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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Lead analyst for new Enterprise Fraud Management solution incorporating 200 credit unions & SMEs in Canada.
• Engineered model features and rules responsible for preventing e-transfer fraud on >100,000 transactions/day.
• Designed and implemented ETL solution for vendor data using AWS Lambda, EC2, S3 and RDS
• Performing fraud indicator screening & analytics on e-Transfer & wire real-time and near-real-time transactions.
• Creating and deploying be-spoke fraud ML models to drive key metrics such as false positives and catch rates.
• Liaise with EFM product owners and project managers identify new data source for fraud modelling.

Canada

Lagos, Nigeria

23, Awolowo Way, Ikoyi, Lagos

• Accurately build and implement companywide machine learning algorithm and credit risk scorecard.
• Developed models to cross sell & upsell, renewal, retention & customer life time value analysis
• Statistical modelling, predictive & Inferential statistics, time series models & forecasting
• Implementation of fraud predictive model, fraud checks and process automation
• Customer acquisition and targeting model, look alike analysis & behavioural models
• Reject inference for setting risk, accept rates and tolerance levels, back-test & stress test

1412, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos

• Calculated risk on premium, financial analysis, building pricing tool and underwriting decisions
• Reviewed and transformed the motor and property portfolios to a profitable business
• Developed the motor processing straight through process – Automation of process.
• Performed data gathering and analytics of customer-centricity of insured, renewal rates and customer segmentation.

Bosso Campus, Minna.

• Utilized appropriate teaching methods to conceptual knowledge and make students visualize what they are being taught in the area of elementary probability, statistical inference and computing.
• Supervised student and identifies individual and collective learning needs during project research.
• Administered a standardized test and identify various instructional resources to meet students' varying learning needs.
• Conducted research and reviewed research papers

Lafiaji, Obalende

• Recorded, edited and cleaned daily jobs and sales bills using Microsoft Excel.
• Created a new spreadsheet template/tool for data collection and validation
• Analyzed and audited monthly sales bills as well as writing report on sales data from January to September.

Postgraduate Degree, Data Analytics For Business Decision Making, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Data Analytics || Business Intelligence || Databases || Machine Learning || Ethics || Leadership & Communication.

Master’S Degree, Mathematical Science

Activities and Societies: Give Back & SDG Advocacy || Social Committee || Events Coordination1X Next-Einstein African Scholar

Bachelor’S Degree, Statistics, First Class

Activities and Societies: Quiz club leader || Association Financial Secretary || Lead Tutorial Master || SDG Advocacy3X University Scholar.