ALI IQBAL, CFA, FRM

Edmonton, AB 780-***-**** adbcgi@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/ali-iqbal

Professional Summary

Investment professional with a consistent record of business development for a bank. Proven ability to identify, analyze, and implement various business opportunities to broaden investment opportunities and service delivery. Demonstrated successful partnerships with other banks in the introduction of new product initiatives/options that provide significant advantages to customers. Areas of expertise:

Financial Modeling

Business development

International Banking

Investment analysis

Relationship Management

Risk Management

Credit Analysis

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Microsoft Powerpoint

Power BI

Professional Experience

Allied Bank Limited, Pakistan Nov 2016 – Sep 2019

Associate Relationship Manager - Corporate and Investment Banking Group

Challenged to increase and grow new and existing bank business through a network of 350+ correspondents over 700 destinations in 100+ countries. Partnered with financial institutions to manage bank relationships to deliver high quality service at the bank level. Analysed and recommended investment opportunities to senior management in alignment with institutional best practices.

Surpassed new business by $20 million by negotiating better rates on back-to-back guarantees and partnering with 5 new correspondent banks, 2018.

Lead the implementation of Interbank Information Network (IIN) from JPMorgan Chase. The system enabled the bank to reduce the processing time on hold payments by 5 times.

Increased the oil trade business by $100 million by negotiating better confirmation rates from correspondent banks in the year 2018-19.

Successfully conducted in-depth credit analysis for 50+ banks and non-banking financial institutions for approval of trade and treasury lines.

Conducting KYC to onboard banks/clients and liaising with the exchange of documents necessary to complete the internal and regulatory requirements.

Challenged with the analysis of the bank’s compliance policy to ensure the implementation of AML/CFT guidelines for best practices.

Drafted balanced scorecard to assess foreign financial institution credit risk comparable amongst portfolios/financial institutions.

Represented the bank with the negotiation of ISDA agreement and implementation of ISDA protocol.

Bank Al Habib Limited, Pakistan Sep 2012 – Nov 2016

Officer Grade 1 – Financial Institution Credit, International Division

Facilitated the development and management of a secondary market portfolio of trade bills. Assisted in the management of banking relationships to increase the trade portfolio for the bank.

Introduced control mechanisms to reduce income leakages from partner banks on the Nostro relationships and recommended ways to maximize new and return clientele/relationships.

Reduced processing time by developing and testing several credit proposal templates for the transaction of secondary market portfolios. The templates were later approved by senior management.

Reduced the credit preparation time by 40% from automating financial analysis templates for analysis.

Grew bottom-line profitability of the department by 50% from secondary market transactions and successfully processing 100+ transactions with zero infection ratio in 3 years.

Devised a performance reporting dashboard for secondary market portfolios enabling management to view performance of the portfolios from various perspectives.

Voluntary Experience

Aga Khan Economic And Planning Board, Edmonton Nov 2019 – Present

Team Lead – Financial Literacy and Communication

Responsible for volunteer intake and client registration.

Organizing events around the city at various locations.

Assisting in the execution of events for the members of the community.

Aga Khan Youth and sports board, Pakistan Aug 2016 – July 2018

Board Member – Garden Jurisdiction

Responsible for organizing sports, theater, art and culture events for the community.

Planning and budgeting of the related events with the executive committee

Reporting the operational and financial performance of the events on the project basis.

Education

Canadian Securities Certification (CSC), January 2020 Candidate

Canadian Securities Institute, Canada

Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Nov 2019

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Risk Institute, USA

CFA Charterholder, 2018

CFA Institute, USA

Masters of Commerce (MCom.), 2011

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Bachelor of Commerce Honors (BCom. Hon), 2010

University of Karachi, Pakistan

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