Ethan Phua
Commercial Controller at Golden Agri-Resources (GAR)- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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ACCA [Completed all exams]
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CFA Charter Holder
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CPA Singapore Provisional Member
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FRM
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Experience
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Golden Agri-Resources (GAR)
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Singapore
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Commercial Controller
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Apr 2016 - Present
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Senior Manager, Trade Control
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Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
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Credit Suisse
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Switzerland
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President, Structured Trade Reviews & Price Testing Specalisation (Product Control)
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Oct 2007 - Apr 2015
Price Testing Specialization: Since Jan ‘11 [Current] •Pioneered the deployment of Vol & Forward price testing into a specialization team •Initial deployment with team size of 3 people in Singapore •Lead team in price testing performance, results evaluation and process improvements •Scope in 2012 involves centralizing more price testing work and deployment of work to our India team (Pune) Structured Trade Review: Since Feb ‘08 [Current] •Pioneered the setup of the product control trade review team in early 2008 & subsequently moved onto a centralized trade review team with focus on Equities Derivatives •Profile increased in 2010 with additional oversight responsibility for Fund Linked Products & Strategic Transaction Group trade reviews •Managing a team of 6 people locally and provide remote supervision for 15 people in India •Technical work-scope involves review of trade bookings, structure and valuation techniques •Valuation exposure includes spreadsheet formulation, Black Scholes & Monte Carlo simulation Line Product Controller: Duration 4 months •Controller for 2 equity flow books (vanilla options, vanilla futures) •Daily P&L reconciliation •Monitoring of product life cycle
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General Electric Company
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Various
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Associate 1
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Jul 2005 - Oct 2007
Employed under the Corporate Audit Staff (CAS) and Financial Management (FMP) Program Associate 1 (Corporate Audit Staff) Audit Site: GE Money Japan; Tokyo -Project based work involving the financial statement preparation for the sale of the business. Audit Site: Investigation Project; USA (Princeton) & France (Buc, Belfort) -Company Confidential Investigation Project (GE Healthcare, Energy, Oil & Gas) Management Trainee (Financial Management Program) Role: Internal Audit; GE Energy Environmental Services; USA (Missouri) -Audited internal controls of GE Environmental Services business Role: Marketing Finance Analyst; GE Money Japan; Tokyo & Osaka -Completed a Lifetime RACV project aimed at understanding business profitability Role: FP&A Analyst; GE Energy Installation & Field Services; Singapore -Created standardised template that helped reduced process man-hrs by ~80% Role: Operational Controllership Analyst; GE Plastics SEA; Singapore -Led & coordinated various reviews (Balance Sheet, Operations, Inventory Management etc)
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Pricing Analyst
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Apr 2004 - Jul 2005
-Conducted financial analysis for deals and specialised in IBM’s Software brand’s pricing -Received Thumbs Up award for outstanding achievement in Client Satisfaction for 3Q 2004 -Received Excellence in Support Award for FY 2004 -Conducted financial analysis for deals and specialised in IBM’s Software brand’s pricing -Received Thumbs Up award for outstanding achievement in Client Satisfaction for 3Q 2004 -Received Excellence in Support Award for FY 2004
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Maritime Research Centre, NTU
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Singapore
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Project Officer
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Dec 2003 - Apr 2004
Research based work on the developments of the maritime industry Research based work on the developments of the maritime industry
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Education
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University of Chicago
Master in Financial Mathematics, Financial Mathematics -
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering