KAZEEM SHINA OGUNDELE
St. Johns,Newfoundland
Summary
- Over 20 years hands-on private and public sector experience in procurement, financial management and reporting ,budgeting and planning, audit and data analytics in development institution ,investment banking and consulting entities.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to details, and ability to work without supervision.
- Skills in leading teams with divisional and organizational goal congruence in mind.
- Proficient in using SAP-ERP Financial Accounting, Controlling, Human Resources and Material Management modules and Microsoft Office tools, excel, word, PowerPoint, access and outlook for various office tasks .
- Strong data analytics skill, automated dashboard using excel and business intelligence tools, scenario & sensitivity analysis, advanced excel skills including macros and VBA.
- Strong communication skill, both oral and written, interpersonal and client relational skills.
- Fluent in English with working knowledge of French.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Data Analytics & Performance Officer
African Development Bank
09.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is the premier development bank established in 1964 with the overarching objective of spurring sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries, thus ensuring poverty reduction; through resource mobilization and allocation
- The Group comprises the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF), and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF)
- AfDB provides loans and grants to African governments and private entities investing in the regional member countries (RMC) in Africa
- Supervise and coordinate consultants hiring, procurement of goods and services and payment related to those services in line with Bank rules, procedures, and financial regulations
- Provide technical advice to Director of PIAC and Managers on procurement rules and policies related to Consultancy, Goods and Services to ensure compliance with rules, procedures, provisions and general conditions for acquisition of Consulting services, as prescribed in the Presidential Directive
- Consult with Consultant management units, legal department, and policy department on need basis to ensure that all grey areas related to legal and technical issues identified during the procurement process are clarified and proper guidance sought and obtained to prevent mis-procurement and misapplication of Bank resources
- Provide operational and procedural guidance to Junior administrative staff in PIAC on concepts, policies, and procedures, including training and capacity building on recruitment of consultants and corporate procurement in relation to goods and services
- Prepare periodic procurement reports providing detailed analysis on use of allocated resources, consultants, and vendors performance for use of management
- Lead the design of standard bidding documents, and tools required for the recruitment of corporate consultants and procurement of goods and services
- Supervise, coordinate, and ensure that processes and procedures laid by the Bank are followed from need identification, solicitation, contract management, invoice processing and post-reviews
- Lead and coordinate all post reviews including compliance with relevant financial management requirements, payments for procurement of Consultants, Goods and Services in accordance with contracts and review of performance of consultants and service providers, with economy, efficiency, effectiveness, equity and value for money requirement in mind
- Supervise and provide guidance to administrative staff on all finance and administrative issues, including training, mentoring for effective and efficient delivery
- The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is the premier development bank established in 1964 with the overarching objective of spurring sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries, thus ensuring poverty reduction; through resource mobilization and allocation
- The Group comprises the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF), and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF)
- AfDB provides loans and grants to African governments and private entities investing in the regional member countries (RMC) in Africa
- In my supervision and coordination roles with regards to Consultancy needs of the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption in the last 9 years, I have provided advice to four Directors and three Division Managers on Bank rules, guidelines, processes, procedures, and regulations governing the hiring of Consulting services-covering individual consulting and consulting firms as well as goods and services
- During the 9-year period, I coordinated and supervised procurement of sixty-two(62) Consulting services, funded with PIAC’s administrative budget, budgets provided by other accountability functions within the Bank, resources provided through Trust Funds/Donor Funds, Special Funds and Capital Budgets provided by Bank’s IT Department, for tools and systems used for PIAC’s Integrity and Forensic work
- During the same period, I supervised procurement of goods and services involving eighty-one(81) vendors for programs and events organized by PIAC and partners within and outside the African Development Bank
- I managed total procurement budget of USD$17.9 million over the 9-year period, ensuring economy, efficiency, effectiveness, equity and value for money in the process
- I was nominated by the Office of Senior Vice President alongside three other colleagues and worked as a member of task force on the reform of Procurement of Consultancy Service in the Bank
- The task force’s terms of reference included reviews of all procurement document related to Consultancy Services
- This need for the reviews arose from audit recommendation in the audit report of 2015 which identified several risks and vulnerabilities in the Bank’s Consultancy procurement process
- The work undertaken by the team birthed the revision of several consultancy procurement documents
Administrative & Finance Assistant
African Development Bank
08.2015 - 08.2020
