# Ifeanyi Okonkwo

Ifeanyi Okonkwo is a remote worker on Himalayas, Assistant Finance Controller at Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Limited, based in Nigeria.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@ifeanyiokonkwo1

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Finance Controller with 12+ years in manufacturing finance, improving profitability, controls, and working capital.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | Nigeria |
| Authorized to work in | Nigeria |
| Job categories | Finance Controller, Finance Business Partner, Finance Leader, Senior Finance Manager, Cost Accounting Manager, Senior Finance Controller, Senior Financial Controller, Group Financial Controller, Global Finance Controller |
| Skills | Excel, Audit and Risk Management, IFRS, Cost Accounting, Treasury Management, Internal Controls Compliance, Finacle Platform, Orion, SAP, Power BI, Cost Management, Working Capital Management, Inventory Accounting, Receivables Management, Taxation, VAT Adjustments, Audit Coordination, Data Integrity, Financial Dashboard Support, Fixed Asset Accounting, Financial Modeling, Budgeting and forecasting, FP&A, ERP |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m looking for a manufacturing finance leadership role where I can partner with operations, strengthen IFRS controls and reporting, optimize working capital, and drive cost and profitability improvements—using dashboards and data-driven decision-making to support executive priorities.
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## About

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I’m a strategic and commercially focused finance professional with over 12 years of experience driving financial performance, profitability improvement, cost optimization, and operational excellence in manufacturing environments. I strengthen financial controls, enhance reporting accuracy, and partner with executive leadership to support sustainable business growth.

I’ve helped deliver measurable outcomes through robust financial planning, budgeting, and operational performance monitoring—supporting revenue growth beyond budget targets and improving operational performance monitoring by 35% in the 2025 financial year. In my current role, I contribute to monthly sales performance exceeding budget by 20% and support production yield initiatives exceeding established targets by 15%.

I’m recognized for strengthening inventory governance and stock valuation controls to improve reporting accuracy and reduce inventory-related risks. I also recovered significant VAT and tax balances of 600 million naira through detailed reconciliations and engagement with regulatory authorities, and I’ve led year-end audit engagements with minimal audit adjustments and strong compliance outcomes.

I bring deep expertise in IFRS reporting, manufacturing costing, treasury management, taxation, audit coordination, and business performance analysis—backed by ERP optimization and data-driven decision-making. I’ve implemented finance process improvements that enhanced ERP data integrity and reliability, and I build executive KPI dashboards using tools like Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI to make decisions faster and clearer.
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## Experience

### Assistant Finance Controller (current)

Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Limited. Jan 2024 - Present

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Support monthly sales performance and operational decision-making with timely financial analysis, including production yield improvement beyond target. Strengthen product costing accuracy, fixed asset accounting, inventory controls, ERP process improvements, and month-end closing/reconciliation controls.
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Skills: Cost-Accounting, Internal-Controls-Compliance, Orion, SAP, Power-BI, Inventory-Accounting, Fixed-Asset-Accounting, Working-Capital-Management, Reconciliations, Data-Integrity, Month-End-Closing, Budgeting-and-forecasting, FP&A, Audit-and-Risk-Management

### Senior Finance Manager

Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Limited. Jan 2020 - Jan 2024

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Manage multi-billion-naira annual operating budgets and forecasts aligned to corporate objectives, strengthening cost control and reducing budget variances. Improve working capital through inventory and receivables initiatives, lead KPI dashboarding, and drive internal controls, external audit outcomes, and finance reporting efficiency.
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Skills: Internal-Controls-Compliance, Orion, SAP, Power-BI, Working-Capital-Management, KPI-Reporting, Process-Standardization, Automation, Cost-Control, Financial-Modeling, Budgeting-and-forecasting, FP&A, Audit-and-Risk-Management

### Cost Accountant

Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Limited. Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

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Implement enhanced product costing methodologies to improve pricing and profitability analysis. Strengthen reconciliation and review processes, support statutory/regulatory audits, and streamline finance processes to improve reporting cycle times and data accuracy.
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Skills: Internal-Controls-Compliance, Orion, SAP, Reconciliations, Audit-and-Risk-Management

### Transaction Officer

First Bank Holding Plc. Jan 2009 - Jan 2017

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Serve as a branch champion for Finacle 10 ERP implementation and support tax-collection initiatives, including the e-card tax collection platform. Lead/assist in tax audit defense with Lagos State Internal Revenue Service and Federal Inland Revenue Service, and ensure compliance validation for KYC remediation activities.
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Skills: Audit-and-Risk-Management, E-Card-Tax-Collection, Tax-and-Audit, Validation, Internal-Controls

## Education

### Lagos State University

Bachelor of Science, Economics

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Earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics from Lagos State University.
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## Tech stack

- Microsoft Excel

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