Yasheen Harkha, Manager AIRB

Yasheen Harkha

Manager AIRB

Investec

Location
South Africa
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
8 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 5 Months

Manager AIRB at Investec
  • South Africa
  • March 2017 to November 2017

Perform credit risk profile reporting to the Board Risk and Compliance committee,
 To co-ordinate any self assessment and quantitative impact studies to be performed by the bank on Credit Risk related issues (e.g.: capital adequacy, provisioning)
 Oversight of the Group Credit Risk Management Framework, Impairment Framework, Policy and Procedure document, ICAAP framework;
 Critical involvement with both Internal and External Audit around both finance data and credit reporting ie: substantive audit and review of processes, recons, reports, analyses etc. for the returns submitted to the SARB as well as external reporting;
 To control the Pillar 3 / Annual Financial Statements disclosure process for credit risk by providing complete and accurate information into the process and reviewing for finalisation;
 Strategic forecasting and budgeting i.t.o advances and profit growth. Funds transfer pricing, capital planning, Performance Measurement and Management (Economic Value Added / NIACC)
 Concentration Risk framework (drawing up, implementation and execution of the framework and policy, and subsequent monitoring and adherence to the Board Approved framework which involves :Term Sheet Collation, Exposure Monitoring and Capital Optimisation)

Manager Regulatory Capital Reporting at Barclays Africa Group Limited
  • South Africa
  • November 2016 to February 2017

Responsible for management of a team accountable for the reporting of Capital and other related information as required by South African Reserve Bank regulations, as well as Barclays in terms of their requirements to the Financial Services Authority.
 Completion, analysis and review of SARB Capital Returns
 Accountability: Completion, analysis, review of FSA returns
 Produce monthly review packs and templates for internal reporting purposes.

Regulatory Risk Specialist at South African Reserve Bank – Banking Supervision Department (BSD)
  • South Africa
  • May 2012 to October 2015

Participating in supervisory practices in relation to credit risk in banks, including inspecting banks’ risk appetite and management practices with respect to credit risk, ICAAP, credit risk on-site meetings and prudential meetings.
 Ensuring banks’ compliance with regulations governing credit risk
 Developing analytical methods to analyse and interpret risk-based regulatory data submissions
 Monitoring banks exposure to credit risk, as reported to the BSD under the standardised and internal ratings-based approaches
 Lead teams on thematic reviews undertaken in the market for e.g.: Commercial Property Finance Thematic review, Unsecured lending Thematic review, Impairment thematic review
 Developing and maintaining regulations and instructions governing statutory
Curriculum Vitae - Y Y Harkha
requirements for credit risk, Liquidity risk and Capital adequacy

Credit Risk Reporting Manager at First Rand Banking Group – Group Credit Risk Management (GCRM)
  • South Africa
  • July 2008 to April 2012

Perform credit risk profile reporting to the Board Risk and Compliance committee,
 To co-ordinate any self assessment and quantitative impact studies to be performed by the bank on Credit Risk related issues (e.g.: capital adequacy, provisioning)
 Oversight of the Group Credit Risk Management Framework, Impairment Framework, Policy and Procedure document, ICAAP framework;
 Critical involvement with both Internal and External Audit around both finance data and credit reporting ie: substantive audit and review of processes, recons, reports, analyses etc. for the returns submitted to the SARB as well as external reporting;
 To control the Pillar 3 / Annual Financial Statements disclosure process for credit risk by providing complete and accurate information into the process and reviewing for finalisation;
 Strategic forecasting and budgeting i.t.o advances and profit growth. Funds transfer pricing, capital planning, Performance Measurement and Management (Economic Value Added / NIACC)
 Concentration Risk framework (drawing up, implementation and execution of the framework and policy, and subsequent monitoring and adherence to the Board Approved framework which involves :Term Sheet Collation, Exposure Monitoring and Capital Optimisation)

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at GIBS
  • November 2014
Master's degree, Finance
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
  • September 2008
Higher diploma, Finance
  • at University
  • November 2005
Bachelor's degree, Finance and Taxation
  • at RAU (Rand Afrikaans University)
  • November 2004

Specialties & Skills

Credit Risk
Economic Capital
Regulatory Capital
Credit Review

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Afrikaans
Intermediate
Gujarati
Intermediate

Memberships

CIMA
  • Associate
  • November 2008