Zahed Chowdhury, Payments Executive

Zahed Chowdhury

Payments Executive

National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Masters of Professional Accounting
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Payments Executive at National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since August 2008

• Prepare swift messages for AED remittances to Local Banks and Foreign Banks.
• Handle inquiries from Central Bank, International Banks, Local Banks and NBAD branches.
• Identify and Analyze Risks in terms of process and systems functionality; and apply analytical, quantitative techniques to formulate, describe, communicate and coordinate implementation of recommended solutions.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities with a rigorous focus on commercial value.
• Provide professional coordination and leadership in the execution of day-to-day Payment and Operation activities.
• Applied core banking system implementation from a system perspective desired

Accounts Assistant at Telstra
  • Australia
  • May 2007 to August 2008

• Measure and report on the successes and challenges of the program/project using metrics that can be clearly understood throughout the company.
• Monitor monthly returns / reports, and pro-actively assist with completion of these within deadlines.
• Process supplier payments and customer receipts.
• Dealing with daily transactions for the petty cash and ensure that reconciliations are completed in an accurate manner.
• Interpreting data supplied from various website.
• Maintain distribution lists from various databases and also meet monthly KPI's

Operation Executive at British American Tobacco Company Australia
  • Australia
  • July 2006 to April 2007

• Assist in accounts receivable and accounts payable
• General ledger operations, prepare journal entries
• Account/bank reconciliations
• Maintaining records for audit purposes.
• Responsible for analyzing, coding and processing of reports
• Update database and work as part of an efficient friendly team.

Education

Master's degree, Masters of Professional Accounting
  • at University of Wollongong
  • August 2006
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Business Information System
  • at University of Lincoln (Skyline University)
  • August 2002

Specialties & Skills

Operation
Metrics
System Administration
• Microsoft Certified System Engineering
• Microsoft Certified System Professional
• Microsoft Certified System Administration

Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

MICROSOFT
  • Microsoft Certified System Engineer
  • June 2003

Training and Certifications

ANT MONEY LAUNDERING (Training)
Training Institute:
NBAD ACADEMY
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
16 hours
FIRST AID (Training)
Training Institute:
NBAD ACADEMY
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
16 hours
NEGOTIATION FOR SUCCESS (Training)
Training Institute:
NBAD ACADEMY
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
20 hours
SANCTIONS AND COMPLIANCE (Training)
Training Institute:
NBAD ACADEMY
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
20 hours

Hobbies

  • SPORTS AND TOURISM