 2. Assists in planning work on assigned segments of an audit.
3. Assists in preparing and filing tax returns to relevant tax authorities
4. Prepares acceptable working papers that record and summarize data on the assigned audit segment
5. Meet with clients to access their tax needs and recommend appropriate strategies

Accountant:
Month and end year reports/processes
• Accounts payable/receivable
• General ledger
• Treasury, budgeting
• Cash forecasting
• inventory
• Revenue and expenditure variance analysis
• Capital assets reconciliations
• Monitor and analyze accounting data and produce final reports or statements
• Review, revise and establish proper accounting methods, policies and procedures
• Improve systems and procedure, advice corrective actions
• Meet financial accounting objectives

Mathematics Teacher at Government senior secondary school Zurmi
  • Nigeria
  • February 2009 to March 2010

mathmatics teacher

Education

Master's degree, Management and Accounting
  • at Obafemi Awolowo University
  • January 2015

MBA , ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Ahmadu Bello University
  • January 2009

, Zaria, Kaduna

High school or equivalent, Accounting
  • at West African Senior Secondary School
  • January 2009

West African Senior Secondary School

Specialties & Skills

Customer Relations
Information Technology
Corporate Governance
Accounting
ACCOUNTANCY
Auditing
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL REPORTING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Corporate Governance
Financial management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
French
Intermediate

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria
  • Associate Chartered Accountant
  • May 2013

Training and Certifications

IFRS Intensive Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Turning Point: The Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria
Date Attended:
November 2016

Hobbies

  • Reading, Travelling and engaging in educative discussion
    Cadet-in Chief, Federal Road Safety Club (NYSC)