Teslim
Adeyanju

Financial Data Analyst for FP&A and commercial finance

ACA-qualified finance professional who builds automated reporting, forecasting and Power BI solutions that improve decision-making.

Power BI SQL Python Excel Financial Modelling
Close process
7 days → 3 days
Forecasting
±8.5% on £2.3m
Savings identified
£50k+ annually
Reporting cycle
25% faster
Teslim Adeyanju
TA
📊 Power BI Expert
📈 Financial Analytics

Measurable impact delivered

  • Month-end Close: 7 days to 3 days 57% reduction through automated reconciliation, structured Power BI reporting, and streamlined close procedures
  • Forecast Accuracy to ±8.5% Achieved on a £2.3M budget via rolling 13-week cash flow models, variance tracking, and scenario planning
  • Reporting Cycle Cut by 25%, Data Prep by 80% Delivered through ETL automation, Power Query transformation pipelines, and reusable SQL extraction scripts
  • £50K+ Annual Cost Savings Identified through margin analysis, cost centre reviews, and process optimisation across finance operations
  • 60% Drop in Manual Reporting Requests Enabled by self-service Power BI dashboards giving finance stakeholders direct access to live KPIs and variance reports
  • Board-Level Governance Treasurer at Asylos (UK Registered Charity), overseeing financial controls, budgeting, and compliance reporting to the board

How I help

Better finance decisions, backed by reliable data

Automate reporting

Replace manual, repeatable reporting tasks with governed Power BI, SQL and Python workflows.

Strengthen forecasting

Build practical budgets, rolling forecasts and variance analysis that make financial performance easier to act on.

Improve data confidence

Design clear data models, validation steps and audit trails that stakeholders can trust.

Qualifications

Education & Certifications

Academic excellence paired with current industry certifications across finance, analytics, and cloud platforms.

Teslim Adeyanju

MSc Finance and Investment Banking — Distinction

University of Hertfordshire, UK · 2022–2024

Top 5% of cohort · HBS Excellence Award 2024 · Student Representative

Grounded in CFA Levels 1 & 2 curriculum, the programme combined quantitative finance, investment analysis, and applied data analytics.

Professional Qualifications
  • Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)
  • Associate Accounting Technician (AAT)
Data Analytics & Visualization
  • Microsoft Certified — Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL‑300), 2026
  • Microsoft Certified — Azure Data Fundamentals, In Development
Cloud & Data Platforms
  • Databricks Accredited — Lakehouse Platform Fundamentals, 2026
  • HackerRank Certified — SQL (Advanced), 2026
  • SuperDataScience — Python for Data Analysis, 2025
Accounting & Finance
  • Financial Statement Analysis — Corporate Finance Institute (CFI), Aug 2021
  • Xero Certified Advisor — Cloud Accounting Platform, 2025

Technical Stack

Tools & Technologies

The tools I use to turn financial data into insight, and insight into decisions.

Business Intelligence & Visualisation
  • Power BI — DAX, Power Query, semantic modelling, performance optimisation
  • Advanced Excel — Power Query, PivotTables, dynamic arrays, financial functions
  • KPI Tracking — interactive dashboards, executive reporting
Programming & Data Science
  • Python — Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Streamlit
  • SQL — MySQL, PostgreSQL, stored procedures, query optimisation
  • R — data analysis, statistical modelling
  • Git & GitHub — Jupyter Notebooks, VS Code, Docker
Financial & ERP Systems
  • IFRS / UK GAAP — statutory financial reporting, disclosure requirements, consolidation
  • Management Accounts — P&L, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis
  • NHS Finance — public sector reporting, mandatory returns, CIP tracking
  • Xero — Advisor Certified
  • Sage 50 / Business Central / QuickBooks — ERP and accounting systems
Data Engineering & Automation
  • ETL Pipelines — end-to-end pipeline development and data integration
  • SQL Extraction — data extraction, normalisation and audit trails
  • Power Query — transformations, data cleansing and M language
  • Scheduled Refresh — automated reporting workflows and deployment

Portfolio

Four finance-focused case studies, followed by supporting technical work.

