Arjen Benard Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

• Responsible for the accurate and timely production of the daily PL process for the currencies businesses;
• Timely delivery of key financial information to support decision making for the business;
• Perform the month end reporting for currencies business (including balance sheet substantiation, calculating BO reserves, MI reporting and providing commentaries to support PL results);
• Liaise with front office in order to perform ad-hoc value added analysis; and
• Identifying opportunities for operational efficiencies and create custom reports in Oracle to automate and standardize the reporting process.

Singapore

• Perform the end-to-end statutory reporting for RBS Sponsored securitization vehicles and liaise in the process with external auditors, middle office, front office and corporate secretary;
• Month end reporting on RBS NV lending business (banking book);
• Focus on creating operational efficiencies in the reporting cycle by automating tasks to achieve time savings and building in checks to enhance controls;
• Support new transactions by providing analysis and feedback at deal inception and establishing a sound financial control environment for BAU reporting;
• Assess the impact of changes in the regulatory requirements (IFRS / FINREP) on the reporting process and implement the necessary changes to ensure timely and correct delivery of the reports; and
• Manage team members both in the BAU process as well as in the handover of tasks and responsibilities to offshore teams.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Ensure timely delivery of financial reports for banking book and trading book business units within RBS NV;
• Collaborating with various teams to optimize the liquidity reporting process of RBS NV to the Dutch Central Bank; and
• Off shoring tasks and responsibilities from the FC NL department to other locations within RBS.

Wognum

• Prepare the quarterly reports on the performance of the securitization programs of DSB Bank NV and liaise with the external stakeholders of these SPVs;
• Providing support to the business in decision making. This resulted in the use of a different calculation for fees charged to prepayments on mortgages;
• Involved in the production of the annual financial statement for DSB Bank NV; and
• Assist in the preparation of regulatory reports as required by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Audit the financial statements for large and medium sized enterprises;
• Assist in designing the audit plan for clients; taking a risk based approach and managing the team in line with the set objectives;
• Identify risks in the financial statements of the client and advise on any possible improvements to their internal controls; and
• Involved in recruitment activities to create awareness for PwC for students at the University of Maastricht.

Passed All Three Levels Of The Cfa Program, Chartered Financial Analyst

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program is a professional credential offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute to.

Master’S Degree, Economics - Accounting

Activities and Societies: FSFocus, 3MA, Maastricht Business Days 2005Thesis title: Corporate Governance in relation to the quality of.

Financial Risk Manager (Frm), Candidate Level 2

The FRM is a qualification for risk management professionals, particularly those who are involved in analyzing, controlling, or assessing.