Gbadamosi Olusola Joshua

Gbadamosi Olusola is an Oracle Financial Analyst with HND in Mathematics and Statistics (Distinction) from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State. He is an Associate member of the following professional bodies in Nigeria: Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) Information Securities Audit Control Association (ISACA) Chartered Institute Management Accountant (CIMA) Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria (ICEN) Institute of Investment and Research Management (IIMR) • Association of Economist and Statisticians of Nigeria (AESN).

His experiences span over ten (10) years in accounting, external audit, internal audit, system audit, corporate finance and consultancy. Olusola started his career with Soneye Sojinrin & Co (Chartered Accountants) as audit trainee and later proceeded to HLB Z.O. Ososanya where he served as a supervisor and a team leader. He worked with Profund Securities Limited where he rose to the level of an Assistant Manager and Branch Development Manager in Abuja.

He is experienced in community banking and community business development with interest in financial product development for the down trodden and other levels of the income pyramid.

He is a team-oriented consultant with strong analytical, problem solving, research, communications and business development skills. He also has technical depth in finance and accounting. In addition to several years of audit and accounting duties, he had over 5 years experience in requirement definition, evaluation, selection and implementation of financial system solutions, and business process re-engineering. His current emphasis is on rendering assistance in implementation of ORACLE financials: AP, PO, FA, and GL modules right from project conception through going life and user training stages. He is a turnaround specialist in the area of Microfinance operation in Nigeria economic having participated in the establishment of over 10 MFBs in Nigeria with approval from CBN to organize training for MFBs all over the country. He has travelled to over 65% of the States in Nigeria.

Sola is currently the Managing Partner of The Business Oracle and also involved in agricultural projects for Nigeria in rising =N=10 Billion. He is also the current Vice President of Association of Economists and Statisticians of Nigeria. He directs the consulting arm of Youth Afrique Leadership Forum in Abuja.

Other areas of expertise are as follows:

  • Audit Planning
  • Process and Control Level Risk Assessment
  • Internal Audit
  • External Audit
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation and Control Testing
  • Financial Statement Preparations
  • Review of Financial Statements prepared for the Security and Exchange Commission
  • Business Planning and Set-up
  • Instructor on Work Documentation, Business Planning, Time Management, Staff Motivation, Business Etiquette, Presentation and Communication Skills
  • Lecturing, Project Management and Research