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Uwamahoro Julienne

Senior Bank Inspector
Kagarama,Kigali City

Summary

Experienced Senior Bank Inspector with over 11 years of experience in Banking Sector with background in Accounting and Finance and with vast knowledge of banking regulations and compliance procedures. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills and dedicated to maintaining excellent analytical and communication skills.

Overview

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3
Languages
1
1
Certification
12
12
years of post-secondary education
11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Bank Inspector

National Bank of Rwanda
Kigali
2020.07 - Current
  • Examining bank’s performance, Corporate Governance, internal policies, risk programs and compliance with banking laws and regulations and drawing conclusions based on findings and recommending corrective actions;
  • Develop an understanding of banks through research, documentation review and interviews;
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and propose required action plans;
  • Draft reports, technical notes and/or memos to facilitate preliminary regulatory instruments reviews;.
  • Review and analysis of prudential returns submitted by the banks under my portfolio;.
  • Conduct off-site surveillance of banks in line with approved inspection procedures and methodology to ensure compliance with provisions of the Banking Act and other statutory requirements and regulations;.
  • Prepare offsite inspection reports on issues identified and provides recommendations on action plans to address concerns raised;.
  • Assist in the initial assessment on the adequacy of existing regulations vis-a-vis market requirements;.
  • Prepare reports, memos and technical notes for various correspondences with banks for management's review,.
  • Prepare and Present Quarterly Prudential Reports for Banks under my portfolio.
  • Follow up on reported inspection findings to ensure issues identified are being addressed.
  • Analyze applications for registration submitted by new banking institutions
  • Development of the reporting templates use by banks and related guidelines and follow up their implementation in Electronic Data Warehouse.
  • Lead activities on business requirements for controls related data quality and integrity.
  • Provide trainings and other required support to ensure that banks comply with Electronic Datawarehouse reporting.

Bank Inspector

National Bank Of Rwanda
Kigali
2017.02 - 2020.06

•Develop an understanding of banks through research, documentation review and interviews;
•Draft reports, technical notes and/or memos to facilitate preliminary policy reviews;
•Review and analysis of prudential returns submitted by the banks under my portfolio;
•Conduct off-site surveillance of banks in line with approved inspection procedures and methodology to ensure compliance with provisions of the Banking Act and other statutory requirements and regulations;
•Prepare offsite inspection reports on issues identified and provides recommendations on action plans to address concerns raised;
•Assist in the initial assessment on the adequacy of existing regulations vis-a-vis market requirements;
•Prepare reports, memos and technical notes for various correspondences with banks for management's review,
•Prepare and Present Quarterly Prudential Reports for Banks under my portfolio
•Follow up on reported inspection findings to ensure issues identified are being addressed
•Analyze applications for registration submitted by new banking institutions

Development of the reporting templates use by banks and related guidelines and follow up their implementation in Electronic Data Warehouse.

Lead activities on business requirements for controls related data quality and integrity.
Provide trainings and other required support to ensure that banks comply with Electronic Datawarehouse reporting.

Head, Financial Performance Management

Access Bank Rwanda
Kigali
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Providing effective Business Performance Measurement and Reporting to Business Units and Senior Managers to enable strategic foresight into the business.
  • Main Duties Business Performance Management Analysis and Reporting
  • Carry out semiannual Business Reviews & Performance Analytics;.
  • Preparation and Participation in Bi Monthly Business Performance Review Sessions;.
  • Carrying out Business Performance Presentations at Business Reviews and Strategy Retreats;.
  • Co-ordination of the Annual Revenue Budget Exercise, Budget Monitoring and Control;.
  • Organizing and coordinating the Bank wide and Business Teams Budget sessions;.
  • Carry out Financial Modeling and Forecasting;.
  • Designing and implementing performance improvement Initiatives and offering Business Advisory Services;.
  • Designing Business Performance Management Training Curricular and carrying out Trainings;.
  • Provision of Support to the business through the generation of Management Information;.
  • Liaising with Business Heads and External Consultants on development and implementation of Business Strategy;.
  • Automation of the Performance Management Reports (MPR, CPR, APR);.
  • Set up and implement the framework for Monthly Performance Reporting (MPR) for all Business units;.
  • Worked with the Chief Finance Officer to organize and drive country Performance Review sessions;.
  • Successfully implementation and driving cost management initiatives.
  • Prepare, examine and analyze financial statements of the bank and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformity to reporting standards ;.
  • Preparation of Quarterly Financial Statements to be reviewed by external auditors;.
  • Preparation of Semi Annual Competitors analysis report;.
  • Working with external auditors during their audit assignment;.
  • Follow up on the implementation of External and Internal Audit Recommendations
  • Deputizing when the CFO was on out of office for personal or work related circumstances

