Omolola Braimoh

OB SUMMARY A Certified Scrum Master, dedicated to continuous process improvement through coaching, retrospectives, and individual improvement. Proficient in facilitating scrum events to ensure the fulfillment of requirements to achieve set goals. Highly skilled in training product owners on agile methodologies, while implementing and improving agile development practices to enhance productivity on various teams. As a seasoned business and accounting professional, I leverage my experience in business operations, and systems implementations in providing support to dynamic teams across the board. OMOLOLA BRAIMOH SCRUM MASTER | Email:-Phone:- EXPERIENCE SCRUM MASTER/AGILE PROJECT MANAGER • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • JAN. 2019 – TILL DATE         Collaborate with other agile teams to ensure crossfunctional iteration dependencies are satisfied and best practices are being encouraged across the program. Successfully guided development teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development. Coach and facilitate development teams through all aspects of the agile process including release planning, sprint planning, daily standups, product demos, backlog refinement, scrum meetings, and retrospectives. Utilize the work breakdown structure, user’s stories, and appropriate methodology to drive the development and implementation of the integrated work plans: created and implemented issues management, risk management, communication, change management, and relationship management. Manage various project teams in an agile environment, realizing success through SDLC methodologies and scrum best practices. Collaborate with clients, engaged team members and other internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the quality and timeliness of deliverables against contract and client expectations. Ensure transparency and visibility across the functional teams on projects to achieve set goals and progress. Implemented and enforced Scrum principles and practices, facilitated continuous improvement (CI), and identified and removed team impediments. PROFICIENT AREAS Agile/Scrum Tools: Jira, Confluence, MIRO board, Trello, Azure DevOps, Lucid Chart, Visio, Slack, Product Board. Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Software Development lifecycle, Lean Software Development, Extreme Development (XP), FeatureDriven Development. Scrum Events: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review and Retrospective.      SKILLS Scrum Framework Project Management Agile Methodologies Capacity Planning Backlog Refinement Change Management Process Improvement Conflict Resolution Risk Management Release Management Team Management Stakeholders Engagement Continuous Improvement Educated team members in an Agile methodology. Use of Jira for tracking projects and tasks. Supported the Product Owner with documentation of User Stories and Acceptance criteria. Monitored team backlog daily and ensured it accurately reflects the current state of the sprint. Manage sprint events/ceremonies, responsible for backlog tracking, burndown metrics, team velocity, and task definition with Product teams. Work closely with sponsors, stakeholders, users, technical team leads, technical and non-technical resources, and management to execute core project management functions end to end on strategic projects that range in scope, budget, and team size to the level of large, involving moderate to high levels of risk and complexity. SCRUM MASTER • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • FEB. 2018 – DECEMBER 2018    Served as the servant leader for the team to ensure clear communication and organization of the team, along with facilitating the core scrum ceremonies and practices. Identified opportunities to improve team-level Agile performance; focus the team on customer value, quality, and continuous improvement activities. Removed team level impediments and resolved conflicts; anticipated challenges, identified risks, and recommended mitigations and solutions. o Ensured development blockers and risk clarity for successful delivery; escalated these through the agreed governance structure for mitigation and removed impediments to meeting sprint goals. o Aligned sprints and manage capacity to optimally align with product roadmap and initiative timelines. o Contributed to the development of scrum transformation strategies and planning in sync with organizational initiatives. CLEARING SUPERVISOR • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • JAN. 2016 – JAN. 2018       Supervised and successfully managed the team in charge of cheque clearing activities for 18 branches in Abuja region. Led the team into full automation of cheque clearing system. Pioneered the deployment of cheque truncation and reduced operational cost by 50%. Retired cash advances ensured accurate posting daily, same day reconciliation and balancing of ledgers. Prepared detailed monthly and annual reports for Abuja group for easy assessment and snapshot of the division’s operation in the reporting period. Properly filed all unit documents, maintained registers; and assisted internal and external auditors with audit enquiries. CLEARING OFFICER • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • JUNE 2012 – DEC. 2015      Ensured accurate cheque posting, same day reconciliation and balancing of ledgers for adequate reporting and fraud prevention. Verified all clearing instruments posted in Abuja and its environs before transmission to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Properly filed all necessary documents Confirmed cheques based on trigger limits and processing of inward and outward cheques. Promptly resolved all customer’s funds transfer issues. CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OFFICER • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • JAN. 2011 – MAY 2012     Processed all capital expenditure payments bank wide – ensuring requisite approvals are obtained in accordance with the bank’s specified limits. Maintained asset register, adequate filing system and assigned codes for all bank assets. Expedited vendor payments, and enhanced external customer satisfaction. Ensured compliance with standard operating procedures which eliminated loss of funds, audit exceptions and regulatory sanctions.   Monthly asset depreciation for a true state of the bank’s assets and decision making on the disposal of fully depreciated assets. Prepared daily and monthly ledger proofs for accurate reporting. TIME DESPOSIT & OPERATING EXPENSE OFFICER • GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC • JAN. 2010 – DEC. 2010      Managed payment of operating expenses for head office units – ensuring proper authorization were obtained and safeguarding against duplicate payments. Timely payment of vendors for external customer satisfaction. Facilitated cash advance and retirement management. Efficiently managed fixed deposit booking and liquidation. Remitted Value Added Tax and Withholding Tax on behalf of customer and followed up with Federal Inland Revenue Service for issuance of tax certificates. EDUCATION MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRTION • BUSINESS MGT • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES BACHALOR OF SCIENCE • ACCOUNTING • UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN CERTIFICATIONS Certified Scrum Master (CSM) ScrumStudy Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria