Folashade S.
Project Manager - Global Card Solutions at UNFCU- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Business Analysis Foundations: Competencies
LinkedInMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
LinkedInMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Learning Data Science: Manage Your Team
LinkedInMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Ethics and Law in Data Analytics
LinkedInFeb, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Data Analytics for Business Professionals
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Managing Project Stakeholders
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum AllianceNov, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)May, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
Experience
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UNFCU
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United States
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Project Manager - Global Card Solutions
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Apr 2019 - Present
• Performs analytics, reporting, change management, training and process improvement efforts for debit/credit cards operations, fraud dispute processing, card transaction settlement and Regulation E and Z with specific focus on overall card system operations • Work with various teams to ensure that new guidelines, programs and procedures are communicated, implemented and consistently applied. • Work closely with Card management team to recommend and asses change necessary to meet regulatory requirements and improve operational efficiency. • Provides process improvement insights for projects and operations. Show less
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BROOKLYN COOPERATIVE FEDERAL C
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United States
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Banking
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Project Manager
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Feb 2018 - May 2018
I partnered with Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union to resolve the IT challenges the credit union had majorly with frequent crashes on their servers despite spending huge costs on their IT. I analyzed their current IT systems and determined the root causes of the crashes. Part of the work done was also to prepare Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union with a robust disaster recovery strategy. The direction of the project with the Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union was to fix the incessant crashes they experienced with their servers which aligns with their IT strategy. A robust, detailed and cost-effective recommendation which will enable the credit union has a frictionless IT operations was submitted to Brooklyn Credit Union. Show less
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Access Bank Plc
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Nigeria
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Product/Project Manager
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Jul 2013 - Nov 2016
♣ Provided Project and Vendor Management services for projects valued at $10million. ♣ Developed new products and implemented product enhancements for Points of Sale (POS) acquiring channels. ♣ Performed vendor assessments for merchants to be on-boarded and implemented go-to-market plans for acquiring products. ♣ Oversaw life cycles of POS merchant onboarding from conception to deployment, training and monitoring of merchant’s transactions to mitigate fraud and keep the bank aware of their progress. ♣ Performed comparative market research, e-business industry reports on related products, trend analyses, benchmarking to improve product positioning and market share. Selected Achievements: ♣ Successful implementation of PayWithCapture mobile payment solution for payment by scanning QR code using the camera on the mobile phone. ♣ Successful implementation of the VISA Acquiring license for the Bank’s POS and online payments to grow acquiring transactions. ♣ Secured the extension of MasterCard Acquiring license to 6 subsidiaries of Access Bank. ♣ Successful implementation of e-Bills Pay solution for branch and internet banking solutions ♣ Successful implementation of Merchant Reward Loyalty platform for the POS merchants. ♣ Managed a global project to consolidate all global policies, standards, and global procedures into one location, one format, with a convenient means of access. Show less
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Guaranty Trust
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Nigeria
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project/ Product Manager
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Jun 2006 - Jun 2013
Responsibilities ♣ Managed e-commerce products and projects valued at $7 million ♣ Identified and solicited card vendors and managed the procurement of debit, credit and platinum cards. ♣ Managed relationship with vendors and key stakeholder and monitored income from commission and fees taken on card products ♣ Developed standard operating procedures and enhanced processes for the global E-Business Group. ♣ Managed business requirements and analyzed requirements to develop use cases, activity diagrams and other requirements artifacts. ♣ Developed and documented conceptual design of application. ♣ Created the flow charts and data mapping tables indicating the input files and the output datasets ♣ Captured, analyzed, finalized and documented the Business Requirements for the application requirements with business heads through proper communication channels. Selected Achievements: ♣ Successfully implemented the first MasterCard Naira Debit Card project ♣ Led the team to achieve a record 13,820 MasterCard USD and 24,212 VISA Card USD transactions monthly ♣ Led the successful issuance of both dollar and naira currency denominated cards and managed a portfolio with a global limit of $10MM ♣ Managed profitability of card products with annual revenue more than $13m ♣ Effectively coordinated and oversaw the implementation of ADVT test and back office test for VISA acquiring on POS. ♣ Successful implemented operability with all terminals by negotiating reasonable terms with the third-party processors of various card schemes. ♣ Developed reporting templates to create uniform and more efficient reporting across the entire organization ♣ Liaised with the third-party processors on proper application setup on POS terminals for the various merchant categories, which increased adoption, usage, as well as transaction volumes and market share. Show less
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Education
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2022 - 2023
University of Cincinnati
Master of Science - MS, Business Analytics -
1998 - 2004
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
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