Muhammad Saqib Ali
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Experience
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OneAston by CBTW
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Singapore
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Business Analyst
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May 2022 - Present
Projects: Implementing General Ledger (GL) and Profit/Loss (PL) in T24 System for Britannia Bank, US. Involved in migrating financial data from legacy system to T24. • Activities followed in implementing the projects: Perform business analysis following Agile methodology for Treasury, Capital Markets, finance, Payments & operations area. Prepare system presentations and provide trainings to stakeholders relating to above mentioned areas. Participate in sprint planning and provide clarification regarding the product features to the team. Document Business Requirement Document (BRD)/user stories in Jira including the required validation requirements and link it to epics / releases. Develop acceptance criteria along with the product owner for accurate development of the product feature. Perform Gap Analysis and separately document requirements, which are not available in Model Bank. Manage system configuration and update system parameters/tables before SIT & UAT. Perform migration of data activity from legacy system to new system. Prepare mapping document for migration of data and obtain sign off from relevant stakeholders. Support migration team in extracting data from legacy system and convert it into a format suitable for uploaded in new system. Prepare business process flows of the current procedure and future process flows, which need to be followed post Go live date. Produce process models and workflows including the process flow diagrams. Suggest workable technical & business solutions for business requirement in coordination with system developer. Develop functional specification document (FSD) / system documentation for the implementation of business process changes, data analysis and creation of reports. Resolve defects raised during SIT & UAT for the submitted requirements and maintain a log of defects in Jira. Assist Business teams after Go live date for all products implemented. Show less
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CGI
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Consultant - Business System Analyst
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Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
• Activities followed in implementing the projects: Perform business analysis following Agile methodology of finance, operations & Compliance area. Manage product backlog and define Minimum Viable Product (MVP) along with Product Owner. Participate in sprint planning and provide clarification regarding the product features to the team. Document user stories in Jira including the required validation requirements and link it to epics / releases. Develop acceptance criteria along with the product owner for accurate development of the product feature. Manage system configuration and update system parameters/tables before UAT. Involved in complete migration of data activity from legacy system to new system. Prepare mapping document for migration of data and obtain sign off from relevant stakeholders. Extract data from legacy system and convert it into a format suitable for uploaded in new system. Validate data on a sample basis once uploaded in new system. Prepare business process flows of the current procedure and future process flows, which need to be followed post Go live date. Produce process models and workflows including the process flow diagrams. Suggest workable technical & business solutions for business requirement in coordination with system developer. Develop/update Operating Level Agreement (OLA) and obtain sign of from relevant stakeholders. Develop functional specification document (FSD) / system documentation for the implementation of business process changes, data analysis and creation of reports. Supervise User Acceptance Test (UAT) for the submitted user stories and provide sign-off for the UAT before Go live date. Assist Business teams after Go live date for all products implemented. • Trainings & Development; • Attended Agile Project Management Bootcamp by Barb Waters MBA PMP. • Attended four day Safe Agile Product Owner / Product Manager Training program organized by CGI. Show less
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Al Hilal Official
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United Arab Emirates
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Sep 2013 - Jul 2019
• Major Projects / Accomplishments from Apr 2008 till Jul 2019 i. Upgraded T24 from R8 to R13 was successfully implemented following the complete end to end system automation process including writing user stories in Jira, sprint planning, conducting UAT and post go live support. Covering all products related to Corporate (including bilateral, syndication & trade products), Treasury & Capital Market.ii. “Mutual Fund” system was successfully implemented for handling administration & custody function of banks In-house Fixed Income (Bonds), Equities & Balanced Mutual Funds. iii. End to end process automation of Wealth Management products in T24 system covering structured products and discretionary portfolios.iv. Implemented “Payment Safe” system, which is a middleware between T24, Oracle and Swift system, to make Straight Through Processing (STP) of payment messages / wire transfers.v. Implemented Oracle (ERP) system for the bank GL & expense Module, covering from concept to completion including writing user stories in Jira, sprint planning, assist in conducting UAT and post go live support.vi. Build an interface between Oracle & Payment Safe system for STP account payable payments.vii. Complete end to end process automation was achieved in Temenos T24 system for Corporate (including bilateral, syndication & trade products), Treasury & Capital Market products, SWIFT transfers and accounting in line with IFRS guidelines. viii. Implemented Axe Credit Portal (ACP) for Corporate & Treasury limit monitoring. ix. Interfaces of Reuters & Bloomberg were effectively created with Treasury system to make Straight Through Processing (STP) of deal booking process.x. Conducted an extensive exercise to review the whole bank user access in collaboration with Promontory Consultancy for the overall bank fraud risk assessment project. Show less