Financial Performance Management Officer

Access Bank Rwanda
Kigali
12.2009 - 12.2014
  • Main Duties Business Performance Management Analysis and Reporting;
  • Preparation of Monthly Products and Customer Profitability Reports;
  • Participation in Business Performance Reviews and Strategy Retreats;
  • Designing and implementing performance improvement Initiatives and offering Business Advisory Services;
  • Provision of Support to the business through the generation of Management Information;
  • Reviewing, defining and maintenance of Management Information System using the Core Banking Application;
  • Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly Regulatory Reports;.
  • Production of Daily and Monthly Management accounts;.
  • Maintaining prepayment schedules and ensure their reconciliation with accounts;.
  • Preparation of monthly General Ledger reconciliation reports;.
  • Monthly preparation of VAT, WHT in sometimes PAYE and Reconciliation of tax accounts;
  • Recording all payment transactions, depreciation, Provisions, and other adjustments in the core banking system;
  • Reconciling fixed assets register and accounts, monthly depreciation;
  • Working with external auditors during their audit assignment;

Education

No Degree - FinTech And Regulatory Innovation Programme

Cambridge Judge Business School
Cambridge , United Kingdom
09.2020 - 12.2020

Master of Science - Financial Engineering

WorldQuant University
New Orleans, United States
08.2017 - 05.2020

Postgraduate Diploma - Information Technology

Amity University
Uttar Pradesh , India
08.2009 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Business Studies

College Of Education
Eastern Province , Rwanda
01.2005 - 03.2009

Skills

Planning and forecastingundefined

Additional Information

  • Cybersecurity and FinTech Oversight of ICT Frameworks in Rwanda, IMF(Virtual Training) Aug 2020
  • IT and Cybersecurity Auditing, National Bank of Rwanda, July 2019;
  • Emerging Issues on Banking Supervision, Bank of Tanzania/IMF, Mwanza, May 2019;
  • Corporate Governance, National Bank of Rwanda, May 2019;
  • AML/CFT Training, IMF, Kigali , April 2019;
  • IFRS 9 Model assessment for supervisors, IMF, Kigali ,December 2018
  • Teammate training on Analytics and EWPs, Walters Kluwer, Kigali, December 2018;
  • Building Cyber Resilience and Supervisory Capacity in East Africa, IMF East AFRITAC, Zanzibar, November 2018;
  • IFRS and Tax Training ,KPMG, Kigali, February 2018;
  • Risk Based Supervision, IMF East AFRITAC, Kigali, Dec 2017;
  • Great by Choice, a leadership training program, Capacity Building Institute, Kigali , October 2017;
  • Teammate training on Analytics and EWPs, Walters Kluwer, Kigali, August 2017;
  • Risk Based Supervision and Basel II/ICAAP Reviews, IMF-East AFRITAC, Kigali, June 2017;
  • Effective Communication for Quality Service, Service Quality Institute, Kigali, March 2017;
  • Annual Budget review seminar organized by ICPAR, Kigali, June 2015;
  • Delivering world-class customer service organized by Professional; Germs, Kigali, September 2013;
  • 5Day MBA Financial Modeling using Excel organized by Silver Solutions, Johannesburg, March 2013;
  • Workshop on the new VAT Law organized by ATAR, Kigali, January 2013 ;
  • Tax Forum organized by ICPAR, Kigali, January 2013;
  • Training in International Financial Reporting Standards organized by EL& GCG Rwanda, Certified Public Accountants, November 2012;
  • Asset &Liability Management & Risks for Banks and Financial Institutions organized by Marcus &Evans, Kigali March 2012 ;
  • Training in Banking organized by Access Bank Plc, Lagos, August to December 2010.

Certification

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Software

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, OneNote, Access)

Programming Languages(Python, R)

Audit Management System (TeamMate)

Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)

Enterprise Systems(Enterprise resource planning, Business Intelligence)

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking

Timeline

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

12-2021

No Degree - FinTech And Regulatory Innovation Programme

Cambridge Judge Business School
09.2020 - 12.2020

Senior Bank Inspector

National Bank of Rwanda
2020.07 - Current

Master of Science - Financial Engineering

WorldQuant University
08.2017 - 05.2020

Bank Inspector

National Bank Of Rwanda
2017.02 - 2020.06

Head, Financial Performance Management

Access Bank Rwanda
01.2015 - 01.2017

Financial Performance Management Officer

Access Bank Rwanda
12.2009 - 12.2014

Postgraduate Diploma - Information Technology

Amity University
08.2009 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Business Studies

College Of Education
01.2005 - 03.2009
Uwamahoro JulienneSenior Bank Inspector