Stephen Ahodu
Brandon,Manitoba
Summary
Bringing exceptional abilities in competitor analysis, business intelligence development and trend assessment. Successful at promoting company advancements and boosting team performance. Consistently reaches revenue targets by reviewing accurate data and producing creative recommendations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Retail Analyst
M30 RETAIL SERVICES
Calgary , Alberta,
2022.07 - Current
- Mapped current business and operational processes and recommended areas for improvement.
- Monitored inventory levels and kept adequate stock in product displays on sales floor.
- Worked with managers and advertising directors to optimize promotions.
- Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain business information and key data informing responses to development requests.
- Tracked and recapped key item performance.
- Set and recommended mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling prices for merchandise.
- Educated employees on new merchandise during seasonal workshops.
- Ran markdown reports, managed store replenishment and analyzed buying reports.
- Organized on-site trainings to educate management and sales staff on benefits and care of product lines.
- Monitored and analyzed sales records and consumer purchasing trends.
- Established vendor performance metrics to evaluate service.
- Arranged consistent shelves, bins and racks at locations by following established planograms.
Finance Manager
CHUNK AFRICA
Lagos , Nigeria
2021.09 - 2022.06
- Managing and oversees the company's financial transaction and reporting activities with compliance with the GAAP and IFRS
- Monitored budget, revenue and variance trends for company, regularly apprising CEO of company's financial standing.
- Carrying out risk assessment and conducting an audit test of process and financial control
- Determine the Valuation Cap of the rounds of funding (Seed, Pre seed) and the interest rate applicable for SAFE and Convertible Notes
- Evaluate the value of the company using different matrix
- Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
- Draft out weekly, monthly and quarterly sales target Draft out financial model as regards to financial product
- Liaison with Co-founder and developer in building
- Increased revenue by assisting with operations management, sales and marketing efforts.
Financial Accountant
ADDAS ULTIMATE LIMITED
Lagos , Nigeria
2021.04 - 2022.06
- Effective management of Account Receivable and Payable / Achievement rate on debt recovery
- Preparation of Financial and Management Account, Variance Analysis, Trend Analysis, Cost projection and Budgeting
- Financial Modeling and Valuation and general Costing of goods and services
- Computing bank and POS reconciliation
- Manage the company's financial transaction, monitoring and reporting system
- Perform and manage all financial transaction and reporting activities in line with the GAAP & IFRS
- Computing and remitting statutory deduction such as VAT, PAYE, Consumption Tax and WHT in compliance with regulatory requirements
- Liaison with external auditor and other statutory bodies during periodic audit
- Key Achievements
- Significantly reduced turnaround time by introducing and encouraging the use of an excel spreadsheet for proper database management
- There was a significant 74% increase in the debt recovery rate over the aforesaid
Taxation Tutor
ICAN ONLINE TUTOR
Lagos , Nigeria
2020.02 - Current
- Coordinate and carry out a weekly departmental lectures on student
- Coordinating monthly departmental meeting and give report at the quarterly meeting
- Supervising 10-30 students during their end-of-course project
- Providing mentoring for 10-30 students per diet to monitor their academic progress
- Presenting a minimum of two lecture per week to an average student of 10-30
Finance Analyst
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
Lagos , Nigeria
2019.07 - 2021.04
- Building financial model using series of scenario and assumption to increasing revenue for the organization
- Provide sales lead to the sales department with the help of details analysis, forecast and projection towards increasing revenue
- Increasing the bank deposit liability by analysis financial results for decision making
- Provide customer with the best experience by resolving customer complaint Predict customer behavior with the use of data, making projections and forecast
- Attend to customers need complaint and feedback, via phone call, email and social media platforms and give the beat resolutions
- Key Achievements
- Increased customer service satisfaction survey index from an average of 70% to 91% majorly due to the aggressive sale of internet banking channels and reduced turnaround time for service delivery
- Awarded best staff in customer service in 2013.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting
Caritas University Nigeria
Nigeria08.2016
Associate Chartered Accountant of Nigeria - Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN)
05.2022
Certification - Data Analytics
Quantum Analytics NG
Nigeria11.2021
Skills
- Spreadsheet Development
- Web Developer
- Product Design
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Industry Trend Analysis
- Business Analysis
- Business Intelligence Systems
- Customer Engagement
- BI Tool and System Design
- Critical Thinking
- Model Development
- Financial Modelling
- Advanced Excel Spreadsheet Functions
- Data and Analytics
- Mobile Application Design
- Program Testing
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team in the development and building of two (2) startup businesses namely Chunk Africa ( https://www.chunk.africa ) and HeyCard ( https://www.heycard.app )
- Built my first website hosted on GitHub (https://sahodupio.github.io)
- Collaborated with startup companies and teams as a Finance and Business Analyst towards building financial product and revenue generation
- Constructed Financial Model and Projections for a leading companies in Nigeria
- Construct series of data analysis and providing analytic decision such as the "Effect of Covid-19 in the economy" "Wine Tester Analysis" link ( https://www.linkedin.com/public-profile/settings?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_self_edit_contact-info%3BtT4x0MAWQ66codHTh95AWQ%3D%3D)
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets and financial model for business
- Publish my first book "The Baton of Life" ( https://store.okadabooks.com/book/about/the_baton_of_life/40327 )
Certification
- ACA - Association Chartered Accountants
- [Data Analytics], Quantum Analytics NG
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Retail Analyst
M30 RETAIL SERVICES
2022.07 - Current
Finance Manager
CHUNK AFRICA
2021.09 - 2022.06
Financial Accountant
ADDAS ULTIMATE LIMITED
2021.04 - 2022.06
Taxation Tutor
ICAN ONLINE TUTOR
2020.02 - Current
Finance Analyst
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
2019.07 - 2021.04
Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting
Caritas University Nigeria
Associate Chartered Accountant of Nigeria - Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN)
Certification - Data Analytics
Quantum Analytics NG
- ACA - Association Chartered Accountants
- [Data Analytics], Quantum Analytics NG
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