Samuel Sim

Education: Bachelor Degree of Business in Banking and Finance (Double Major)

Work Experience: 4 years working in a bank, currently in Bank of America as Senior Analyst

Officer, Operations Senior Analyst Markets

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

• Japan Equity settlement control
• Settlement instructions data feed
• Allocate the trades and follow up with the clients and desk
• Sending confirmation to the clients
• TD reconciliation for clients’ trades vs. market trades
• Standing instructions set up and correction of the instructions
• Funding for the account
• Reporting, generation of settled/failed/commitment report
• Reconciliation of position and cash balance
• Inquire allocation, confirmation, and settlement queries to related departments/branch offices
• Liaison with Client Services of Tokyo, HK, London and New York
• Daily/Monthly reporting re: trade volume, fail rate, project status and etc.
• Communicating with desk and clients for any issues in terms of allocation and confirmation.
• Corresponding and liaison with custodian on various issues throughout the settlement process, including details of payment, instructions on value date, settlement instructions etc.
• Working on the project and UAT

Bachelor Degree of Business in Banking and Finance (Double Major)

Murdoch University

• Understanding banker-customer relationship
• Learn how to build customer trust, create and manage loans, make strategic investment decisions and help businesses, governments and people with their finances to help them achieve their goals
• Understanding the interest, credit and liquidity risk management issues that banks and financial institutions work based on having debt built into their structure
• Examine how banking systems work and how it affects the local business environment, as well as international trade.
• Analyze and interpret a set of financial statements