Wale Oyelakin CA, CTP

Experience

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  Zenith Bank Plc

  Mar 2008 - Dec 2013

  Analyst, Treasury Operations

  • Bond trading settlement, posting into necessary GLs and accounts preparation of reports for Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) and Debt Management Office (DMO) offices. • Preparation and remittances of daily, weekly, and monthly CBN returns on Treasury bill trades. • Daily calculation and presentation of Bond Income Report. • Daily reconciliation of general ledgers (GLs) such as Accrued Interest (coupon), premium/discount GLs and trading GLs. • Treasury Bills trading settlement and preparation of reports for CSCS and posting into necessary trading GLs and accounts. • Selling down/intermediating on commercial papers issued prior 2009. • Booking and liquidation of risk assets such as Loans, Short-term facility and Commercial Papers (CPs). • Procedural credit checks on investments with the Credit Risk Management Group (encumbered assets). • Processing and Settlement of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) auction for both treasury bills and FGN bonds. • Reconciliation of general ledgers (GLs) such as Accrued Interest (coupon) and premium/discount GLs. • Transfer of funds (outflow) and application of funds (inflow) through the RTGS platform • Records management and issuance of Commercial paper notes. Achievements Automation of Treasury Bills primary market auction process by writing the account codes required by developers in the IT department. Treasury Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the implementation of the back-office module of Kondor + (Thompson Reuters flagship trading application product) Part of the team that implemented the Post Trade Manager for the banking industry nationwide through the Financial Market Dealers Association. Show less

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  Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM HoldCo).

  Dec 2013 - Jul 2018

  Project Manager for various IT Transformation Projects:• Managed the project team including vendors and service providers.• Reviewing NDAs, MOU and Substantive contracts relating to any IT projects under my purview and working in conjunction with the Legal team to close any contract related issues.• Ensuring Projects are executed using agreed standards & processes bearing in mind Risk Management • Reviewed and approved all project documentation.• Resolved any escalated problems and issues.• Preparing weekly status reports for use in communication to stakeholders• Liaising with all stakeholders.• Tracking activities against the detailed project plans• Escalating issues and areas of concern to senior managers especially program manager.AchievementsManaged and supervised the implementation of the following Recurring payment on all digital channels for Retail clients replicating Paper Direct debit Robo Advisor (Proof of Concept) for the Investment and Pension business. Asset and Liability/Loan application Integration with an ecosystem partner's platform which enables us to reach retail mass market segment. Trained over 20 retail sales executives during the deployment of the retail sales application. Show less • Execution of all Funds/Institutional Clients’ transactions about placements and liquidation of all Money Market investment. • Fund management – Managing the ARM Money Market Fund and making periodic presentations at Investment Committee meetings.• Settlement of Repo transactions with counterparties and monitoring coupon payments of underlying securities • Manage and supervise the mutual funds' redemption process, daily cash sweeps, and cash pooling whenever necessary.• Manage and supervise the process for purchase/sale of government securities at the primary auction and secondary market. • Manage relations with Banks, Custodians as well as other financial institutions. • Manage the reconciliation position statements with Financial reporting and reconciliation team • Settlement of Bond/Treasury bills; ensuring that settlement is done into appropriate accounts. • Accurate recording of processed transactions on Enterprise system (Oracle)• Assist the Treasurer and Fund Manager with rating agency during yearly audit of managed funds.• Report generation: Adherence to timelines of sending daily reports to end users and business units.Achievements Prepared the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and Desk Manual for the Settlement desk Organized a training on customer engagement for the Treasury unit operations Part of the Project team for implementation of Milesoft Software Fundware and Integra as Treasury Management System (TMS) Implementation and management of digital payment/transfer channels; ensuring all users/signatories were onboarded on those portals thereby reducing paper instruction. Show less

  • Head, Treasury Operations

    Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Senior Analyst, IT Transformation

    Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Senior Treasury Analyst

    Dec 2013 - Jul 2016
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  Calgary

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

  Treasury and Finance Professional
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  Canada Revenue Agency - Agence du revenu du Canada

  Mar 2019 - Mar 2019

  Taxpayer Services Agent
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  Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2021

  Treasury Analyst
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  Save-On-Foods

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

  Senior Analyst, Treasury Services
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  Pattison Food Group

  Jan 2023 - now

  Senior Analyst, Treasury