olubukola sokoya
london,united kingdom
Summary
Detail-oriented with financial data and careful to follow accounting best practices and regulatory requirements. Helps drive financial improvements with reliable, accurate and compliant records for forecasting and business planning.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work history
KYC officer
TELEARC PRIVATE LIMITED
02.2020 - 01.2022
- Ensured GDPR compliance through data and risk management.
- Reported suspected cases of financial fraud and money laundering using formal escalation procedures.
- Provided regular updates on new client research, onboarding and potential risk.
- Supported response to transaction alerts, upholding strict investigation processes.
- Supported team to stay up to date with compliance-related trainings.
- Analysed legal information as part of due diligence and identity verification.
- Located, updated and deleted customer information using Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) tools.
- Advocated for continuous monitoring approach, helping external collaborators understand importance of financial threat management.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Resolved invoice coding and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Conducted regular reviews and official audits to validate recordkeeping and controls.
- Compiled financial data for business forecasting and budgeting.
- Assisted with developing and ongoing control of costing and pricing systems for business goods.
Scrum master
EDF Energy
08.2019 - 01.2020
- Led daily stand-up, project planning and sprint reviews to enable progress evaluation.
- Recognised backlogs and highlighted solutions to progress development sprints.
- Defined improvement plans to increase project quality and velocity.
- Assessed project outcomes and identified iterative and incremental development possibilities.
- Delivered products on time and under budget through agile team leadership.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to maintain programme investment and motivation.
- Advised on best scrum theory, rules and practices to improve operational agility.
- Balanced project conflicts and challenges to maintain high performance and progress.
- Attended industry events to promote activity and increase partnership potential.
- Resolved support tickets to limit impediments and increase flow.
- Presented at Executive level and provided project insight and outcomes for appraisal.
- Coordinated lifecycle projects, through tactical planning and execution, within agile development environments.
KYC officer
Virgin(GDPR Programme)
03.2018 - 08.2019
- Investigated suspected cases of fraud and theft involving small numbers of transactions or complex systems.
- Conducted regular reviews and official audits to validate recordkeeping and controls.
- Assisted with developing and ongoing control of costing and pricing systems for business goods.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Tracked tax, invoicing and budget information accurately using QuickBooks.
- Reviewed and certified official financial statements for presentation to shareholders and governing bodies.
- Analysed budgets and financial projections for accurate reporting of company performance.
- Helped resolve disputed claims as official client representative to tax officials.
- Generated invoices based on established accounts receivable schedules and terms.
- Prepared detailed models, reports and charts highlighting complex financial information.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ogun state/NigeriaBSC ISEB-Business Analysis-2015
04.2001 -
Prince II,EXIN-2015
BCs EXIN Foundation Certificate in Agile Scrum2017
Professional Scrum Master 1-2022
SAFe 5 Agilist-2023
Skills
- Cash Flow analysis
- GAAP understanding
- Great Plains familiarity
- Budget analysis
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software
- Advanced bookkeeping skills
- Financial planner
- Account reconciliation processes
- Bookkeeping
- Data trending knowledge
Timeline
KYC officer
TELEARC PRIVATE LIMITED
02.2020 - 01.2022
Scrum master
EDF Energy
08.2019 - 01.2020
KYC officer
Virgin(GDPR Programme)
03.2018 - 08.2019
BSC ISEB-Business Analysis-2015
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Prince II,EXIN-2015
BCs EXIN Foundation Certificate in Agile Scrum2017
Professional Scrum Master 1-2022
SAFe 5 Agilist-2023
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