Shehzad Chottani, HR and Compliance Professional

Shehzad Chottani

HR and Compliance Professional

Confidential

Location
United States - Texas - Houston
Education
Diploma, IELTS - English
Experience
27 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 9 Months

HR and Compliance Professional at Confidential
  • United States
  • My current job since March 2015
Area Coordinator, Branch Network at Meezan Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2014 to January 2015

Assisting Area Manager, Clifton Area in day-to-day business of the branches under his jurisdiction (7 branches).

Following activities are being carried out:

-Compilation of daily deposit figures of the seven branches and forwarded to Regional management.
-Compilation of responses from branches for State Bank/ NAB/ FIA, FBR, ANF on searches and forward the same to Head Office Compliance.
-Review the Account Opening forms and relevant documents for its completeness and forward the same to Region for approval.
-Update HR Data, which includes employees’ information and organogram for the Clifton Area, for Area Manager ready reference.
-Forward cases related to hiring, promotions, and resignations of Clifton Area branches to Region and Human Resource for further processing.
-Review monthly attendance of the branches and regularize data on HRMS for completeness.

Compliance Manager at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2011 to October 2014

- Daily monitoring of Cash Credit Transaction for potential Money Laundering by Customers and prepare monthly report for review of Manager Compliance and CEO for approval.
- Daily monitoring of Money Laundering alerts from Group and arrange comments from relevant branch relationship managers to Group.
- Prepare and submit reports to State Bank/ NAB etc on searches as and when required.
- Prepare and submit Regional Compliance Returns as and when required.
- Analysis of Daily Large Transaction Reports and provide report to MLRO.
- Review and analyze KYC profile of Customer as and when required.
- Prepare weekly Cash Transaction Report (CTR) and submit to FMU department.
- Provide support to MLRO for preparing Suspicious Transaction Report (STR), as and when occur, for submitting to FMU department.

Group HR Systems, MIS and Projects Manager at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
  • Pakistan
  • January 2008 to October 2011

Supervising the section of Group Human Resource System. The following activities are being carried out:

- Act as a contact person to the Region to support them with the implementation of new modules and upgrade the GHRS and Payroll
- Ensure GHRS is updated accurately as per the Group Standards and readily available.
- Ensure the employee data is uploaded on GHRS in consultation with Multi Regional Support team.
- Prepare MIS and provide analysis to Head of HR, as and when required.
- HR Audit and Compliance
- Handling Performance Management System
- HR Projects (Currently working on Leave Management Application System)
- Run the data integrity report every month and ensure that there is zero percent error in the data.

Group HR Systems Manager at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
  • Pakistan
  • February 2008 to May 2008

Additional Assignment:

Recruitment of Sales Staff through 3rd party contract agency. The following activities were carried out:

- Screening the resumes and taking the interviews for suitable candidates.
- Providing feedback to Business Function for the suitability of the candidates.
- Inform 3rd party contract agency to hire ensuring all employment formalities are done.
- Act as a contact person between HR and Business Function in case of any queries regarding the recruitment of sales staff.
- Ensure that 3rd party contract agency pay salaries to sales staff on the specified date agreed with HSBC.

Assistant Manager Rewards and HR Operations at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2007 to December 2007

Supervising the Section of Rewards and HR Operations which includes Staff Payroll Administration, Compensation and Benefits Administration, Salary Surveys, HRMS (PeopleSoft) and HR Operations.

Rewards:
- Staff Payroll (Permanent and 3rd Party Contract)
- Annual Increments
- Performance Bonus Payments
- Annual Operating Plan costing and analysis
- Salary Survey data collection and analysis
- Promotions
- Staff Confirmations
- Employee Performance Management System
- Final Settlements

HR Operations:
- Attendance Records
- Staff Personnel Files and Records
- Leaves
- Retirment Benefits (PF&GF)
- Issuance of Experience Letters
- Handling of staff queries
- Verifications

HRMS:
- Group Human Resource System (PeopleSoft)
- Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly and Yearly returns to State Bank of Pakistan, Group, Finance etc.

Senior Officer Compensation and Benefits Admin. at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2006 to June 2007

Assisting Manager Human Resources in all matters relating to Compensation and Benefits Administration. Which includes the following but not limited to:

- Updating staff records, and personnel files.
- Ensure timely and accurate payments relating to Salary and Allowances of all staff.
- Calculation and payment of Final Settlements on a timely manner.
- By Liaising with Managers of each department prepare staff’s confirmation letter on a timely manner.
- Advising staff on various policies of the Bank.
- Monitoring Leaves, Attendance and Overtime and compiling all the returns relating to leave and overtime.
- Maintain and monitor the Provident Fund and Gratuity Fund accounts and records, by liaising with the fund trustees and making the necessary provisions.
- Ensure proper and timely response to all internal and external correspondence and preparation of letters.
- Liaise with Managers of each department to calculate the increments of the staff according to their ratings and prepare letters accordingly.
- Responsible for processing of Performance and Ramzan Bonus each year.
- Responsible for processing permanent and contractual staff payroll every month.
- Responsible for updating information of staff on Group Human Resource System i.e. PeopleSoft, which includes hiring, promotion, increment, termination etc.
- Responsible for preparing monthly, quarterly, half yearly and yearly returns required by Group, SBP, Finance etc.
- Responsible for coordinating staff share base scheme provided by the Group.

