Alex Hagopian, Cma, Cdcsadv, Mba Email & Phone Number

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, LB

• Participated in the design of delivery of Accounting and Finance courses in line with CMA, CFA, and CPA curriculum in an effort to get students in the undergraduate program be ready to sit for these international.
• Designed, developed, and delivered new courses in Banking Operations, Money & Banking, and Financial Statements Analysis incorporating student field research, live case studies, and project presentations/defense.
• Updated and delivered Financial Markets & Institutions, Management Accounting, Strategic Cost Accounting & Control, Principles of Accounting, Principles of Finance courses.
• Participated as a jury panel member to evaluate and challenge student projects.
• Designed and delivered Accounting & Finance Skills Development course in for Graduate program students from non-business and different disciplinary backgrounds.
• Designed and delivered Accounting & Finance Skills Development course in Arabic for Graduate program students from the MENA region.

Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon

• Oversaw the planning, implementation, integration, testing, end-user training phases of migration to a new system.
• Reviewed the department delivery processes and introduced changes that secured smooth workflow within the department, reduced turnaround times, and achieved efficiency and cost benefits.
• Participated in developing new policies & procedures and in updating of prevailing ones that resulted in faster and improved service quality.
• Oversaw and executed the smooth change-over of the trade finance system to a new system that helped achieve the targeted cost efficiencies.
• Introduced new reporting tools that resulted in better day-to-day management and monitoring of transactions, assigned tasks, and deadlines that significantly reduced pending tasks and redundant follow-ups.
• Manage a team of five delegating them the processing of trade finance operations to deliver on time and in line with Bank’s policies and procedures, local/international regulatory requirements, and applicable rules of.

Lebanon

• Wrote standard operating procedures covering all trade finance processes which improved the identification, assessment, management, and mitigation of inherent risks on one hand and ensured timely and smooth processing.
• Developed various forms for business use that helped unify the documentation used within the department and reduced operational risk incidents associated with missing information due to human error.
• Attended advanced workshops and coached the trade finance team on the recent updates in the trade finance world that led to the enhancement of the team’s service level towards the internal and external stakeholders.
• Participated in the Trade Finance Services automation project’s planning, implementation, integration, testing and end-user training phases which ended with successful automation of previously manually handled.
• Supervised a team of 4 employees reviewing their processing of all trade finance transactions (issuance, negotiation, and payment of letters of credit, letters of guarantee, and documentary collections) to warrant.
• Monitored and reported the performance of direct subordinates recommending appropriate training needs to enhance their level of professional expertise.

Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Doctor'S Degree, Financial Management

IAELYON, France | ISEOR, France University of Balamand, Lebanon

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), General