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Financial Services - Treasury Operations

Financial Services - Treasury Operations

Work Experience

TARGET POSITIONS:
Project management opportunities within financial institutions
Business / Operational Analyst roles
Treasury / Systems implementation projects
Interim Manager – Banking Operations
Business Development Manager
Training and Development, Recruitment


PROFILE:
• Financial Services Operation’s professional with experience in the European and Middle East financial markets.
• Strong ability to plan organize and establish priorities with proven project management skills
• Focused business development skills with a strong Sale and Relationship management background
• Result-driven, motivated, analytical and methodical approach to business
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of trading, matching and clearing processes, regulatory frameworks, traded products FX, index and equity cash and derivatives products.


WORK EXPERIENCE:
Total , Middle East (Dubai based) March 2005 – Jan 2007
Executive Director

Total is a specialized Financial Services Consulting company that offers 3 products, Financial Training, Recruitment and Consulting activities towards financial institutions and banks Total has a presence in Holland and German. My responsibilities where to set up the operations within the Middle East

Management & Business Development
• Full responsibility to setup and manage all activities associated to the start-up and positioning of Total within the United Arab Emirates and other Middle East countries
• Manage the legal, regulatory, and compliance formalities associated to forming a legal entity within the Dubai International Financial Centre free zone (DIFC)
• Locating offices / and manage the IT infrastructure
• Extensive liaison with shareholders and Managing Director whom where based in Holland
• Cash and sales forecasting, budgeting, business plans and management reporting for all activities
• Manage re-branding / website improvements / establishing various advertising mediums
• Hiring of internal staff and managing their personal development and coaching
• Acquisition of clients through presentation selling of the companies’ products and services, extensive liaison with HR , Training and Development managers and other Senior line management through out the Middle East Regions
• Joint Venture negotiated and entered into with – E-learning Provider (CIFT)
• Joint Venture negotiated and entered into with –- Banker Middle East- Leading Publication
Recruitment – Executive Search
• Create and implement the recruitment strategies and controls for the region
• Create the database of candidates
• Negotiate terms of reference with new clients
• Interviewing and short listing Senior candidates and managing all aspects of the recruitment cycle
• Liaison with professional and government bodies to identify future opportunities
• Manage relationships with various advertising mediums
• Training and manage 2 senior consultants and 1 administration resource.
Training
• Conduct detailed on site training needs analysis within the operational areas of the banking and finance sector. Treasury operations, Back office, Settlements ect.
• Create and implement a strategies for the delivery of e-learning for the regions, implementation of client trials, roll outs, localizing content , mapping to LMS and HRS systems
• Extensive liaison with Line managers and trainings / HR managers
• Develop localised training content, and create a website that supported 28 specialised financial training courses through a online learning platform
• Assisting in the creation of various open training courses

Consultancy
• Promote and sell consulting services including: Organisational Visioning, Operational Risk, Organisational Development, Project Management, System Implementation, and Process Reengineering
• Building up business consultancy resources to provide consulting activities for the above services
• Act a lead client consultant negotiating terms of reference / taking overall project responsibilities

Debis AirFinance, Netherlands Aug 2003 - Sept 2004
Treasury Back Office Manager – Independent Consultant

Debis AirFinance was the aircraft leasing / financing and Asset Management arm of the DaimlerChrysler group. Debis Airfinance was the 3rd largest commercial leasining company in the world with over 400 aircraft within the portfolio Debis has now been sold to Cerberus Capital Management and is trading as AerCap

• Preparation of short-term and long term liquidity forecasts including modeling and what if scenarios
• Produce daily cash positions for debis AirFinance and other group entities including AERCO and APG
• Develop and automate the weekly cash forecasting within the treasury system through liaising with various departmental heads, and IT staff.
• Knowledge of leasing and financing (primarily operating leases) for new and used commercial aircraft
• Remit and manage all treasury related payments, this included Swaps/ Interest payments / Loan repayments / Standby fees / Letter of Credits / Agency fees/ Commercial paper/ and other treasury related payments
• Manage all maturing debt within the treasury system ensuring that all treasury deals including short and long term deposits where rolled over and the appropriate notification was given to the third parties involved.
• Enter all new Treasury deals into the system ensuring accruals, amortization, draw down, interest rates and margins were represented correctly
• Confirming outgoing interest rate swap confirmations, and checking inbound derivatives and loans
• Review and manage over 200 bank accounts ensure all authorization mandates where kept current
• Implement automatic sweeping and zero balancing on various bank accounts.
• Manage the banking systems which supporting the treasury activities.
• Develop procedures and financial controls for tracking inter-company loans balances

Barnies Early Education Centre - New Zealand Feb 2003-May 2003
• Write and implementing a business plan for a formation new facility for Barnies Early Education Centers a which included four preschool education centers
• Liaise with legal parties, contractors, builders, and company directors in all aspects of the project

Debis AirFinance, Ireland-Netherlands March 2002-Dec 2002
International Transition Manager – Independent Consultant

Transition Manager responsible for transitioning and relocating the Corporate Finance, Treasury and the Tax and Accounting functions for debis Airfinance Ireland to the Netherlands. My Specific responsibilities where to transition the Treasury Back Office and Project manage the implementation of Richmond Odyssey (a replacement treasury system which supported deal administration, accounting, task management, liquidity forecasting, and debt obligations)

Transition
• Exposure to detail and complex Human Resources issues with the redundancy of 35 staff.
• Takeover full responsibilities and perform all daily functions of 3 Back office operation roles.
• Review and document all policies and procedures within the department.
• Produce a user guide detailing process mapping of various IT systems and daily activities
• Training and transition of the various roles to new recruits back in the Netherlands
• Manage all contracts and legal documents associated to treasury dealings,

