Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
References
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PHILIP MUTUA

PHILIP MUTUA

Banker
Nairobi

Summary

Dynamic Accounts Maintenance and Governance Officer at HFC Bank, skilled in analytical problem-solving and customer service. Expertise in compliance and fraud prevention has enhanced operational integrity, while effective team leadership fosters collaboration. Proven track record in resolving complex issues, ensuring accuracy, and promoting quality standards in banking operations.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Accounts Maintenance and Governance Officer

HFC Bank
07.2025 - Current

Key Accountabilities

▪ Receiving account opening documents from the Sales Teams and vetting to ensure compliance with Know Your Customer [KYC] requirements

▪ Validating cheques received through Inward Clearing i.e. to confirm their authenticity and ensuring compliance with AML guidelines

▪ To conduct daily edit checks of postings to ensure accuracy, authenticity, completeness of processed work and integrity of data.

▪ Ensuring source documents are provided for each transaction manually posted on the system at CPC and investigating instances of missing items.

▪ Maintaining a record of all errors and sharing with the management on a monthly basis for trend analysis Team Leader Governance Officer Governance

▪ Following up on resolution of errors to conclusion.

▪ Performing quality assessments checks within CPC to ensure compliance with laid down policies and procedures

▪ Promoting business for the Bank by maintaining good operational standards.

▪ Ensuring resolution of all audit queries and that there are no repeat audit issues.

▪ Ensuring provision of quality professional service at all times and ensuring that a professional image of the Bank is maintained both internally and externally.

▪ Adherence to Bank's operating policies and procedures.

▪ Performing other duties as may be assigned.

Financial Crime Analyst

HFC Bank
04.2022 - 07.2025
  • Constantly monitoring and identifying high-risk and unauthorized transactions as well as fraudulent accounts.
  • Identifying fraudulent transactions and instituting prompt mitigating actions.
  • Reviewing daily reports & escalating suspicious transactions to the relevant stakeholders.
  • Recommending and acting appropriate on accounts identified as having potential fraudulent issues.
  • Contacting customers and banks to verify transactions and resolving fraud-related account issues; initiating investigations and dispute process where fraud is confirmed.
  • Facilitate understanding of fraud prevention and detection across the banks’ network.
  • Tracking statuses of resolved items to provide a record of activities and support identification of trends or persistent issues.

Recovery/Collections officer

HFC Bank
04.2021 - 03.2022
  • Monitoring, and managing accounts portfolio within all customer segments and return the accounts to performing status, reducing slippage into NPL and/or recovering entire outstanding accounts as well as fulfilling any other duty assigned by the Manager towards contributing and improving the bank’s credit profile and asset quality.
  • Managing customer relationships where turn around strategies have been activated to ensure cure of accounts as well as managing the Banks credit risk exposure.
  • Dealing with and managing any contentious issues/complaints/queries/conflicts that normally arise during negotiation with the debtors during the recovery process.
  • Conducting detailed negotiations with customers, obtaining commitment to implement appropriate strategies and actions to cure accounts as well as collect overdue payments.
  • Ensuring compliance with Bank’s policies, regulatory requirements and best practice in the monitoring and control process with a view to minimizing Credit Risk.
  • Preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports on credit control reports.
  • Negotiating payoff deadlines or payment plans.
  • Developing credit management capability within the department.
  • Co-coordinating regular customer visits to check on compliance, remedial management and offer appropriate intervention.
  • Creating trust relationships with debtors, when possible, to avoid any future challenges.
  • Reviewing arrears, monitoring progress of existing loans, assess customer’s financial status on repayments and ensuring collections targets are achieved.
  • Processing the recovery of debts whilst ensuring compliance with local legal, regulatory requirements and the bank’s internal procedures.
  • Maintaining proper Debt Recovery documentation, ensure timely issues of relevant notices to customers that form the debt recovery process, ensure that all 90+ days past due files are properly maintained and have up to date files notes and ensure data integrity all 90+ days past due are maintained.
  • Negotiating with clients and coming up with suitable exit or rehabilitation strategies for non-performing accounts within assigned portfolio.
  • Ensuring the clients requests are handled within the set parameters such as restructures, waivers, full and finals requests.

Accountant

Townlink Communication Limited
11.2016 - 04.2021
  • Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
  • Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
  • Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.
  • Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
  • Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
  • Conducting assessments; pre-funding/post funding assessments and business monitoring.
  • Preparing, Collating and filing all documents on loan collection, default management, business monitoring and evaluation activities.
  • Performing general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
  • Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.
  • Attending to loan collection meetings and group monthly meetings.
  • Report writing and filing.

Property Manager

Keryle Properties
02.2010 - 03.2016
  • Supervising daily operations.
  • Identifying repair needs.
  • Commissioning repair work.
  • Coordinating maintenance workers
  • Rent collection and Banking

Education

No Degree -

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Finance

KCA University
Kenya
01.2021

Certified Public Accountants, CPA 1, Section III - undefined

Prince College
Nairobi
01.2013

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Kisasi boys’ high school
01.2008

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Mokolongo Primary School
01.2004

Skills

Strong analytical, good problem-solving skills and ability to work under immense pressure

Certification

Certificate in computer Applications

References

  • Wilson, Oduor, Line Manager, Risk and Compliance, wilson.Oduor@Hfgroup.co.ke, +254705880281, HFC Bank
  • Jacinta, Mulei, Manager, Fraud Monitoring, Jacinta.Mulei@hfgroup.co.ke, +254 720 360 240, HFC Bank
  • Jeremiah, Okumu, Line Manager, Recovery/Collections, jeremiah.okumu@hfgroup.co.ke, +254 716 023 204, HFC Bank
  • Selevester, Mwanza, Director, sylvestermwanza@gmail.com, +254 722 875 896, Townlink Communication ltd
  • David, Mwalika Mboni, Property owner, +254 722 226 967, Keryle properties

Timeline

Accounts Maintenance and Governance Officer

HFC Bank
07.2025 - Current

Financial Crime Analyst

HFC Bank
04.2022 - 07.2025

Recovery/Collections officer

HFC Bank
04.2021 - 03.2022

Accountant

Townlink Communication Limited
11.2016 - 04.2021

Property Manager

Keryle Properties
02.2010 - 03.2016

No Degree -

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Finance

KCA University

Certified Public Accountants, CPA 1, Section III - undefined

Prince College

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Kisasi boys’ high school

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Mokolongo Primary School
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