Lisa-Leigh Aladekomo
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Lagos, Nigeria
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Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations OfficerFirst Aluminium Nigeria PLCApr 2019 - Current (6 years 2 months)Nigeria April 2019 -- Date Turnaround of a Manufacturing company with 4 distinct business units covering Aluminium and PET Recycling. Holding company for Aluminium City and Fan Renewables Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations Officer - Monitoring the financial performance and the strategic direction of the company and its subsidiaries. - Designed and effectively disseminated the company's new culture and values, towards creating a modern and efficient work environment. - Implemented SAP as the group wide ERP, Office 365 as the collaborative work tool. - Re-structure of 80% of the company's debt profile, extending tenor for 5 years and reducing interest rate by 600 bps overall - Re-organisation of a 260 workforce to implement a K- Chief Financial OfficerGas Train LimitedSep 2014 - Mar 2019 (4 years 7 months)in OML38 Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director - Developed and manage the finance road map for the group, focused on long-term growth and expansion, aligning all operations with Board plans, initiatives and recommendations - Designed and implemented the capital raising process for group and portfolio company: securing a NGN4billion loan from Union Bank of Nigeria and NGN 800 million from Bank of Industry and equity injection from shareholders - Provide guidance to the Board, Shareholders and Executive Management on financing strategy, company performance and financial decision making - Implemented and automated finance operational controls for group and portfolio companies. - Sculpted N1.1 billion principal repayments to N60
- Chief Financial OfficerQuarra Rice LimitedFeb 2014 - Sep 2014 (8 months)- Generated financial analysis for capital decisions, operating changes and periodic management reporting for group and portfolio companies - Supervised the capital raising process for group and portfolio companies, in conjunction with external advisors - Managed bank relationship and disbursements, and schedule use of funds, ensuring efficient interest repayment processes with banks. Manage cash handling and storage processes - Managed the Audit and Tax processes - Set-up and implement operational controls for group and portfolio companies.
- Chief Financial OfficerWhassan Eurest Nigeria LimitedFeb 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 7 months)- Implemented the company's strategic goals, creating financial plans and supervising the Senior Management Team via monthly KPI reporting - Achieved 64% reduction in N2.3 billion in receivables within 3 months as part of cash optimising and balance sheet management strategy - Cleared up a 3-year tax back log in 6 months, bringing the company into compliance on both state and federal taxes - Reduced tax expense by $1.4m and reduced tax liabilities; offsetting corporate tax by increasing withholding tax credit note collections - Designed & implemented cost reduction strategies that reduced general S, G&A costs by 30% - Led a finance team of 20, including Financial control, Financial planning and analysis, Treasury & Tax departments with
- MGR Financial Planning & AnalysisMain One Cable CompanyJun 2009 - Oct 2011 (2 years 5 months)- Overall management and delivery of Main One's $240m project model and business plan, tracking all stakeholders and ensuring no overspend across the board - Implemented an automated HR/Payroll & Finance system enabling real time fact-based decision making. - Built & implemented all budgets, financial systems and financial processes. - Responsible for all Financial Reports: Shareholder report, Mgmt. reports, pricing analysis & new business evaluations - Reduced premiums by 50% in major category of overall insurance portfolio amounting to $100 million in assets
- Head, Financial Planning & AnalysisHelios Towers Nigeria LimitedAug 2006 - Apr 2009 (2 years 9 months)- Provide modelling and ad-hoc reporting/analysis to the CEO and Managerial Staff, analysing financials to identify strategic development opportunities and key target areas for improvement - Led budgeting, planning, forecasting, monthly reporting and analysis of sales & key performance indicators - Drove a Sage Evolution migration from simple project accounting to regional matrix cost accounting - Structured several Sale & Lease back deals which increased company asset portfolio - Prepared and presented monthly management/board report
- Senior Management AccountantBBC EntertainmentFeb 2004 - Jul 2006 (2 years 6 months)BBC Entertainment, UK Management Accountant, BBC Drama, UK - Monitored 75-million-pound budget and spend of all 30 BBC Entertainment scheduled shows. - Prepared monthly reporting on the channel's activities, P&L, Balance Sheet, variance analysis and commentary - Supervised the group payroll management and reconciliation
- Assistant AccountantBBC FilmsAug 2003 - Feb 2004 (7 months)
- BAssist MGMT AccountantBand X LimitedMar 2002 - Aug 2003 (1 year 6 months)
- Assistant AccountantJoe Public RelationsMar 2001 - Mar 2002 (1 year 1 month)
- Accounts AssistantEnergis PLCSep 1999 - Mar 2001 (1 year 7 months)
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- LAccounting & FinanceLondon Metropolitan UniversityJan 1997 - Jan 2000 (3 years 1 month)