Experience

HK Asset Management Limited

• United Arab Emirates
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Middle Office

  • Oct 2022 - Present



TIFIN

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Trade Operations

  • Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Managing all functions related to Trade operations and serving as a primary liaison and client service team. • Onboard RIA Advisors in collaboration with client servicing team in US. • Ensuring the appropriate controls and tools are in place to manage, measure and actively mitigate operational risks across the operations functions. • Designing and Implementing quality control measures to mitigate risks and scale the Middle Office capabilities. • Develop, implement, and review trade generation procedures – SOP’s • Monitor and manage issue logs in trade generation process and liaise with technology team to close them on timely basis. • Performing UAT Testing for enhancements made by Technology team on production environment on timely basis Show less



Finance House PJSC

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wealth Operations Manager - Digital Banking

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

  Manage and execute investment operations for discretionary portfolios on behalf of clients and coordinate the development, implementation and maintenance of the wealth management platform for FH Capital.  Manage adherence to investment strategies and procedures for the various portfolios and products  Coordinate with brokers and custodians for operational on-boarding and setting up operational parameters.  Designing workflows and policies & procedures for Digital platform using Miro and getting them approved with internal stake holders.  Manage all trades confirmations, settlements/payments, proceeds, dividend reclaims, corporate actions and broker/custodian reconciliations  Management of the operational input for information and reporting tasks towards relevant third parties. Show less



National Bank of Fujairah

• United Arab Emirates
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Remiitance Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Processing and verification functions within specified timelines and accurately, in line with all specified internal and external guidelines, policies and procedures. (MT101,103,202,202COV, 210, Managers cheque, DD,OFBC, WPS/FTS, STO/Sweep, Investigations, reconciliations.  Undertake duties at a higher level as required when requested by management  To make suggestions as appropriate to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Bank’s procedures  Resolves process problems and trouble shoots and performs verification/investigation of information outside normal procedures.  Perform user acceptance testing pertaining to operations  Define the nature of policy/procedure/instruction constraints and the nature of reporting relationships with the boss as well as any relevant financial sign-off authorities  Verification of Financial transactions in T24 upto AED 3 million Show less



Mashreq

• United Arab Emirates
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• AVP Business Support Manager - (Private Banking)

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019

  • Preparing and sending weekly, Bi weekly and Monthly Dashboard for Pvt Banking DR meetings held with the Head of RBG & PB, Unit Managers, Compliance and Quality service Managers. • Automating the Dashboard, saving cost and time. Working on several systems such as Microstrategy/Flexcube/CRM/T24/BIS portal etc. • Placing controls by chasing relevant RM’s, unit Managers for compliance closure cases, Expired CPRA/ EID/KYC/Passport/Visa. • Working Compliance team on account opening documents and requirements for onboarding NTB customers (L1 & L2) and providing approval for L3 cases (high risk) to compliance and related RM’s. • Conducting the RCSA for Pvt Banking uploading repots with suitable findings on the RCSA portal (Kalypto). • Working on SOP’s for Investment advisors, Front office and Operations in order to find gaps in the process and suggest improvements from Audit perspective. Show less



Private Banking firm in DIFC

• Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Operations Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2018

   Managing entire Back office Operations including various system implementation, setting up of front office systems, including Advent – APX, Moxy, Siron AML and Investrack for execution and building support for Relationship Managers;  Acting as a focal point of contact for Operations, IT and other services between three business units Dubai , Kuwait and Turkey and responsible for negotiating contracts for IT systems;  Making significant contribution in creating Company website, brochures, client account opening documents, KYC Fatca forms etc. and assisting in RBP for license upgrade of the company to 3A;  Playing a vital role by facilitating strategic advisory to both Legal and compliance/MLRO on policies and procedures of the Bank and various agreements such as investment Advisory/management agreement;  Providing approvals on payments and transactions done daily and handling complete custody setup with various custodians as well as brokers, including Euroclear, clearstream, NBAD, ENBD, All funds etc.;  Managing onboarding of counterparties, custodians and other business partners such as IT partners, asset management delegation, trading platforms Moxy, Saxo bank etc.; Show less



QInvest LLC

• Qatar
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Operations Officer - Treasury, Finance, Equities, Sukuks, Investment Banking and Wealth Mgmt

