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CHARLES ONYEBUCHI OKEKE

Fort Smith,AR

Summary

I am a multi talented and versatile business management professional. I am also passionate about change management and change leadership. My experience level includes high competency in the areas of Business Intelligence, Analytics, finance, Corporate Planning and performance management and leading project teams to deliver optimally. My Experience in the corporate world is well over 20 years and cuts across several functions in Finance, Information Technology and consulting industries as well as cutting through various stages of management.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Market Research Consultant(Remote)

Beemac Foods LLC
, Arkansas
01.2015 - Current
  • Beemac Foods LLC is a franchised operation with over 20 stores within the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma
  • In this company I work as an external consultant to study both the operational and financial data coming from their 21 stores using appropriate statistical techniques and advise their management on what the data means for their business owners and for their customers
  • Conducted industry analysis and market research to identify key trends, opportunities, and threats for their business.
  • Analyzed data from surveys and focus groups to develop actionable recommendations for the company.
  • I also utilize the data coming out from the stores to forecast yearly store performance expectations.

Director of Business Intelligence

Treten Networks Ltd
Lagos, Lagos Nigeria
09.2013 - Current
  • Treten Networks is an IT service and consulting firm operating as a group level consultant to MTN Mobile communications. The company has it operations in over 9 countries including South Africa,Nigeria, Dubai UAE, and some other sub Saharan African Countries.
  • MTN Group is a mobile telecommunications company that offers voice, data and digital services to retail customers in approximately 20 countries where it has telecoms licenses, as well as enterprise solutions to corporate, small and medium enterprises (SME) and public sector customers in over 30 countries with a customer base of over 180 Million subscribers
  • In this Role, I was in charge of the company’s Financial Intelligence Department, Market research Department, Business Intelligence Project Teams and also Corporate Planning and Business strategy Units for their Nigerian market.
  • As the BI Project Leader I managed the development and implementation of 4 Business intelligence and analytics briefs from client’s organizations in the last 10 years. My Core functions in them included defining project goals and timelines, turning goals into quantitative and qualitative expressions, managing project development timelines, managing hardware and software partnerships, determining adequacy of hardware and software’s, optimization of team allocations and onboarding of users onto the new platforms.
  • As the Head of Financial Intelligence Unit, supervised their Nigerian finance department as well scanning the environment for financial risk and ensuring that adequate actions are taken to avoid undue exposure of company to unnecessary financial risks.
  • As the head of the market research Unit I supervise a team that constantly scans the environment for competition analysis and recommending business development and operational optimzations actions.
  • For Corporate Planning, I was responsible for company budgeting and strategy sessions as well as definition of key performance indicators for all projects and departments within the organization

Performance Management Consultant/M&A Analysy

Access Bank Nigeria Formerly Intercontinental Bank
Lagos Nigeria, Lagos Nigeria
01.2004 - 05.2010
  • Coordinated the budget process and articulates divisional budgets cascaded into budget for business teams within the divisions i worked in
  • Organize and stimulate strategy sessions that will come out with a well-defined document road map to attainment of set goals
  • Environmental Scanning: Continuously scanning the business environment for developments in the economy and within competition that might be of interest to the division or any sector in the division
  • Organize Monthly performance review meetings:
  • Performance Tracking: Quantitatively measures performance of business teams Vis-à-vis there quarterly targets
  • Writes business teams on where they stand and management on measures to boost performance
  • Carry out monthly diagnostic review of problem areas: This includes problem solving reviews, P&L analysis reviews, product ideas and process improvement reviews
  • Draw up performance contracts for all business team heads, such that it contains all necessary KPI’s needed to achieve overall objectives
  • Service Efficiency: Determine measure to quantitatively monitor service efficiency and improvements within the division
  • Coordinated the merger of four merging banks
  • Prepare board papers and advise management on the entire merger process
  • Ensure appointment of all merger consultants
  • Work with all consultants and due diligence advisers till the completion of the merger
  • Ensure harmonization of structures/processes and systems amongst merging banks to support a seamless merger.
  • Set Out Modalities For The Integration of all products in the four merged banks into a common platform
  • Obtain all regulatory merger approvals as well as render monthly merging Banks report to Regulatory Authorities

Education

Ph.D. - Global Leadership/Organizational Management

Indianatech University
Fort Wayne, IN
12.2023

Wharton Business School. University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
10.2013

Master of Science - Business Intelligence and Analytics

Saint Joseph University
Philadelphia, PA
05.2013

MBA - Banking and finance

University Of Nigeria
08.2002

B.Sc - Accounting

Nnamdi Azikiwe University
07.1997

Skills

  • My specific skill set includes advanced knowledge in change leadership, operations modelling and optimizations, data analysis and analytics, performance management, business process modelling, project management, budgeting and forecasting
  • Tools for Work:SAS Studio/Enterprise Miner, IBM COGNOS Insight, IBM SPSS, Extendsim, Tableau, JMP Pro, Access, Excel Macro, Excel VBA, SQL

Certification

Market Research Design, Environmental Scanning and Data Analysis Business Intelligence and Business Processes Modelling Data Mining and Analytics Strategic Planning, Budget Planning, Performance Management and Balanced Score Card Project Management In Finance IT and Business Intelligence Risk Analysis and Risk Based Auditing

Timeline

Market Research Consultant(Remote)

Beemac Foods LLC
01.2015 - Current

Director of Business Intelligence

Treten Networks Ltd
09.2013 - Current

Performance Management Consultant/M&A Analysy

Access Bank Nigeria Formerly Intercontinental Bank
01.2004 - 05.2010

Ph.D. - Global Leadership/Organizational Management

Indianatech University

Wharton Business School. University Of Pennsylvania

Master of Science - Business Intelligence and Analytics

Saint Joseph University

MBA - Banking and finance

University Of Nigeria

B.Sc - Accounting

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

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