Olikagu Patrick Ugochukwu
Portrait of Olikagu Patrick Ugochukwu

Finance & Accounting Professional

I turn financial data into clear, decision-ready insight.

With over 8 years in accounting and finance, and Python skills layered on top, I help businesses close their books accurately and understand what the numbers are actually telling them.

8+ yrs Accounting & finance experience
1st Class / Merit BSc Accounting, 2018 & MSc Finance, 2024
Py Python for Data Science & Analysis, 2026

About

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My background is in accounting and fund management — preparing final accounts, managing books, and keeping financial operations accurate and audit-ready. Over the past year I've added Python to that foundation, so I can go beyond reporting the numbers to analysing them: building models, automating repetitive reporting work, and surfacing the patterns a spreadsheet alone won't show.

I work with small businesses and finance teams who want their books handled properly and their data put to work, not just filed away.

BSc Accounting, First Class — National Open University of Nigeria 2018
MSc Finance, Merit — Lagos State University 2024
Fund Manager / Accounts Officer — St. Rita General Contracts 2021–2024
Python for Data Science — IBM SkillsBuild 2026
Data Analysis for Python — IBM SkillsBuild 2026

Services

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Financial Modeling & Analysis

Excel · Python

Forecasts, budgets, and scenario models built to hold up under real business questions — not just formulas that work once.

Bookkeeping & Financial Reporting

Accounting

Accurate books, reconciled accounts, and clear financial statements you can hand to an auditor or an investor without worry.

Data Analysis & Dashboards

Python · Pandas

Turning raw transaction or expense data into a dashboard or report that answers a specific business question — not just a chart.


Selected work

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Management Reporting · AI-Assisted Analysis

Nova Consumer Finance — Management Control Brief

Led a full variance and control review of a company's August performance against budget: recalculated revenue, gross profit, EBITDA, cash-conversion and DSO variances, separated confirmed drivers from unverified assumptions, and corrected a cash-conversion metric that had been misstated as a percentage rather than a percentage-point change. Delivered a management-ready summary with a three-point action plan, named owners, and an evidence gate requiring customer-mix and receivables-ageing data before sign-off.

Financial Modeling · Liquidity Analysis

GreenCycle — Financial Viability Model

Built a Year 1 balance sheet extract and short-term liquidity assessment for a recyclables business, calculating current ratio, quick ratio, and working capital against standard benchmarks. The analysis confirmed a healthy liquidity position (current ratio 1.80, quick ratio 1.40, working capital of ₦8,000,000), supporting the company's short-term solvency case to stakeholders.

Finance Function Design · Advisory

St. Rita General Contracts — Finance Function Case Study & Proposal

Authored a case study and engagement proposal for building and directing a 10-person finance function for a medical equipment import and distribution company. Covered the structure, reporting lines, and controls needed to support the business's financial management, reporting, and portfolio oversight as it scaled.