Martins Udoh

• Fully responsible and coordinated full cycle accounting processes and financial reporting, general accounting, internal controls, managed contracts, account payables, receivables, inventory, maintenance of vendor records, payroll and reports according to relevant GAAP/IFRS Standards
• On an ongoing basis and with an excellent understanding of proper accounting practices and controls, maintained the general ledger by ensuring proper and timely posting and recording of financial transactions in the general ledger in accordance with GAAP and corporate policies.
• Managing month-end close procedures, including preparing, reviewing, and posting journal entries, account reconciliations, fixed assets schedules, prepaid expense and accruals and performing financial statement analysis
• Analyse and manage financial information to develop insights to improve the organization's performance
• Payroll administration, including ROEs, T4s, CRA remittances, and WCB reporting
• Coordinates, maintains and manages contribution agreements at various levels – Federal, Provincial, regional/community and agencies/donors.
• Identify improvements to optimize, streamline, and scale the closed accounting process.
• Establish and implement internal controls, administrative systems, policies, and procedures to ensure that day-to-day operational activities are efficient and effective and align with approved strategic initiatives and budgetary allocations.
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, donations processing and receipting, payment of invoices, payroll, and bills
• With a solid understanding of accounting practices and controls, developed and enforced proper accounting processes and procedures for practice within the department and companywide
• Ensures adequate cash flow to meet requirements by monitoring funder remittances and preparing requests for funds as needed
• Prepares and presents quarterly and yearly financial budgets and cash flow forecasts and works with Co-Directors to actively monitor and understand budget variances
• Prepare budgets and reports on expenditures for donors by set deadlines.
• Ensures and reviews monthly financial statements and prepares narrative reports for review by the board of directors and Co-Directors.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Prepares documents and schedules for annual audits and liaises with auditors
• Managed deliverables with internal/external audits
• Establish procedures to proactively mitigate financial and legal risks to the organization and its board members.
• Ensures that activities and policies meet board policies and directions, funders’ criteria, and legislative requirements
• Recommends policies and procedures in finance and accounting, privacy, and compensation for consideration by Co-Directors and the board of directors.
• Ensures reporting obligations to relevant bodies are completed promptly and accurately.
• Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
• Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.

• Worked closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting and decision support
• Assisted in preparation of Board of Directors reporting package on a quarterly basis
• Analyzed and compared actuals against plans and forecasts
• Assisted with month-end closing and reporting duties.
• Completed closing and reporting functions and preparing journal entries.
• Assisted in the preparation of all legal entity regulatory reporting requirements
• Monthly intercompany reconciliations of 42 affiliates, subsidiaries, and partnerships
• Prepared IFRS-based financial statements and annual audit coordination support
• Assisted in the coordination of tax filings and tax compliance
• Reviewed and reported on financial preparation and performance for management
• Worked with the team and assisted in developing and implementing processes and controls to support legal entity reporting.

• Worked and serviced over 20 Case Management Officers
• Document control – filed and managed, manually and electronically, over 12k clients’ records
• Calculated, and posted business transactions into IMAGIS, processed invoices, verified financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records, and provided other administrative and financial support necessary to discharge the financial obligations of the Ministry
• Clarified and resolved any questionable invoice items, prices or receiving signatures
• Obtained proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
• Assembled invoices to be completed for payment
• Reviewed invoices and requisitions for satisfactory payment approval
• Checked vendor files for any previous payments and assigned voucher numbers
• Maintained copies of vouchers, invoices or correspondence necessary for files
• Prepared vouchers listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts and coding per accounting policies and procedures
• Analyzed records, performed variance analysis, identified trends, and recommended improvements.
• Greeted incoming visitors and customers professionally and provided friendly, knowledgeable assistance.
• Assisted with the organization and maintenance of office filing system for easy retrieval of information.

