FP&A Lead, Global Markets Finance, Global Markets
First Abu Dhabi Bank - Other locations
Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months
Rehired in my previous role within GM Finance for a short term period of 6 months.
- Developed, compiled and tracked Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Dashboard reports to monitor business performance against targets, strategies and trends.
- Prepared monthly GM Income consolidation to senior management with variance to budget analysis and commentary.
- Liaised with Group FP&A to ensure accurate and timely P&L and Balance Sheet reporting, post month-end reconciliations, variance analysis and related commentaries.
- Maintained and tracked P&L/Budget adjustments based on strategic decisions for respective GM business lines and across locations, keeping it current at all times.
- Prepared weekly and monthly P&L and Deposit forecast projections contributing to Bank’s liquidity management initiatives.
- Provided analysis on RWA management by identifying high RWA drivers and providing commentaries.
- Prepared and coordinated monthly Balance Sheet Substantiation process covering all GM business lines ensuring reconciliation between General Ledger and respective ERP business systems.
- Drove business analysis with 13 International Branches to understand key performance drivers, pipeline deals, impact of local regulations and current market situations on GM business.
- Responsible for providing sales administration and coordination support for GM Sales team covering Wholesale & Commercial clients (i.e. corporates, SME & financial institutions) in the MENA region, across both Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices.
- Developed and implemented MIS to track and report team performance against budget on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Prepared & tracked P&L attribution to regional teams at trade level.
- Drove yearly sales targets upwards of AED 150m in 2014.
- Tracked & followed up on Deal pipelines on a weekly basis
- Managed continuous data integrity process for internal sales reporting requirements including preparing presentations, management reports and client database.
- Supported with setting team budgets at an industry segment and product level across GM.
- Project management: Drove new product initiatives by liaising directly with key stakeholders across other divisions and obtaining requisite approvals.
- CRM: Managed data governance ensuring all required documentation is kept current and readily available for all LIVE deals, in areas of Legal and Compliance (i.e. A&S forms, customer due diligence), Risk (i.e. client sanctions) and Client documentation (i.e. trade licenses, POAs, mandates, contact info.)
- HR: Actively involved in recruitment and semi-annual appraisal process for the whole team.
- Supported key Initiatives such as client roadshows, Global Financial Markets Forum, F1 arrangements, etc.
Caring for my young family
Oct '09 - Dec '11
Promoted to a distinct role with dual reporting lines to AVP - Market Risk and SVP & Head - Credit Risk & Market Risk, which involved demonstrating capabilities in the following areas:
Financial Analysis & Risk Reporting:
- Reviewed and analyzed key risk exposures (movements & overages, Fx, counterparty risk), limits and their utilization, in view of prevailing market conditions.
- Production and distribution of market risk reports on the Bank’s Capital Market and Money Market investment portfolios analyzing structure, performance and concentration risk, using Murex, Bloomberg and MIDAS systems.
- Collected, evaluated and compressed data and information from multiple sources and communicated findings to senior risk managers as needed.
- Generated weekly and quarterly risk overview packages that were reviewed by senior risk managers and business leads.
- Produced monthly market risk compliance reports for 10 International Branches and 3 Business Subsidiaries.
- Assisted in preparation of specialized risk reports and presentations, based on requests from Board of Directors, Senior Management, the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE), External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAI), etc.
Overall Management of Committee meetings:
- Supported the functioning of the Bank’s three apex-level Management Committees, namely,
a) Group Asset & Liability Management Committee (Group ALCO),
b) Group Credit Committee (GCC), and,
c) Investment Committee - Bank Equity (IC-BE)
- Produced market risk reports, collated and presented inter-departmental reports for respective meetings.
- Prepared special submissions on new and modified business strategies and/or products for relevant Committee’s noting and approval.
- Tracked progress of pending action points, directly with Committee members (senior management), concerned departments and apprised the Committees accordingly.
Limit Monitoring & Maintenance:
- Daily monitoring of following exposures against approved market risk limits and mandates:
a) Financial Markets EOD exposures:
i. Fx: Trading (VaR and Stop Loss), open positions
ii. IMM: VaR and Stop Loss, currency wise PVBP
iii. Investment portfolio: total size, concentration risk, credit ratings, etc.
iv. Repo and reverse repo agreements: counterparty ratings, asset ratings, haircuts, issue and issuer limits, tenor limit.
b) International Branch network exposures (i.e. Fx trading and open positions, liquidity gaps, counterparty risk), and,
c) Branch lending
- Monitored market risk limits, validated limit utilizations, gathered commentary and escalated limit breaches to risk managers and business leads.
- Conducted trending and variance analysis to assist in explaining change through time.
- Responsible for updating and maintaining market risk limits, policies and mandates, as per approved lines:
a) Group Financial Markets: investment portfolios and desk limits, authorized issuers, concentration risk limits, approved product lists, lending limits to international branch network, trader mandates, etc.
b) International Branches: Local ALCO mandates
c) Management Committees: Group ALCO, GCC and IC-BE mandates
d) Policies: Liquidity Risk Management policy, Contingency Funding Plan, Market risk policy, etc.
Investor Relations:
- Primary contact for Risk: Responded to credit rating questionnaires (risk section) on quarterly and annual basis, in addition to, special assessments conducted to improve the Bank’s credit rating.
- Compiled risk reports and requisite information for submission to Investor Relations department, within set timelines.
Early career as an Administrative Assistant - Market Risk (Dec 2006 - Sep 2009) and Secretary - Credit Policy & Administration (May 2005 - Dec 2006) in RMD, which involved production of credit and market risk reports and supported the functioning of respective departments.
Selected to serve in a multi-faceted role for the regional office (Gulf, Saudi Arabia & East Africa) in Abu Dhabi, based on demonstrated work performance and dedication. Roles and responsibilities included:
Sales Coordinator:
- Independently processed orders for 7 countries - U.A.E, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia & East Africa.
- Drove yearly sales targets of $4M in 2002, $7M in 2003 and $9M in 2004.
-Tracked sales projections with respective team leaders on status of expected billings for the month, especially quarter and year-end, and apprised management accordingly.
- Liaised with the plant re queries and order tracking (using SAP 4.6C) to ensure timely delivery.
- Updated customers, team leaders re order status and shipment details.
- Gathered sales data for weekly sales reports.
- Computed sales commissions based on actual billings.
HR Administrator:
- Collected and maintained screening forms for prospective candidates and generated offer letters.
- Managed confidential information like employee data, payroll details, appraisals and bonus calculations.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Coordinated daily operations and handled office tasks such as correspondence, file management and database administration. i.e. customer inquiries, quotations, payment follow ups, contracts, etc.
- Edited, formatted and compiled various technical and commercial proposals.
- Independently organized large scale company events like tradeshows, technical trainings and team building events.
SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, Gangtok, India Jun 2009 - Apr 2011 MBA ~ Master of Business Administration □ Majored in Finance
ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, Goa, India Jun 1998 - Apr 2001 B.Com ~ Bachelor of Commerce □ Majored in Financial Accounting (Financial Accounting, Auditing & Taxation)