Finance Manager, Comptroller or Business Analyst

I need a role that will build on my considerable industry and regional experience and provide further challenges and development opportunities.

A skilled, well organised, results oriented, financial and IT systems professional possessing a considerable commercial awareness with a capacity for practical application and a determined, pragmatic approach with a record of leadership and achievement in senior executive financial management roles, consultancy, project management, change management and integration and the implementation of business processes and controlsAn extensive career covering a span of strategic financial executive, decision support roles and interim and consultancy assignments in the UK and overseas coupled with considerable recent sector experience within the oil and gas business in Nigeria both within downstream and upstream - E&P – and logistics businesses. This has resulted in an extensive understanding of the Nigerian business environment including sound practical experience of all aspects of Nigerian tax covering corporate tax, VAT, WHT, personal tax and an appreciation of petroleum profits taxA record of effective achievement in a career covering responsibility for all aspects of financial accounting and management accounting and cost accounting including preparation of management accounts and reports, preparation of full statutory accounts to audit and financial statements in accordance with all GAAP and IFRS standards Budgeting and modelling using a variety of systems based tools including the development of extensive Excel models for multi year forecast and economic modelling. Management of departments and projects within budgetSpecific IT and ERP accounting systems use and implementation experience includes Sun Accounts, JDE, Accpac, Syspro and Sage

Academic  Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant – UK – ACCA - 1979QualificationsProfessional  ACCA Association of Chartered Certified AccountantsMemberships    FCCA Fellow  - 1985               ICAN Member of Institute of Chartered Accountant in Nigeria

Academic  Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant – UK – ACCA - 1979QualificationsProfessional  ACCA Association of Chartered Certified AccountantsMemberships    FCCA Fellow  - 1985               ICAN Member of Institute of Chartered Accountant in Nigeria

My most recent roles have been in Nigeria for the past 15 years and have covered all aspects of senior financial management and have embraced many roles including business start ups and establishing legal and business structures and processesI am very familiarly with all local taxation rules and have very broad industry knowledge from O&G to consultancy.Organized and creative with considerable experience of ERP systems implementations and use I can work to tight deadlines and under any pressure.  I can also work very well in multicultural environments.My earnings expectation would be not less than USD 140,000 pa plus the usual medical, accommodation and transport provisions.I am very flexible as to location