Martins Nkachi

TRANSTELL VENTURES NIGERIA LIMITED– Onitsha, Anambra State        FEBRUARY 2019 to Date.

 Head of Accounts Department

• Tracked all capital and recurrent / operational expenditure against approved budget. (Budget & budgetary control).

• Analyzed cost, revenue, credit and risk to project future trends.

• Investigate reported cases of malpractices and discrepancies in monthly bank accounts and intercompany transactions.

• Educates management on strategies for minimizing tax liability and supplied detailed tax documentation needed to submit accurate corporate returns to local, state and federal government.

• Collaborated extensively with external auditors during preliminary and year end audit processes.

•  Prepared financial statement and other reports, summarized interpreted current and projected company financial position.

• Maintaining of Customers Accounts and Documentation;

• Maintains Company’s Accounts and Information.

• Reports to the Group Managing Director on matters on sales.

• Liaises with the Customers on matters concerning products and policies.

• Manages Inventory of finished goods to avoid stock out of products

• Manages Human Resources in the department.

• Engaged in Responsibility accounting in the department.

• Reconciles customers’ payment and Bank statement.

• Ensure that customers’ account are accurate and reconciled.

• Carry out checks against clearing of customers’ order to avoid breach of procedures

• Preparation of monthly reports on sales.

• Payroll Administration. 

• Review all suppliers’ reconciliations to ensure accuracy.

PRICELESS STORES & GROCERIES LTD – Owerri, Imo State                                JANUARY 2017 to JANUARY 2019

 Head of Accounts & Audit Department

• Tracked all capital and recurrent / operational expenditure against approved budget. (Budget & budgetary control).

• Analyzed cost, revenue, credit and risk to project future trends.

• Investigated reported cases of malpractices and discrepancies in monthly bank accounts and intercompany transactions.

• Educates management on strategies for minimizing tax liability and supplied detailed tax documentation needed to submit accurate corporate returns to local, state and federal government.

• Collaborated extensively with external auditors during preliminary and year end audit processes.

•  Prepared financial statement and other reports, summarized interpreted current and projected company financial position.

• Maintaining of Customers Accounts and Documentation;

• Maintains Company’s  Accounts and Information.

• Reports to the Group Managing Director on matters on sales.

• Liaises with the Customers on matters concerning products and policies.

• Manages Inventory of finished goods to avoid stock out of products

• Manages Human Resources in the department.

• Engaged in Responsibility accounting in the department.

• Reconciles customers’ payment and Bank statement.

• Ensure that customers’ account are accurate and reconciled.

• Carry out checks against clearing of customers’ order to avoid breach of procedures

• Preparation of monthly reports on sales.

• Payroll Administration. 

• Review all suppliers’ reconciliations to ensure accuracy.

• Review local and foreign creditors control accounts for accuracy.

• Follow up and resolve long outstanding items on reconciliations.

• General correspondence with Suppliers including confirmation of account balances.

• Ensure that credit terms are adhered to.

KRISORAL GROUP OF COMPANIES – Onitsha, Anambra State                

(Makers of CALIDON BRAND OF Beverages

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER     –    January 2014 – December 2016
Responsible for the following aspects of the supply chain: sourcing, purchasing, transport, warehousing and distribution. Also involved in identifying and implementing initiatives to reduce the overall supply chain cost base.

Duties:

• Monitoring data management to keep accurate product, contract, pricing and invoicing information.
• Working closely with suppliers and customers to improve operations and reduce cost.
• Ensuring the personal safety and safe working environment of staff.
• Communicating needs & objectives to managers & key personnel in procurement, logistics & distribution.
• Negotiating contracts to reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiency.
• Providing accurate routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
• Accurately calculating total supply chain costs in relation to proposed new projects.
• Obtaining quotes for transportation and also making cost comparisons.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supply chain

• Extensive knowledge of coordinating all of the entities involved in a supply chain.
• Knowledge of managing returns and rejections professionally & promptly with suppliers.
• Extensive experience in the strategic planning and transportation of products.
• Experience of liaising with forwarders and overseas companies to arrange collections.
• Able to negotiating rates with local contractors and also international companies.
• Planning of procurement, production, inventory control, logistics and distribution.

Management

• Possessing creative problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to ensure that products are delivered in a good state and on time.
• Willingness to work unusual hours.
• Highly effective motivator with strong written and spoken communication skills.
• An ability to handle the pressures arising from having to meet deadlines and targets.
• Able to evaluate complex situations and find solutions for them.
• Having a passion for delivering excellent customer service in a cost effective way

KRISORAL GROUP OF COMPANIES – Onitsha, Anambra State                        October 2011 to

 December 2013

(Makers of CALIDON BRAND OF Beverages

Head of Internal control and Compliance (ICC) Department

•          Executes a wide range of audits and reviews in a diverse and highly computerized organization;

•          Developing and obtaining proper approval for goals, audit work schedules, staffing plans, and financial budgets for the department;

•          Supervise staff auditors by assigning them to jobs which match their abilities, reviewing their work, and appraising their performances;

•          Follows-up on the implementation of the audit recommendations and ensures that improvements are made to reduce the residual risks to appropriate levels;

•          Conducts schedules and special audits and make recommendations for improvement;

•          Plans, Organizes and execute approved assurance and consulting engagements to assess the adequacy of management systems for controlling, risk management, administration, budgetary and financial management and information technology governance, and to then report the results of the engagements; 

•          Assist in the formulation of appropriate anti-fraud policy, code of ethics and their implementation;

•          Assesses the performance of organizational units to ascertain whether defined objectives have been achieved and if they were achieved efficiently;

Makes recommendations on increasing operational efficiency, having regard to value for money auditing

KRISORAL GROUP OF COMPANIES – Onitsha, Anambra State                                        February 2010 to October 2011

(Makers of CALIDON BRAND OF Beverages)

SubsidiaryAccountant/Inventory Manager

• Place order for local and foreign Raw Materials.

• Places order and track Materials ordered from foreign suppliers.

• Reports to the Group Managing Director on Importation and Inventory Matters.

• Liaises with the suppliers on issues concerning the placed order.

• Manages Inventory to avoid low or high stock positions.

• Manages Human Resources in the Subsidiary.

• Prepares reports on all inventory maintain by the group.

• Prepares reports of all Goods in Transit from Foreign Suppliers

• Record keeping of all accounts and ledgers.

• Record keeping as regards to transactions.

• Preparation of Importation Documents.

 Admin Manager/Accountant

To recruit, train and supervise 25+ customer service reps and cashiers. Foster an environment in which guests enjoy high levels of service and employees are motivated to deliver top performance. Manage front-end operations to ensure friendly and efficient transactions at checkout. 

l  Manages both the Human and Material Resources of the branch to achieve the set goal of the organization.

l  Prepares and maintain the financial information of the branch to show the true and fair view of the financial state of the branch.

l  Liaises with all regulatory bodies on matters concerning the smooth running of the establishment. 

l  Served on special taskforce charged with turning around the low turnout of incoming customers and contributed to significant improvements in customers’ satisfaction and sales.

l  Exemplified the second-to-none customer service delivery for which Wintex is nationally renowned in all interactions with customers.

Inventory Manager, 

l  Reconciliation of branches Inventory, Sales Account

l  Liaising with regulatory bodies/authorities on Imported goods

l  Bank account reconciliation.

l  Tracking of Imported consignments to avoid demurrages

l  Preparation of all importation documents 

l  Introduced training programs that enhanced employee performance and helped build a motivated workforce.

Tellering Function, 

l  Receiving and Processing of Bulk Cash

l  Payment of Same to Customers

l  Receiving and Posting of Clearing Cheques

l  Local fund Transfer

l  Issuance of Bank Draft and Managers cheques

l  Involvement in Cash movement

l  Sales of MTN/GLO Stocks

Tellering Function, 

l  Receiving and Processing of Bulk Cash

l  Payment of Same to Customers

l  Receiving and Posting of Clearing Cheques

l  Local fund Transfer

l  Issuance of Bank Draft and Managers cheques

l  Involvement in Cash movement

l  Sales of MTN/GLO Stocks

Higher National Diploma (HND) Accounting

Ordinary National Diploma (OND) Accounting

West Africa Senior Certificate (WASC)

First School Leaving Certificate