Nelson-Atuonwu, Uchechi Cherish

click to view portfolio | Lagos, Nigeria | +234(0)8063198875 | nelson.cherish27@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly motivated and experienced project manager, doubling as a product manager, renowned for her excellent communication, critical thinking, and business writing skills. Has 6+ years of demonstrated experience working collaboratively with clients from project concept to closure and producing deliverables that achieve requirements on time. Eager to aid global companies in solving industry problems, as well as crafting and executing strategic initiatives that bring about greater customer satisfaction.

??? Business Analysis

??? Project Management

??? Product Management

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

??? Client Relations
??? Process Improvement
??? Stakeholder Relationships

??? Agile Methodology
??? Program Implementation
??? Data Collection & Analysis

Technical: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Projects, Devops, Visio, Lucid Chart, Draw.io, Confluence, JIRA

EDUCATION

Covenant University | Ogun State, Nigeria
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Physics-Applied Geophysics, Second Class Upper (4.43)

Graduated: 2014

May 2022 - Present

Old Mutual

IT Business Analyst (Part Time)

WORK EXPERIENCE

??? Increased customer adoption 30 % by liaising with business and sales teams to understand the most pressing customer needs and designing features to address those needs

??? Elicited, documented, and tracked delivery of requirements by utilizing confluence and JIRA

??? Developed best in-class user journeys by continuously modeling prototypes I created using Draw.io

VFD Tech July 2021 - Present Head, Technical Delivery

??? Spearheaded initiatives to reduce operational inefficiencies by 15% by designing and implementing some PMO legacy frameworks and artifacts for the organization.

??? Drove innovation by leading a team that conceptualized and executed 90% of the innovative ideas and strategies, contributing to 80% of the organization's revenue

??? Developed user stories, to-be process flows and designs to support the development of solutions for clients

??? Extensively gathered, analyzed, and validated requirements for implementing proposed solutions using a variety of

techniques (e.g., JAD, interviews and documentation, BRDs, functional & technical specifications, use cases)

??? Designed and modelled solution prototypes with target users using Visio and Lucid charts

??? Provided direction in the creation of detailed user stories, flowcharts, diagrams, and prototypes to convey ideas to

application developers

??? Led the end-to-end implementation of solutions from project conceptualization to deployment using various progress

tracking tools like MS Projects and Jira

??? Took a lead role in client meetings, including requirement sessions, system demos, user acceptance testing, and end-user

training

??? Sourced, managed, and oversaw activities of external partners necessary to facilitate the delivery of the solution

Grip (Trygrip.co) July 2021 - Present Co-Founder

??? Monumental in setting up the business and providing product advisory services.

??? Designed the product road map and feature backlog.

??? Secured required partnerships and investments in excess of $100.

Cedi Microfinance Bank | Ghana July 2021 - Apr 2022 Digital Strategy Consultant

??? Conceptualized and designed the first digital mobile application ever released by a microfinance bank in Ghana and the first full-on digital onboarding application ever released by any bank in Ghana

??? Collected, organized, and synthesized data sets to come up with the most suitable organization digital transformation strategy

??? Built strategic partnerships to help Cedi in achieving the ultimate digital state

??? Understood traditional requirements in its native form to come up with best-in- class digitized versions

??? Monitored and evaluated development work to ensure that all articulated requirements were delivered appropriately, in

each sprint

??? Documented workflow, process maps, business requirements, while ensuring due diligence to methodologies in practice

Access Bank PLC Apr 2017 - June 2021 IT Project and Product Manager

??? Conceptualized, designed, and oversaw delivery of a solution that increased the earning capacity of the commercial banking team by 45%, as well as increased target customer base by 65%

??? Liaised with stakeholders to identify, understand, and analyze business needs

??? Brainstormed and came up with innovative solutions to meet the identified needs of stakeholders

??? Extensively gathered, analyzed, and validated requirements for implementing proposed solutions

??? Oversaw the documentation of business cases and technical requirements to support the profitability of the solution

??? Managed the implementation of solution from conceptualization to deployment of solution

??? Participated in the end-end user-testing and quality assurance to ensure product build meets specified requirements

??? Successfully managed the development of an automated supply chain management platform that improve workflow

efficiency with vendor onboarding, bid submissions, invoice management, and system automation

Africa Fintech Foundry (Access Bank) Jan 2018 - June 2021 Innovation Manager

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??? Identified and recruited early-stage entrepreneurs for innovation, acceleration, investment, and scale-up

??? Designed and managed the accelerator and incubator program according to the needs of the start-ups

??? Developed and reviewed key performance indicators (KPIs) and deliverables for all start-ups under the cohort

??? Worked with each start-up company to build, test, pilot their solutions, and acquire customers

??? Partnered with corporates, subject matter experts, universities, hubs, and other professional service providers to provide

essential support via coaching/mentorship for AFF???s start-ups and wider ecosystem

??? Implemented a rolling calendar of initiatives and events (conferences, hackathons, demo days, masterclasses, pitch

Fridays) to promote AFF and its unique ecosystem both internally and externally

WSTC Financial Services Oct 2020 - Mar 2021 Senior Business Analyst (Part Time)

??? Collected, organized, and synthesized data sets to come up with the best organization digital transformation strategy

??? Facilitated and ensured positive outcomes from digital transformation strategy workshops

??? Monitored and evaluated development work to ensure that all requirements were adequately captured in each sprint ???D

VFD Group Sept 2020 - Dec 2020 Senior Business Analyst (Part Time)t

??? Obtained and documented business requirements with clients (external and internal) via requirement elicitation sessions

??? Facilitated workshops to translate client requirements to internal stakeholders such as development, quality assurance,

and project management teams

??? Ensured developed solutions met business needs and requirements by performing first level of user acceptance testing

??? Facilitated training sessions with clients on developed solutions and developed documentation standards for the team

Designed, planned, and oversaw the implementation of a central sandbox aimed at providing integration touchpoints to

external parties for enabling payment capabilities on their platform; the platform grossed an average monthly sign on of

over 50 external parties and consequently an average monthly revenue of over $500k in its first year of deployment

esigned the strategy for digitizing all WSTC's products and services with the endgame of winning the hearts of their

customers and increasing profit margin, which is projected to generate credit card risk asset of 12.5 billion Naira by 2024

ACCOMPLISHMENTS & PROJECTS

??? Old Mutual Mobile App (Business Analyst and Product Owner)

??? Asset Management Mobile App (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Stock Trading Mobile App and Web Portal (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Real Estate and Mortgage Portal (Business Analyst)

??? Art Trading Mobile App (Business Analyst)

??? Supply Chain Management Platform (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Abbey Mobile Application (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Abbey Corporate Internet Banking Platform (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Contactless Payment Solution (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Loan Scheduler (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Loan Origination Portal (Business Analyst)

??? Digitized corporate account opening (Business Analyst)

??? Digitized insurance platform (Business Analyst)

??? Microsavings Solution (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? Banking as a service (BAAS) platform (Product Manager)

??? Cedi MFB mobile banking application (Strategy and Business Analyst)

??? API Gateway (Business Analyst and Project Manager)

??? WSTC Financial services platform (Business Analyst)

CERTIFICATIONS

??? Project Management Professionals (PMP), 2018

??? Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria (CIBN), 2018

??? Microsoft: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel, 2019

??? IBM: Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, 2020

??? Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), 2021