ABDULFATTAH BELLO
Winnipeg,MB
Summary
Highly motivated and goal-driven Financial Analyst skilled in collecting, monitoring and studying data to analyze financial status and recommend business strategy. Experienced in qualitative and quantitative analysis using spreadsheets, Power BI,accounting and financial management software to provide strategic solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst
Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Manitoba
04.2024 - Current
- Work closely with Director, Economic and Fiscal analysis to obtain and analyze key economic and statistical variables for strategic decision making.
- Initiated process improvements that models the strategic analysis of multi-year departmental pressures
- Consolidated and summarized fees and charges
- Analyzed fiscal projections, and provided strategic report on the key drivers of the projections to senior management.
- Continuous jurisdictional scan for strategic fiscal information and prepare briefing material for senior management.
- Reviewed and analyze key elements of Multi-Year Consolidated Financial Statements, especially revenue and expenditure, and provide strategic report on the trends to senior management.
- Worked on the questionnaire for departments’ pressures and suggested areas for improvement to aid report standardization and analysis.
- Researched on the possibility of trade-off idea between health and other departments, and its economic and social implications
- Other responsibilities as may be assigned by Director, Economic and Fiscal Analysis
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
Accounts Payable analyst
People Corporation Inc.
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Primarily interact with data base to obtain and analyze accounts payable relevant activities, and visualize the report for key management decision making such as cash flow projection and processors performance.
- Supported budget management by providing accurate forecasts of upcoming expenses by Building an Account Payable tracker to generate and analyze invoice vis-à-vis payment and generate a daily summary report for strategic decision making.
- Built AP processors' performance trackers,generate and analyze weekly and monthly activities against key performance Indicators for key strategic decision making.
- Researched and resolved invoice and payment issues for internal employees and external vendors.
- In charge of process improvements such as streamlining workflows, simplifying processes and increasing efficiency.
- Manage end-to-end accounts payable processes, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, expense reports, and payments.
- Conduct thorough analysis of vendor statements; reconcile discrepancies and maintain positive vendor relationships
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve payment issues and address vendor inquiries promptly
- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting principles, and regulatory requirements in all accounts payable processes
- Month-end activities (cost reclassification, reallocation, Bank, sub-ledgers and general ledgers reconciliations) Other assignments as may be assigned.
Senior Financial Analyst
Standard Chartered Bank
11.2016 - 12.2022
- Supported business segments,departments and units in financial planning,budgeting and forecasting in line with organizational strategic goals and objectives.
- Worked closely and collaborated with business leaders to drive and achieve organizational goals.
- Developed comprehensive financial models that for process efficiency and informed strategic decision-making for the organization.
- Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
- Played a pivotal role in annual budget planning, collaborating with department heads to allocate resources strategically.
- Improved budget forecasting through meticulous monitoring of expenses and revenue streams.
- Facilitated accurate expense tracking through diligent maintenance of general ledger accounts and reconciliations.
- Enabled informed decision-making by presenting key findings from complex data sets in clear, concise formats for senior leadership team members.
- Increased financial accuracy by conducting in-depth analyses of financial data and trends.
- Assessed compliance on processes and procedures by examining the internal controls, and provide sound advice and recommendations for process improvements.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements through diligent review of financial documents and reports.
- Created and maintained precise and accurate models, charts and reports.
Internal audit and compliance
Fidelity Bank Plc
01.2012 - 10.2016
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Assessed compliance on financial and administrative matters by examining internal controls and make recommendations for process improvement
- Provided training sessions to employees on compliance requirements for financial and administrative issues.
- Monitored changes in regulations to ensure proactive updates were made within company policies or procedures.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure a comprehensive approach to risk management.
- Conducted thorough audits to identify areas of improvement and presented findings to senior management.
- Enhanced compliance programs for better adherence to regulations, updating policies, and providing training.
- Provided expert advice on compliance matters during business decision-making processes, ensuring alignment with regulations.
- Investigated suspected cases of fraud or non-compliance while maintaining confidentiality throughout each case''s duration.
- Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability, and profitability of business operations.
Education
Master of Science - Finance
University of Lagos
10.2016
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (Member) -
01.2009
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Ilorin
04.2006
Bachelor of Science, Accounting (completed) -
01.2006
Skills
- Data Analysis
- Data Governance and Data Management
- Financial Modeling
- Variance Analysis
- Risk Management
- Microsoft Excel,Power BI, SQL and Power Query
Accomplishments
- Transformed multi-year financial information into PowerBI and created a dashboard for strategic analysis report
- Built operating and capital expenditure models for strategic analysis report.
- Developed a robust account payable and accounts receivable models that projects cash outflow and inflow to treasury and business leaders.
- Developed a daily performance tracker vis-à-vis targets for business management and strategic decision making.
- Prominent member of an end-to-end finance systems integration with 0% data loss, 100% segments on-boarded and resulted to improved turn-around time by 75%
- Built models for budget standardization and optimization and built general ledgers tracker for process simplification and optimization.
References
Available on request
Timeline
Financial Analyst
Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Manitoba
04.2024 - Current
Accounts Payable analyst
People Corporation Inc.
03.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Financial Analyst
Standard Chartered Bank
11.2016 - 12.2022
Internal audit and compliance
Fidelity Bank Plc
01.2012 - 10.2016
Master of Science - Finance
University of Lagos
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (Member) -
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Ilorin
Bachelor of Science, Accounting (completed) -
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