CURRICULUM VITAE

JAMES MWANGI GATATI

Personal Details

Name: James Mwangi Gatati

Sex: Male

Date of Birth: 8th September 1982

Religion: Christian

Marital Status: Married

Telephone: 072*******

E-mail: adzkro@r.postjobfree.com

Address: P.O. Box 100***-***** Nairobi

Profile

A leader and team player professional with focus in trade finance.

Over the last fifteen years, I have worked in Banking Industry in Trade Services as a Trade

Operations Manager, Product Manager, Operations Risk and Control Officer, Operations

Support Manager, Trade officer and Trade Operations assistant where I have effectively

supported operations in trade services in leadership, directly supported corporate and SME

clients directly on trade products and processed different products in trade.

Educational Background

2022-2022: CDCS (Certified Documentary Credit Specialist) Recertification

London Institute for Banking and Finance

2018-2018: CSDG (Certified Specialist in Demand Guarantee)

London Institute for Banking and Finance

2017-2017: CDCS (Certified Documentary Credit Specialist) Recertification

London Institute for Banking and Finance

2011-2012: CDCS (Certified Documentary Credit Specialist).

IFS School of Finance-London

Certified by ICC (International Chamber of Commerce)

2003-2007: Bsc. Mathematics (statistics) and Computer Science

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Second class division (upper division)

1998- 2001: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

Ndururumo High School

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Work Experience

NATIONAL BANK OF KENYA

June 2018-to-Date-Manager, Trade Operations

Responsibilities

a) Providing leadership in Trade Operations

b) Managing risks at Trade Operations

c) People management

d) Ensuring good customer service in Trade operations

e) Working with stakeholders to ensure Trade department is moving in strategic direction of the

Bank

STANBIC BANK KENYA LTD

Nov 2016-to-May 2018-Product Manager, Trade Operations

Responsibilities

f) Supporting Trade Operations in processing complex and structured trade transactions

g) Supporting business in revenue assurance

h) Advising on how to provide solution to different clients’ need

i) Enhancing Trade knowledge level in Trade operation

j) Supporting Trade ops unit Manager in Risk Management

k) Providing Leadership in Trade Operations team

l) Supporting Trade Ops in client service by dealing with internal and external clients queries

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK KENYA LTD

March 2016-to-Nov 2016-Operations risk and control officer

Responsibilities

a) Assist Unit Operational Risk Manager in coordinating, driving and directing effective

compliance and operational risk management at the Business Unit level

b) Checking if controls are adhered to in Trade operations department

c) Support Unit Operations Risk Manager in preparing Key Performance Indicators and Key

Control Indicators for Trade operations department

December 2015 to March 2016-MIS

Holding for my colleague in MIS who is away for 3-4 months on maternity

Responsibilities

a) Preparing/extracting reports which are used for risk control in trade department

b) Doing investigations for TP/GL and suspense accounts reconciliations items

c) Monitoring swifts exceptions

d) Preparing monthly reports and returns for the department

July 2014-to-Nov 2015 Operations Support Manager –Trade Operations

Responsibilities

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a) Validating all telegraphic remittances(MT103s & MT202s) processed in TP systems for East

and Southern countries

b) Validating all finances i.e. Import loans, Open account finances, Credit Bills Negotiations

and Bills Discounting processed in TP systems for East and Southern countries.

c) Carry out end of day reconciliation to ensure that all transactions received from countries

are accounted for and processed on a timely manner for East and Southern countries.

d) Ensuring incoming swift messages for trade operations are acted upon on time.

e) Extracting and preparing departmental reports to help in risk control and management.

f) Preparing department dashboard data for the department

g) Carry out special projects for the management such as audit socialization, projects on

system enhancement and complex suspense and sundry accounts reconciliations.

Jan 2014-to-June 2014 Operations officer at Trade Country Processing Centre

Responsibilities

a) Assisting corporate and SME customers to fill correctly application forms under import and

export LC.

b) Giving customers timely advise on trade products and facilities.

c) Working with Relationship managers to ensure Import LC bills and Import loans are paid on

time

d) Ensuring customers transactions under Import and export LCs are processed in good time

by trade hub.

e) Referring to and advising Relationship Managers and Transactional banking Managers on

trade transactions which required credit and business approvals.

f) Assisting in Open account finance and Import & Export bills for collection desks

g) Doing MIS reporting for Trade department such as preparing weekly & monthly dashboard

and weekly CER(Country Exposure Risk Report)

2011-2013 Operations Officer at Trade Operations Hub

Responsibilities

1. Document checking under Import and Export letters of credit

a) Checking documents under import and export letter of credits for compliance with LCs

terms,UCP600 and ISPB latest version

2. Processing Import and export letters of credit

Checking and approving the following;

a) Import LC issuance and amendment

b) Document presentation under import LC

c) Import LC acceptance and payments

d) Export LC Advising and confirmation

e) Export LC Amendment

f) Document presentation under Export LC

g) Export LC acceptance, negotiations/discounting and payments.

3. Processing Import and Export Bills for collection

a) Checking and approving presentation, acceptance, avalization and payment under Import

and Export documents for collection under URC 522.

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2010 Operations Risk control

In additional to processing transactions i was also involved in;

a) Doing key control self assessment for the department

2008- 2011 Operations Assistant-Trade operations

Responsibilities

1. Inputting data and clerical work in supply chain finance product, Import and export LC, Open

account finance and Import and export bills for collection.

2. Serving trade finance clients over the counter, on phone and through emails

Referees

Paul Mungai

Head Trade Finance-Business Bank,Stanbic Bank

Tel: +254-**-*******

Mobile: +254-***-***-***

Email: adzkro@r.postjobfree.com

Geoffrey Mogondo

Senior Manager,Trade Finance

National Bank of Kenya Ltd

Mobile: +254-***-***-***

Email: adzkro@r.postjobfree.com

Charity Mwasaru,

Regional Manager FCC

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya ltd

Mobile: +254-***-***-***

Email:adzkro@r.postjobfree.com

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