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Education
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Certification
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Abolaji Olorunrinu

Product Operations
Yaba, Lagos

Summary

Innovative Product Operation leader with 13+ years of experience delivering exceptional services across, operations, control and audit, leadership. Results-oriented and collaborative professional bringing expertise in product management and SOD in Operations.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Head of Digital Payment and Remittances

EgolePay Limited
06.2021 - Current
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive digital branding, ensuring consistency across all channels.
  • Managed relationships with external vendors such as creative agencies or software providers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products/services at optimal costs.
  • Prioritized projects and implemented individual employee growth and learning plans.
  • Partnered with creative team to develop processes for working collaboratively to achieve company objectives.
  • Build business partnership with other third-parties for smooth business operation.
  • Work with the remittances and reconciliation unit in monitoring daily transactions from financial exposure.
  • Ensure API documentations shared are duly complied with for integration.
  • Ensure end to end testing on all products are carried out before go-live.
  • Develop new partnership opportunities with third parties by harnessing payments API capabilities.
  • Manage commercial and strategic partnership with Banks, switches and other payment companies.

Operation Manager

Cicoserve Payment
12.2020 - 06.2021
  • Manage all operational activities.
  • Implemented quality control systems that boosted overall product consistency and reliability.
  • Facilitated smooth collaboration between departments through clear communication channels.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action plans to address them.
  • Optimized supply chain operations through strategic vendor partnerships and efficient logistics planning.
  • Ensure full compliance to the statutory body PCI DSS, CBN among other regulators.· Collected regular customer and employee feedback, interpreting findings to enable corrective action.
  • Defined and implemented strategies to increase revenue performance.

Head Revenue Assurance & Remittances

Cicioserve Payment
09.2019 - 12.2020
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
  • Ensure daily reconciliation of all transactions across banks and wallets
  • Ensure prompt resolution of chargebacks and other dispute raised both internal and external.
  • Drive improvements to the budgeting and forecasting processes.
  • Identify potential areas of development in the current processes and work streams, working with relevant departments to provide timely solutions.
  • Maintain contact with banks and switches for prompt issues resolution.
  • Generate CBN Risk based assessment report, revenue and agents' performance report weekly.
  • Ensure no claims or dispute on DRS defaulted to system accept.

Reconciliation & Settlement Analyst

Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc
12.2014 - 08.2019
  • Analyzed complex data sets to identify trends and discrepancies, ensuring accurate settlements.
  • Ensure daily reconciliation of all EFT, identify gaps and treat accordingly internally or with third-party
  • Mitigated risk by closely monitoring daily transactions, identifying potential issues before they escalated into larger problems.
  • Leveraged advanced analytical skills to detect anomalies within large data sets, preventing potential financial losses.
  • Identified areas of improvement for settlement processes, leading to reduced cycle times and increased accuracy.
  • Served as a liaison between internal departments and external partners for seamless communication during the settlement process.
  • Ensure chargebacks are treated withing the agreed SLA

Sales Coordinator -Contract

Dangote Group
10.2013 - 11.2014
  • Maintained accurate records of all sales activities, including contracts, proposals, quotes, follow-ups, and customer communications
  • Training and supervision of sales/customer service reps
  • Manage sales team operations to ensure friendly and efficient transactions at point of sale
  • Achieving sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating merchandising, and then developing field sales action plans
  • Improve product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities, improving product packaging idea
  • Identification of potential customers.

Operations Officer

United Bank For Africa
07.2012 - 08.2013

Education

MBA - Advanced AI & Future of Automation

Nexford University
Washington, USA
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Enugu State, Nigeria
04.2001 -

Skills

Excellent communication skill

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved successful recoup of system accepted transactions of N60M through effectively followup with banks
  • Successfully launched agency banking with Egolepay limited
  • Was awarded the best processor in Union bank 2017

Certification

Certificate in computing skills

Interests

Travelling and Multitasking

Timeline

Head of Digital Payment and Remittances

EgolePay Limited
06.2021 - Current

Operation Manager

Cicoserve Payment
12.2020 - 06.2021

Head Revenue Assurance & Remittances

Cicioserve Payment
09.2019 - 12.2020

Operation Management

06-2018

Reconciliation & Settlement Analyst

Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc
12.2014 - 08.2019

Sales Coordinator -Contract

Dangote Group
10.2013 - 11.2014

Operations Officer

United Bank For Africa
07.2012 - 08.2013

Certificate in computing skills

11-2007

MBA - Advanced AI & Future of Automation

Nexford University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Nigeria, Nsukka
04.2001 -
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