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TIERE BENONZAOL DANIEL

ACCRA

Summary

An adaptable Chartered Accountant, with over 10 years' experience in Commercial and SME banking spanning across Client Relationship Management, Credit Risk Management, Portfolio Quality Management and Product Development. A Motivated Manager with excellent business acumen. Highly adaptable and self-motivated leader with proven ability to manage diverse stakeholders. Offers strong analysis and innovation to identify solutions to challenging problems. Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills. Resourceful and skilled professional focused on improving department productivity and streamlining processes for efficiency.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Portfolio Quality Manager

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
05.2017 - Current

Key Role and Responsibilities

  • To maintain an overview of the Commercial & SME Banking Department risk assets portfolio
  • Assists grow the loan book for Commercial and SME Department in line with the strategy on Risk Assets for the Commercial and SME
  • Reduce non-performing loans on the Commercial and SME Banking loan book
  • Conduct monitoring of all post disbursement conditions and covenants on risk assets accounts to ensure compliance
  • Work as a liaison between Commercial and SME Banking and Commercial Credit Risk when it comes to issues on risk assets in the Commercial and SME Department
  • Assist with the identification of skills gaps (Credit related) for Commercial Relationship Managers and Officers and recommend/facilitate relevant mode of engagement for coaching and training
  • As a member of the Portfolio Quality Review Committee, participate in the weekly portfolio review sessions
  • Managed and archived quality documentation and participated in internal and external quality audits.
  • Coordinated and oversaw periodic audits to evaluate product quality and safety and address non-conformances

Commercial Relationship Manager

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
09.2016 - 04.2017

Key Role and Responsibility

  • Built and maintained relationships with new and existing clients while providing high level of expertise.
  • Developed and cultivated lucrative relationships with both new and existing clients through effective communication and exemplary interpersonal skills.
  • Responsible for revenue growth (both funded and non-funded income) in the portfolio for Commercial and SME Banking in line with the budget for income for the Branch
  • Grow the risk asset book for Commercial and SME portfolio in the branch in line with the Budget for the Branch
  • Ensure growth in deposit portfolio for Commercial and SME Banking in the Branch by deepening relationship with the current portfolio of clients whilst adding more clients to the portfolio of the Branch
  • Communicated regularly with clients to understand needs, evaluate current product use and cross-sell new products.
  • Increase Commercial and SME Banking active Client portfolio base in the Branch by activating the dormant accounts in the commercial and SME portfolio of the branch
  • Provide excellent customer service to all clients in the branch to increase customer retention
  • Reduce non-performing loans on the commercial banking book in the Branch as well as reducing unauthorized excesses in the portfolio for Commercial Banking in the Branch
  • Monitoring of disbursed commercials loans in the Branch whilst adhering to the Risk and Asset Quality policies for Commercial and SME Banking
  • Manage and reduce delinquency on the loan book within the portfolio.
  • Responded to customer inquiries and resolved complaints to establish trust and increase satisfaction.

Credit Analyst

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
04.2015 - 08.2016
  • Key Role and Responsibilities
  • Evaluate and appraise Credit Applications in line with the Bank's Credit Policy
  • Review credit proposals (which will include Business and Financial Statements) and ensure credit is properly structured
  • Prepare credit appraisal reports with the necessary credit information to aid management credit committee decision making
  • Provide support to Commercial Relationship Managers in Credit portfolio management
  • Develop a credit portfolio in line with the institutions overall lending strategy by way of quality management of the portfolio assigned
  • Conduct regular monitoring (financial and collateral) of the businesses of clients in accordance with the credit committee decisions.

Medium Credit Risk Analyst

ProCredit Savings and Loans Company Limited (Then Member of ProCredit Holding)
06.2011 - 03.2015

Key Role and Responsibilities

  • Compile and analyze quantitative and qualitative (prospective) client information to prepare credit proposals for decision-making
  • Conduct regular monitoring of the business (es) of clients in accordance with credit committee decisions and Institutional policies and processes
  • Analyzed applicants' financial status and credit and property evaluations to determine loan feasibility.
  • Ensure timely and full settlement of all disbursed credit exposures according to the repayment plans
  • Organized and finalized loan applications for underwriter review.
  • Comply with all Arrears/Business Committee decisions to improve portfolio quality
  • Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
  • Ensure that all post-disbursement conditions are complied with within the stipulated period
  • Ensuring timely preparation and submission of completed monitoring reports according to scheduled timelines as well as portfolio Management Reports
  • Obtained and reviewed credit reports, credit references, credit insurance and financial statements to establish credit limits for new accounts.
  • Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
  • Reviewed credit reports to comprehensively view borrowers' credit history and identify potential red flags.
  • Reviewed and approved or denied credit applications to keep organization profitable by making informed lending decisions.
  • Conducted presentations to upper management and executive teams for loan recommendations.

Internal Audit and Internal Control Officer

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited
08.2010 - 05.2011

Key Role and Responsibilities

  • Audit and control debtors' book through control of credit to the market
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
  • Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
  • Prompt departmental managers of overdue debtors, thus making sure the credit policy of the company is complied
  • Evaluate the sales of the sales officers against the cash paid and the stocks returned on a weekly basis
  • Appraise customers who wish to buy products on credit for management approval
  • Ensure the debtors book is within budget on a monthly basis
  • Maintaining internal control systems of the Company.

