Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Personal Qualities
Roles And Responsibilities
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Software
Certification
Timeline
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Thuto Ntshutelang

Gaborone

Summary

Detail-driven impactful economic researcher, principled and strategize planning in any field. Moreover, willing to utilize the expertise to foster socio-economic development and optimize allocation of resources. With economic analysis, market research and forecasting skills, the aim is to contribute to innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency driven by service excellence to achieve organizational goals. Committed to continuous learning and professional development to stay abreast of evolving economic trends that will guide organizations towards long-term financial prosperity and social responsibility.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Compliance Officer

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU); Alafisa Financial Services (BONU Subsidiary)
Gaborone
05.2021 - Current
  • Reporting to the Principal officer regarding issues relating to the regulator, reducing missed deadlines by 25%.
  • Checking customer data, transaction records and other relevant information for risk assessment thus reducing financial risks by 20%
  • Ensuring that the entity implements and enforces the provisions of the Financial Intelligence Act, Anti-Money Laundering laws and regulations, as well as with its internal policies and practices.
  • Evaluation of Loan applications and refund requests.

Administration Officer

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU)
04.2020 - 05.2021

Administering loan applications, analyzing credit worthiness of loan applicants, as well as advising clients in a reasonable manner during loan requests increasing sales by 30%

  • Reporting to the Head of Loans, Head of Schemes and Accountant for loan collections, loan defaulters and loan book analysis on a monthly basis
  • Compilation and filing of the regulator's monthly and annual returns
  • Making monthly deductions for Direct Debits and Central government
  • Processing payments (Loans and refunds) using the business online system daily.
  • Managed to maintain a clear, accurate and complete Master file for all loan disbursements.
  • Updating loan book activities regarding clearances, refunds, and defaulters.
  • Providing members breakdown for deductions and settlement advices as per request.
  • Attending any other office related duties as directed.

Job Shadowing

Humana People to People
08.2019 - 03.2020
  • Facilitating during workshops about money skills and work skills
  • Mobilizing in the community and facilitating in schools during guidance and counseling lessons
  • Data analysis, data capturing and data cleaning in Excel as well as report writing.

Research Assistant

Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
01.2018 - 03.2018
  • Successfully made appointments with over 40 executives from different companies through telephone calls and personally, which improved my communication skills
  • Data collection through the distribution of questionnaires to different companies for the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey for Botswana
  • Report writing on the work performed weekly and at the end of data collection which enhanced my report writing skills.

Research Assistant (Industrial Attachment)

Botswana Institute for Development and Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
05.2017 - 07.2017
  • Carrying out group research specifically to make policies improving my teamwork and interpersonal skills
  • Was highly commended by senior employees and management for the use of different statistical databases for data management and description, statistical analysis, modelling with different types of data and their application in econometric analysis.

Education

Certificate of Proficiency - Long Term Insurance

Insurance Academy of Botswana
01.2021 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

University of Botswana
08.2014 - 05.2018

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education -

Lobatse Senior Secondary School
02.2012 - 12.2013

Skills

Personal Qualities

  • Personally ambitious and achievement focused.
  • Able to tactfully deal with difficult customers.
  • Self-motivated individual.

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Collecting and analyzing financial, political, and socioeconomic data.
  • Conducting surveys and utilizing various sampling techniques.
  • Researching various fields including healthcare, education, energy, etc.
  • Making use of historical data.
  • Analyzing market trends.
  • Consulting clients on the efficacy of products or services.
  • Studying the economic impact of laws and regulations.
  • Communicating data in the form of presentations, technical reports, and non-technical reports.
  • Contributing to publications or economic journals.
  • Partaking in think tanks.
  • Communicating economic data in accessible ways.

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue with a team of 3 individuals through consumer testing.
  • Reduced compliance breaches by introducing compliance training program that improved staff adherence and reduced internal compliance violations.
  • Revamped outdated compliance policies and procedures, improving policy awareness and adherence.
  • Launched a confidential reporting system, enhancing organizational transparency and trust.

Additional Information

Thuto Ntshutelang, M. Rathedi, and N. Narayana (2018). Determinants of Youth Participation in Arable Farming in Botswana. International Journal of Economic Issues, 11(1):109-128.

Software

Stata

E-views

Certification

AML/AFTP Training

Timeline

Compliance Officer

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU); Alafisa Financial Services (BONU Subsidiary)
05.2021 - Current

Certificate of Proficiency - Long Term Insurance

Insurance Academy of Botswana
01.2021 - 04.2021

Administration Officer

Botswana Nurses Union (BONU)
04.2020 - 05.2021

Job Shadowing

Humana People to People
08.2019 - 03.2020

Research Assistant

Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
01.2018 - 03.2018

Research Assistant (Industrial Attachment)

Botswana Institute for Development and Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
05.2017 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

University of Botswana
08.2014 - 05.2018

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education -

Lobatse Senior Secondary School
02.2012 - 12.2013
Thuto Ntshutelang