NHS Financial Analytics

206 NHS trusts across 3 financial years · Python-to-MySQL ETL pipeline

Engineered end-to-end Python ETL pipeline ingesting NHS England financial data into MySQL star schema with analytical views, KPI metrics, and Power BI integration across 206 trusts.

Python MySQL Power BI NHS Finance

Financial Forecasting & Variance Analysis

Management Accounting · Forecasting · Variance Analysis

Designed forecasting models and variance analysis framework using Python — translating core management accounting skills into data-driven analytics with professional visualisations.

Python Pandas Variance Analysis

Stock Market Risk Analysis

GOOGL · AMZN · AAPL · MSFT · Monte Carlo Simulation

Full portfolio risk analysis framework: daily returns, volatility computation, Sharpe ratio calculation, and 30-year Monte Carlo simulation for informed investment risk modelling.

Python Monte Carlo Risk Analysis

Advanced SQL Analytics

CTEs · Window Functions · Data Quality Analysis

Advanced SQL analytics using CTEs, window functions, aggregations, and data quality frameworks — applied to student wellbeing analytics in Jupyter and MySQL.

SQL Python Window Functions

Financial Performance Analytics Model

29 DAX Measures · 5 KPI Domains · Enterprise Dashboard

Advanced Power BI model with 29 complex DAX measures tracking profitability, growth, efficiency, pricing, and risk metrics. Interactive dashboards with drill-through capabilities for business intelligence.

Power BI DAX Analytics

UK Immigration Impact Analysis

Immigration Trends · Geographic Analysis · Policy Impact

Comprehensive Power BI analysis of UK immigration data with geographic mapping, trend analysis, and policy impact visualization. Supports government and policy research insights.

Power BI Geographic Data Data Visualization

AI News Automator

NLP · Web Scraping · Automated Processing

Automated news aggregation and processing system using NLP and machine learning. Web scraping, text analysis, categorization, and intelligent summarization pipeline.

Python NLP Web Scraping
View all 14 remaining projects
#ProjectFocusStack
02Financial Data PipelineETL · Forecasting · TradingPython
05UK Mutual Fund PerformanceFund Analysis · Performance
08Diamond Price PredictionEDA · Feature Engineering · MLPython
09Superstore Sales PredictionRetail · Forecasting · MLPython
10Retail Marketing PredictionMarketing · Consumer BehaviourPython
11Salary Prediction (SHAP)ML · Explainability · SHAPPython
12Lead Conversion ModelMarketing · ClassificationPython
13YouTube Sentiment AnalysisNLP · Sentiment · TextPython
15World University RankingEDA · Data AnalysisPython
16AI Career CoachAI Agent · LLMHTML/JS
17AI News AutomatorAI · Streamlit · AutomationPython
18Email AgentAI Agent · AutomationPython
19Ollama Local AgentLocal LLM · AIShell
21MySQL Fundamentals to AdvancedCore SQL to Analytics · Python IntegrationMySQL + Python

Learning

Study Notes

8 open learning journals — continuously updated on GitHub

Learning System: Every valuable insight from 100+ podcast episodes—across AI, career strategy, finance, and data science—gets clipped, tagged, and connected in Notion. No passive consumption. Pure applied learning that compounds over time.  Explore the clips →

Professional Profile

Finance Analyst & Data Professional

  • ACA — Chartered Accountant with qualified financial expertise
  • MSc Finance & Investment (Distinction) — UK University
  • Specializing in Financial Analytics · Power BI · Python · SQL · FP&A
  • Published Python developer — FDA Toolkit on PyPI with production ETL frameworks
  • Board-level governance experience — Treasurer, Asylos (Registered UK Charity)

UK-based · PSW (Graduate) visa held · Available immediately

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Interested in discussing Finance Analytics, Data Engineering, Power BI implementation, or Python-based financial solutions? I'm based in the UK and available for immediate engagement.

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