Oluwakemi Adewumi
oluwakemi.adewumi@example.xxx · +234 XXX XXX XXXX · Lagos, Nigeria · linkedin.com/in/kemiadewumi
Résumé
Finance executive with 18 years' experience, including 7 years as CFO and Finance Director in SEC regulated investment, asset management and wealth businesses. Leads financial strategy, capital allocation, treasury and FX management, client fund controls and regulatory relationships with SEC, CBN and FIRS. Trusted adviser to chairmen and boards, with a record of improving profitability and strengthening governance.
Compétences
financial strategy, capital allocation, business cases, M&A, budgets, forecasts, financial models, variance analysis, IFRS reporting, accounting, treasury, tax, payroll, portfolio oversight, client fund controls, fee management, risk adjusted returns Risk and, ERM, SEC, CBN, PENCOM, FIRS, international reporting Governance and leadership: board reporting, audit committee, finance team succession
Expérience
Chief Financial Officer, Meridian Asset Management Limited (SEC registered), Lagos Mar 2021 to Present
- Mandate: professionalise the finance function and support growth from a boutique to a Scope: finance, treasury, tax and risk teams of 18; reports to the Chairman and MD;
- Own financial strategy, budgets, forecasts and capital allocation across asset management, wealth and advisory
- Oversee client fund controls, custodian relationships and fee reconciliation for ₦310 billion AUM
- Manage cash, liquidity and multi currency treasury for Nigeria, UK and UAE operations
- Lead relationships with SEC, CBN, FIRS, banks, custodians and external auditors
- Present monthly management accounts and quarterly investment performance to the Built a finance succession plan; 2 managers promoted to head of department
Finance Director, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management, Lagos Jan 2017 to Feb 2021
- Mandate: lead finance through a period of fund product expansion
- Managed financial reporting for 14 mutual funds and the management company
- Improved cost to income ratio from 58% to 46% through budgeting and cost optimisation
Senior Manager, Financial Services Audit, KPMG Nigeria, Lagos 2008 to 2016
- Led audits of banks, asset managers and pension fund administrators
Formation
- 2015, MBA, Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University (2015)
Career highlights
₦85 billion to ₦310 billion, Built a group FX and liquidity framework that protected margins through the 2023 to 2024 naira devaluation, Led 3 clean SEC examinations and unqualified audits for 7 consecutive years, Implemented enterprise risk management covering credit, market, liquidity and operational risk, Raised ₦12 billion in debt and equity to fund expansion into 2 new product lines
Board appointments
Bank | 2022 to Present
Certifications & memberships
FCA, ACCA, CFA Charterholder, MBA, Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA); Member, ACCA CFA Charterholder; SEC Registered Sponsored Individual