Gboyinde Sodipo

Gboyinde is a certified finance professional (FCCA, AFM) with extensive expertise in financial planning, analysis, and strategy. I bring an 8 years+ proven track record of driving profitability, optimizing budgets, and delivering impactful insights to empower businesses.

Currently contributing at Mixta Africa, a leading real estate company and subsidiary of the ARM Group of Companies, I specialize in empowering organizations to achieve financial efficiency and sustainable growth. I excel at transforming financial data into actionable strategies that align with organizational goals.

In driving financial excellence & strategic growth I bring to the table:
• Strong capability in corporate strategy development and business performance advisory to drive impactful outcomes.
• Expertise in budget planning, monitoring & forecast, and financial modeling to support decision-making that align operations with strategic goals.
• Strong background in financial operations management and performance analysis.
• Expertise in financial reporting, credit rating, and due diligence, ensuring compliance and precision in decision-making
• Passion for leveraging data-driven insights to enhance efficiency and profitability.
• Collaborative leadership, partnering with cross-functional teams to achieve results.

In my approach, I believe that finance goes beyond numbers—it's about creating strategies that drive sustainable growth and empower teams to succeed. Through a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and innovative problem-solving, I help organizations thrive in dynamic markets.

As such, I am deeply committed to strategy and business planning, helping organizations achieve their financial objectives while improving overall performance. Outside of work, I dedicate my time to charity initiatives, volunteering, and pursuing personal challenges through long-distance racing.

I am open to new opportunities to contribute as a Finance Strategist Executive or Business Planning Leader to organizations focused on achieving measurable results. Let’s collaborate to drive success and innovation in your business!

Mixta Africa: 6 years

Head Finance Strategic Business, Duo by Mixta.
September 2022 - Present (2 years 5 months)
Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria.
A builder; General manager responsible for Mixta Africa Rent-To-Own product, Duo by Mixta.
Key Achievements
1. Spearheaded the Duo Strategic Business Unit, achieving a ₦7.21B revenue buildup within 2 years.
2. Developed a comprehensive financial and business model plan tailored for the DUO scheme, enabling long-term scalability and profitability.
3. Designed and implemented a budget monitoring process, ensuring financial efficiency and alignment with corporate goals.
4. Established clear operational structures and enhanced process execution, improving organizational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Responsibility
1. Provided strategic stewardship and coordination for the DUO Rent-To-Own scheme.
2. Executed innovative financial strategies to increase the bottom-line while maintaining investor confidence.
3. Introduced efficiency-enhancing procedures, streamlining operations across teams under the business unit.
4. Led cross-functional teams to meet and exceed annual objectives, consistently achieving high customer satisfaction scores and delivering value to stakeholders.
Key Skills & Expertise
1. Financial Strategy & Forecasting | Financial Reporting, Budget Planning & Monitoring

2. Investor Reporting & Financial Modeling | Process Improvement
3. Corporate Strategy Development | Project Management
4. Cross-Functional Leadership | Excellent Communication & Presentation
 

Financial Planning
November 2020 - September 2022 (1 year 11 months)
Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria
Key achievements
1. Developed a financial model for the delivery of 984 affordable homes
2. Coordinator, internal and external stakeholder engagement for fund-raise initiatives from Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) that led to a successful ₦8 Billion Guaranteed bond transaction
3. Implemented a budget monitoring process that resulted in a cost optimization of 28%, for the group, by H1 2021. Delivered the corporate finance presentation of FY 2020 consolidated business review to the newly appointed BOD and all country managers.
4. Key member, funding initiative for a ₦4billion Guaranteed bond transaction. Managed the Company’s 2021 rating process that resulted in a rating upgrade (investment grade).
Responsibilities
1. Perform complex financial modelling and operational analysis to support individual business units and consolidated budget creation.
2. Translate the budget strategies into actionable and quantitative plans for monitoring ease.
3. Consult and advise management regarding advanced planning, consolidation, and financial reporting issues.
4. Analysis of variances to budget/forecast for revenue/margin as well as operating expenses.
5. Evaluate data, prepare forecasts, trend analysis and presentation of results pertaining to sales, operations and general business conditions and other areas.

Financial Reporting
February 2019 - October 2020 (1 year 9 months)
Mixta Africa, Lagos, Nigeria
Responsibilities
1. Preparation of statutory reports for Nigerian Stock exchange (NSE), Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in compliance with IFRS.
2. Preparation and reporting of major subsidiaries periodic management accounts and financial statements while complying with IFRS.
3. End-to-end coordination of statutory assurance audits and point of contact on statutory audit matters by country stakeholders. 

4. Relationship management of statutory auditors in relation to financial reporting by providing prompt and adequate response for all audit queries raised.
5. Coaching and developing the financial accounts team to provide viable financial and business information that aid management in making strategic and profitable decisions.
 

Cormart Nigeria Limited
2 years
Assistant Finance Manager
February 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)
Lagos, Nigeria
Key Achievements
1. Developed an effective financial and analytical scheme for performance measurement of B2B departments.
2. Project manager, Value Chain Digitalization- Open market sales analysis for B2C automated payment process
3. Audit of employee services that reduced expenditures by 30%.
4. Debtor's circularization which reduced bad debt from 30% to 12%.
 

ExxonMobil, Mobil Producing Nigeria
1 year 1 month
Account Payable and Tax Analyst
February 2016 - February 2017 (1 year 1 month)
Lagos, Nigeria
Key Achievements
1. Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Assets Management (BSAM) account
2. Managing monthly vendor payables account for vast vendors
3. Preparation of annual FIRS report for tax audit
 

Capita
3 months
Customer Service Advisor
October 2015 - December 2015 (3 months)
Leeds, United Kingdom
1. Performed administrative functions and processed customers queries.
2. Built relationships with customers to find solutions that are right for them.
3. Established ways to meet customer needs while using initiative that ensured effective solutions.

University of Leeds | Master of Science (MSc), Accounting and Finance 2014 - 2015 | Grade: Distinction
University of Lagos | Bachelor of Science (BSc), Accounting 2009 - 2012 | Grade: Second class upper division