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Apr 2008 - Aug 2013
• Activities followed in implementing the ten (10) projects from Apr 2008 till Jul 2019: Perform business analysis following the Agile methodology of Corporate, Treasury & Wealth Management services including their products for operations, capital markets, derivative, risk management, SWIFT transfers, and accounting in line with IFRS guidelines. Successfully completed end to end system developments and coordinate with the stakeholders of varying technical ability and subject matter expertise. Manage the product backlog and define Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Corporate, Treasury & Wealth Management. Participate in sprint planning for the above project. Prepare user stories / business requirement in Jira for developing Corporate, Treasury & Wealth Management products in T24 system, ACP system, Mutual Fund system and Fund Administration in Investor Services System (ISS). Suggest workable technical & business solutions for business requirement in coordination with system developer. Develop functional specification document (FSD) for the implementation of business process changes, data analysis and creation of reports. Prepare business process flows of the current procedure and future process flows, which need to be followed post Go live date. Produce process models and workflows including the process flow diagrams. Perform User Acceptance Test (UAT) for Corporate, Treasury, Wealth Management, Capital Market & Mutual Fund system developments and provide sign-off for the UAT before Go live date. Assist Business teams after Go live date for all Corporate, Treasury, Wealth Management, Capital Market & Mutual Fund system developments. Show less
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FGB
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United Arab Emirates
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager - Treasury
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Nov 2005 - Apr 2008
o Assisted Chief Investment Officer (CIO) in managing Fixed Income (including Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac MBS securities) & Interest Rate Swap Portfolio. o Manages cash flow forecasting including funding position in various currency. o Manages the daily cash management of all the Nostro accounts of the Bank. o Manage bank Net Open Position (NOP) in all currencies and hedges the corporate FX exposure in interbank. o Review the valuation of Capital Market, Foreign Exchange & Derivative products. o Manage relationship with counterparty banks / financial institutions to ensure better liquidity sources. o Develop comprehensive formats for Treasury Desk Wise P&L including the Fund Transfer Pricing (FTP) and budget monitoring. o Supervised the preparation of market & operational risk related reports of Treasury like Scenario Analysis, Stop Loss, Off Market Rate, Key Risk Indicators monitoring & e.t.c. o Involved in development of comprehensive Treasury Front Office Key Risk Indicators (KRI’s) and develop a proper system to monitor these KRI’s on a regular interval. o Took care of the reconciliation of Local & Int’l Equities, Bonds and Margin Trading. Show less
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State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Officer - Treasury Operations
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Sep 2001 - Oct 2005
• Lead business member of the team which establishes the Treasury Back Office in the Bank • Execution of Foreign Currency (FX) and Money Market (MM) transaction. • Generation of Investment MIS along with compliance of In-house reserve management and outsourced reserve management for the Investment Committee of the Bank. • Monitoring & reporting of counterparty limits to Investment Committee of the Bank. • Analysis of Financial Statements of local Banks / DFI’s in which SBP has Equity investment on semi-annual & annual basis. • Booking the Treasury transactions and posting the respective accounting entries in the system. • Verification of profit & Loss impact of breech, submission of claim to Portfolio Managers pertaining to breech. • Reconciliation of valuation report of Fund Managers with Custodian reports relating to outsourced fund management. • Coordination with Fund custodian regarding issues of Taxation on Investments held outside Pakistan. Show less
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ADT
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United States
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Consumer Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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Jan 2001 - Sep 2001
• Maintaining relationship with ADT dealers. • Establishment & maintaining the security equipment pricing mechanism. • Providing and managing security equipment supplies to ADT dealers. • Raising invoices for the security equipment supplied to ADT dealers. • Booking & posting accounting entries for the department transactions. • Reconciliation of security equipment stock on a weekly basis. • Maintaining relationship with ADT dealers. • Establishment & maintaining the security equipment pricing mechanism. • Providing and managing security equipment supplies to ADT dealers. • Raising invoices for the security equipment supplied to ADT dealers. • Booking & posting accounting entries for the department transactions. • Reconciliation of security equipment stock on a weekly basis.
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Forex Trader
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Jan 2001 - May 2001
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Education
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CFA Institute, Virginia, USA
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Level II -
Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI), UK
Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) -
Hamdard University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance -
Karachi University
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance