Emmanuel Mwaka

Experience

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  M:lab East Africa

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2013

  Trainee

  Designed mobile applications using various technologies like USSD, Android, J2me, PHP, Mysql, LWUIT, Mobile Web,User Experience Design, SMS, and Systems Design. Drafted and pitched business start-up ideas designed using the business model canvas to entrepreneurship coaches.

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  MDEV Business Solution

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2013

  Co-founder & Lead - IT Business Solutions

  Co-founded MDEV Business Solutions LTD and took on the role of lead developer in the IT business solutions arm. Designed and implemented web and mobile applications for clients using JAVA, HTML, PHP and Android. Supervised developers and built websites and mobile apps for small businesses to market products.

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  KPMG

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2016

  Advisory Associate

  Led IT audit/advisory teams of 2-4 staff to review an over $1m portfolio of 30 public and private sector organizations in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Achievements included: • Managed a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers, developers and business partners to successfully implement a large-scale $2M+ ERP system upgrade at an East African tax authority, ensuring timely delivery and achieving business objectives• Reduced regulatory noncompliance on average by 40% during audits/advisories by analyzing organizational vulnerabilities by designing organization specific testing procedure and using data analytics to make appropriate recommendations to management•Trained 8 junior staff on audit procedures and skills, data analytics, and client management. Show less

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  World Food Programme

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2021

  Led audit teams of 4+ staff and performed duties as a team member during on-ground and remote risk-based audits for a $2B+ worth portfolio of humanitarian business operations, IT systems, and technology projects across 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Achievements include: • Identified and recommended business process and IT system efficiency gain opportunities in local staff payroll management leading to the initiation of a $2M+ digital transformation project to overhaul and reengineer the process• Recommended optimized fundraising, gender parity, and financial strategies to the COO during a high-priority performance audit, preventing the closure of $15M/year malnutrition and hunger-prevention programs that serve 2M beneficiaries in Liberia "• Convinced the Country Director of the Syria operation to migrate to a secure digital platform for receipt of beneficiary assistance requests and feedback, decreasing data privacy issues by 50% Show less Managed a $22m+ emergency fund that loans money to global emergency aviation activities that transport humanitarians to remote locations, deliver cargo, perform airdrops and carryout medical evacuations. Achievements included: • Increased the aviation emergency fund by 13% by identifying and implementing loan streamlining opportunities, developing standard operating procedures, and proactively managing the tracking and following up of outstanding loan receivables• Automated the fund’s reporting process, decreasing production time by 60%, saving 24 man-hours/month• Led the annual budgeting process for 4 units within the Aviation deprtment, managing a $5M budget and optimizing resource allocation to achieve strategic goals. Show less Spearheaded a $250K+ digital transformation project that automated the aviation emergency fund’s loan process from excel to SAP and digitized invoicing. Achievements included:• Managed the automation of the billing and loan recovery process of the aviation emergency fund. Reengineered the business process and designed the project concept note, supervised a team of 2 developers, tracked project milestones and risks, and trained 8 staff• Eliminated manual and offline transactions, reduced the billing time by 50%, and digitized the invoicing through the implementation of the automated billing and loans recovery process saving the department 40 man-hours/month• Crafted 3-year strategic plans for the department’s human resource and innovation initiatives resulting in ~80%+ increase in funding allocation to implement proposed plans Show less

  • Internal Auditor

    Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Supply Chain Funds Manager, Aviation

    Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Business Support and Systems Consultant, Aviation

    Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
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  McKinsey & Company

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Summer Associate

  Led project workstream, derived insights from analyses, developed executive-level communications, and delivered recommendations to C-suite and senior leadership across companies in technology, finance, and agriculture during a large scale transformation. Key achievement included:• Developed a quarterly internal business review process to measure impact, refine and report about 6 initiatives during a large-scale $200M+ revenue uplift digital and marketing transformation project at a $10B+ Fortune 500 consumer client Show less

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  McKinsey & Company

  Jul 2023 - now

  Associate

  Strategy and business growth • Increased revenue by 30%+ at a $60B+ technology company by developing the Go-To-Market strategy for a proprietary data and AI product, unlocking a $9B+ market opportunity and securing new customer revenue streams• Led product strategy development workstreams for three merchant and partner products at a $13B+ global digital payments company, facilitating the launch of a B2B embedded finance platform that led to a ~30% revenue uplift • Facilitated strategic venture investment decision-making by performing due diligence on target firms in the digital consumer subscription space, synthesizing insights and delivering recommendations at a $100B+ AUM PE firm• Increased cybersecurity regulatory compliance by ~65% and enabled capability development at a $14B+ regional bank’s information security unit by designing the IT Asset Management strategy and operating model• Developed liquidity risk management strategies focused on inter-affiliate, stress-testing, and intraday management at a $2T+ foreign bank, enabling execution of a strategic response to regulatory audit findings and requirements• Enhanced strategic sales and marketing at a $160M+ mid-sized agricultural chemicals company by redesigning the data governance and operating model, enabling analytics and CRM capabilities, and driving a 21%+ revenue uplift• Launched 12+ product features for an embedded finance platform at a $13B+ FinTech by partnering with a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers and designers, translating needs into requirements, and leading agile implementation• Enabled and facilitated C-suite alignment and decision-making during 8+ projects at Fortune 500 companies across payments, financial services, and technology by developing and presenting strategic executive-level communications Show less