Project Manager / System Implementation – (Richmond Odyssey)
• Establish project goals, performance requirements, test plans for the migration of data from the Econintel Treasury System (ETS) into Richmond Odyssey
• Ensure project activities are executed in accordance with the project plan
• Communicate project status and issues to internal management , and drive appropriate
• Manage a schedule of technical issues reported to the software house throughout the project
• Ensure all financial products where represented correctly this included Swaps, LC’s, Deposits, Bonds, Notes, commercial paper, complex loans and shareholder facilities, and various fees
• Calculate and enter amortization schedules for facilities, and debt obligations into Richmond.
• Ensure all Static data is correct within Millennium. Enter holiday schedules, day basis, and day conventions
• Stress and performance testing of new software releases, test system generated reports, interest received and paid, debt maturity, facility usage and availability, WAC reporting, inward confirmations, rate-resetting confirmations, dairy browser, bank account movements, daily cash movements
• Perform parallel system testing and UAT testing.
• Coordinate the new mappings into Sun Accounts, maintain and document the mapping tables, document and perform audits and reconciliation’s on the general ledger

ABN Amro Bank, London Nov 2000-Sep 2001
Equity Rebate and Directed Commission Manager- Interim Consultant
• Identify develop and implement procedures and financial controls to ensure equity rebates and directed commission where recorded, reconciled accurately to the general ledger.
• Work with I.T. staff to develop and create an application to calculate the monthly rebates, produce broker statements, notice of disbursements, automated reconciliation’s back to the trial balance and to RIMS.
• Testing of rebate and directed trades within RIMS, ensuring consistency with Fidessa enhancements
• Co-ordinate and execute all the Internal rebate payment’s for all equity trading that was executed in London.
• Manage and remitted all directed payments for the U.S.A. and Asian and European entities.
• Liaise with external brokers to monitor direct commissions, and to obtain regular statements
• Front office and back office counterparty, nostro and position reconciliations, investigating and clearing breaks on a timely basis
• Clear and reconciles the backlog of equity rebates that existed.
• Liaise with Product Control on commission issues, P&L, posting’s and internal book allocations

Schroder’s Salomon Smith Barney, London - Citigroup May 2000-Nov 2000
Operation’s Analyst - Consultant
• Audit and document the fixed income brokerage functions.
• Development a new authorization and approvals process between the front office traders and accounts payable departments.
• Analyses of the brokerage rates to identify discrepancies, updating of new rates and margins into the brokerage system. Reconciliation’s of all Broker accounts, back to the general ledger, reconcile all bank accounts
• Manage all the payments to brokers and third parties; this included the emerging markets, government, finance, and the Eurobond trading desks.
• Monthly analysis and reporting of all brokerage paid by desk and trader to management
• Liaise with clients regarding historical payments, statements, and current balances.
• Investigations and resolution into trade disputes. Negotiated settlements on aged balances which existed


Tullett & Tokyo Forex International, London Oct 1999-Apr 2000
Operations Analyst - Consultant
• Liaised between the various banks brokers and clients to effect settlement of historical trading
• Investigation and resolution of trade and brokerage disputes
• Reconciliation of all Futures and Options Trading Accounts, from GMI, Rolfe and Nolan, to general ledger.
• Collection of the out standing brokerage, to enable the business to “shut its books”.
• Management of all documents and files associated to the historical trading of the Futures floor; coordinate information and relevant documents with external auditors.
• Responsible for the allocation and journal postings for incoming receipts, daily reconciliations of incoming foreign currencies, calculation of a daily FX currency deal

Short-Term Interim Assignments – United Kingdom

Emap Business Communications, London Apr 1996-Oct 1996
Credit Controller (Middle East Economic Diary)

Lloyds Bank- London Dec 1995-Apr 1996
Share Administrator

Carter Holt Harvey Packaging Ltd. New Zealand Jan 1997-Apr 1999
Senior Relationship Manager Nov 1993-Apr 1995
• Key account and Sales management, Budgeted sales in excess of 4 Million $NZD.
• Relationship management plans implemented for key accounts and decision-makers
• Target and obtained Preferred Supplier rating with Lever Rexona and other key Accounts
• Implement retention and acquisition strategies for new and existing business
• Implement marketing plans and strategic selling plans
• Write and negotiating supply and partnership proposals for new and existing business
• Conduct detailed Packaging audits. Identify opportunities to remove cost through the maximization of packaging design, logistical activities, and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Chairing multilevel Supplier and Client forums e.g. Technical Reviews, Quality, Logistics’ Supply, Production and Planning, Forecasting and New Business Development.
• Setting of regional sales budgets, sales analysis between budgeted to actual, volume, price

Carter Holt Harvey Packaging Ltd. New Zealand Jan 1995- Nov 1993
Customer Services Representative






Education

Professional Training
D.P.S Dimensions of Professional Selling. Sales Planning, Negotiation Process, Communication Dynamics, Presentation Selling, Customer Needs, Skills Training for Effective & Professional, Sales and Marketing. Debt Risk Management, Pricing Strategies, Pricing Calculations, Cost & Price influences, Portfolio Profitably.

David Forman & Associates Customer Relations /Sales Development /Advance Sales and Negotiation.


Skills

Product Knowledge
Loans, Commercial Paper, Interest Rate Swaps, Currency Swaps, Letters of Credit, Standby fees, Guarantee’s, Deposits, Bonds, Futures, Shares, Forex deals, Interest Rate Options.
Information System’s

Microsoft Application’s Word Excel Access Outlook PowerPoint
System Application’s ACR TB, SC,
ACR Status
RIMS Intellimatch
Intellitracs DOGS SUN Accounts ETS Richmond Millennium
Odyssey
Banking System’s RABO Citibank AIB


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