Aliu Mikashini

EDUCATION

University of Dundee
Qualification: MSc. International Oil and Gas Management
Date: May 2012

University of Ghana
Qualification: BSc. Administration (Accounting)
Date: May 2007

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Qualification: Part 3

Prempeh College
Qualification: Senior Secondary Certificate (High School)
Date: December 2002

SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Izwe Savings and Loans PLC
Position Held: Financial Controller
Dates: September 2014 - Present

• Implemented adequate and robust policies and procedure
• Ensuring cost management and process efficiency by formulating and communicating cost efficiency strategies
• Implemented prudent and adequate business and financial control by ensuring prudent and adequate funding lines
• Implementing adequate working capital management strategies
• Ensuring financial regulations compliance and engagement with regulators
• Coordinating external and regulatory audits
• Developed, documented and implemented process controls
• Achieved timely and quality management reports
• Supervised the Administration Department
• Coordinating regulatory correspondence and tax compliance
• Lead and manage the periodic reports closing of finance sub-processes
• Review and ensure timely prudential reporting to Central Bank
• Acting as CFO from May 2023 to Present

WORK EXPERIENCE

Union Savings and Loans (OmniBSIC Bank formerly OmniBank)
Position Held: Budget Control & MIS Coordinator
Dates: September 2013 - August 2014

• Developed VBA based MIS tools and dashboards
• Extracted data from SQL Server for reports
• Provide daily and other periodic MIS statistics
• Provided reports for business development, support and regulatory reporting
• Capex planning and tracking
• Coordinated the annual budget process and designed planning tools
• Enhanced, documented and implemented process controls
• Produced regular forecasts projections of financial performance
• Supervised accounting and treasury department

WORK EXPERIENCE

Millicom Ghana (AT)
Position Held: Business Decisions Analyst
Dates: September 2012 - August 2013

• Developed and maintained KPI Dashboards
• Prepared Business Intelligence reports for management
• Monitoring market share and benchmark variables
• Prepared segment behaviour analysis
• Monitoring of costs and capital expenditure
• Capex break even reports for Data Business
• Offer pricing and sensitivity analysis

WORK EXPERIENCE

Energy Commission of Ghana
Position Held: Intern
Dates: July 2011 - September 2011

• Consolidated powere generation stats for all power producers
• Presented consolidated reports to head of Strategic Planning and Policy
• Internship Report: Natural Gas Policy And The Prospects Of Natural Gas In Power Generation Capacity In Ghana

Procredit Savings and Loans (Acquired by Fidelity Bank Ghana)
Position Held: Senior Controlling Officer & Management Trainee
Dates: July 2010 - December 2010

• Proposal of cost control procedures
• Prepared Business Intelligence reports
• Designed Planning Tools and coordinated business planning process
• Ensured timely branch reporting
• Coordinating tenders
• Reviewed controlling processes and proposed changes

WORK EXPERIENCE

Procredit Savings and Loans (Acquired by Fidelity Bank Ghana)
Position Held: Senior Treasury and Accounting Officer
Dates: July 2007 - June 2010

• Prepared periodic bank reconciliations
• Produced timely Assets and Liability Committee Reports
• Preparation of Operations statistics reports for management
• Maintained accounting system
• Reviewed accounting processes and reduced semi-automatic
• processing time by two weeks
• Maintained the Chart of Accounts
• Prepared inter-branch reports
• Maintained journal schedules
• Supported credit department with analysis

WORK EXPERIENCE

Nitrogen Limited
Position Held: Chief Financial Officer
Dates: August 2012 - August 2019

• Ensured adequate funding lines
• Managed working capital and ensured adequate planning
• Consulting for business processes in software development
• Produced timely and adequate Financial Reports
• Responsible for risk assessment and risk management

Aliu Mikashini is a Finance, Accounting and Management expert with over a decade experience as a business technology consultant and working in the Finance and Telecommunications industries. After establishing strong Business Intelligence and Finance functions of established companies in Ghana, Aliu has consulted for startups offering business strategy direction as well as valuable inputs for design and production of business software and applications that have been successfully commercialized and monetized.

Aliu finds joy in making a big impact on startups and has always offered assistance to startups and corporate entities that need to build strong automated controls and business intelligence systems. Aliu is dedicated, transparent and upholds the highest integrity standards in his professional work.

Aliu holds an MSc. in International Oil and Gas Management from the University of Dundee, Scotland and a BSc, Administration (Accounting) from the University of Ghana.