Assistant Manager - Business Analyst
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 11 أشهر
• Monitoring operating costs, performing deep dive financial analytics and identification of strategic cost efficiencies.
• Providing key analytical insights to top management by presenting periodic dashboards consisting of operating performance and cost trends.
• Key stakeholder in the development and overview of annual budgets, ensuring budgets are aligned with the strategic direction of the business and providing monthly updates by tracking performance against budget plan and preparing rolling forecasts.
• Analysing inputs regarding transaction volumes, TAT, error rates, SLA performance, efficiency and productivity, developing a central MIS database to facilitate generation of periodic performance MIS for Group COO and management team.
• Spearheading project for transaction based pricing by developing model, obtaining data on service volumes / key cost drivers from various teams and using a complex model of mapping operating costs, resources, activities, services and internal clients.
• Providing ad-hoc support to Group COO and Head of GBS Finance & Control on various presentations to top management and Group Board.
Responsibilities:
• Prepared and analyzed monthly financial reporting packs consisting of key performance indicators of overall organizational business performance, as well as segmental and sub-segmental profitability.
• Monitored and analyzed causes of unexpected variances in current and past trends of key performance indicators such as NIM’s, RAROC, and Economic Profit including all areas of revenue, cost of funds and operating expenses.
• Analyzed complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes.
• Applied Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) on the bank’s assets and liabilities in line with approved policy.
Responsibilities:
• Performed research on companies, transaction multiples, investors and markets.
• Prepared of sections of Information Memorandum documents, Teasers, Company Valuations.
• Conducted extensive business development functions, including marketing through a high volume of cold call appointment setting, to generate qualified leads.
Responsibilities:
•Managed private investments in Indian Equity Shares, Mutual Funds, Fixed Maturity Plans and Commodities (Gold).
•Handled a discretionary book which involved decision making on scrip selection, timing, nature of trade (short, medium and long) & holding period based on current and expected capital market / macro-economic trends.
•Developed and evaluated trading strategies for short-term & long term equity trades.
•Identified list of equities through diligent analysis which would provide greatest potential for trading opportunities.
•Developed systems based on technical analysis and fundamental analysis in forecasting price movements.
•Dexterously done Risk management involving hedging using options.
•Developed various reports and analysis for investments purposes.
•Monitored performance using purpose made dashboards using MS Excel.
Major Achievements:
•As of Aug. 31, 2012, Year-to-Date Fund Performance of 15.36%, compared to CNX Nifty (Benchmark) performance of 13.71%.
•On a Month-on-Month basis outperformed market around 60% of times since inception.
Responsibilities:
•Conducted detailed research of listed U.A.E companies (including both fundamental and technical analysis), as well as analysis of sectors and regional economic trends.
•Analyzed and evaluated portfolios and mutual funds based on industry standard risk management tools and advised AM team on measures to control risk.
•Monitored portfolios and funds - monitored latest news developments on the underlining positions in the portfolio as well as any possible macro-economic impacts.
•Drafted and presented investment material to the investment committee on weekly and monthly basis.
•Assisted in developing and implementing internal controls to safeguard the assets of the portfolios.
•Maintained performance track record of various investments and advised periodically to the AM team on exceptions from target investment objective.
•Directly reported to Senior Fund Manager and assisted with all AM department related communications and processes.
Major Achievements:
•Created Product Placement Memorandum (PPM) for Daman Fifth Fund, submitted to U.A.E Central Bank and received approval for fund launch.
•Created and Implemented risk management framework, using MS Excel based scorecard approach for all portfolios and mutual funds.
Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI Eli Broad College of Business, Class of 2007 Bachelor of Arts; Finance Major GPA: 3.66; Overall GPA: 3.14 Deans List 2005 Relevant Course Work: Financial Derivatives, Investment Analysis, Business Statistics, International Business and Computer Applications in Financial Modeling.