Experience

Sabbatical & Travel

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Self funded career break

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Following redundancy from HSBC after successfully migrating back office processes offshore I took a career break and spent time travelling - Philippines, India and the UK. Also have taught myself photography, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Following redundancy from HSBC after successfully migrating back office processes offshore I took a career break and spent time travelling - Philippines, India and the UK. Also have taught myself photography, Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.



HSBC

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst

  • Jun 2007 - Oct 2015

  -FXO SME and supervisor for team of four responsible for FXO OTC, structured confirmation drafting and bespoke structured confirmation generation. -Interpretive knowledge of the 1998 FX and Currency Option, 2006 ISDA Interest Rate and Currency Derivative, 2005 ISDA Commodity Derivative definitions and 2002 ISDA Definitions -Timely investigation, escalation and resolution of booking discrepancies and FXO customer queries. -Supporting the Thunderhead confirmation template development team for automation of structured template / booking logic interpretation. -Barrier Monitoring, trigger report -Chasing outstanding client FXO, PMO and Energy confirmations. -Agreeing energy fixing prices and preparing client monthly energy settlement notifications. -Passing internal settlement entries for bullion derivatives. -Regulatory reporting: Monthly Dodd Frank (FED) reporting, Daily Bank of Israel FXO trade reporting. Compiling and reporting daily department management stats -Implementation of process migration to Kuala Lumpur - preparing training plans, tests and offshore team development. -Monthly senior management reporting for FXO -One month spent in Kuala Lumpur office providing training for FX Options team and ongoing point of contact for offshore staff queries and development. -Initial role whilst contracting for Joselyn Rowe was the supervision of four staff for trade affir- mation and the chasing of outstanding unconfirmed FX option confirmations. Departments were subsequently merged to better support the FXO trade capture and the outgoing FXO confirmation team. The affirmation and confirmation chasing process migrated offshore with onshore oversight and support. -Managing and updating procedures.



Self-Funded Sabbatical

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sabbatical Leave

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2007

  Extensively toured Peru for one month with Gap Adventures and self drive tour of Southern Texas (US) Extensively toured Peru for one month with Gap Adventures and self drive tour of Southern Texas (US)



Citi

• Mexico
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• FX Option Confirmations & Revaluations

  • Feb 1994 - Mar 2007

  Generation of FX OTC Option confirmations Managing and updating procedures FX Option confirmation template management Drafting of structured FX option confirmations (such as baskets, convertible forwards, correlation swaps, target redemptions and non deliverables) from trade bookings and term agreements. Maintaining effective relationships with front office global traders, clients, legal, middle office, compliance, operations departments and IT support. Prime Brokerage confirming Trade discrepancy investigations, resolution and audit logging Compiling, reporting and sending of client FX and FX Option Mark to Market revaluations Corporate FX Option premium net/gross verbal pre settlement and passing of settlement instructions. FX NDF Confirmation generation, matching and template management. Closely assisting in the development of the FX Option confirmations project, from system structure through to testing and implementation. Weekly senior management reporting. FX & Money Market Confirmations Investigations supervisor October 1994-October 1999 Supervising team of 4 in the resolution of FX and money market confirmation discrepancies Audit logging of cases. Corporate FX pre settlement phone confirming. FX/MM Confirmations February 1994 – September 1994 Responsibilities: Matching of all FX & Money Market confirmations for interbank, interbranch, corporate and broker received through FX Swift, fax, telex and post.



Begbie Norton and Partners

• Insolvency Cashier

  • Mar 1991 - Feb 2004

  Bookkeeping and reconciliations for 300 cases covering Receiverships, Liquidations (Voluntary and Compulsory), Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Bankruptcies Preparing and submitting (S.192) returns to the Insolvency Service at the Bank of England VAT returns and Bank of England reconciliations Achievements: Computerized the manual cash books by implementing Sun Accounts. Bookkeeping and reconciliations for 300 cases covering Receiverships, Liquidations (Voluntary and Compulsory), Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Bankruptcies Preparing and submitting (S.192) returns to the Insolvency Service at the Bank of England VAT returns and Bank of England reconciliations Achievements: Computerized the manual cash books by implementing Sun Accounts.



Simon Horizon Limited (Seismic Surveyors)

• Purchase Ledger Clerk

  • Feb 1988 - Apr 1990

  Coding, batching and imputing of purchase invoices. Account reconciliation Cash book management for four land and two marine crews Ensuring all invoices are approved for payment, running of computer cheque runs Asset management and monthly calculation reporting of asset value Petty cash Coding, batching and imputing of purchase invoices. Account reconciliation Cash book management for four land and two marine crews Ensuring all invoices are approved for payment, running of computer cheque runs Asset management and monthly calculation reporting of asset value Petty cash



Snow Group PLC

• Sales Ledger / Credit Control Clerk

  • Feb 1988 - Apr 1990

  Generation of invoices, computer data entry of sales invoices, manual Sales Day book reconciliation and debt recovery for aged debtors. Generation of invoices, computer data entry of sales invoices, manual Sales Day book reconciliation and debt recovery for aged debtors.



Midland Bank

• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Clerk

  • Sep 1987 - Feb 1988

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