Ini Babalola, CA, CISA

• Wells Fargo Bank ($72B Financial Services company)
• Halliburton Energy Services ($24B Oil Field Service Company)
• S. Cellular ($4B Mobile Network Operator company)
• Vaxcyte Inc ($2.92B Biotech company)
• Prospect Medical Holdings ($2.7B Healthcare Services Company)
• Houghton Mifflin ($1B publishing company)
• Zhone Technologies ($50M technology company)
• Williams Adley & Co LLP (Audit Clients in banking, utilities, engineering, Not-for-Profit, technology, retail, healthcare, government, and education)

• Hands-on and supervisory level experience with several companies. Experience encompasses accounting, financial reporting, financial planning, budgeting, business, and strategic planning.
• Participated in monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process within multiple companies, assuring the accuracy of data and integrity of reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), including review and approval of journal entries prepared (including month end entries) before posting to the financial system.
• Generated financial reports, reconciled subsidiary accounts, and performed account reconciliation for the closing process.
• Reviewed and approved A/P invoices and payroll for payment and ensured proper recording in the financial system.
• Was deeply involved in monthly reconciliations of intercompany transactions for large international companies and investigated variances during the closing process.
• Prepared monthly GAAP compliant financial statements, review packages, variance analysis, key metrics and MD&A for Executive/Management team and Board of Directors.
• Prepared and reviewed monthly and quarterly management presentations on behalf of the CFO, CAO, and Board of Directors.
• Wrote MD&A for internal executive review for two publicly traded companies. Assisted CFO and CAO with development of 10-K and 10-Q SEC filings.
• Completed annual intangible asset (goodwill) impairment testing cycles in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other for multiple public companies.
• Held supervisory roles managing accounting and finance staff for numerous companies. Supervisory experience included all aspects of staff development, training, and mentoring.

• External audit background in banking, utilities, engineering, Not-for-Profit, technology, retail, healthcare, government, and education.
• Managed and participated actively in all phases of SOX 404 compliance program, including but not limited to audit risk assessment and scoping, planning, fieldwork, execution, and reporting; supporting standardization of journal entries; increasing transparency and documentation of supporting accrual entries; and demonstrating signoff at the appropriate executive levels.
• Partnered with business and IT process owners to document and evaluate the design and implementation of internal controls primarily via flowcharts, narratives, and walkthroughs.
• Worked closely with IT management to evaluate and monitor compliance of key financial systems and assist in identifying and testing completeness and accuracy of source data for key controls.
• Conducted systems interface audits for all interfacing applications and tested general IT controls.
• Worked closely with process owners to prepare narratives in accordance with PCAOB standards and prepared associated Risk Control Matrices.
• Documented technical architecture, physical and system security risks, and potential automation for manual processes.
• Developed financial and accounting education materials in four different settings, including process and procedures manuals, policies, desk procedures, and standard forms. Documented processes and procedures in three different companies in a pre-SOX environment.
• Assessed SOX 404 control deficiencies and worked directly with process owners and management in the development of action plans to ensure deficiencies are remediated in a timely manner.
• Worked closely with process owners and management on new system implementations and ensured they were properly tested and documented pre and post implementation.
• Reviewed Quarterly User Access Reviews (UAR) for In-Scope applications.
• Made recommendations for improvement to process and controls to improve process efficiency/effectiveness and control environment.
• Developed month-end and year-end close checklists to ensure that the balance sheet accounts were consistently and systematically updated according to company policy and GAAP, and that stringent timelines were met.
• Prepared reports and presentations to assist with Audit Committee and Senior Management meetings.

• 7,000 hours of project management including initiation, design, implementation, control and close for packaged and customized software, as well as non-systems projects.
• Managed teams of consultants, client staff and external resources to produce comprehensive homegrown solutions including process and business practice improvements, and system design.
• Led cross functional teams across multiple departments to define scope, business issues and users/ system requirements.
• Facilitated team workouts and Change Acceleration Process meetings to expedite timeline of process changes and build additional buy-in for change.
• Led design and development teams throughout project’s life cycle.
• Created business requirements, scope, and charter for the implementation of a budget and forecasting system used for financial reporting for major entertainment studio.
• Mobilized users in all phases of projects to create systems defined by the users for the users.
• Helped development teams select the most appropriate technologies for the project.
• Created frameworks that enforce industry standard SDLC (system development life cycle). Prepared project closing activities, such as archiving files and documenting lessons learned.
• Performed gap analysis of processes, software, and hardware.

Microsoft Excel

• Expert Level Excel User including pivot tables, macros, charts, formula building (IF, IFERROR, V-LOOKUP, H-LOOKUP, PV, NPV, IRR, PRICE, RATE, PMT, SUMIF, TODAY, GETPIVOTDATA, INDEX, MATCH, COUNT, MAX, CONCATENATE, LEFT, etc.), named ranges, text to columns imports, data validation, filters, grouping, subtotals, password protection, drop down menus, etc.
• Over five hundred hours of experience in MS XL 2007 with its enhancements in conditional formatting, data tables, formulas, charts, and the new ribbon layout.

 
Microsoft Access

• Basic Level Access User including writing queries, importing/exporting data, and creating tables using various joining properties.

 
Microsoft PowerPoint

• Advanced Level PowerPoint User including creating slide masters, working with templates and layouts, inserting objects, creating graphs and organization charts, working with embedded and/or linked objects, slide transition and animation as well as creating and running slide shows.

 
Microsoft Word

• Advanced Level Word User including embedded objects, linked spreadsheets, charts, tables, and form design.

 
Oracle 11 & Oracle NetSuite

• Basic level Oracle User, including month/year end closing, journal entries, A/P research, A/P posting, payroll posting, financial report generation, account reconciliation, exports to Excel, imports from Excel, etc.
• Performed gap analysis of processes, software, and hardware.
• Documented technical architecture, physical and system security risks, and potential automation for manual processes.
• Conducted systems interface audits for all interfacing applications and tested general IT controls.

 
SAP

• Basic level SAP User, including month/year end closing, journal entries, A/P research, A/P posting, payroll posting, intercompany transactions/balances reconciliation, revenue, exports to Excel, imports from Excel, etc.
• Utilized SAP to generate financial reports, reconcile other subsidiary accounts and perform account reconciliations.
• Trained staff at other locations on going live on SAP.

 
Great Plains (GP)

• Basic level Great Plains User, including month/year end closing, journal entries, A/P research, A/P posting, payroll posting, exports to Excel, imports from Excel, etc.
• Utilized GP to generate financial reports and perform account reconciliations.

 
Other

• Working experience with data analytical tools, including ACL, IDEA and Tableau.
• Working experience with Prosystems/CCH, TeamMate and Caseware audit software.

University of Jos

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting

 
Certified Information Systems Auditor, CISA

 
Chartered Accountant

 
Chartered Accountant

• Met all annual training requirements to maintain professional licenses and certifications listed above (CISA). 120 hrs./3 yrs. of CPE)