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Enitinwa Olukolade kunle

Lagos,LA

Summary

Accomplished professional with a strong background in problem solving, analytical thinking, and business writing. Demonstrates expertise in negotiation, stakeholder management, and selling. Proven ability to develop effective strategies, plan promotional campaigns, and manage financial budgets. Adept at delivering compelling presentations and achieving business objectives. Career goal: to leverage skills in a dynamic environment to drive organisational success.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head, Merchant Services

Access Bank
Victoria-Island, Lagos
08.2012 - 04.2025
  • Onboarding of CBN licensed Mobile Money operators/FinTech's/PSSPs with view to delivering trillions in collections through Self-service Channels
  • Driving partnerships between PTSPs and PSSPs to achieve optimum collections performance by 35% growth by year end
  • Managing Point of Sales (POS), NQR and Web merchant and Merchant Engagement Teams
  • Coordinating all CBN license Payment Terminal Service Providers (PTSPs) and Payments Solution Service Providers (PSSPs) witview to ensuring quality service delivery in line with Service Level Agreements and agreed quality assurance metrics
  • Engaging Card Schemes / Switches and NIBSS for activities aimed at improving service delivery/product performance – POS & Web
  • Anchoring Compliance drives with Card Schemes (MasterCard & Visa) to improve approval rates to 90% and eliminate scheme penalities
  • Driving product campaigns to retain market share or gain inroads into new markets by 10%
  • Implementing solutions that improve transaction approval rates to 98%
  • Preparing internal frameworks and reviewing regulatory frameworks from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regarding acquiring business landscape
  • Initiating product enhancement initiatives and implementing acquiring projects-Tams, DCIR, access rewards (PoS merchants), Contactless acceptance, Amex acquiring
  • Managing deployment of Collects management solutions for merchants across value chain of businesses in various market segments
  • Presenting at Monthly Performance Review (MPR) meetings and POS Collections weekly meetings
  • Increased revenue through POS acquired fees by 20% through enterprise review of POS Concession administration
  • Driving terminal activation through merchant engagement and PTSP activation drives to surpass 85% KPI

Team Lead (Support & Operations)

Access Bank
08.2013 - 01.2022

POS Terminal deployment

  • Developed operational plan for achieving growth objectives for revenue and profit on POS channel
  • Ensured Optimal performance of terminals deployed to merchant outlets thereby increasing collections and consolidating Bank's industry ranking
  • Implement several POS customizations requests for various Merchants in e-commerce, airlines, QSR etc
  • Reconciled Merchant Pos Transactions
  • Engaged Switches/ Aggregators/Processors with view to resolving issues around settlement and other merchant requests
  • Led Customer engagement to increase e-Collections via POS Terminal (In branch, POS & M-pos, Soft POS)
  • Trained merchants and personnel on use of POS terminals
  • Same-day settlement implementation for Premium merchants
  • POS Merchant profiling and registration at NIBSS and Switches
  • Resolution of merchant complaints around delayed settlement/incomplete settlement
  • Quarterly Business Banking and Contact Centre e-banking team training
  • Initiation of approvals to purchase – POS terminals, consumables and gift items
  • Coordination of Payment Terminals Service Providers (PTSPs) to deliver excellent service

Product Manager , E-Payment Solutions

GTBank
Victoria-Island, Lagos
02.2012 - 08.2013
  • Developed and implemented clear strategic vision for driving usage of merchant acquiring platforms through point of sales (POS) terminals and online payment gateway
  • Managed e-product platform and merchants' customization to maintain competitive edge within electronic banking industry- (Insurance, Church, Supermarket, e-commerce)
  • Supervised 40 man strong- deployment which aggressively deployed POS Terminals to merchants in Lagos and carried out weekly activations
  • Investigated and resolved day-to-day product and transaction complaints from internal and external customers
  • Provided support to regional digital sales team by organizing regular training sessions and developing multiple sales strategies that are adapted to suit them bankwide
  • Grew volume and value of point of sales value-added service (PoSVAS) merchants- =N=1 bn in collections achieved by December FY 2012
  • Conducted regular trainings for customers on electronic payment channels
  • Reviewed standard service level agreements (SLA) with bank's electronic payments product vendors
  • Monitored daily usage of Merchant acquiring Platforms to ensure platforms are functioning smoothly and income is being generated
  • Prepared mid weekly and monthly performance reports for Team and other stakeholders
  • Provided first level support to customers for resolving point of sales (POS), web online transactions and dispute resolution
  • Liaised with Corporate Communications team to review and obtain approved marketing messages for different customer engagement, both online and in-store merchants
  • Assisted merchants and potential customers with business expansion strategies via digital and E-banking solution product – Multi-level Marketing, Quick Service Restaurants

Credit and Marketing Officer, Commercial Banking Group

06.2010 - 02.2012
  • Acquired new commercial accounts and reactivated inactive accounts
  • Handle client inquiries and process requests
  • Prepared proposals on product offerings and send to clients and organizations
  • Cross sell online banking channels to clients such as Internet banking, POS, Mobile money app etc
  • Mobilize deposits and generate revenue for the bank
  • Reactivate dormant accounts
  • Created risk asset products/loans to commercial type customers
  • Conducted research and due diligence checks on loan applicant's credibility and capacity to repay the loan
  • Acted as financial advisor to customer, based on their financial needs and goals

