A seasoned leader in financial product control, spearheaded a 50+ team at Citibank ROHQ Manila, enhancing APAC FXLM operations through strategic leadership and digital transformation. My tenure is marked by significant process improvements, achieving streamlined reporting and robust control mechanisms, showcasing my adeptness in both strategic oversight and technical proficiency.
⦁ Manage and Lead the 50+ member APAC local FX, Rates and Markets Treasury Product Control team
⦁ Coordinate and develop the daily P&L, PAA and Balance Sheet reporting, task allocation and controller's development in APAC local markets product control team
⦁ Change the country based reporting to Product based and create new teams after the company reorganization
⦁ Analyze control gaps and implement remediation through the standardization of reporting, controls, and analysis processes.
⦁ Being the contact person for local regulators (HKMA, MAS, RBI, etc.), internal and external audit, operation, front and middle office
⦁ Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
⦁ Manage and lead Delta One Product Control team with 10+ controller
⦁ Plan and coordinate the team members development, the team's strategy and task allocation
⦁ Providing insight into key P&L drivers and substantiating Balance Sheet movements
⦁ Automating manual processes and implement tactical fixes to improve efficiency and decrease the risks
⦁ Keeping in touch with internal and external auditors, middle office, valuation control, treasury and other Product Control departments
⦁ Lead the 3 member exotic derivatives and 6 member hybrids product control teams
⦁ Plan and coordinate the team members development, the team's strategy and task allocation
⦁ Represent the team on different forums
⦁ Run the hybrids desk migration from North America to EMEA
⦁ Keeping in touch with internal and external auditors, middle office, valuation control, treasury and other Product Control departments
⦁ Lead the EMEA reporting team with 3 members
⦁ Collect, evaluate, format and present the monthly, quarterly and annual results of the product groups
⦁ Organize and chair the monthly and quarterly meetings with the key department leads
⦁ Implement new standards and strengthen the control environment
⦁ Participate in the company level report harmonization project
⦁ General Process Review on Equity product control
⦁ Process Automation
⦁ Centralization
⦁ Simplification
⦁ Team leading related tasks as the direct manager of 2 individuals
⦁ Calculate and report the default risk of the Citi issued structured notes
⦁ Volcker reporting implementation and PAA analysis implementation
⦁ Ad-hoc projects to develop the control infrastructure and facilitate business growth
⦁ Ensure that market-leading standards are achieved through continuous development and maintenance of strong controls
⦁ Implement and use PAA methodology on daily level and ensure the correct Volcker commentaries
⦁ Raise IMRs and manage the related projects
⦁ Ad-hoc projects to develop the control infrastructure and facilitate business growth.
⦁ Coordinate the daily work of the Team
⦁ Review of daily P&L's. Includes: review with traders and explanation of P&L movements to management
⦁ Ensure that the firm's risk portfolios are fairly valued
⦁ Interaction with Traders, Middle Office, Risk Management and Accounting Policy on review complex transactions for pricing, reserving and control issues.
⦁ Reconciliation between front and back office systems
Reading, running, mountain climbing, hiking and traveling