Irene Odongo

Experience

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  National Bank of Kenya

  Apr 2007 - May 2014

  Coordination of risk management and business continuity for the department.Performed Interbank & Corporate confirmations-ensured confirmations were generated, monitored and matched.Risk champion and Business Continuity Coordinator for the department.Rated the best risk champion (2014) under Operations with several projects assigned to the Committee as the chairperson. Put in place minimum control standards for Treasury Operations with increased efficiency in processing and minimal error rates while assisting all the other units in Operations achieve operational excellence. (TAT, Cost management). Achieved Audit rating of 97% with no findings from the previous rating of 80%.Established, chaired and acted as a Manager for CIRO (Champions Issues and Risks Operations) Committee; peer review, process management and risk identification and assessment. Show less

  • Treasury Operations Analyst

    Aug 2013 - May 2014

  • Chief Teller

    Apr 2007 - Aug 2013
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  National Bank of Kenya

  Aug 2014 - now

  Spearheaded and successfully implemented the Migration of Core Banking System from Fusion Banking Essence (FBE) to Temenos T24 within a period of 10 Months less than 1 year) and within the budget, saving on the License Renewal Cost of USD 5.25M.Implemented highly successful integrated collection and payment solutions; Agency banking, internet banking, online trading platform, county revenue collections, Key client’s integrations ranging from KPA, KRA and Ferry ServicesResponsible for the current migration of Core banking system and data Centre colocation within the critical ICT strategic roadmap for overall KCB/NBK integrationManaging sustainability programs through Public Private strategic partnerships; 5 Year Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) worth 5 Billion and a social welfare government disbursement program to vulnerable citizens (Inua Jamii) targeting 100,000 accounts with average value of 200MnAchieved cost reduction of 30% in project budget in the year 2021.Responsible for creating, improving and developing Bank’s projects, polices, framework and strategyImproved benefit realization in revenue by 30% for customer facing platforms: Internet Banking and Agency BankingImplemented highly successful training programs for project management across the bank. 80% fully trained on basic project managementEffectively leading a team of project managers within Project Management Office and project champions across different departments Show less Supported the Executive Management Committee and Board Risk Committee in identifying and managing Bank-wide risks.Facilitating Business Continuity Management (BCM) and continual improvement of the BCM, including documentation, testing, awareness, review and update of the components of the BCM.Responsible for creating, improving and developing Bank’s risk management policies, framework and strategyInstitutionalization of Operational Risk Management knowledge to all staff with continuous trainings to the risk champions Implemented highly successful training programs for risk management across the bank through e-learning, classrooms and webinarsSuccessful automation of the risk and the loss management data base system.Improved audit ratings within the bank from an average of 68% to 82% because of effective operational risk controls in place. Show less

  • Senior Manager Projects

    Jul 2020 - now

  • Manager Operational Risk

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2020