A solution driven and experienced leader with excellent presentation and analytical skills, sound knowledge of financial settlements, payments, reconciliation and regulatory reporting, a well -rounded treasury operations experts who would love to cease every opportunity to broaden his knowledge and managerial abilities working in a challenging but conducive environment.
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KENNETH UGOCHUKWU OBI
Summary
Overview
18
years of professional experience
Work history
ACCESS BANK NIGERIA
TEAM LEAD/DEPUTY UNIT HEAD
06.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Supervision of the team responsible for the settlement of international funds transfer; inflows and out flows
- Nostro and GL reconciliations
- Authorization of transactions on the bank's platforms, FLEXCUBE, PROCESSMAKER, KASTLE TREASURY, SWIFT
- Responsible for handling internal and external auditors
- Direct deputy to the unit head and handle other related functions as they arise.
TEAM LEAD/DEPUTY UNIT HEAD, TREASURY OPERATIONS
04.2018 - 06.2019
Job overview
- Supervision of the team responsible for the settlement of inter-bank Fixed income, Foreign exchange and Money markets transactions; securities and naira reconciliation, booking and settlement of retail and corporate investment in Treasury bill, bonds and Eurobonds
- Authorization of transactions, liaising with regulatory bodies as it relates to Treasury Operations, handle other related functions as they arise
- Direct deputy to the unit head
TEAM LEAD
09.2017 - 04.2018
Job overview
- Compile, arrange and send out all of the groups reports to CBN, FMDQ, Financial Control Team, NNPC etc as required
- Ensure accuracy and timely delivery of all daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports
- Provide required documents for internal and external audits and spot checks
- Co-ordinate and organize the group's monthly meetings and quarterly retreats
- General supervision of the Regulatory reporting team
- Handle other related functions as they arise.
TEAM LEAD
07.2015 - 09.2017
Job overview
- Authorization and supervision of all customers' salaries/Vendor payments
- Supervision and authorization of all E-Pay collections through Access Bank for Lagos State Government
- Reconciliation of Lagos state collections account with Access Bank
- Reconciliation of the bank's salary transit account
- Organize and conduct interviews and monitor the recruitment of transaction officers for the Corporate Operations Group
- Organize and conduct E-payment trainings for Lagos state branches of Access Bank
- Responsible for leave plan and staff welfare for the entire Priority team
- Prepare SLAs for relevant team processes
- Preparation of monthly salary reports for senior management
- Resolution of issues related with E-bills platform and transactions
- Responsible for of internal and external auditors and exceptions relating to the team
- General supervision of the Payments, Collections and Loans Team.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DESK/FIXED INCOME/MONEY MARKET
TEAM LEAD
07.2013 - 07.2015
Job overview
- Authorization of swift messages for FX transactions
- Authorization of transactions on the bank's applications
- Nostro reconciliations
- Settlement of Eurobond transactions
- Handling of all interbank FX and customer related transactions
- Attend to queries from local and foreign bank
- Reconciliation of the bank's securities position (bonds and treasury bills) and Eurobond position
- Supervision and authorization of settlements on the CBN's depo-x portal
- Attend to internal and external auditors
- Resolve issues with the CBN and CSCS when they arise
- General supervision of the Fixed Income/Money Market desk
STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC, IBTC PLACE WALTER CARRINGTON CRESCENTLAGOS
SENIOR BANKING OFFICER, TEAM MEMBER FIXED INCOME/MONEY MARKET DESK
02.2007 - 06.2013
Job overview
- TREASURY OPERATIONS)
- DUTIES: Booking of Fixed income/money market deals (Commercial papers, Treasury bills and Bonds)
- Preparation of confirmations and swift messages for money market transactions
- Ensure transactions are processed in a timely manner
- Compliance with S.L.A
- (service level agreement) to improve customer satisfaction
- Ensure controls are in place and are adhered to
- Ensure that primary bids on Bond and Treasury Bills are processed on time
- Prepare and upload Bond and Treasury Bills schedules to Depo-x system
- Reconciliation of all fixed income and money market accounts and Ledgers
- Attending to customer queries both internal and external
- Collation and circulation of mid-month and month-end revaluation rates
- Preparation and circulation of month end reports and schedules
- Coordination and organization of the monthly GMO seminar
- Coordination and organization of the quarterly GMO feedback meetings
- Weekly deposit rate upload unto the bank's system
IBTC CHARTERED BANK
BANKING OFFICER
Job overview
- (FOREIGN EXCHANGE DESK TREASURY OPERATIONS)
- DUTIES: Preparing all FX deal confirmation letters
- Preparing all SWIFT messages in respect of FX transactions
- Load counterparties dealing limits on the system
- Respond to debit and credit interest and charges on Nostro accounts
- Ensure settlement of deals as at when due
- Collation and circulation of daily revaluation rates
- Update of system with revaluation rate daily
- Handling of CCI (Certificate of Capital Importation) related issues
- Posting of all Foreign exchange transactions into the system (equinox, Treasury Module)
- Handle reconciliation issues relating to the FX desk
WALTER CARRINGTON CRESCENTLAGOS
Supervisor
Job overview
- Money Market settlement, Treasury and Financial Services
- Local Currency (Naira) Settlement
- Foreign Exchange Dealing/Settlement
- Posting/handling of Retail Foreign Exchange transactions
- Handling of CCI issuance
- Daily reconciliation of CBN account to dealing blotter.
AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE
SPECIAL ASSISTANT
04.2005 - 02.2006
Job overview
- Marking, Recording Arranging of examination and test papers
- Compilation of exam results, handling of files and general administration
Education
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
MBA from Finance and investment
University overview
IMO STATE UNIVERSITY
Bsc from Economics
University overview
SCRUM
SCRUM MASTER (PSM1)
University overview
ACI
ACI Settlement Certificate
2009
University overview
Chartered Institute of Bankers of NigeriaNIGERIA
ACIB
University overview
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Access Bank
- Played very significant roles in segmenting and organizing the team during the COVID 19 pandemic, ensuring the non-disruption of business in the whole period while prioritizing the health and safety of the staff members
- Played significant roles in the harmonization of processes, procedures and systems in the merger between Access Bank and Diamond
- Supervised a team that resolved huge reconciliation differences in the Access bank/Lagos state collections accounts
- Resolution of huge outstanding differences in securities reconciliation
- A key member for Access Bank in the transition to the CBN's S4 (Depo-X) securities settlement system from PTM/CSCS
- Design of process flows to aid several operational processes
- Innovative ideas that helped securities and foreign exchange settlements on the Banks Applications
- Stanbic IBTC Bank
- Actively participated in the deployment of a new treasury dealing system (Calypso) in 2010 and core banking system (Finacle) in 2011
- Was instrumental in the balancing and movement of accounts between the new and old systems
- Essential to regulatory reporting and analysis of treasury transactions
- A key securities reconciliation officer for the bank
- IBTC Chartered Bank
- Assumed responsibilities in various capacities during the merger between IBTC Chartered Bank Plc
- And Stanbic Bank Limited.
TRAININGS ATTENDED
TRAININGS ATTENDED
BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT MASTERCLASS
Business Analysis School (by Eno Eka) April 2023
SCRUM MASTER CERTIFICATION COURSE
Harry Baker February 2023
IBM PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Access Bank Plc August 2020
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING
JK Micheal Consulting Limited August 2016
Lagos
LEADING EMPOWERED TEAMS
Service Quality Institute Oct 2014
Canton Concourse, Victoria Island, Lagos
MOTIVATION AND TEAM DYNAMICS (ANTON VANDERPOST) Nov. 2010
B Learning Centre, St. Michaels
Adetokunbo Ademola street, Victoria Island Lagos.
ACI OPERATIONS CERTIFICATE WORKSHOP May 25 -June 02, 2009
75, MARSHAL STREET, JOHANNESBOURG, SOUTH AFRICA
FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS (ARTICULATE) June 2008
Financial Datanet House Limited (FDHL)
Lekki, Lagos
Interests
Interests
INTEREST:
, Reading, Playing Chess, listening to music, Watching soccer, Admiring Nature and ArtLanguages
English
Fluent
Timeline
TEAM LEAD/DEPUTY UNIT HEAD
ACCESS BANK NIGERIA
06.2019 - Current
TEAM LEAD/DEPUTY UNIT HEAD, TREASURY OPERATIONS
04.2018 - 06.2019
TEAM LEAD
09.2017 - 04.2018
TEAM LEAD
07.2015 - 09.2017
TEAM LEAD
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DESK/FIXED INCOME/MONEY MARKET
07.2013 - 07.2015
SENIOR BANKING OFFICER, TEAM MEMBER FIXED INCOME/MONEY MARKET DESK
STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC, IBTC PLACE WALTER CARRINGTON CRESCENT
02.2007 - 06.2013
SPECIAL ASSISTANT
AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE
04.2005 - 02.2006
BANKING OFFICER
IBTC CHARTERED BANK
Supervisor
WALTER CARRINGTON CRESCENT
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
MBA from Finance and investment
IMO STATE UNIVERSITY
Bsc from Economics
SCRUM
SCRUM MASTER (PSM1)
ACI
ACI Settlement Certificate
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria
ACIB
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