1. P.O. BOX 14623 - 0800 • NAIROBI • KEN YA
PHONE: +254 721 7693 30 • E-MAIL: Robert.kirianki@gmail.com
R O B E R T M U T E M B E I K I R I A N K I
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Kenyan
Date of Birth: 17th
April 1984
Languages: English, Swahili.
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To engage in a challenging environment that brings out the best in me as a team player in terms of
management, leadership, excellence and career progression.
A specialist in electronic banking.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Sept 2004 – Dec 2007 Kenyatta University
BA Sociology and Political Science(Upper 2nd Class Honors)
July 2003-July 2004 Strathmore University
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Part 2A
Jan 1999 – Nov 2002 Nkubu High School
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education B- (KCSE)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
April 2014-Present:
Chase Bank Ltd-Assistant Manager Chase Xpress
Responsibilities include:
Business growth for Chase Xpress in terms of branch numbers, profitability, turnovers and
customer acquisition.
Provide Administrative support in the roll out and implementation of Chase Xpress branches,
products and services.
Provide operational support for optimum growth and maintenance of Chase Xpress products
and clientele.
Promote active utilization of Chase Xpress Services
Generate necessary reports on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis and all other
necessary reports and circulate the same to relevant officers.
Ensuring continuous improvement in customer service and implementing effective operational
standards.
Provide a seamless link between Xpress branches and service providers for query resolution.
2. August 2012-April 2014:
Chase Bank Ltd- Senior Relationship Officer Agency Banking
Responsibilities include:
Recruitment of agents.
Streamlining agency banking operations.
Increasing turnover from transactions and growing business opportunities by making on-site
visits and maintaining constant communication with agents.
Ensuring adherence to CBK guidelines on agent recruitment and KYC documents fulfillment.
Installing POS terminals and training users on how to use the Point of Sale
and ensuring follow-up re-training of new agent staff.
Installation of Western Union and MoneyGram services at select agent outlets.
Training agent staff on Western Union and MoneyGram services.
August 2009 – August 2012:
Equity Bank Ltd – Merchant Acquiring Supervisor
Responsibilities include:
Merchant recruitment and support.
Building and enhancing relationships with new and existing merchants.
Increasing turnover from transactions and growing business opportunities by making on-site
visits and maintaining constant communication with merchants.
Installing POS terminals and training users on how to use the Point of Sale
and ensuring follow-up re-training of new merchant staff.
Ensuring visibility of the Equity brand at merchant outlets by maximizing strategic branding
and communication.
Facilitating the resolution of transaction disputes by the relevant departments.
Troubleshooting on-site POS terminal problems and offering the first line of problem-solving.
Ensuring the POS terminals are accounted for by frequent stock-taking; machines are
maintained well and repaired when faulty.
Training Equity Bank branch staff on best practices for merchant recruitment and maintenance.
Coordinating Equity Bank branches in Mt.Kenya and Nairobi region and monitoring
performance.
Working closely with IT department in regards to ATM & POS technical support.
Technical support for POS merchants.
3. CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Equity Bank
Part of the team that achieved 91% growth in transaction turnovers from KES 3.6 billion in
2010 to KES 6.89 billion in 2012 through one of the five alternate business channels; the point
of sale terminals.
Key resource in recruiting new merchants, creating a portfolio of over 300 new top quality
agents & merchants from August 2010-August 2012.
Actively participated in the strategy lay out for the Acquiring department.
Relationship building by offering subsequent excellent client services and support to merchants
as clients of the bank.
Increasing turnover from transactions and growing business opportunities by making on-site
visits and maintaining constant contact with merchants.
Ensuring adherence to merchant acquiring policies on KYC fulfilment.
Continuous promotion of cash-back service, cross-selling other bank products; while
promoting the use of card-based transactions.
Part of the team that tested card payments via dongles, a MasterCard project.
Part of the team that tested and launched NFC payments for financial and non-financial
payments.
Successfully steered customers from the previous Electra card system to the new Way 4
system.
Conceptualised the Mkulima Card, a credit card available to farmers.
Chase Bank
250 agents recruited and on boarded onto the agency platform.
200 agents successfully set up on E-banking for account monitoring purposes.
Agents set up on mobile account opening and trained.
Developed training manuals alongside IT department for agent operators.
Responsible for installation of Western Union and MoneyGram services at agents and have the
highest recorded transactions, over Ksh.20M since January 2013 to December 2014
Streamlined agency operations at Chase Bank in regards to KYC compliance and CBK
guidelines compliance.
Achieved 115% growth in turnovers from August 2012- December 2013.
Part of the team that developed agent service portals.
Participated in formulating agency banking expansion countrywide expansion plan.
Ensuring visibility of the Chase Popote brand by strategic branding.
Part of the team that successful tested and launched account opening via mobile phones at
agent outlets. Grew Chase Xpress numbers from 1 to 14 from 2014-2016.
Successfully introduced new products at Chase Xpress: airline ticketing, insurance certificate
printing.
Seamless running of Chase Xpress branches from initial conceptualization, construction,
opening and operationalization.
Revenue assurance for Chase Xpress branches
4. TRAINING
VISA &MasterCard training on merchant acquiring best practices.
CBK guidelines on Agent recruitment and maintenance
POS technical training.
Genghis Capital unit trusts training.
Money transfer services optimization.
REFEREES
1. Gabriel Odhiambo
Relationship Manager
Equity Bank Ltd.
P.O Box 75104-00200
Nairobi.
Mobile: 072258180
2. Mr. Javan Munyiri
Head of Agency Banking,
Chase Bank Ltd.
P.O Box 75104-00200
Nairobi.
Mobile: 0722919263
3. Mr. Abdul Razak Hussein
Regional Manager Chase Xpress
Chase Bank (K) Ltd.
P.O Box 66049-00800
Nairobi.
Mobile: 0722680505