Pervez Akhtar

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Banking professional with more than 20 years experience in Treasury Operations, Ops Risk & Audit Management @ Standard Chartered Bank
london, england, united kingdom
Pervez Akhtar's Location
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan
About Pervez Akhtar

Pervez Akhtar is a Banking professional with more than 20 years experience in Treasury Operations, Ops Risk & Audit Management at Standard Chartered Bank. They is proficient in English, Urdu (mother tongue) and Arabic (fair).

Pervez Akhtar's Current Company Details
Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

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Banking professional with more than 20 years experience in Treasury Operations, Ops Risk & Audit Management
london, england, united kingdom
Website:
sc.com
Employees:
76090
Pervez Akhtar Work Experience Details
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Sr. Manager, Risk And Control
    Standard Chartered Bank Mar 2014 - Present
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Within the business functions for all new products and processes, initiate, facilitate and review Process Risk Analysis to identify control lapses and gross and residual risk• Review audit reports for other countries and identify similar audit themes within area of responsibility. Ensure mitigating actions are taken in consultation with the Unit Heads.• Perform periodic revalidation of key control standards testing performed by OR teams to determine effectiveness of defined key control. Escalate identified gaps to relevant Head of Operations. Review risk incidents to determine the possibility of process automation. • On a regular basis, review risk/loss incidents recorded in Bank’s systems to ensure the accuracy of data and active follow up for closure of open items.• Validate Root Cause Analysis performed by Units in respect of Operational Losses, Near Misses, Failed Audits, High Reputational Risks etc raised in area of responsibility. • Ensure compliance with Group Operational and Risk Policies within area of responsibility.
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Regional Head, Fm Operations, Standardization & Control, Menap
    Standard Chartered Bank Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Responsible to ensure that Treasury Operations Teams in the Region are in compliance with the Group Operational and Risk Policies.• Responsible to identify and close any process gaps to ensure seamless end-to-end transaction processing.• Responsible to ensure that Treasury Operations teams in the Region are upto the SCB’s Standard Operating Model.• Responsible to identify manual workarounds and to initiate automation of such processes to improve productivity and reduce error rates.• Responsible to evaluate capacity of teams and provide guidance towards resource development and increase leadership capabilities.
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Head, Financial Market Operations, Uae, Gulf, Lebanon & Afghanistan
    Standard Chartered Bank Jan 2006 - Sep 2012
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Managing Treasury Ops Team for UAE, Gulf, Lebanon & Afghanistan which involves processing and settlement of following products:1. FX & Money Market (Conventional & Islamic)2. Personal Finance (Islamic)3. Commodity Murabaha (Islamic) 4. Fixed income – Bonds Purchase/Sale, Repo/Reverse Repos (Conventional)5. Vanilla and Structured Currency Options (Conventional & Islamic)6. Interest Rate swaps & Islamic Profit Rate Swaps (Conventional & Islamic)7. Interest Rate/Commodity Derivatives (Conventional & Islamic)8. Structured deposits i.e. High Yield/Currency Linked/Rate Linked Deposits 9. Asset SalesThe role also includes:• Overall ownership and responsibility of operational within country and operations centralized in Group HUBs • Strengthening operating capabilities• Taking the function to a next level • Ensuring that the service provided by Treasury Ops continues to improve and meet the requisite needs from a local and global perspective. • Expected to take a business stand in line with business priorities & push back/ provide alternative solutions & perspectives, where appropriate.• Developing & execution of strategies, retention/change/process management and process improvement• Develop and articulate a strategic vision in order to drive the business agenda.• Collaborate with Counterparts within country and abroad to share learnings, best-practices, and leading industry thinking and ensuring local application.• Adequate operational policies are developed and communicated and that control standards are in place. • Develop people to maintain and improve the organisational capability and the pipeline of talent. • Lead Treasury Operations function within country; provide a ‘Single Point of Contact’ for country leadership team• Delivery of operations services to agreed cost & risk targets.• Compliance to local & group regulatory requirements • Audit compliance• Staff learning & development planning• Ensuring adherence to internal processes
