PERSONAL STATEMENT
I am looking forward to pursue a career in the United Arab Emirates and willing to move into the UAE full time in the event of getting a suitable job opportunity.
I am an avid professional, having been a part of both local and international corporates, I have over 10 years of diverse industry experience combined with knowledge in Treasury Dealing, Strategic Planning, report writing skills andoutstanding presentation skills.
I am also a focused, analytical and quick thinking financial professional with strong communication skills and ability to comprehend, translate and act upon market fundamentals and breaking news. You will also find me well-spoken, ethical, energetic, confident and personable.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA)
oCharter Holder – Since 2013(CFA Institute ID: 6534462)
• CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS (CIMA - UK)
oAssociate Member (ACMA) – Since 2012
• ACI DEALING CERTIFICATE – 2013
• CHARTERED GLOBAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT (CGMA) –2012
• COMPLETED COURSES ON ECONOMIC JOURNALISM & TV PRESENTATION – 2008
SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES
Offer experience in all typical treasury functions and performance in a rapid-paced, high pressured environment.
Core competencies include:
•Trade execution
•Foreign Exchange & Money Markets
•Fixed Income Securities
•Repo Market
•Derivatives
•Macroeconomic fundamentals
•Technical analysis
•Asset & Liability/ Risk Management
•Portfolio Management
•Building relations with clients
•Public Speaking and hosting events for clients
•Using of Reuters Eikon, Reuters Dealing and Bloomberg terminal
WORK EXPERIENCE
DFCC BANK – GROUP TREASURY
Assistant Manager/ Dealer - Fixed Income Securities & Asset and Liability Management
(January 2016 to date)
Key Achievements
• Managing a fixed income security portfolio of LKR 50 Billion (USD 345 Million)
• Conducting training sessions on Treasury Operations to new hires of the Bank
Key Responsibilities
• Facilitating and managing the buying and selling of debt or fixed income instruments
• Proprietary trading of fixed income securities
• Efficient management of assets & liabilities of the bank
• Managing the local & foreign currency book through Money Market operations
• Structure and manage the bank’s Fixed Income portfolio of Liquid Assets to ensure that the bank’s is covered from a regulatory stand point and do periodic re-balancing of the portfolio to ensure volatility is contained in portfolio valuations.
• Manage the Repo & Reverse Repo book for the bank
• Efficient management of the investment portfolio of DFCC Bank Pension Fund
• Execution of FX and Money Market deals to assist the Trading Desk and increase profits.
• Prepare monthly reports, updates and analysis, with regard to rates & recently released economic data to the Asset & Liability Management Committee (ALCO)
• Managing various spreadsheets essential to the day-to-day running of the desk.
DFCC BANK – GROUP TREASURY
Assistant Manager/ Dealer- Corporate Sales & Foreign Exchange
(January 2013 to December 2015)
Key Achievements
• Actively contributed to design and introduce Commodity Market Derivatives, Dual Currency Deposits (DCD) and Par Forwards as new products to the Bank, in order to accommodate customer requirements and increase profits
• Established excellent working relationships with clients
Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of clients by offering foreign exchange, commodity and interest rate solutions, which include vanilla and derivative products.
• Increase FX and Money Market business from government agencies, corporate entities andhigh-net-worth individuals by providing competitive pricing and service.
• Meet with customers to create client specific strategies to mitigate currency and commodity risks and to take advantage of various derivative tools, such as plain vanilla options, forwards, etc.
• Establish, develop and manage key relationships by ensuring a high quality of service, products and pricing.
• Work with sales teams to establish new accounts and provide world class customer service.
• Initiatives to increase and strengthen the customer portfolio through regular visits, presentations and other social activities.
• Providing customers with market and economic information by staying abreast of both local and international markets.
DFCC BANK – GROUP TREASURY
Dealer - Money Market &Foreign Exchange
(February 2012 to January 2013)
Key Responsibilities
• Inter-bank dealing and trading foreign currencies and derivative products
• Management of bank daily liquidity position and maintaining of the Statutory Reserve Requirement (SRR) of the Bank
• Investing excess cash balances to maximize returns
• Inter-bank borrowing and lending of deposits and loans. Quote deposit and loan rates to corporate customers
• Responsible for the preparation of relevant reports and analysis (reconciliations, monthly liquidity analysis, cash flow business reports, etc)
COCA-COLA BEVERAGES SRI LANKA LTD.
Demand Planning & Market Intimacy Executive
(2010 – 2012)
Key Responsibilities
• Was responsible for forecasting and planning demand for all products of the company.
• Analyzed market shares of products and Stock Keeping Units (SKU) in different areas in the country to identify trends, gaps & opportunities.
• Spearheaded the main market monitoring project of the company named RED (Right Execution Daily), under which, outlets served by Coke are visited andcompared on the sales team execution against the company stipulatedstandards.
• Actively contributed in preparing the company’s three year Business Plan by projecting the sales volumes.
ART TELEVISION BROADCASTING COMPANY
Business News Reporter/ News Presenter
(2006-2010)
Key Responsibilities
• Compiled news reports on a daily basis as a full time news reporter.
• Interviewed politicians, officials and intellects such as theCentral Bank Governor, MP’s, government officials and CEO’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKkU74-PoeM
• Presented news on television and also conducted discussions and interview son current business topics, five of which were aired on CNN World View.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6lm8HJbz9s
• Was promoted as Senior Journalist in year 2009.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• G.C.E. A/L – 2 credits and 1 simple pass from the mathematics stream (2006)
• G.C.E. O/L – 8 A’s (2003)
• School Attended - De Mazenod College, Kandana
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Deputy Head Prefect in College (2005)
• Senior Prefect in College (2003 to 2005)
• Recipient of College Colors for Scouting (2005)
• Recipient of the President’s Award for Scouting (2005)
• College Boy-Scout troop leader (2005)
• Participated as a delegate of the Sri Lankan Youth Parliament (2005)
• Participated in Initiative For Peace conference in Singapore (2004)
• Passed Level-1 for officiating in Tennis (2004)
• Member of the College choir(2002-2003)
SPORTS ACTIVITIES
• College Tennis captain(2005)
• Vice-captain of the College Swimming team (2005)
• Member of the College Tennis team (1999-2005)
• Member of the College Swimming team (2000-2005)
• Member of DFCC Bank Tennis & Swimming Teams
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
• Completed the Speechcraft Programme of Toastmasters International (2012)
• Completed British Council Advanced English Course with A grade (2004)
• Completed advance course on MS Excel 2007 (2010)
• Completeda Certificate in Personality Development (2004)
• Completed a Computer Hardware Course (2003)