- Led and coordinated budget planning, preparation, formulation, and presentation through budget cycle using the AfDB’s budgeting tools, Strategic Resource Assessment Software (SRAS), Cost Accounting System (CAS), as well as SAP-ERP
- Led, reviewed, and finalized budget document in conjunction with divisional budget focal points
- Led and Provided technical advice to departmental director on resource requirement vis-à-vis work program objectives and deliverables
- Provided support to the Director on work program and budget defense and arbitration at the Board
- Coordinated budget and work program performance monitoring and reporting, and supervising the budget focal points, aggregating divisional performance into departmental reports
- Prepared periodic analytics on budget performance and implementation as may be required by institutional budget office as well as Department Director, taking into account actual budget execution vis-à-vis work program objectives
- Provided required financial and non-financial data as may be required by internal auditors in their oversight function and responding to audit queries in consultation with the Director
- Supervised procurement including consultants, goods and services in line with relevant Presidential Directives and Procurement Manual, advising the Director on rules and policies related to procurement
- Supervised Implementation of procedures for contract management and administration in line with Bank’s corporate procurement manual and Presidential Directives
- Supervised processing and reconciliation of all payments related to external vendors and consultants
- Coordinated preparation of annual activity report on the activities of the Department and supervise its publication on the Bank’s website
- Collect, Process and Communicate Integrity and Investigations related data working with Director
- Manage data related to case management system working with the investigations team on project cases as well as staff misconduct related cases
- Manage data related to integrity and prevention including Integrity Due Diligence, Tax Due Diligence, Media Monitoring, capacity building, Illicit Financial Flows and related activities
- Manage the Investigations and Prevention business intelligence tools and provide analytics reports for management use
- Coordinate and advise the Director in defining and setting objectives and key performance indicators of the Department
- Monitor and track the performance indicators of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department and recommending corrective measures, where necessary
- Develop and/or implement business planning, monitoring, as well as performance analysis processes and best practices of each cost Centre to enhance the Department’s efficiency
- Facilitate the decision-making of the Director by providing in-depth analysis of quantitative and nonquantitative data
- Supervised all logistics for the department, including staff mission travels, office space allocation, and capacity building logistics and planning in member countries
- Coordinated staff training program including planning, budgeting, trainers sourcing and all related logistics and reporting
- Coordinated Department periodic meetings, take notes, prepare minutes of meeting, and follow up on action points
- Prepared and designed of PowerPoint presentations and other related materials for meetings and training programmes for integrity and prevention activities
- Acted as focal point, liaising with internal auditors in the course of their oversight duty, providing required records, advising the Director on audit recommendations and following up to ensure the recommendations are implemented
- Prepared periodic analytics and dashboard reports for management use
Benefits Assistant
African Development Bank
06.2009 - 07.2015
- Processed employees’ benefits, including recruitment, transfers, resignations, terminations using SAP Human Resource Management system
- Led processing of transactions related to staff mission and staff movement including flight tickets and per-diem in SAP system
- Managed cost centers, internal orders and work breakdown structures related to benefits administration
- Provided for management, analytical reports on staff benefits, as it relates to recruitment, transfers and separation on periodic basis as a monitoring and budgeting tool across complexes and business areas in the Bank
- Administered and reconciled staff loans/salary advances in SAP
- Collated necessary data and computed employees end-of-service benefits
- Ensured reasonable check and analytical review of staff benefits expenses
- Provided input for annual budget through analysis of different cost centers within human resource benefits
- Conducted studies and analysis of clients’ complaints and queries and proffer solutions to them for the purpose of improving the division’s clients’ services and benefits administration
- Participated in continuous business improvement and Human Resources Information System automation for efficient service delivery and clients’ satisfaction
- Administered Time Management for all staff, including leave entitlement, leave quotas generation, overtime, work schedule, flexitime and holiday calendars using SAP
- Performed periodic reconciliation of staff benefits, including education, loans, COLA, housing, travel tickets, shipments as well as mission claims in SAP
- Provided advice and guidance to staff, resident representatives, regional directors on matters related to benefits policies and administration, as well as relevant human resources policies
- Represented the Division in various working groups, including presidential directives drafts, compensation framework, budget and audit group
- Provided necessary data and records to both internal and external auditors in the discharge of their oversight functions on staff benefits administration
- Participated in the overall evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control within the Division
- Prepared periodic financial and HR reports from SAP for appropriate analytical purposes
- Liaised with other multilateral development institutions including Asian Development Bank and World Bank on issues related to employees’ benefits administration
Senior Accountant
Lead Capital Group Plc.
