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Margreth Onyedikachi Fashedemi

Bradford

Summary

Results-driven banking professional with over 6 years of success in corporate finance and strategic management within Nigeria's leading multinational bank, Zenith Bank Plc. Adept at fostering high-value client relationships, delivering results, and delighting customers in complex, regulated environments.

Offering strong communication and problem-solving abilities, with a friendly and approachable demeanour.. A proactive problem-solver with a proven ability to implement innovative solutions that drive operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Funds transfer officer

zenithbank plc
Nigeria
2020.07 - 2025.08

Responsible for processing and monitoring domestic and international fund transfers. Verifying transaction details, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and resolving any issues or discrepancies that may arise. Responsible for all PCI-DSS compliance activities related to fund transfers. Directly accountable for commercial import and export transactions, ensuring accuracy and producing monthly reports for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other regulatory authorities.

  • Created and managed templates for all monthly funds transfer reports, including PCI-DSS reports.
  • Presented monthly reports on international transactions to funds transfer leadership team
  • Led initiatives to improve customer service standards, increasing customer satisfaction ratings, and reducing complaint resolution times.
  • Created spreadsheet to manage international school fees payment processing; built and established process around it that resulted in over 30% improvement in time to complete transactions
  • Forged strong relationships with key banking partners, enabling faster and more cost-effective inter-bank transfers, reconciliations, and fraud prevention.

Cash Teller

Zenith Bank Plc
Victoria Island Lagos , Nigeria
2019.06 - 2020.06

Responsible for handling cash transactions, providing excellent customer service, and ensuring adherence to bank policies and procedures. Accountable for all financial transactions relating to Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), ensuring accuracy, prevention of fraud, transaction verifications, reversals, and reconciliations, among other things.

Achievements include:

  • Provided excellent customer service by supervising financial transactions (cash & non-cash) and ensuring that all customer needs were met in a timely and efficient manner
  • Ensured that branch ATMs were always functional; conducted daily call-over of transaction vouchers after the close of business to ensure that all transactions were accurate and accounted for.
  • Conducted regular integrity tests to prevent fraud and maintained up-to-date cash tellers' proofs and vault registers
  • Performed regular audits to ensure that cash holdings were within approved insurance limits and there was zero tolerance for errors or fraud

Customer relationship officer

Green View Network Concept
Fct Abuja , Nigeria
2017.01 - 2017.12
  • Worked towards achieving team targets whilst maintaining the highest standard of customer care.
  • Improved customer loyalty by promptly addressing concerns and
    resolving complaints.
  • Streamlined communication channels between different departments
    for improved customer service delivery
  • Collaborated closely with the sales team to ensure a coordinated
    approach towards customers.

• Took ownership of all customer queries, ensuring speedy resolution.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

UNN
2012.09 - 2016.12

Skills

  • Technical Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Financial Analysis, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Payment Systems (eg, SWIFT, RTGS), Project Management
  • Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Leadership and team management abilities; Attention to detail; Time management; Adaptability and resilience
  • Data entry efficiency
  • Public speaking
  • Client relations
  • Decision-Making speed
  • Time management expertise

Certification

  • Effective communication, Business writing and presentation – 2023 (Greenfield Consult)
  • BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis (In progress)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Funds transfer officer

zenithbank plc
2020.07 - 2025.08

Cash Teller

Zenith Bank Plc
2019.06 - 2020.06

Customer relationship officer

Green View Network Concept
2017.01 - 2017.12

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

UNN
2012.09 - 2016.12
Margreth Onyedikachi Fashedemi