Led the treasury operations team of 25 that decentralised and automated various processes including the foreign funds transfer process. This was achieved in conjunction with the in-house technology group after a process review was carried out, followed by training of the personnel to handle this function. This automation led to a 30% improvement in the turn around time of transaction processing and a reduction in error rates by 80%. Member of team covering treasury back office functions… Show more Led the treasury operations team of 25 that decentralised and automated various processes including the foreign funds transfer process. This was achieved in conjunction with the in-house technology group after a process review was carried out, followed by training of the personnel to handle this function. This automation led to a 30% improvement in the turn around time of transaction processing and a reduction in error rates by 80%. Member of team covering treasury back office functions that successfully implemented the change in banking software to the globally acclaimed Temenos 24, the first bank in Nigeria to do so. The process entailed scoping, business requirement documentation, functional specifications, system build, user acceptance test, then finally go-live.Directed the back office settlement of all foreign exchange trades, third currency deals and all trading activities on the various trading platforms into their correct accounts. These deals were initiated from the front office then routed through the middle office. The various accounts are not updated until the deals have been correctly settled.Drove the BankPHB end of the automation of inter bank funds transfer in the Nigerian banking industry. The ensuing online real time regime improved the turn around time and increased efficiency by 50%. Championed the service initiative in the treasury back office function by setting up a customer service desk manned by appropriately trained personnel. Customer mail enquiries were attended to within 10 minutes and a resolution achieved within 24 hours. Show less

Joined the firm from start up and set-up the operations' of the Lagos office. I supervised the back office operations and had the prime responsibility of ensuring that pensions accounts were opened within a 24 hour turn around time for delivery of the account details to pension account holders.I Successfully supervised the creation and maintenance of about 10,000 membership records for pension scheme members on-boarded within the first six months of operations. This function was key because… Show more Joined the firm from start up and set-up the operations' of the Lagos office. I supervised the back office operations and had the prime responsibility of ensuring that pensions accounts were opened within a 24 hour turn around time for delivery of the account details to pension account holders.I Successfully supervised the creation and maintenance of about 10,000 membership records for pension scheme members on-boarded within the first six months of operations. This function was key because it forms the basis for the award of all future benefits. Show less

Involved in the marketing of mandates for the initial public offers of firms seeking to raise equity capital. This occurred where the bank was either the issuing house to the offer or the collecting bank for the funds raised from the offer.Supervised the processing of money market contracts and commercial paper loans and deposits. These were used to finance customers' funding needs. It was vital to match loan assets to particular liabilities to avoid a mismatch and an oversold… Show more Involved in the marketing of mandates for the initial public offers of firms seeking to raise equity capital. This occurred where the bank was either the issuing house to the offer or the collecting bank for the funds raised from the offer.Supervised the processing of money market contracts and commercial paper loans and deposits. These were used to finance customers' funding needs. It was vital to match loan assets to particular liabilities to avoid a mismatch and an oversold position.Headed the branch operations of two different branches, one of which was a start up branch. Set up the cash, customer services and funds transfer functions, the pillars upon which branch operations stand. Also managed the administrative functions of these branches and responsible for a team of 20 people.Headed the newly constituted Loan Administration Unit, centralized the booking of all commercial loans as well as setting the various loan parameters bankwide. This process was in line with global best practices and improved turn around time in loan booking by 35%. The margin of error reduced by 40%. This centralization also freed the personnel who handled this function to take on other responsibilities thereby saving the bank about US$300,000 per annum in personnel costs.Headed the central support services at the head office with oversight functions to treasury operations, cheque management and domestic operations teams and managed over 40 people. Drove the centralization of cheque book printing which led to a reduction of the losses incurred from wrongly prepared chequebooks by over 50% and the fraud resulting from stolen chequebooks reducing to zero. This was achieved by instituting proper and adequate dual control measures.Member of the cost containment committee that reviewed and recommended capital expenditure in the bank for approval. This committee saved the bank US$250,000 in the first year of its constitution. Show less

Organised the cash handling and processing of two of the branches with the highest cash turnover in the Lagos Island area and effectively administered the vault to be always below the insurable level. Achieved cost savings of about 15% as insurance premium over excess vault limits were avoided.Processed customer requests for issue of managers' cheques and managed the recording, tracking and payment of expenses at the branch.