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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Manage portfolio of Canadian clients with foreign exchange and settlement exposure.• Adjudicate clients for ongoing requirements and exception requests within policy.• Designed the workflow and collaborated with IT Manager of CRM software to enable credit department to adopt CRM in managing workload and clients' credit data.• Engaged in creation of a revised risk rating scorecard.

• Manage portfolio of North American accounts through the adjudication of permanent and excess requests for settlement and foreign exchange hedging limits and monitor exposure.• Drive process improvement. Researched solutions to improve risk management methodology. Engaged with external risk score provider to provide systematic risk measurement for adjudication. • Implemented standardized financial spreading tool and credit review• Effectively communicated with all… Show more • Manage portfolio of North American accounts through the adjudication of permanent and excess requests for settlement and foreign exchange hedging limits and monitor exposure.• Drive process improvement. Researched solutions to improve risk management methodology. Engaged with external risk score provider to provide systematic risk measurement for adjudication. • Implemented standardized financial spreading tool and credit review• Effectively communicated with all stakeholders, improving submissions and outcomes. Show less

Toronto

• Underwrite foreign exchange and settlement limits and adjudicate within delegated authority.• Drafted credit policy to formalize credit procedures utilized in development of enterprise risk framework and identifying adaptable best practices.• Developed systematic methodology to contain limits during Covid-19. Created Scorecard to categorize clients by risk profile. Built portfolio report and watch list to monitor exposures daily.• Train credit staff on in-depth credit analysis… Show more • Underwrite foreign exchange and settlement limits and adjudicate within delegated authority.• Drafted credit policy to formalize credit procedures utilized in development of enterprise risk framework and identifying adaptable best practices.• Developed systematic methodology to contain limits during Covid-19. Created Scorecard to categorize clients by risk profile. Built portfolio report and watch list to monitor exposures daily.• Train credit staff on in-depth credit analysis and sales staff on appropriate credit submissions. Show less

Oakville

• Maintained and built credit portfolio of loans greater than $1,000,000 secured by inventory. • Approved Analyst’s reviews within delegated limit.• Accurately risk rate clients in portfolio to meet classifications established and reinforced by regulators. Advised manager on appropriateness of risk ratings and adherence to policy.• Submitted quarterly substandard loan report to senior management stipulating loan exposure, triggers for changing risk profile, and expected outlook.

• Managed portfolio of 45 Treasury Services clients with foreign exchange, overdraft, letters of credit, and credit card facilities of $500,000 to $15,000,000 with zero losses incurred. • Engaged in client discussions and client visits revolving around deteriorating financial condition and need for increased monitoring, financial disclosure, and collateral. • Credit Department Representative on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Committee.

• Managed portfolio with facilities up to $5,000,000. Stress test projections on likely and worse case scenarios.

Enterprise Risk Management Certificate

Canadian Securities Course

Bba (Hons), Finance