Credit and Marketing Officer, Public Sector Group

04.2006 - 08.2008
  • Prospected for existing and new Ministries, Departments and Agencies' accounts
  • Contributed to the Liability base of the team- mobilized deposits from Accountant Generals Office, etc.- UBE (Ministry of Education), Bureau of Lands, OGROMA
  • Provided excellent financial products & services that add value to Government Business while minimizing costs & risk to the Bank
  • Booked quality risk assets for the Team
  • Prepared weekly and monthly- Unit reports
  • Account reconciliation and issues resolution

Education

Bachelor of Science - Urban & Regional Planning

Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Osun State
04.1998 - 08.2004

Senior Secondary School Certificate -

Government College
Ibadan, Oyo State
09.1991 - 06.1997

M.Sc. - Management

Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen
09.2008 - 10.2009

Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Analytical
  • Business writing
  • Negotiation
  • Stakeholder-management
  • Selling
  • Presentation
  • Strategy
  • Promotional campaign planning
  • Financial budgeting

Affiliations

  • Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria, In view
  • Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK, Member
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK, Member

Accomplishments

    · Led Verve card acquiring processing implementation with Hydrogen Payment Company (2025) - 21,000 terminals migrated in first phase with 10bn verve transactions successfully routed through Hydrogen's rails.

    · Led the implementation of a Terminal monitoring solution to improve operational efficiency and drive collections performance (2025)

    · Managed implementation NIBSS instant Settlement Initiative (2024) – a total of N3.3bn POS transactions were settled instantly within 3 months.

    · Implemented Contactless Acceptance project for acquiring of Contactless POS transactions (2024)

    · Managed the MasterCard/UEFA campaign across all Prince Ebeano Supermarkets outlets (2024) – N2.21bn transactions routed on Access terminals during the campaign (2024)

    · Led the NQR merchant onboarding campaign in sync with CBN's naira resign campaign initiatives – a total of 66,574 merchants were successfully on-boarded on the NIBSS NQR platform – (2023)

    · Implemented Amex domestic acceptance the Bank's terminal estate via strategic partnerships with 14 PTSPs And PTADs. This was a first in the Nigeria Payment Landscape (2023)

    · Grew terminal activity ratio of 89% (4 notches beyond 89% KPI target) in partnership with PTSPs/MMOs. Total active terminals were an all-time high of 284,426 as of 31st December (2023).

    · Implemented the Direct Card Issuer Routing Instant settlement (DCIR) project (2023)-

    · Managed Breezepay solution deployment across AccessBank Terminal estate- a total of =N=52bn collections were successfully routed in FY 2023

    · Implemented the (Access rewards) Customer Loyalty programme for Top Tier Retail POS Merchants (2023) – over N1bn spend actualized within the campaign

    · Onboarded Accelerex Network Limited (ANL), one of the fastest growing Agency Banking businesses (2021). ANL achieved =N=14Bn+ in first year

    · Implemented Access TAMs solutions to improve uptime of POS terminals (2020) – over =N=20bn collections successfully routed with downtime of primary host

    · Managed implementation of ERP integration for key POS merchants across all market -segments (Downstream. This increased the bank's POS collections by an additional N25bn in 2018.

    · Achieved N33Bn in agency banking collections (2018), 52% revenue growth (2018), and 50% growth in merchant activations

    · Managed the Till Integration project for Prince Ebeano supermarkets (6 outlets) in the country (collection grew from N250m in October to N800m by EoY 2017)

    · Led the in-house POS request portal implementation and terminal branding initiative within 6months of joining Access Bank in 2013

    · Managed GTbank International Acceptance drive across in the T & E sector (Eko Hotel, Protea hotels)- collections peaked at $500k by HY2012

    · Member, GTCO (formerly GTbank) POS Task force- which steered the deployment of over 10,000 terminals in sync with CBN Cashless policy and achieved =N=1bn in collections by FY 2012 and Top 3 in activation in FY 2012

Certification

  • Access Bank -Core Values Training – 2025

Operational Risk Training - 2025

  • Risk Management Training – 2022

● Art of Coaching - 2022

● Anti-Money Laundering and Ethics Training - 2021

● IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner - 2020

● Custom Building Crucial Payments Expertise Workshop, Visa Business School, Lagos- 2019

● Acquiring Best Practices, Visa Business School, Lagos – 2019

● Service Excellence Training for Access Bank- KSBC Limited (2016)

● Service Excellence Training for Access Bank- KSBC Limited (2016)

● Leading Empowered Teams for Service Quality Access Bank (2014)

● Feelings – Access Bank (2014)

● MasterCard Acquiring process for Access Bank - (2013)

● Creativity and Innovation – Upward Consulting – (2012)

● International Trade Finance – Bode Zakari Management Consultant (2011)

● Credit School – KRC Limited (2008)

● Superior Customer Delight – VIP Consulting Ltd (2007)

● GTbank Entry Programme (2006)

Swift First Step Programme- NIIT (2005)

Interests

● Travelling

● Watching movies

● Reading

● Volunteering

References

Available on requesr

Timeline

Team Lead (Support & Operations)

Access Bank
08.2013 - 01.2022

Head, Merchant Services

Access Bank
08.2012 - 04.2025

Product Manager , E-Payment Solutions

GTBank
02.2012 - 08.2013

Credit and Marketing Officer, Commercial Banking Group

06.2010 - 02.2012

M.Sc. - Management

Robert Gordon University
09.2008 - 10.2009

Credit and Marketing Officer, Public Sector Group

04.2006 - 08.2008

Bachelor of Science - Urban & Regional Planning

Obafemi Awolowo University
04.1998 - 08.2004

Senior Secondary School Certificate -

Government College
09.1991 - 06.1997
Enitinwa Olukolade kunle