Mr. Osunkoya commenced his training with the firm of Z. O. Ososanya & Co (Chartered Accountants) where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986. He thereafter joined Abacus Merchant Bank Limited and later Konsuma Credit Limited, where he honed his financial skills. In 1994, he founded Bababode Osunkoya & Co. (Chartered Accountants), a firm he nurtured until 2008 when he became a partner in Abax-OOSA Professionals, a firm of Chartered Accountants, formed by a merger with three other firms. Mr. Bode Osunkoya served two consecutive tenures as Managing Partner Abax-OOSA Professionals, before reverting to Senior Partner in 2012.

Mr. Bode Osunkoya is a graduate of the Department of Accounting, University of Lagos. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors (IoD). In March, 2010, Mr. Bode Osunkoya became one of the first batch of Certified Forensic Accountants of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.