The Accountant

Episode 1

Like every other Fridays of every week, the banking hall was so busy that Deji could barely eat throughout the day. Though he had two assistants, but that was still not enough to make him work less due to the location of the branch. The banking job was tasking, but he preferred it to managing one of the many companies owned by his late father. A decision his mother was totally in agreement with.

Rising to his feet, he made his way to Amanda’s cubicle. He had noticed how unsettled she was and knew something was definitely amiss.

’’What’s happening?’’

‘’I’m not good. I’m having a deficit of three hundred and sixty thousand.’’ She explained worriedly.

‘’Have you checked all the transactions properly?’’

‘’I did, but I still can’t figure out where it’s coming from.’’

‘’Let me take a look at it.’’ Deji said siting on the chair in Amanda’s cubicle while she stood behind him .

Deji was loved by the cashiers due to his kind-heartedness. He wasn’t the type of branch manager who will leave a cashier who was having trouble balancing to sort him/herself out, nor was he the type who will be quick to ask the cashier to pay for the deficit he/she had. He always try to get to the root cause of either the deficit or surplus of any of his sub-ordinates.

After over an hour of going through Amanda’s transactions for the day, Deji still couldn’t find the error. He decided to take the next available option. He got in touch with his own superior through mail to get an approval for him to close the branch account with the deficit for the night which was granted. He informed his two assistants and Amanda to be in the office the next day and make sure they detect the error before leaving.

Stealing a glance at the time on the monitor, Deji noticed it was fifteen minutes past eight. He ensured proper closure of the branch as he shut down his CPU.

Aremu quickly opened the door as he sighted his boss stepping out of the mantrap door. Deji hopped in instantly.

‘’Are you going in this Ankara outfit?’’ Aremu asked as he sat on the driver’s seat.

‘’I don’t get? I’m going to where?’’ Deji responded innocently as he unbuttoned his shirt.

‘’Mrs Williams’ pre-xmas party,’’ Aremu reminded him starring at the mirror.

‘’Oh my!’ the enormity of situation hit him. He had forgotten tonight was the pre-xmas party he had promised his mother he would attend. Deji knew exactly what his mother could do if he was absent.

‘’I need to change into something better. Let’s get home real quick.’’

‘’Off we go boss.’’

Tbc