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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Recognitions
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Kolade Sunmola

Divisional Head, Business Banking
14 Gbelegbo Street, Magodo, Lagos.

Summary

I am a talented, hardworking, and confident professional, with experience in banking. My background includes extensive familiarity with business management at undergraduate education, relationship management, client prospecting, performance management, developing and implementing successful business plans. My experience in the last fourteen years in the banking sector has adequately prepared me for the challenge of working in a fast-paced and exciting organization. My education and training have provided me with the needed competence to undertake any challenge with commendable success. Over the years, I have learned to be detailed, improved my communication and interpersonal relations skills. The challenging banking task has instilled in me an excellent degree of client's need anticipation.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
14
14

Years of marketing experience

Work History

Divisional Head: Business Banking Division

Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd
Lagos
12.2022 - Current
  • Provide feedback and insight regarding existing and potential key client engagements, focused on improving services, strengthening the business relationship, and exploiting banking opportunities.
  • To identify and develop a target pipeline and aggressively market for new profitable status customers from the identified target sectors.
  • Manage key customer relationships through regular contacts and visits by ensuring the effective call program is maintained on all assigned and prospect customers.
  • Evaluate and review loan applications in compliance with the bank’s standards and procedures.
  • Monitoring loans and advances to maintain their quality and identifying red flags.
  • Manage and motivate staff, providing coaching, training, and support to help them reach their full potential.
  • Analyze financial data and create periodic reports to present to executive management and other stakeholders.

Group Head: Retail Banking Group

Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd
Lagos
03.2019 - 12.2022
  • Develop marketing strategies and sign on quality relationships.
  • Oversee various Platinum and Retail teams across different locations.
  • Ensure efficient distribution of resources and assist the teams when required.
  • Work with the divisional head, analyze the results of the business and come up with strategies for the different products and acquisitions.
  • Get input and feedback from customers to continuously improve the growth.
  • Define the long-term marketing strategy with the divisional head.
  • Oversee the training and performance evaluations of the sales and marketing staff and also their daily schedules.
  • Monitor and report all the marketing activities and their results.
  • Meet and exceed the financial targets for the financial year.

Relationship Manager: Retail Banking

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Lagos
06.2012 - 02.2019
  • Signing on new clients and helping them through the onboarding process.
  • Managing client bank accounts, including opening and closing accounts, and overseeing transactions.
  • Processing deposits, payments, and withdrawals.
  • Authorizing and evaluating overdrafts and loans.
  • Recommending and explaining banking services and products to clients based on their needs.
  • Presenting and cross-selling banking services and products to existing and prospective clients.
  • Collaborating with other banking professionals to ensure high-quality client service.
  • Resolving client queries and complaints.
  • Collect data for credit financing and disbursement based on applicants' credit histories, analyze the financial statements, and other financial information.
  • Responsible for strategic management of resources to achieve set goals in line with the bank’s overall financing strategic intent (managed a 5-man team).
  • Responsible for the team budget and strategies to be adopted for the financial year
  • Providing financial advisory to existing and prospective customers of the Bank.
  • Motivate team members for career development and give training on the job to engender efficiency.
  • Train Entry level staff on understanding MPR and Retail banking in conjunction with HR.

Account Officer: Commercial Banking

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Kano
02.2009 - 05.2012
  • Appraise and evaluate credit for business expansion..
  • Analyze applicants' financial statuses and creditworthiness to determine the feasibility of granting loans following the Bank’s policies.
  • Collect data for credit financing and disbursement based on applicants' credit histories, analyze the financial statements, and other financial information.
  • Coordination and development of businesses for optimal results/dominance of commercial, Retail, and SMEs Banking space as well as deposit mobilisation.
  • Providing financial advisory to existing and prospective customers of the Bank.
  • Stay informed on new types of loans and other financial services to better meet customers' needs and improve their business.
  • Appraise and execute transactions on trade finance for the promotion of non-oil export businesses in the bank

Operations (Customer Information Services)

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Kano
06.2008 - 02.2009

Report directly to the Regional Head, the CIS Officer is responsible for account opening and maintenance, customer inquiries, proffering timely and accurate solutions to customers’ needs.

  • Ensure adherence to the SLA for processing account opening and other customer requests
  • Open additional accounts for existing customers
  • Ensure accounts are reviewed and opened in line with regulatory requirements
  • Perform Account maintenance
  • Attending to all customers’ inquiries promptly and efficiently.
  • Maintain and update customer files
  • Process Cards and checkbooks requests
  • Custody and release of cards and checkbooks to customers
  • Process Stop payment/Block funds/Restrictions/Gens requests and other amendments received in the banking hall.
  • Process/Profile customer’s internet banking request
  • Card linking and hotlist
  • Process/issues Bankers Confirmation, Status inquiry, e-dividend mandate, and Reference Letter as required
  • Resolution of customer complaints and requests via CRM
  • Initiate the resolution of customer’s dispense errors

Operations (Cash Officer/Teller Captain)

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Kano
12.2007 - 06.2008

Report directly to the Head of Operations; the Teller Captain/Cash officer/ATM Custodian is responsible for ATM operations management and teller supervision.

  • Ensure that customers are attended to within the SLA
  • Ensure that ATMs are always functional.
  • First-level maintenance of ATMs attached to the branch.
  • Supervise and coordinate tellers’ activities.
  • Teller batch checking
  • Cheque confirmation
  • Reconcile Tellers till slips with end-of-day system (BASIS) position
  • Confirm content of till boxes
  • Spot checks on bulk and frontline tellers
  • General management and loading of ATM
  • Resolution of tellers’ problems
  • Process Western Union payment
  • Coordinate Tellers for effective and efficient services and ensure adherence to the bank’s policies and procedures
  • Preparation of periodic reports
  • Prepare Branch Regulatory and ad-hoc reports when needed.

Education

MBA - Finance And Investment

Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria, Nigeria
01.2018 - 12.2022

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Babcock University
Ilesan Remo, Nigeria
05.2002 - 06.2006

Skills

    Relationship Management

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Accomplishments

  • Consistently delivered over 100% of PBT pledge between 2014 and 2020.
  • Mobilized deposits in excess of N25BN over the years.
  • Created Retail assets of more than N12BN while maintaining an NPL portfolio of less than 5%.
  • Actively promoted and sold the bank products and services with a focus on building new and maintaining existing business relationships, resulted in an increased customer base.
  • Actively participated in product development and review, strategy formulation, Policy Review among others.

Certification

Lagos Business School- Strategic Business Leadership Program

Recognitions

  • Managing Director’s commendation for exceptional performance.
  • Executive Management commendation for performance.

Timeline

Divisional Head: Business Banking Division

Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd
12.2022 - Current

Lagos Business School- Strategic Business Leadership Program

02-2020

Group Head: Retail Banking Group

Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd
03.2019 - 12.2022

MBA - Finance And Investment

Ahmadu Bello University
01.2018 - 12.2022

Relationship Manager: Retail Banking

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
06.2012 - 02.2019

Account Officer: Commercial Banking

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
02.2009 - 05.2012

Operations (Customer Information Services)

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
06.2008 - 02.2009

Operations (Cash Officer/Teller Captain)

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
12.2007 - 06.2008

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Babcock University
05.2002 - 06.2006
Kolade SunmolaDivisional Head, Business Banking