01.2008 - 05.2009
- Company Overview: Lead Capital is a leading investment banking entity established in 1987 with expertise in capital market operations, financial advisory, corporate finance, research and asset management
- Registered member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, with a clientele base spanning across government, corporate entities as well as individual investors
- The group is comprised of the Parent entity and two subsidiaries, namely Lead Securities & Investment Limited and Lead Asset Management Limited
- Performed verification of all types of payments and journal vouchers to ensure correctness and proper application of International Financial Reporting Standards and Administrative Regulations and Instructions in the treatment of transactions
- Participated in preparation and monitoring of group’s administrative and capital budgets
- Periodically reviewed and analyzed group operating expenses, by division, entity and group as a reasonableness check and provided explanations and reports on identified variances for follow-up and for monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
- Supervised monthly remittances, mainly government taxes and staff pensions
- Recognized and executed month-end tasks/accruals such as amortization, depreciation, interests and provisions
- Supervised group fixed asset management, including acquisition, depreciation, disposal and reconciliation
- Prepared schedule of ledger accounts for management and audit purposes
- Supervised group’s accounts receivables, payables, staff benefits administration (staff loans and advances and payrolls)
- Reconciled staff loans and payroll and coordinated applicable reports for management decisions
- Performed monthly bank reconciliation to ascertain bank balances vis-à-vis cash account balances and addressed open items on timely basis
- Participated in the preparation of financial statements for both internal and external use
- Acted as focal person for all audit related financial and non-financial data and queries for both internal and external audit
- Supervised all regional corporate procurement activities including persons, goods and services
- Participated in reconciling and reporting equity and fixed income accounts of clients
- Lead Capital is a leading investment banking entity established in 1987 with expertise in capital market operations, financial advisory, corporate finance, research and asset management
- Registered member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, with a clientele base spanning across government, corporate entities as well as individual investors
- The group is comprised of the Parent entity and two subsidiaries, namely Lead Securities & Investment Limited and Lead Asset Management Limited
Senior Audit & Compliance Officer
Éclat Consulting Limited
05.2004 - 12.2007
- Company Overview: Éclat Consulting is a Nigerian consulting firm providing audit and assurances, financial and business advisory services
- Its clientele includes medium and large enterprises across diverse sectors in Nigeria
- Examined clients’ accounting records and internal financial and non-financial processes and records in order to determine their compliance and conformity with appropriate controls, local and international best practices and standards such as Nigerian Standards and IFRS, especially the publicly quoted clients
- Responsible for designing audit plans and procedures for audit engagement
- Determined the scope, nature and timing of audit activities
- Initiated and executed reviews of clients accounting policies and procedures
- Responsible for assessing and monitoring the implementation of clients’ internal control
- Identified and reported actual and potential weakness in clients’ controls and provided advice on appropriate remedies to safeguard the entity’s assets
- Prepared working papers, schedules and reports for review by audit manager
- Led and supervised audit analysts for audit assignments
- Expressed opinion about the efficiency, effectiveness and adequacy of clients’ system and control procedures for improved operations and enhancement of internal control
- Held exit meetings with auditees to discuss audit findings and recommendations
- Prepared audit reports and submitted to Audit Manager and Partners for review
- Where engaged for business advisory, analyzed clients’ business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to provide advice on the design of appropriate accounting and data-processing systems in line with business best practices
- Éclat Consulting is a Nigerian consulting firm providing audit and assurances, financial and business advisory services
- Its clientele includes medium and large enterprises across diverse sectors in Nigeria
Education
MBA - Finance
University of Leicester
United Kingdom01.2012
BSc. Hons. - Accounting
University of Lagos
Nigeria01.2004
Skills
- Procurement management
- Budget planning
- Data analysis
- Risk management
- Contract administration
- Compliance monitoring
Training
- Certification, Operations Academy-Task Managers Pathway, AfDB, 2022
- Financial Management for Development Projects, United Nations, 2022
- Certification, SQL Advanced Data Analysis & Business Intelligence, 2020
- Certificate- Public Policy Analysis, London School of Economics, 2023
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/30/78
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Nigerian
Timeline
Senior Data Analytics & Performance Officer
African Development Bank
09.2020 - Current
Administrative & Finance Assistant
African Development Bank
08.2015 - 08.2020
Benefits Assistant
African Development Bank
06.2009 - 07.2015
Senior Accountant
Lead Capital Group Plc.
01.2008 - 05.2009
Senior Audit & Compliance Officer
Éclat Consulting Limited
05.2004 - 12.2007
MBA - Finance
University of Leicester
BSc. Hons. - Accounting
University of Lagos
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