• Actively supported Production Accounting Software (PAS) development and support teams across all associates, affiliates and other companies in oil and gas in Calgary.
• Full cycle production accounting and volumetric reporting to PETRINEX involving monthly calculation, allocation and reporting of production, revenue, and fees to all relevant stakeholders
• Experience in Schematic reading, ability to reconcile processed gas and gas imbalances, pipeline cash outs and NGLs
• Maintenance of 50 production accounting master files
• Preparation and submission of Well status
• Understanding of the entire revenue stream versus cash accounting
• Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.

• Construction, Engineering and Consulting
• Full cycle accounting and reporting, including preparing, analyzing, and coordinating day-to-day and monthly financial reports to management and board
• Ensured that all statutory requirements were met, including withholding payments (Taxes)
• Prepared all supporting information for the annual audit and liaised with the Board's Audit Committee and the external auditors as necessary
• Managed the cash flow and prepared cash flow forecasts per the policy
• Managed the acquisition of capital assets and ensured that assets were recorded correctly, amortized, and disposed of appropriately
• Oversaw all payroll functions to ensure employees were paid promptly and accurately
• Established, within the corporate policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; monitored and evaluated the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; allocate resources accordingly.
• Assessed and monitored workload, administrative support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identified opportunities for improvement; directed and implemented changes
• Maintained and reconciled accounts, payables and receivables that resulted in over $250K in discounts annually
• Managed project to timelines, client expectations, and resource and financial budgets savings of $1.2m
• Provided effective and appropriate performance measurement and reporting to management.

• African Operations (Information & Communication Technology)
• Determined the company's mission and strategic direction as conveyed through policies and concrete objectives, which are met through the effective management of human, financial and material resources
• Established objectives for the company and formulated or approved policies and programs
• Authorized and organized the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions
• Allocated material, human, and financial resources to implement company policies and programs; established financial and administrative controls and approved overall personnel planning
• Prepared or coordinated the preparation of financial statements, summaries, and other cost-benefit analyses and financial management reports
• Coordinated the financial planning and budget process and analyzed and corrected estimates
• Supervised the development and implementation of financial simulation models
• Evaluated financial reporting systems, accounting procedures and investment activities and recommended changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets and other financial control functions to senior managers and other department or regional managers
• Directed and coordinated company financial planning and budget management functions
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring divisions’ and departments' financial and operating performance
• Monitored and analyzed monthly operating results against budget
• Directed and coordinated project financing and debt service payments with external agencies
• Managed the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts
• Prepared financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions
• Ensured compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements
• Worked with department managers and corporate staff to develop short, medium- and long-term business plans for the company
• Developed budgets for project proposals and ensured that funding applications were submitted and updated for various projects
• Established and implemented short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures
• Designed, established, and maintained an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the company's goals and objectives
• Served on planning and policy-making committees
• Served as primary legislative liaison relative to company administrative and financial issues
• Directed financial, administrative, and operational audits and provided recommendations for procedural improvements
• Other duties as assigned sometimes included representing the company externally to the media, government agencies, funding agencies, and the public
• Recruited, trained, supervised, and evaluated department staff
• Provided accounting policy orientation for new staff.
• Monitored and compiled data and reports to present to leadership.
• Analyzed budgets, forecasts and current trends to support overall financial operations.
• Prepared bi-weekly payroll for 100 employees and maintained all associated files

• General administrative support duties
• Maintained Bookkeeping and Account
• Operations - unpacked, Sorted, and packaged hampers of about 100Kg
• Distribution to more than 20 families

• Prepared and filed taxes for over 10 Taxpayers per day
• Maintained clean, neat, and operational facilities to serve program needs.
• Assisted with special events and programs.
• Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.
• Represented the organization positively and professionally while providing the organization positively and professionally while providing the community with much-needed services

· 3 CPA-accredited accounting courses delivered by SAIT (Intermediate Financial Accounting I & II; Personal and Corporate Taxation).

· Trained in Canadian workplace culture; Applied Communication; Problem-Solving Skills, Business English and Cultural Diversity.

(IQAS Assessed as Canada Equivalent)