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Senior Manager, Financial Market Operations
    Standard Chartered Bank May 2001 - Dec 2005
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Managing Market Ops for Dubai, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Jordan and Afghanistan.The products dealt are were FX, Money Market, fixed Income, Vanilla and Structured currency Options, Interest Rate Derivatives, Structured Deposits etc. (Islamic & Conventional)Responsibilities:• Processing and settlement (including system and non-system supported products.• Maintaining manual records of securities sold to/bought from customers, keeping track of coupons maturity proceeds, providing balance confirmations, monitoring customers’ safe keeping accounts held with SCB, Singapore branch and entertaining various customer requests.• Investigation & Compensation• Recon. & payment of brokerage fees.• Ensuring Controls and Procedures are in place as per SCB Group’s KEY CONTROL STANDARDS and SCB’s Instruction Manuals.• Daily, weekly & monthly preparation of MIS • Managing Treasury support functions - providing direction for effective evaluation and management of financial, operational and compliance risks, process efficiencies.• Managing Vostro and Central Bank settlements• Payment/ Receipt of Currency Options premiums for corporate customers.• Monitoring fixed and floating rate payments, rate fixings, handling termination/reassignment of Interest Rate Swaps.• Control mechanism around reconciliations and ensuring control standards are met. • Handling Nostro investigation and ensuring open/ risk items are resolved promptly.• Failed trade monitoring and handling defined processes.• Monitoring confirmation process involving checking and Matching of confirmations.• Reconciliation and payment of brokerage fees to various brokers• Ensuring documentation adequacy for FX/ MM/ Derivative products.• Ensuring necessary Controls and Procedures are in place as per standards and internal guidelines.• Reviewing processing activities, coordinating with external audit and internal agencies, KPI deployment, managing Brokers ensuring brokerage payouts are rationalized.
  • The Saudi British Bank (Hsbc)
    Assistant Manager, Derivatives & Capital Markets
    The Saudi British Bank (Hsbc) Aug 1993 - May 2001
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Managing Derivatives & Capital Markets Unit of Treasury Back OfficeProducts handled:• IRS/CCS/Asset Swaps• Interest Rate Options • Interest Rate/Bond Futures • Options on Futures • Ccy Options (Vanilla & Drop-in/out) • Bond Options • FRAs • Securities (Eurobonds, Fixed Rate Bonds, FRNs, U.S. Tsy Bonds/Notes, UK Gilts, Floating Rate Collateralised Mortgage Obligations, SGDB & FRNsResponsibilities:• Processing & Sett. of txns (system and non-system supported).• Monitoring fixed & floating rate payments, rate fixings, termination/reassignment of IRS.• Payment/Receipt of Ccy Options premiums for I/B & corporate customers.• Recon of Fin.Futures Broker statements, payment of Margin Calls or trf of excess funds.• Saudi Govt. Fixed/Floating Rate Bonds/T Bills, purchase/sale from primary/secondary market & corporate customers.• Maintaining manual records of Securities Sold to customers, payment of coupons, maturity proceeds, balance confirmations and issuing Zakat Exemption Certificates, monitoring safe custody accts and posting entries• Managing custodial accounts for Foreign Ccy Fixed/Floating Rate Securities including EUROCLEAR, monitoring custody accounts, payment custody fees.• Settlement of U.S. Treasury instruments through U.S. Domestic settlement systems i.e. FEDWIRE, DTC, PTC etc.• Recon. & payment of brokerage & custodial fees for SAR & Foreign CCY Bonds.• Investigations related to failed trades, late receipts and payments.• EUCLID System – Well conversant with EUCLID System for Securities Clearance & Sett./Custody/Money Trf. etc.• Monitoring & payment/receipt of coupon/maturity proceeds.• Settlement of Margin Calls & Option Premiums.• Checking & Matching of inward confirmations.• Finalizing product documentation i.e. ISDA, IFEMA, IBMA, etc. Negotiating Custody Service Agreements with banks & corporate customers.• Ensuring all necessary controls are in place as per HSBC Group’s & Bank’s Instruction Manuals.
  • The Saudi British Bank (Hsbc)
    Various Positions
    The Saudi British Bank (Hsbc) Oct 1980 - Nov 1990
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Various positions

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