Adaobi Okeke
Scrum Master/Project Manager at AFOMA- Claim this Profile
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AFOMA
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scrum Master/Project Manager
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Apr 2022 - Present
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Instiq Professional Services
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Nigeria
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Facilitates daily scrum meeting with Development team, and product owner Removing impediments that are highlighted by development team during daily scrum meeting. Work closely with the product owner to prioritize user stories in product backlog to ensure that the business goals and customers objectives are met. Work closely with the Development team to ensure that the tasks in the sprint backlog are properly estimated and tracked. Facilitate Sprint review meetings, Sprint Retrospective meetings with the scrum team to ensure that the sprint Goal are met, and also to ensure that any goal that is not relevant to an ongoing sprint are cancelled or moved to the next sprint where the task is relevant. Collaborate within the team and other teams to ensure we are continuously improving within the team and with other teams to ensure we are continuously improving. Shipping new product features by writing user stories, feature concepts and product requirement documents. Support end-to-end project management activities as the frontend technical lead, including requirements gathering, project documentation, team collaboration, and deadline management. Helps product owner to make the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint. Involve in release planning and track the product delivery. Participate in Scrum of Scrum meetings to resolve inter-team dependencies Show less
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Mar 2020 - Mar 2021
Actively participate in Agile meetings with product management, design and engineering Participate in scrum meeting with Development team, product owner Estimate tasks duration/story point of tasks assigned to me for Waterfall or Agile projects as the case me be and work closely with the project manager or scrum master to ensure that the tasks are delivers as scheduled Document user manuals for applications I developed and also support user accept test (UAT) Work closely with UI/UX architectural design team to understand the Solution requirements and build applications in line with the solution requirements. Used version controls such as Git including pull and push requests, code reviews to track changes in files. Developed software using React, Redux and Node js Participate in Sprint planning, Sprint review and Sprint Retrospective meetings with the scrum team to ensure that the sprint Goal are met. Build responsive, interactive, and static web applications, including eCommerce, core banking, and appointment scheduling applications. Review/ debug code, and lead integration and testing of RESTful APIs. Establish frameworks for feedback from clients and end users. Engage in daily Scrum meetings with other developers, and liaise with project managers to meet development deadlines.Key Achievements Developed and integrated a user interface for an event news/ blog website (City Events) that successfully increased traffic and allowed the client to easily modify and update content. Developed the user interface for HalliTrust Microfinance Core Banking Application Show less
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AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited
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Nigeria
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Banking
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500 - 600 Employee
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Jan 2017 - Feb 2020
• Work with the business team of the Bank to gather requirements for creation of new Business Processes and modification of existing processes in credit department • Liaising with the Business team and Central Bank to document new regulatory requirements for individual and SME credit facilities, and worked with the project implementation team to customize the requirements and deploy the solution on the Bank’s Core Banking application.• Assess budget plans and present costs to forecast trends and recommend changes for management decision making.• Work with Human Capital Department and Credit team to plan and document requirements for recruitment and interview of new team members• Translated business strategies and objectives into business requirements; provided traceability of business requirements to IT Solutions and ensured system testing encompassed existing capabilities of solution as well as future requirements.• Conducted and facilitated business requirement workshops & process walkthrough, with the business stakeholders, and obtain sign-off.• Work with the business team for requirement gathering that helped in re-engineering of some of the bank’s processes, such as the credit/lending processes (Real Estate Secured Lending, Personal Loans and Credit Card approvals), internal IT support/operational processes etc.• Responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the business requirements and delivering as per the milestone dates set by the Project manager.• Documented use-cases required to support business requirements for application development• Work with Developers to build prototypes to facilitate/validate business requirements.• Work with Enterprise Architecture team to developed Current (as-is) and Future (To-Be) diagram to facilitate requirement gathering.• Engaging Human Capital Department to facilitate training of new team members. Show less
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Sep 2012 - Dec 2016
• Loan recovery management.• Mentored new loan officers by relaying information on company procedures, safety requirements and delivered constructive criticism upon completion of job tasks.• Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, providing hands- on training and mentoring to individuals with lagging skills.• Reorganized and enhanced employee training to close knowledge gaps and boost group performance.• Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions.• Collaborated with internal teams to streamline operations across materials handling, production and shipping.• Managed and led activities promoting growth in mental, emotional and educational areas.• Developed quality-driven culture to boost team performance and efficiency while maintaining highly satisfied workforce.• Held meetings with employees to evaluate performance and make plans for improvement.• Aligned strategies with expected production demands and particular customer requirements.• Investigated and solved workflow problems with cross- functional collaboration and open communication.• Reviewed daily requirements and forecasts and delegated work for optimal coverage.• Attended staff development meetings and workshops and applied information from those events into daily activities.Achievements• Met a minimum of 100% in the team’s credit target fulfilment monthly.• Maintained below 1% team’s credit portfolio at risk.• Ensured weekly trainings for team members to bridge every knowledge gap• Constantly relied upon by the branch manager to boost monthly branch performance. Show less
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Jan 2010 - Aug 2012
• Compiled database of loan applicant’s credit histories, corporate financial statements and other financial information.• Successfully closed an average of 20 loans per month.• Reviewed over 10 financial statements per week.• Created strategies to develop and expand existing customer sales, which resulted in 10% increase in annual sales.• Complied with regulatory requirements, including Banks secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering.• Actively engaged in absolute recovery of all loans disbursed.• Actively engaged in loan recovery.Achievements• Surpassed my monthly targets of new loan by 20% between 2010 and 2012 financial year• Maintained a 0.00% portfolio at risk on a monthly between 2010 and 2012 financial year• Got the first and only double promotion in the history of the organization for surpassing my monthly target consistently for a period of two years. Show less
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Education
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Lighthouse Labs
Front-End Development with React -
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General -
Enugu State University of Science and Technology
B.sc Banking and Finance, Finance