Asif Akram

Over 15+ years of Consulting and Risk Analyst/Manager experience in financial domain specially in Capital Market,

Risk Management, Collateral Management (ISDA Initial Margin) etc.

• Expert in preparing Market Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk Models, ALM Libor Modeling
• Excellent in preparing forecasting, budgeting and discounted cash flow models
• Strong SQL query skills
• Deriving Libor forward rates by bootstrapping
• Expert in implementing, configuring and supporting business systems in multiple functional areas including requirements validation, requirements elicitation, process improvement, business process re-engineering
• Extensive knowledge of the Trade Life Cycle across Front office, Middle office including order entry, validation, execution, booking, confirmation, clearing, settlement, accounting, finance and risk management
• Excellent knowledge of Financial instruments (derivatives and underlying assets) including Securities Financing, Repo, Treasury, FX, Futures, Forwards, Swaps, Fixed Income, Interest Rate Derivatives, CDS, MBO
• Proven ability in Stakeholder and Vendor Management effectively communicating business and technical requirements laterally and vertically within an organization ensuring alignment with inter-related initiatives
• Strong MS Office experience (Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, SharePoint) and Advanced MS Excel skills (lookups, formulas, pivot tables, validation)
• Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation and consensus building skills

• Expert in preparing Market Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk Models, ALM Libor Modeling
• Excellent in preparing forecasting, budgeting and discounted cash flow models
• Strong SQL query skills
• Deriving Libor forward rates by bootstrapping
• Expert in implementing, configuring and supporting business systems in multiple functional areas including requirements validation, requirements elicitation, process improvement, business process re-engineering
• Extensive knowledge of the Trade Life Cycle across Front office, Middle office including order entry, validation, execution, booking, confirmation, clearing, settlement, accounting, finance and risk management
• Excellent knowledge of Financial instruments (derivatives and underlying assets) including Securities Financing, Repo, Treasury, FX, Futures, Forwards, Swaps, Fixed Income, Interest Rate Derivatives, CDS, MBO
• Proven ability in Stakeholder and Vendor Management effectively communicating business and technical requirements laterally and vertically within an organization ensuring alignment with inter-related initiatives
• Strong MS Office experience (Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, SharePoint) and Advanced MS Excel skills (lookups, formulas, pivot tables, validation)
• Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation and consensus building skills

• Master of Business Administration (Accounting Specialization) 2003

• Member ICANZ
• Institute of Chartered Accountants New Zealand (ACA) 2009
• Capital Market Authority certification in Investment Banking. 2010