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Majed Akilan, Digital Transformation & MIS Manager

Majed Akilan

Digital Transformation & MIS Manager·Finance House

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 10 months

Digital Transformation & MIS Manager

April 2018 - Present

Finance House

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

April 2018 - Present

Transform banking services for Finance House Corporate customers, from branch to on-cloud mobile application, that resulted in enhancing products offering, improve operations efficiency by 80%, and increase customer retention by 15% for first year

Saved 5, 000 hours annually for Operations working on manual activities including verification and data validation, equivalent to $1M in personnel cost, as a result of process automation

Achieved data governance for Corporate Banking by establishing new on-cloud data warehouse using Microsoft Azure PaaS & IaaS microservices

Perform bi-weekly rolling forecast for Corporate Banking financial performance and prepare loans pipeline in collaboration with RMs and business leadership

Provide insightful and quality monthly performance analysis for Corporate Banking with detailed commentaries justifying variances against budget and highlighting top-10 loans utilization and settlement

Conduct performance evaluation for Corporate Banking RMs, across six branches in UAE, and prepare KPIs report for Chairman and CEO

Develop actionable financial and statistical dashboards and compare industry benchmarks to Corporate Banking results. Identify root causes and key drivers for trends, risk pockets, portfolio quality and variances using Microsoft PowerBI

Lead Corporate Banking annual budgeting process including seasonality growth, historical trend analysis, run-off prediction, customer acquisition strategy, and funded/unfunded credit facilities

Work alongside internal & external auditors, and act as first point of contact to resolve outstanding points and deliver data extracts

Prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Standard Term Procedure (STP) draft documentations for Policies & Procedure function after conducting workshops with involved stakeholders in Corporate Banking

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Banking

MIS Assistant Manager

September 2014 - April 2018

Al Khaliji France S.A. Bank

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

September 2014 - April 2018

Automated Central Bank reporting requirements ‘BRF’ which consist of a package of 50+ reports, and had full ownership for preparing and delivering Central Bank Package on monthly basis

Led Finance function workforce efforts in implementing a new core banking system ‘Temenos T24’. Completed data migration, accounts configuration, and chart-of-accounts setup across all departments

Provided insightful and quality monthly performance analysis for the CFO covering consolidated and segmented financial results

Built and maintain all MI financial reports and dashboards for Finance, business lines & CEO

Monitor and evaluate the actual performance versus budget variance analysis and highlight key insights

Managed detailed expense analysis and supported review’s function heads to identify cost control areas & implement appropriate cost control measures

Improved financial control, analysis accuracy, and performance storytelling as a result of digital enablement & process automation

Supported the CFO in preparing annual business plan presentation for BODs as advised

Maintained the General Ledger, Lines and Category in T24 chart-of-accounts

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

MIS Analyst - Finance Dept.

July 2010 - September 2014

ARAB BANK

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2010 - September 2014

Enhanced and maintained Arab Bank UAE first centralized MIS division in the financial control department using SQL, Oracle suite, AS400, DB2, ODBC, Hyperion & MS office suite

Automated 300+ reports for financial control, business lines, support units & central bank, and boosted reporting productivity by 80% in first year

Performed scenario analysis, set assumptions, develop reports and provide recommendations to the financial controller

Provided ALCO on monthly basis with "Monthly Performance Review Report" and prepared liquidity engineering for treasury middle office

Produced queries and prepared financial data & metrics to analyze Arab Bank's Retail and Corporate banking portfolios, worth $500 Million and $1.1 Billion respectively

Reviewed and analyzed budgeting process and advice financial controller of any changes, deviations, variances and updates

Performed Ad hoc complex reporting requirements for business leaders and head office. Extracted and analyzed historical data to identify trends and business patterns for the annual budgeting process

Prepared MIS training materials and volunteered to train new MIS officers

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Banking

PC Support Analysis

February 2008 - July 2010

NBAD

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2008 - July 2010

 Setup new computers, printers, scanners and telephone in new branches
 Configure the computer on the network and server
 Managing and maintaining Desktop Operating system remotely
 Installing Microsoft Windows Programs
 Configure the printers on the printing server through IP address

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

System Developer

May 2007 - October 2007

Compass Me

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

May 2007 - October 2007

Developer a Financial Accounting system screens.
Maintaining the system.
train the users.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

SBS Swiss Business School

April 2018

April 2018

Master's degree, MBA

United Arab Emirates

JUST

January 2007

January 2007

Bachelor's degree, Computer Information System & Computer Since

Jordan

✓ Bachelor of Computer Information System, JUST (Jordan University for Science and Technology - in JORDAN. 2007 o Graduation Project: Home Control System * Controlling the Lighting System * Alarm System for Internal and external interrupting. * Creating Circuits and developing software and interfaces using C#.

Al-Ameer Secondary School

January 2002

January 2002

High school or equivalent, Scince

United Arab Emirates

✓ General Secondary School Certificate (Science Stream), Al-Ameer Secondary School, UAQ, U.A.E, 2002.
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Skills

AS400
Expert
AS400
Expert
Brio
Expert
Brio
Expert
Brio Query
Expert
Brio Query
Expert
MIS Reporting
Expert
MIS Reporting
Expert
SQL
Expert
SQL
Expert
ACCOUNTABLE FOR
Beginner
ACCOUNTABLE FOR
Beginner
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Beginner
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Beginner
AS400
Expert
AS400
Expert
ASCP
Beginner
ASCP
Beginner
AUDIT
Beginner
AUDIT
Beginner
BALANCE SHEET
Expert
BALANCE SHEET
Expert
BANKING
Expert
BANKING
Expert
BASIS
Beginner
BASIS
Beginner
BRIO
Expert
BRIO
Expert
BUDGET
Expert
BUDGET
Expert
Brio
Expert
Brio
Expert
Brio Query
Expert
Brio Query
Expert
MIS Reporting
Expert
MIS Reporting
Expert
SQL
Expert
SQL
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Native Speaker

English

Expert

Hobbies and interests

Football