Oladimeji Sodeinde, Head

Oladimeji Sodeinde

Head

Biogenerics Nigeria Ltd

Location
Nigeria
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
15 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months

Head at Biogenerics Nigeria Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since September 2015

Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
•Determine internal audit scope and develop annual plans
•Be actively involved in enforcing the company’s policies on credit limits to customers
•Minimize company exposure to the barest minimum by driving the debt recovery process through prompt follow up of invoiced customers and alerting management on aging debts
•Eliminate incidence of bad debts
•Regular audit of the warehouse stock through monitoring of inflow and outflow in line with received sales orders and issued invoices
•Ensure prompt retirement of all official advances and floats for business expenditures
•Monitor and audit the staff compensation process including taxation, pension contributions and other aspects
•Audit vendors’ operations, invoices and payments
•Obtain, analyze and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc
•Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results and document process
•Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement
•Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
•Maintain open communication with management and external auditors
•Document process and prepare audit findings memorandum
•Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions
•Engage in continuous knowledge development regarding sector’s rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards
•Have regular interactions meetings with staff to develop an understanding of business processes;
•Researching and assessing how well risk management processes are working and recording the results using software such as Microsoft Word and Excel;
•Providing ad hoc advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels, sometimes by delivering courses and training sessions;
•Performing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide what to cover in audits;
•Anticipating emerging issues through research and interviews and deciding how best to deal with them;
•Providing support and guidance to management on how to handle new opportunities;
•Agreeing recommendations with relevant staff members to make improvements to operations
•Preparing reports to highlight issues and problems and distributing the reports to the relevant people;
•Assessing how well the business is complying to rules and regulations and informing management whether any issues need addressing;
•Managing a variety of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communication
•Other duties as may be assigned by management.

Team Lead at SaroAfrica International Ltd.
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2013 to July 2014

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Green Estate, Amuwo-Odofin New Access Road

Auditor at Mobolaji Johnson
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 2012 to April 2012

Auditing the financial transaction of the entire eastern states
•Enforcement of internal control procedures across the eastern region
•Preparation of independent report to the Chief Compliance Officer ‘C.C.O’ and to the Managing Director
•Projects monitoring and supervision across the Eastern States
•Other assigned

Branch Head
  • March 2008 to April 2010

Auditing the Daily transactions of the company
•Verification of company’s assets ( motor vehicles, equipments etc)
•Auditing the daily cash count of sales
•Checking bank payment vouchers with the trade creditors ledgers
•Verifying physical cash in the vault
•Checking all the duplicate copies of company receipts issued by the cashier
•Vouching all the documents relating to cash and cheque lodgment
•Checking of staff payroll
•Verifying of bin cards with both the returned copies of issued notes and Goods Receivable Book (GRB)
•Physical verification and supervisory of goods dispatched out to the various outlets
•Physical verification and supervisory of goods supplied into the warehouse
•Vouching the authentication of company’s documents e.g. LPO, LC and Bank Instructions.
•Ensuring proper safety of company properties
•Preparation of monthly stock taking
•Presentation of monthly report to the management

Senior Audit Supervisor at Punch Nigeria Ltd Km14
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2010 to February 2010

Auditing the financial transactions of the company
•Confirming to Bank Statement all receipts from the company’s agents, contractors and others
•Reconciling all credit supplies and services to their respective payments
•Ensuring accurate documentation of all publication credit list
•Reporting to the Managing Director and Chief Internal Auditor all monies received and confirmed paid into the company’s Bank Statement
•Ensuring proper compliance of the company internal control procedures
•Investigating any fraud attempt, breach of contract/agreement and expected conspiracy within the company
•Visiting and Auditing the activities of the company’s branches all over the country
•Verification of all items bought for the company
•Vouching all payments to all company’s publication contributors, suppliers, service agents/contractors in accordance to their various input and agreement
•Other assigned jobs

Auditor
  • January 2007 to March 2008
Audit Officer at De Tastee Fried Chicken Ltd 1672
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2006 to January 2007
Audit trainee at Ikare City Academy
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2006 to November 2006

Audit of accounts of various companies
•Preparation of Audit Report
•Giving advisory services to clients e.g. concerning expenditure, investment & Tax matters
•Attending meeting with clients
•Testing of transactions, verifying assets, stocks, debtors, cash and bank
•Preparation of relevant schedule etc

Teacher
  • March 2005 to February 2006
at State of Origin/Local Government Area Ogun State
  • United Arab Emirates
  • to

Home Address: 7

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
  • January 2004

Specialties & Skills

Investigation
Business Process Management BPM
Inventory Control
Budgetary
Internal Audit
ACCOUNTANCY
APPROACH
AUDITING
BUSINESS PROCESS
DOCUMENTATION
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT

Memberships

Institute of Internal Auditor USA
  • 0001254
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

ACA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012

Hobbies

  • Chess
    Reduced company overheads from N25m to N18m on a monthly basis Discovered over N102m fraud perpetrated over the period. provided strong controls that strengthen the controls to mitigate against future risk