Irene Kay Branzuela, Banking Manager

Irene Kay Branzuela

Banking Manager

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
10 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 2 Months

Banking Manager at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since December 2019

• Performed all transaction instructions, including corporate banking business, remittance, loan, and trade finance
• Successfully monitored the cash daily balance for ICBC
• Verified KYC documentation and customer’s information for account opening and record keeping
• Produced a monthly relevant reports to the Head of Banking Department and QFC regulators
• Ensured correct monthly bank statements are sent out to bank clients
• Maintained the back-office registers and trade services registers on a daily basis.
Achievement:
• Enhanced monitoring template of reconciliation of bank accounts with customers

Accounting Specialist at MUFG Bank, Ltd
  • Philippines
  • March 2018 to May 2019

Proficient in booking of accounting transactions,
reconciliation of petty cash vouchers, transfer pricing,
depreciation of bank assets, calculation of tax withheld and
generation of reports
* Verify expense invoices against the supporting documents
for accurate processing of payment and timely
disbursements and adherence to internal controls and
policies
* Ensured Monthly Balance Sheet and suspense account
schedules are fully Reconciled, substantiated and certified
(SOX compliance)
* Spearheaded update of procedure manuals and maintenance
of filing and archiving of documents as well as customer
record file in the system
Achievements:
* Enhanced prepayment and cash-daily balance report
* Developed monthly Expense Report Monitoring for monthly
monitoring of vendor payments and for (GSOC) Management
used in m-o-m budget analysis

Senior Analyst at Deutsche Bank
  • Philippines
  • September 2016 to February 2017

Performed quarterly calculation on US billing clients
* Produce error-free client on boarding and client update
* Provided monthly update of Client Market Values from
Statestreet to Revenue Manager
* Produced monthly population audit and reconciliation
Achievement:
* Achieved timely quarterly release of invoices

Senior Finance Analyst at Deutsche Bank
  • Philippines
  • September 2013 to August 2016

• Point of contact for APAC for cost and accrual bookings
• Accurate monthly booking of cost and accrual in SAP
• Produced monthly reconciliation of sundry expenses
• Maintained evidence of controls performed via checklist and other supporting documentation
• Conducted Post Month End Analytical Report and Month on Month analysis.
• Coordinated and escalated outstanding issues to stakeholders and support teams as needed
Achievements:
• Initiated Standardization of Japan Reversal - 2015 resulted to stronger controls and elimination of FX impact
• Completed process improvements for automation of APAC accrual reversal which reduced processing time of 1-2 days.
• Successfully supervised training for on-shore submitters and work-force sharing team on Cost Booking processes.
• Presented as speaker representative for workshop sessions for Cost Booking Process.
• Spearheaded CSR fundraising activities and learning and development sessions

Finance Analyst at Deutsche bank via John Clements Consultancy
  • Philippines
  • January 2013 to August 2013

PO Clean Up & Balance Sheet Clean Up Project

Associates
  • June 2011 to October 2011

Graduate Induction Program -

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA)
  • January 2012

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Specialties & Skills

Finance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Accounting
BALANCE
LEADERSHIP
PROCESS ENGINEERING
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
DOCUMENTATION
FINANCE
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
ACCRUALS
AUTOMATION

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert

Memberships

Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Associate
  • July 2019

Training and Certifications

Advance Excel (Training)
Training Institute:
PICPA Doha
Date Attended:
October 2019
Duration:
6 hours
ACAMS : Enhanced AML and Financial Crime tools & Techniques - 2019 (Training)
Training Institute:
Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
8 hours
Basic Arabic Course (Training)
Training Institute:
BinZaid Qatar
Date Attended:
September 2019
Duration:
160 hours

Hobbies

  • Cooking
    Every December, I would organize a food drive activity by cooking meals to be donated for the less fortunate. I have influenced some of my friends to do it as well. Right now, most in my circle do it. One thing to prove that every act of kindness can be a ripple to the world.
  • Traveling
    I was able to visit places in Asia and write about them in my blog. My blog is about traveling to Japan in a budget. The blog became a huge hit in 2016 gaining some traffic.