Abukar Ali

About Abukar Ali

Results-driven Agile leader with extensive experience in relationship management and strategic planning within financial services and technology-driven environments. Adept at fostering collaboration across lines of business, control functions, and external partners to drive operational efficiency and mitigate risk. Skilled in contract negotiation, achieving cost savings and optimizing third-party relationships. Proven track record of applying agile methodologies to drive process improvement, managing key routines, and ensuring successful project execution.

Experience

1. Vice President, Strategy & Initiatives Manager

   Bank of America

   Apr 2025 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   The Enterprise Payments Network team manages the relationships and network participation strategies for third parties such as Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, and EWS (Zelle and Paze). We represent the Consumer, Small Business and Commercial Credit, Debit, Prepaid and Digital payment lines of business in negotiating contracts and managing third party relationship functions. We also provide strategic and subject matter expertise for card and non-card payments.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems, Supply Chain Management

  2014

Skills

• Epic Systems
• Point of Sale (Pos) Systems
• Html
• Unified Modeling Language (Uml)
• Time Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Analytical Skills
• Databases
• Mac
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Communication
• Visual Basic
• Customer Satisfaction
• Training
• Health Information Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Customer Service
• Mysql
• Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Windows
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Quickbooks
• Organization Skills
• Marketing
• Management
• Financial Accounting
• Critical Thinking
• Teamwork
• Billing Process