Sixtus (Chiagozie) Okoye
Financial Consultant - Remote
Experience
Apr 2024 - May 2025
1 year 2 months Nigeria
RemoteFinancial Consultant - Remote
Sylvermat Geo-engineering Limited
- I managed and prepared reports (common) by tracking and reconciling 100% of financial transactions and delivering reports within the stipulated time to ensure financial transparency and decision-making.
- I am conducting an in-depth financial assessment and project evaluation to determine precise funding needs, consistently securing funding within 5% of requirements for 90% of the project, ensuring financial stability.
- As a subject matter expert (SME), I identified and assessed 3-5 potential creditors per project to secure credit with effective repayment plans, ensuring 80% alignment with cost-efficiency and credit risk parameters.
- I led direct negotiations with private lenders to negotiate interest rates between 3% and 7% and establish repayment terms for secured loans, ensuring the cost of borrowing is at a reasonable and reliable interest rate.
Jul 2023 - Aug 2024
1 year 2 months Budapest, Hungary
Financial Operations Associate - Apprentice
_VOIS
- I managed and processed an average of 400 financial accounting transactions (invoices) weekly and key controlling processes, including VAT tax registration, processed POs (purchase orders) and non-POs OPEX and CAPEX accruals and allocations for _VOIS business entities via SAP ERP.
- I prepared, analysed and submitted financial reports (common) weekly to address balance sheet accrual transactions and provide insight into operational risk and cross-checking gross to net calculation.
- I ensured adherence to SOX and internal control and the implementation of a process optimisation project to develop templates used to enhance automation and improve efficiency and accuracy by 90%.
- I collaborated with relevant operational finance teams (tax, query, payment, etc.) to obtain information and verify data on financial business transactions (of suppliers) and ensure accurate financial reporting and decision-making support.
- I extracted the required data from the SAP ERP system, cleaned it using advanced Excel functions for financial reports (outstanding payments transactions) and ensured high-level accuracy of acquired data.
- I contributed to a key finance technological project (advanced Excel) to optimise financial processes among cross-functional finance teams.
- I performed other related duties assigned by the team leader.
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
10 months Budapest, Hungary
Finance Analyst Trainee
Nokia
- I managed and processed regular invoicing tasks using advanced Excel, Outlook and GTN (Gross to Net) calculation to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
- I acted as a subject matter expert (SME) on the proper usage of virtual credit cards (VCC) and trained stakeholders on internal policies and purchase compliance.
- I monitored VCC compliance by stakeholders in different entities with relevant financial rules (tax and regulatory compliance) and procedures.
- I collaborated with Citigroup to track and control personnel spending activities on VCC and ensure they comply with the company's internal policies and procedures regarding expenses.
- I assisted the S2P (source-to-pay) team in preparing weekly reports using advanced Excel to reduce manual work, enhance accuracy and efficiency and meet deadlines.
- I identified and resolved errors using accounting and finance knowledge and escalated if needed.
- Performed other related duties assigned by the team leader.
Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
1 year 7 months Maiduguri, Nigeria
Mathematics Teacher – Full Time
Maiduguri Capital School
- I taught students between 11 and 15 years old in junior and senior classes.
- Registered and computed students' scores in examinations and continuous assessments, and graded them accordingly.
- I prepared an average of 150 students for state and internal examinations to achieve excellence.
- Conducted thorough research to keep the students updated on current trends.
- I led the students in sports and debate competitions, both internal and external.
Summary
Self-motivated and result-driven financial analyst with a strong foundation in finance and accounting general principles. Experienced in financial reporting, controlling, operations, accounts receivable/payable, procure-to-pay (P2P), reconciliation processes, working with cross-functional finance teams, and regulatory internal compliance guidelines. Skilled in utilising financial accounting software (SAP ERP) to enhance efficient financial and accounting processes. Adept at problem-solving, excellent communication, and automation to enhance efficiency and improve financial processes.
Languages
English
Native
Hungarian
Elementary
Education
Sep 2022 - Aug 2024
Budapest University Of Economics And Business
MSc, Incomplete studies · International Economics And Business · Budapest, Hungary
Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
Corvinus University Of Budapest
MSc · Economics Analysis · Budapest, Hungary
Jan 2010 - Sep 2015
University Of Maiduguri
Bsc · Accounting · Maiduguri, Nigeria
Certifications & licenses
Diploma in Microsoft Power BI for Beginners
Alison
Reading Financial Statements
Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) - In view
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