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2015

  •Assisting the Treasurer in managing and monitoring the overall bank liquidity position through Capital deployment. •Processing and monitoring deal confirmation and/or other messages by SWIFT, Online systems, or fax to correspondent banks or institutions according to client instructions. •Completed designing and writing Operational workflows and policies and procedures. •Updating daily Fx rates and uploading prices in Imal. •Reconciling daily cash and stock positions in various portfolios and sending the reports to the CEO, Risk department and Finance. •Reconciling and reviewing Nostro bank accounts, Custody fees, Rebates and passing Journal entries for clearing outstanding items. •Analysis and monitoring of accounts of subsidiaries and SPV’s and doing consolidation in excel sheets as well as in the system IMAL. •Coding data according to prescribed accounting procedures and reviewing information to ensure accurate reporting. •Handling investment accounts in foreign currencies and monitoring returns on investments. •Maintaining the General Ledger and all related accounts with proper documentation and records of all QInvest transactions. •Passing monthly revaluation entries for Fixed Income Sukuk and sending reports to Finance and Operations confirming the profit or loss for the month. •Processing corporate actions and sending notifications to the front office. •Setting up of New Brokers, SPV and attending meetings with various Brokers and Counterparties. •Training the Operations staff at Qatar and Saudi on the core banking system •Entering daily trades reported by Fund Manager. •Calculating the Daily NAV and sending out various daily reports to management. •Reconciling and confirming month end NAVS against Admin. •Reconciling cash and portfolio positions against the custodian on a daily basis. •Preparing and sending FACT sheets to potential clients •Preparing and executing transfers to pay invoices for various fees •Pass accruals for various Fees for the Funds. Show less



ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

• United Arab Emirates, Dubai

• Senior Banking Officer - Operations, Banc Assurance and Finance

  • May 2008 - Dec 2010

  •Preparing daily MIS, weekly commission reconciliations and MIS, and month end commission reconciliations keeping an account of the commissions received and the receivables for the previous month as per the policies accrued for the previous month. •Also handling the month end activities by preparing the final data for revenue accrual and reporting it to business and finance giving them the revenue figures accrued for the particular month. •Daily checking applications for New Business for different insurance products like Royal Skandia, Zurich Intl, Old mutual etc and approving the application if as per policies of the Insurance Company as well as RBS. •Liaising with RBS external clients e.g. (RSK, OMB, Zurich) for cases in pipeline and for commission receivables. Also liaising with RM’s and Service Heads if any discrepancies in the application sent across to Operations. •Processing of trades received from RM’s (Funds, bonds, equities) checking the trade as per the Banks policies and then approving them in back office system (WMS)as well as front office system (Eops) for the traders to execute the trade in the market. •Chasing Contract notes from various counterparties and do the allotments of the trades as per the Contract Notes received and debit the clients account accordingly. •Checking clear stream for allegements and sending swifts to agents to settle the trade on time. •Also sending swifts to custodians and counterparties via MT 202 in order to settle trades and corporate actions in a timely manner. •Settlement of trades and also IPO’s as per the contract note and also checking Intellimatch (reconciliation tool) if the statement has been received. •Answering all queries from the business and rejecting orders at the time of order processing as per the Banks policies and procedures. •Process Nostro Funding and ensure that all SWIFT messages have been collected and reviewed as per six eye principle. Ensure that all amounts are closed in Intellimatch. Show less



ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Equity Analyst – [Operations & Finance]

  • Jan 2006 - Apr 2008

  •Reconciling and investigating stock and cash both and matching the ledgers and statements accordingly and sending reports to the management. •Regular Exposure to high risk trades in the form of Stock Loans, Free of payment (FOP) and Delivery/ Receipt against payment trades. •Handling equity settlements of trades due to settle in different countries like USA, UK , Scandinavian countries etc and settle the trades in timely manner as per the deadlines in each market. •Doing a pre confirmation on trades as soon as they are booked by the traders. Following for Contract notes for the trades with different counterparties e.g. Morgan Stanley, CSFB etc and confirming the trade details and settlement details of that particular market. •Sending instructions to agents of different markets through swift instructions e.g. MT 540, MT 541, MT 543, MT202 etc. •Handling fails management by chasing failed trades with counterparties and coordinating with traders to get proper details of the trade in order to settle the trade as per the timelines of exchanges in different markets. •Also making macros in Excel which in turn reduced the time for processing the US Baskets. Training: Prior to settlements, supported the BAU for Dividends in London for Abn Amro Bank N.V for six months and was trained and handled the below roles: •Trained on USA and UK and other International markets. •Creating files in Astrid (Dividend Processing System) on Ex-date. •Balancing the files on Record Date, which involves rechecking the dealer’s position, depot positions, stock loans and borrows and inputting any trades open over the record date. •Reconcile and solve any discrepancies on Pay Date relating to position, dividend rate, and tax rate by investigating with the agents and the counterparts. •Solving any discrepancies related to the Cash breaks, Inputting dividend P&L in Fidessa(Front Office System). •Pass manual journals to clear cash if necessary and clear any cash related to the coupon Payments. Show less



JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Analyst [Operations & Finance]

  • Nov 2004 - Jan 2006

  •Working on client Revenue generating system and advising and mapping SPNs in various groups like SPVs etc. •Booking and reconciling intercompany accounts. Recording Collection and Sending Reports to the Management. •Also creating Marcos’s and various other formulas which in turn reduced processing of SPN’s within various time limits. Achievements: •Received Certificate of appreciation for consistently performing with 100% TAT and accuracy rates, completion of projects well before deadline dates for various projects. Show less



E- Funds International Services India Ltd

• Mumbai Area, India

• Team Member

  • Dec 2002 - Nov 2003

  •Worked for a voice based project called “WEST” •Worked for a voice based project called “WEST”