Senior Officer Human Resources at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Pakistan
  • Pakistan
  • November 2005 to June 2006

Promoted to this position in November 2005.

Staff Officer, Human Resources at HSBC
  • Pakistan
  • April 2005 to October 2005

Responsible for handling all matters relating to HR administration in a professional and efficient manner.

- Updating staff records, vacancy lists and personnel files.
- Ensure timely and accurate payments relating to Salary and Allowances of all staff.
- Calculation and payment of Final Settlements on a timely manner.
- By Liaising with Managers of each department prepare staff’s confirmation letter on a timely manner.
- Advising staff on various policies of the Bank.
- Assist the Manager Human Resources in recruitment and selection of staff.
- Monitoring Leave, Attendance and Overtime and compiling all the returns relating to leave and overtime.
- Maintain and monitor the Provident Fund and Gratuity Fund accounts and records, by liaising with the fund trustees and making the necessary provisions.
- Ensure proper and timely response to all internal and external correspondence and preparation of letters.
- Liaise with Managers of each department to calculate the increments of the staff according to their ratings and prepare letters accordingly.
- Assist Manager HR in ensuring that the Group Safety procedures are followed.
- Updating all records of incoming and outgoing executives to report to Hong Kong Office.

Senior Personnel Assistant at Aga Khan University
  • Pakistan
  • July 2003 to April 2005

Responsible for providing functional support to Manager, Staff Compensation and to Personnel Officer for the following compensation activities:

- Actively participate in the Annual Performance Appraisal and Salary Increase Program for sending and reviewing appraisal forms and preparing and issuing the salary increase letters.
- Reviewing, analyzing and processing recommendations for staff promotion, reclassification and salary adjustment for assigned areas.
- Reviewing and processing special payments which include incentive payments, allowances and other payments.
- Maintaining records, statistics for assigned responsibilities, keep them updated, ensuring easy access and retrieval.

Personnel Assistant at Aga Khan University
  • Pakistan
  • October 1999 to June 2003

Responsible for providing functional support to Assistant Manager, Faculty Compensation and to Personnel Officer for the following compensation activities:

- Actively involved in timely processing for faculty salary administration which includes reviewing and processing of recommendations for promotions, salary adjustments, and year end revenue accounting etc.
- Participate actively in the Annual Salary Increase program for faculty, fellows, and residents for preparing and issuing letters.
- Reviewing, analyzing and processing long service incentive pay, year coordinator allowance and additional qualification related payments for faculty.
- Evaluating for eligibility and processing Outstation allowance for Residents, Fellows and Interns.
- Preparing and maintaining reports, statistics etc. pertaining to faculty compensation.

Clerk/Typist at Aga Khan University
  • Pakistan
  • July 1998 to September 1999

 Responsible for providing secretarial and functional support to Manager, Personnel Policies Administration and Compensation.

 Responsible to generate accurately all correspondence (which includes memos, reports, policy write-ups, minutes, presentations, as required) and complete these on a timely basis.

 Participate actively as a team member for preparation of HR Policies and Procedures, monthly/ quarterly reports of the department and preparation of reports for Personnel Committee meetings.

 Maintain filing system of the department for easy access.

Computer Operator/ Office Assistant (Part-time) at Jamal Foundation
  • Pakistan
  • July 1996 to July 1998

Responsible for providing functional support to Managing Trustee for the activities of the Foundation.

Education

Diploma, IELTS - English
  • at AEO Pakistan
  • March 2011

Completed IELTS test at Overall Band of 6.0

Master's degree, Human Resources
  • at Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences - City Campus
  • May 2008

CGPA : 3.1 Electives: 1. Salary & Compensation 2. Training & Development 3. Recruitment & Selection 4. Job Analysis & Design

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Government City College
  • December 2002

Specialties & Skills

HR Compensation and Benefits
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) 95/98/2000/XP, and Flowcharti

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Peoplesoft HRMS & Global Payroll (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2006
Valid Until:
August 2006
Creating Dashboard Reports with Microsoft Excel (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
January 2011
Analysis of Suspicious Transactions (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
July 2012
KYC AML Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
Masterclass on Personl Impact and Media Skills fo Sr Professionals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010