Zainab Zakariyau, Junior Data Analyst

About

About A finance and accounting professional with over 4 years’ experience whose core skills range from taxation, finance, accounting, consulting, negotiation etc. now fascinated by how data analytics works, understanding and applying it

Experience

Federal Inland Revenue Services

Jun 2019 – Present

Nigeria

Tax Officer

*Examination of taxpayers’ audited accounts for arithmetic accuracy and correction *Raising of assessment when taxpayers’ default in payment or underreport their tax liabilities *Investigate for tax evaders and recommend to the necessary department within FIRS for further actions *Calculate the Withholding credit notes of each taxpayer assigned to me and update it on their ledger *Creation of Tax Identity Number for new Taxpayers to enable them file their Company Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Education Tax effortlessly *Helping Taxpayers migrate to E-Tax Promax for seamless online transactions with the FIRS *Providing Tax Clearance Certificate to worthy Taxpayers to enable them do business with ease *Work on any assignment directed from the head office or the regional office through teams *I participated in a monthly technical session including training on basis period, company income tax (CIT), education tax, value added tax, capital allowance etc. *I have worked at Tax Payers' Services as a front desk officer - where I receive Taxpayers and put them through on how to file Company Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Education Tax etc. *Also worked at Tax Identification Number (TIN) generation unit - where I received request from the Taxpayers to generate TIN in order to be able to pay their liabilities and also maintain a file with the office.

PricewaterhouseCooper

Mar 2018 – Apr 2019

Nigeria

Forensics Graduate Intern

*Assisted in providing Due Diligence on companies on behalf of our clients *Assisted in forensics investigation and audit on a company in Nigeria. *Assisted in building a Whistle-Blowing Policy for a payment solution provider in Nigeria *Assisted in loan reconciliation and report drafting *Assisted in working with one of the regulators of the financial services industry to investigate a whistleblower’s allegations of misappropriation and abuse of authority by the Managing Director of a financial institution in Nigeria. *Updated the whole team on the fraud cases around the world but most especially in Nigeria

Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

– May 2021

ACA

Ahmadu Bello University

Oct 2019 – Jan 2021

MBA, Finance and Investment

Ahmadu Bello University

Oct 2010 – Apr 2015

BS.c , Banking and Finance

Zainab Zakariyau

Junior Data Analyst

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