 She joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1993 as an assistant director in the Research Department, where she served as head of the State Government Finance Office (1993–96), head of the Federal Government Finan Office (1996–2000) and head of the Fiscal Analysis Division (2000–04).Alade has served on the teams on major economic policy studies, and has been involved in the preparation of Central Bank of Nigeria's monetary and credit policy proposals over the years.She was actively involved in the drafting of the Medium Term Economic Programme (MTP) for Nigeria and the IMF staff Monitored Programme/Standby Arrangement.