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Nike Awotayo-Ayeni

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Nike Awotayo-Ayeni

Associate Partner - Assurance/Business Advisory Services

B.Sc, FCA

Nike is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria with over twenty-nine (29) years post qualification experience. Prior to joining Peak Point, she was a Director, Advisory Services at Ernst & Young where she spent close to thirty (30) years with stints in Assurance and Advisory.

Over the course of the years, Nike has performed in and led various assignments for financial institutions, multinationals, large, medium sized as well as small Companies in both assurance and advisory service lines in various sectors of the Nigerian economy including Financial, Oil & Gas Sectors and Non-Governmental developmental projects, Real Estate, Construction etc.

Nike has worked on various assignments in, Business Diagnostic Review, Internal Audit; Business Process Documentation and Reviews, Corporate Re-organizational Restructuring, Risk Management, Corporate Governance; Internal Control Review and Monitoring; Internal Control Review for compliance with Sarbanes Oxley's Act, 2002 (SOx404); Financial Due Diligence; Reporting Accountants; Financial & Accounting services and Statutory Audit.

Professional Experience includes:
  • Engagement lead on the design and development of business process management and documentation of a pioneer rice milling company Engagement lead on the business re-organisation /restructuring of Lagos State government owned property development company.
  • Engagement lead on the organizational transformation and business process documentation of a pioneer and fast growing, estate development Company
  • Engagement lead on the Internal Control transformation project of a first-tier bank.
  • Advisory work-stream lead for set up of an upcoming Merchant Bank through providing necessary documentation and frameworks for obtaining the Approval in Principle (AIP).
  • Engagement lead on the Internal Control Monitoring project of a first-tier bank.
  • Team lead on the Internal Audit and Internal Control Functional Performance Assessment Reviews of a first-tier bank.
  • Engagement lead on the Internal Audit QAR of a medium sized Nigerian bank.
  • Engagement lead on the Internal Audit QAR of a and Internal Control Functional Performance Assessment Reviews of a medium sized Nigerian bank.
  • Quality Assurance Executive on the review of the draft code of corporate governance for a fast growing Investment bank.
  • Engagement lead on the risk management and corporate governance review for compliance with Central Bank of Nigeria code of corporate governance for a mega bank.
  • Engagement Manager on the review and improvement of the business processes and preparation of an operational manual for a shares registration company./li>
  • Engagement lead for the operational audit of processes for some financial institutions covering registrar, Insurance both life and non-life, savings and loan and financial securities.
  • Engagement lead on the review of corporate governance of a diversified conglomerate with core interest in the hospitality, oil and gas businesses.
  • Engagement executive the start-up of internal audit department of a foremost investment banking firm
  • Held coordinating role & led the Ernst & Young team on Sox 404 business processes implementation for a Multinational Oil Exploration Company.
  • Team Lead on the Reporting Accountants review for a major insurance Company and a was also a key member of other reporting accountants’ reviews.

Her Core competencies includes Accounting Management, Financial Analysis, Forecasting, Cost reductions, Technology Integration, Regulatory Compliance, Efficiency Improvement, Auditing and Tax management/Advisor.