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United Kingdom

• Streamlined client onboarding processes, reducing onboarding time by 60%. • Enhanced internal AML procedures by implementing automated screening tools, resulting in a 40% reduction in manual review time and improving efficiency in compliance processes.• Liaised with members agents and clients to gather required documentation and ensure a smooth onboarding experience. • Assisted clients with account inquiries, resolved issues, and provided exceptional customer service. • Conducted periodic Risk reviews and KYC refresh of client accounts to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance client satisfaction and retention.

• Developed a 1-year process improvement solution framework, reducing turnaround time by 25% with less than 1% margin for error.• Coordinated the development and implementation of enterprise software governance projects, reducing error rates to 1% and sanctions costs. • Supervised real-time monitoring of suspicious transactions, customer due diligence (CDD), and politically exposed persons (PEPs), achieving 0% regulatory penalty. • Improved offsite transaction monitoring tools, increasing offline transaction monitoring during the COVID-19 lockdown. • Led workshops integrating forensic analyses across asset classes and transaction monitoring, collaborating with senior management to shape the enterprise’s go-to-market strategy.• Collaborated with key stakeholders to expand financial crime infrastructure and improve end-to-end customer experience.

• Directed the review and upgrade of the enterprise regulatory framework, aligning with the audit charter, COSO ERM framework, and company Information Security and Quality Management systems and standards. • Led the ISO certification process, making Guaranty Trust Bank Plc the first financial institution in Nigeria to be ISO certified. • Trained a team of 10 to coordinate enterprise-wide training, driving process improvement culture embedded with risk management strategies. • Worked together with the GRC and DevSecOps team to develop a chatbot, reducing response times by 60%.• Partnered with the security team to identify and define requirements supporting scheduled audits, achieving 100% of the audit plan and participating in rigorous investigations with a 99% success closure rate.• Organized 5 states, and 13 branches and spearheaded the bank to become fully certified as ISO 9001.• Initiated branch effectiveness analysis, using 5-year historical data to determine the next line of action, resulting in a 40% increase in effectiveness. • The error rate report along transactional lines led to automating the process and reducing errors by 65%, re-training of staff further reduced the errors to 85% (best in the industry).• Involved in the testing of chatbots by over 800 students in the area to test. It was incentive-driven and it was a success and replicated across the country and reduced footfalls by 60%.• Successfully led and participated in key projects which resulted in stopping the activities of 50 customers accessing International Money Transfers with fictitious identities.

• Head of Operations of 35 people (cross-functional team of admin, procurement, accounts team, operations, vault management, audit).• Led risk review process covering CDD and EDD, identifying high-risk clients and unveiling ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs).• Orchestrated collaboration with the DevSecOps team to automate coordination, monitoring, review, and reporting of regulatory standards, resulting in a 40% reduction in compliance review time and a 25% increase in stakeholder satisfaction.• Created algorithms to identify potential AML and PEP concerns via payment and transaction histories. • Reduced data capture turn-around time (TAT) for client details by 25% in-branch by creating a lean process meeting regulatory requirements.• Directed on-boarding and client management teams of 25 people, providing updates on due diligence and KYC checks to the MLRO and Financial Crime team.• Served as subject matter expert for individual and commercial banking clients, providing end-to-end client due diligence on complex cases, and improving the bank's turn-around time on client onboarding.• Mentored, managed, and developed capabilities of 20 direct reports, building strategic high-performance teams.

• Implemented global AML and KYC policies, mitigating potential risks by gathering robust mandatory documentation for both institutional and individual clients.• Engineered a dynamic maker/checker process for reports, enhancing quality assurance and boosting team efficiency by 40%; received commendation from senior leadership for streamlining feedback loop and ensuring accuracy of data.• Prepared management information reports on sanctions screening and PEP reviews. • Identified 3 key risk assessment projects, gathering requirements for automation of transaction patterns and documentation review.• Reviewed and identified high-risk clients using EDD and CDD, unveiling ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs).• Created simplified data capture processes, improving quality check and reducing turn-around time for report generation.

Msc In Business Analytics & Consultancy, Business Analytics & Consultancy

Msc. Labour And Industrial Relations, Labour And Industrial Relations

Master’S In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General

B.Sc. Geology And Mineral Sciences, Geology/Earth Science, General