Branch Manager

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited,
01.2009 - 08.2010

Key Role And Responsibilities

  • Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.
  • Oversee all aspects of branch management, including sales, expenses, budget, purchases, and policy enforcement
  • Boosted branch sales by developing and deepening customer loyalty through incentive programs
  • Facilitated smooth running of branch operations by verifying consistent compliance with standard operating procedures
  • Prepared financial statements and analysis for branch
  • Performed monthly and quarterly employee performance appraisals (Sales officers)
  • Maintained detailed records of branch office activities
  • Assessed employee performance and developed improvement plans.
  • Evaluated local market conditions and sought new opportunities for sales.
  • Engaged employees in business processes with positive motivational techniques.
  • Met deadlines by proactively managing individual and team tasks and streamlining processes.
  • Consulted customers to boost product sales and services.
  • Resolved various issues impacting sales management and business operations.
  • Generated financial and operational reports to assist management with business strategy.

Assistant Accountant

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited, Kumasi,
08.2008 - 12.2008

Key Role and Responsibilities

  • Maintain all relevant accounting books which includes sales daybook, cash book, cheques register, supplier's account
  • Prepare bank reconciliation accounts monthly
  • Manage debtors account to ensure that all customers are within the credit limit
  • Alert customers whose debts are overdue and make sure they service their debts as soon as possible
  • Maintained accurate and complete documentation to facilitate accounting and filing functions.
  • Approve all sales orders from customers and sales representatives before they are processed
  • Conduct monthly sales performance for all sales representatives in the department
  • Undertake a weekly stock valuation for sales representatives to ascertain the status of each sales representative
  • Assisted with monthly and quarterly income statements, balance sheets and cash flow reports to inform decision-makers.

Direct Sales Agent

Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd
09.2007 - 08.2008

Key Role and Responsibilities

  • Sell the financial products of the bank, such as loans and fixed deposits to existing and prospective customers of the bank
  • To provide good customer service of the bank to all customers through the account opening process
  • To create and manage effective relationship with existing and prospective customers to ensure ultimate customer satisfaction and growth of business
  • Ensure accurate processing of all applications and associate forms
  • Met customers in homes and businesses to discuss and demonstrate products.
  • Put together sales proposals and contracts

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA) - Accounting

Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)
Accra Ghana
01.2023

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Banking And Finance

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And TechnologySchool of Business
Kumasi Ghana
11.2015

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast
09.2012

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Accounting

Sunyani Polytechnic
Sunyani Ghana
09.2006

West African examination Certificate (WAEC) - undefined

Nandom Secondary school
2002

Skills

  • Good communication and Interpersonal Skills at all levels of management
  • Versatile and analytical skills
  • Computer literate with experience on MS office and the internet
  • Team player with ability to handle various projects at the same time
  • Great organizational skills whiles paying attention to details
  • Conflict resolution abilities
  • Operational Improvements
  • Mastery of Quality Processes
  • Problem-Solving Ability
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Loss Prevention Strategies
  • Maintaining Clean Work Areas
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Account Strategy

Accomplishments

  • Non-Performing Loans (NPL); Maintain Non-Performing Loans levels for the Commercial and SME department of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited under 3% for three years in a row through effective loan structuring and monitoring thus from 2019 – 2021 financial years.
  • Product Development; Led the Commercial and SME team to develop and roll out a collateral free short-term Overdraft product for festive seasons with current recovery rate of over 98% (2019 -2022)
  • Credit Process automation; Led the Commercial Credit and IT team to automate the credit approval process for Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited from scratch(2017)
  • First Runner up, Best Credit Risk Analyst Award, ProCredit Savings and Loans Limited, 10th Anniversary Awards (2012)

Certification

  • Loan Work Out and Debt Restructuring, National Banking College Ghana - 5thJune 2023 – 7th June,2023
  • Moody's Commercial Banking Mastery Certification, Moody's Analytics - 1st June 2022 – 28thFebruary,2023
  • Sustainable Banking and Green Bonds, The Swedfund and The Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education (“SSE Exec Ed”) - 16th September 2021 – 28th October 2021
  • Agribusiness Appraisal Techniques , GIRSAL Limited (Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending) and National Banking College Ghana- 7th September 2021- 10th September 2021
  • Moveable Assets Based Financing, IFC (World Bank Group)/National Banking College Ghana, - 27th November 2017 - 30th November 2017

Work Availability

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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Portfolio Quality Manager

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
05.2017 - Current

Commercial Relationship Manager

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
09.2016 - 04.2017

Credit Analyst

Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited
04.2015 - 08.2016

Medium Credit Risk Analyst

ProCredit Savings and Loans Company Limited (Then Member of ProCredit Holding)
06.2011 - 03.2015

Internal Audit and Internal Control Officer

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited
08.2010 - 05.2011

Branch Manager

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited,
01.2009 - 08.2010

Assistant Accountant

Kofi Gyimah Enterprises Limited, Kumasi,
08.2008 - 12.2008

Direct Sales Agent

Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd
09.2007 - 08.2008

Chartered Accountant (CA) - Accounting

Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Banking And Finance

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And TechnologySchool of Business

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting

University of Cape Coast

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Accounting

Sunyani Polytechnic

West African examination Certificate (WAEC) - undefined

Nandom Secondary school
TIERE BENONZAOL DANIEL