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Siraj Barhoumi, CFA

Investment Associate

WATAR Management Consultancy

Location:
United Arab Emirates
Education:
Master's degree, Finance
Experience:
13 years, 7 months

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Total Years of Experience:  13 Years, 7 Months   

April 2015 To Present

Investment Associate

at WATAR Management Consultancy
Location : United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• Analyzing investment opportunities (Securities, private equity and real estate) from a buy-side perspective.
• Conducting thorough due diligence, research and analysis on companies and industries.
• Reviewing investment materials such as investment memoranda, management presentations and pitchbooks.
• Developing financial models using Excel-VBA to perform DCF, Comparable companies and precedents transactions valuation techniques.
• Writing investments memos and presenting them to the investments committee.
• Developing the asset allocation strategy of the clients. Coordinating with respective client associates to collect all relevant data.
• Tracking clients’ portfolios and calculating performance.
• Benchmarking and analyzing investments and assets managers’ performance.
• Conducting post-acquisition investment monitoring and ensuring the investments information is up-to-date.
• Monitoring the clients’ asset allocation and highlighting variances between actuals and targets and making recommendations/corrective actions where applicable.
• Creating automatic client reporting systems and dashboards using SQL Server/Power BI.
• Preparing and presenting periodic investments and portfolios reports.
October 2011 To February 2015

Senior portfolio Compliance and risk analyst

at PEAK Financial Group
Location : Canada - Quebec
• Supervised clients’ portfolios and ensured the respect of the clients’ Investment Policy Statements.
• Conducted daily and monthly supervision for transactions and portfolios.
• Monitored and reviewed policies, procedures and practices to ensure compliance with all the laws and regulations for the firm.
• Implemented an effective compliance system for the firm and participated in the firm’s audits and controls.
• Conducted due diligences and maintained the NRD system.
• Analyzed leveraged and investment loans applications through the calculation of different ratios.
• Calculated clients’ portfolios returns and markets performances.
• Performed securities analysis and markets researches.
July 2010 To September 2011

Financial services manager

at BMO Bank of Montreal
Location : Canada
• Advised clients on their investments products and programs selection (term deposits, guaranteed investment certificates, mutual funds, RRSP, TFSA, RESP...Etc.).
• Helped clients regarding their needs for lending products like personal loans, mortgages...Etc.
• Evaluated the risk of credit applications and suggested solutions to mitigate it.
• Analysed the customers’ needs and recommended suitable banking solutions.
• Developed business opportunities and solved clients’ problems.

Education

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February 2009

Master's degree, Finance

at University of Quebec
Location : Trois-Rivieres, Canada
Grade: 3.9 out of 4

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel VBA

Bloomberg

Modeling

Risk Management

Portfolio Management

Investments

Languages

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Arabic

Expert

English

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French

Expert

Memberships

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Organization : CFA Institute
Membership/Role : CFA charterholder
Member since : July 2012

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