MAQSUD SOBHANI

925-***-**** adcx53@r.postjobfree.com 4249 Katie Ln, Pleasanton, CA

PERSONAL PROFILE

Maqsud is an experienced executive with strong business acumen in financial, IT/e-Commerce, and manufacturing industry

Demonstrated history of success with mitigation of Financial Crime Risk, including execution of robust governance both horizontally and vertically

A certified “Leaders as Teachers”, Maqsud enjoys learning as much as sharing

An outcome oriented executive, with proven track record of working collaboratively with people and teams, across multiple geographies and cultures

Excel in dynamic, challenging environments while remain proactive, pragmatic and focused

He is a multi-skilled, multi-faceted leader who is able to bring a fresh and inquisitive perspective to existing operations

He has the vision needed to see the most challenging, exciting and inspiring possibilities clearly

With permanent residency of the United States, he is eager to join an organisation with an outcome-focused, vibrant working environment

CORE COMPETENCIES

· Business Development & Sales

· Risk Management & Governance Framework

· Strategy & Implementation

· Regulatory policy and procedures

· Project & Program Management

· Product management and commercialization

· Financial planning

· Translate and communicate business requirements

· Deliver projects with pace, quality and within cost

· Channel data into actionable intelligence

· Strong exposure to Transactional banking

· Work collaboratively, across geographies and cultures

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HSBC, Hong Kong SAR APR 2011 - 31DEC19

Senior Manager, Business Financial Crime Risk, Asia Pacific Commercial Banking DEC 2014 – 31DEC19

Business Financial Crime Risk enables HSBC to adopt and enforce the highest and most effective Financial Crime Risk Management and behavioral standards consistently across HSBC Group. Responsibilities include:

Reviewed cases generated by the Global TradeNet system to determine any fraudulent trade transactions

Management of Regional/country costs/FTE within Annual Operating Plan

Driving and managing the ASP Commercial Banking Financial Crime Risk Management Committee, a formal decision-making governance committee; implementation & embedding of Financial Crime Risk governance framework across Region

Quality submission to Global and Regional Governance committees

Oversight of Risk Taxonomies of AML, Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption, including formulating a Path-to-Effectiveness of the control environment

Monthly forum with all COOs and Middle office across Asia, to exchange updates on all critical FCR issues prevailing at country and regional level

Regional Monitor Activity Coordinator for ASP Commercial banking. Monitor for HSBC was part of HSBC's Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the United States Department of Justice

Key Accomplishments:

Deployment of AML and Sanctions Policy & Procedures across all countries in Asia Pacific

Implementation of Negative News, Transaction and Sanctions monitoring systems

Central population of standard set of KPIs for the Region, inclusive of Continuous Control Monitoring KCIs

Led the largest GAP analysis exercise in the history of the bank within a strict guideline

Senior Strategy Implementation Manager, Asia Pacific Commercial Banking APR 2011 – DEC 2014

Responsible for the Regional implementation of Global Commercial Banking strategy and the delivery of key strategic/flagship projects

Drive the development and progress of Investment Outlook / Mid Term Objective (MTO) and Implementation plans

Conduct portfolio review and track performance of country Business against financial plans and Performance Scorecards to determine traction against plan and implement actions for improvement

Delivery of Amanah strategy and execution in line with Global Commercial banking strategy

Key Accomplishments:

Head of Business Management, Commercial Banking, Sri Lanka & Maldives ( STA): Guide Sri Lanka to take forward Regional agenda/projects, while built up the local team to take the work forward

Six-filter review: Participated in six-filter executions, a review of all business within the Group through economic, commercial and risk filters to improve Capital deployment across the Group.

Product Governance: Implementation of product Inventory and de-risking

Scorecards: Implemented Global Commercial Banking Performance Scorecards across Asia Pacific. Formulated the key strategic priorities and metrics for the Regional/Country CEO’s

Commercial Banking International proposition: Implemented a consistent approach to cross-border referrals, credit and an International team to support operation and Relationship Management

Global Markets Collaboration: Participated in the development of FX Sales Specialists proposal and GM Sales and Suitability for Commercial banking clients to drive consistency of product sales policy & process

HSBC, Bangladesh OCT 2007 – APR 2011

Vice President – Amanah (Islamic Finance), Commercial Banking JAN 2010 –APR 2011

Launched Amanah Commercial banking products (Cash management, Treasury, Trade, Core lending)

Identify customer needs and cross selling opportunities, and deliver total solutions to target customers

Preparation of the Mid-term Outlook, Rolling Operating Plan and Annual Technology Plan

Prepared Business Case, Operational Manual, and product papers

Head of Product, Global Payments and Cash Management OCT 2007 – SEP 2010

Managed the Product Management and Client Integration team responsible for suite of Payment and Cash Management products to support Wholesale banking clients

Ownership of standard pricing for all Payment and Cash Management products and monitoring the Standard Unit Cost (SUC) and product profitability

Responsible Annual Operating Plan/Rolling Operating Plan, and other financial reporting

Responsible for the Market Development (Euromoney Poll Award, Ad campaign, branding, publications)

Implementation of Regional Cash Management deals

Managed HSBC’s participation in the Capital market as Banker-to-the-issuer and Lead bank in IPO

Avery Dennison / Paxar Bangladesh LTD DEC 2005 – OCT 2007

Manager, Customer Services

Avery Dennison / Paxar, a USA based company, is the leading provider of Brand Identification solutions to retail and apparel industry:

Responsible for building and managing a staff of 65

Work with Marketing and Sales to identify major clients and sales opportunities

Visit clients to discuss service issues, schedule of delivery, initiate sales, and resolve production disputes

Berbee, Madison, WI, USA JUN 2000 – OCT 2001

Software Engineer

Provided support to Harley-Davidson for improved website tracking

Developed software and business opportunities for product based on IBM Web Sphere Commerce Suite

Requirement gathering/analyzing client needs and technical writing

Sunstone Financial Group (UMB Fund Services, Inc.), Milwaukee, WI, USA APR 1996 - May 1998

Financial Specialist

Sunstone Financial group, acquired by UMB Financial Corporation in 2001, is a major Mutual Fund servicing company:

Prepared monthly report of mutual funds, statistical data, account analysis, financial analysis, quality control and service standards, customer service appraisal, and other special projects

Generated various daily/weekly report on EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer)

EDUCATION

Master’s degree in Computer Science (MS), Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2000

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996

Bachelor’s degree in Finance (BBA), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1994

INTERESTS

Avid reader, tennis, hiking, travel, and culinary

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