Singapore, Singapore
Leadership in Valuation & Product Control has been a cornerstone of my role, where strategic initiatives in Balance Sheet and P&L optimization have significantly enhanced financial performance and risk management. Leading a high-performing team, we have excelled in project management, business set-up, and fostering a collaborative work environment that supports the business objectives. My expertise extends to financial planning, budgeting, disclosure / regulatory reporting and partnering with business / COO. I possess advanced system proficiency, such as Murex, PowerBI and Advanced Excel, which have been pivotal in my recent achievements. This includes streamlining Treasury's FX Exposure processes and chairing the Valuation Control Committee, ensuring that our approaches towards financial controlling are both innovative and compliance-driven. Knowledgable on UAE (ADGM) and Singapore (MAS , SGX) business regulations and frameworks.
• Led Valuation & Product Control, ALM & Trading, Project Management, Business Set-up, Recruitment, Network & Negotiations, Murex Setup, NPA, and Valuation Control Committee Chair responsibilities at Mizuho in Singapore. • Implemented strategic initiatives to optimize Balance Sheet, P&L, and IPV processes, resulting in improved financial performance and risk management. • Successfully built and led a high-performing team, driving recruitment efforts and fostering a collaborative work environment to achieve business objectives.
• Supervise Balance Sheet and P&L framework for Treasury & Investment Group; • FP&A - Yield, COF, Volume and Budget Forecast; • FX and Derivatives Analysis - VAT (ie. DV01, Greeks, Yield Curve); • System Use – Hyperion, SAP BO, Reuters, Bloomberg, Murex, SAS and Excel Macros. • New Product Approval – Facilitate the expansion of the FO’s product suite • Trading System Upgrade – Accounting and Hedge Module Implementations • FX Position Management – streamlined the Bank-wide FX Exposure process • Bank Merger– due diligence, data analytics on acquiring banks, pre-migration planning • New MTN Issuances – Reg S and Section 144A requirements of the GMTN Programme • IFRS 9 – Hedge Accounting Transition - FVH, CFH, SPPI Test, Amortized Cost, FVOCI
Business Support Team Lead to run the Business Control for the APAC FIC Trading Develop synergy across business integration in 13 locations across Asia Direct contact with Head of Desk - Initiated a new report on Sales Mark-Up New product approvals – Advise Balance sheet and system infrastructure impact; execute plans Daily PnL review including detailed attribution to sign-off on MCC and VaR breaches for MRM Team Lead Risk & PnL Team – Managing 3 direct staff plus staff in offshore locations Department representative to face-off on External and Internal Audit and Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Elected by the London MD to move to Singapore due to Commodities business expansion - Facilitated the setup of a new company in China (WFOE) for Precious and Base Metals trading - Direct liaising with Business Managers to explain best practise trade booking and accounting schema - Enhanced the daily and monthly controls for the Asia Office for the Commodities Desk - Developed expertise in various Commodities – Precious, Base Metals, Dry Bulk – Physical & Financial - Experience in preparing the financial records for BM Repo / Bill of Lading and Gold Physical Uptake transactions - Co-ordinating tasks with trader support, logistics & operations functions
- Financial controller for Commodities & FX Trading Desk with daily and monthly duties, including PnL review, risk analysis, preparation of balance sheet, FX management of non-EUR PnL, TP of revenue - Diligently closing of month-end books to tight deadlines under IFRS and HGB and balance sheet substantiation; - Improved controls and independently identified a EUR 40m unsubstantiated balance in the ledger
• Financial control for Treasury & interest rate Desk (MNN, FRA, Futures, Swaps, FX Forwards, Gilts and Treasury) • Reviewing daily P&L, Balance Sheets and month-end reconciliations and price-testing • Accounting treatment of new trades under IFRS standards and providing advice to the traders • Reviewing the treasury / cash-flow positions to book daily funding deals • Preparing daily market commentary on desk to provide to senior management • Liaising with internal and external auditors on P&L process, including SOX testing • Drive changes with IT and other support groups to improve trade flows to ledger and the P&L process
- Provided tax compliance services to FTSE/non-FTSE clients – Key Relationship Manager for clients to discuss yearly tax planning - Preparation of tax computations, tax audit reconciliations under UK and foreign GAAP - Undertook advisory projects - Due diligence, group re-organisations - Extensive report writing skills and experience in reviewing legal documents, eg. Articles of Association