Description

Md Yasir Arafin has 7 years of working in the banking Industry and currently employed as a Finance Manager, Country Finance at Standard Chartered Bank- Bangladesh. He is an Associate Member of of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) and and also completed CIMA(UK). In addition, He is also a Part-Qualified student of ACCA (UK) and received his MBA and BBA from the Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems under University of Dhaka. He is an Associate Diploma holder (DAIBB) from the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB). With a strong background in banking and finance, he has a reputed portfolio in Financial Control, Project Management, Risk Management, Financial Reporting, Corporate Taxation and on Balance sheet Management. In addition, he teaches Strategic Management and Project Management courses on part time basis in different institutes. Key Achievements: 1. Obtained “Finance Star Award” three times in last Four Years from SCB Bangladesh. 2.Collate all the Circulars relating to regulatory reporting relevant for Finance use and uploaded those in i-Connect (SCB Intranet site) for easy access to user including Top Management of the bank. 3. Establish the review of user wise manual entries to confirm that all the month end manual entries can complete by M+4 rather than waiting for M+6. 4. Review the Nostro Outstanding items and minimize the long aging Nostro Items significantly. 5. As a part of project role, Guiding the Cash Management Operation Team and validating the Accounting entries and reconciliation process for implementing RCMS Foreign Currency Module which was one of the crucial project of transaction banking in 2013. 6. Established strong control environment by overseeing the country’s sundry/suspense account balances as the country administrator of Financial Control System (FCS), from risk perspectives for many institutes which is one of the key unattended area.

Education

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

2011-2014 Completed all the course including. Now waiting for member after submitting required documents., ACMA

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

2009-2015 Completed 13 courses out of 14 courses.

ICMAB - The Institute of Cost and Accounting Management Bangladesh

2006-2009 Management Accountant, ACMA

University of Dhaka

2006-2007 Accounting and Information Systems, Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Dhaka

2001-2006 Accounting and Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Ibn Taimiya School & College, Comilla

1998-2000 Business Studies, Higher Secondary Certificates

Ibn Taimiya School & College, Comilla

1993-1998 Business Studies, Secondary School Certificates (SSC)

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

2011-2014 Completed all the course including. Now waiting for member after submitting required documents., ACMA

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

2009-2014 Completed 13 courses out of 14 courses.

ICMAB - The Institute of Cost and Accounting Management Bangladesh

2006-2009 Management Accountant, ACMA

University of Dhaka

2006-2007 Accounting and Information Systems, Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Dhaka

2001-2006 Accounting and Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Ibn Taimiya School & College, Comilla

1998-2000 Business Studies, Higher Secondary Certificates

Ibn Taimiya School & College, Comilla

1993-1998 Business Studies, Secondary School Certificates (SSC)

Experience

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Role as a Finance Project Manager:
1. Working with project team of country and abroad to roll out bank’s different projects that simplify the existing process of work, enhancing the capabilities of existing systems, implementing new systems that satisfying the ultimate customers of SCB Bangladesh for both corporate & Institutional clients and retail banking clients.
2. In different project role, check the end to end process and results of CAT (Conversion Acceptance Testing), UAT (User Acceptance Testing), UVT (User Verification testing) and also the test results of PVR before providing any sign-off of bank’s different project from Finance.
3. Before implementation of any Project, liaison with regulatory reporting team and group reporting team to provide customize Accounting Entries from country perspective to project team, there have differences between group reporting and regulatory reporting (Local).
4. As part of change management team, continuously communicating with different stakeholders (Operations, Product and project team) of the bank to drill down and resolve the different system related issues from Finance aspect that impact on the Bank’s General Ledger’s.
5. Currently, as a finance project manager, closely working with implementation of GPBS (Global Pricing Billing System) module which will smooth the billing process of our corporate and Institutional Clients. This is first time in Bangladesh, where corporate clients will be benefited after implementation of this system. The expected deadline to complete the project by this year.
6. To provide superior service to SCB Card holders, from Finance, we are closely working to implement the integrated card system in Bangladesh. We are expected to roll out this project by 2014.
7. To provide enhanced facilities to Custody Services client, I am engaged with another Group project of Transaction Banking and expected to roll out the project by 2014.

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Financial Control Activities:

1. Country Administrator and Custodian of Bank’s Financial Control System (FCS), where more than 500 users of home and abroad, reconciled the Internal Account Balances (sundry/Suspense/Cash/OtherGL) on monthly basis.
2. To ensure strong internal control environment of the bank, perform the aging analysis and escalate to the account owner on monthly basis (if any anomalies found) as per bank’s financial control policy (FCP)
3. To Comply FCP, monitor the Sundry/Suspense/Nostro Account balances and communicate with account owner to ensure the aging as per Group guidelines.
4. Prepare the monthly Finance Operational Risk Pack for Risk Forum.
5. Prepare and submit the Monthly Sundry/Suspense report to Central Bank in both RIT and hard copy.
6. Escalate risk issues to Country Risk Forum on monthly basis based on aging analysis and the risk appetite.

Balance Sheet Management:

1. Prepare and Circulate Country Asset/Deposit Ratio to Senior Management of the Bank on Daily Basis.
2. Prepare and Circulate the Deposit Concentration Ration on Daily Basis to Senior Management.
3. Preparing the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) on monthly basis for Group Submission as part of BASEL (III) reporting.

General Ledger Control Activities:
1. As Bank have number of Transaction processing (TP) systems which interfacing with the General Ledger (GL), one of the important job roles to regularly communicate with the TP owners and Finance shared Support team to supervise the smooth flow of data from TP to GL as a custodian of Bank’s GL.
2. At country level when any new product has been launched, commence the TP- GL interfacing with that new product for smooth transition.
3. To comply the bank’s FCP, reviewing the Trial balances on daily basis and on monthly basis prepare the review report. In addition, on monthly basis prepare the Business Unit Proof report, Bank’s Accrued Interest receivable and Payable report.

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Finance Project Manager (Contd.)

8. Lead from Country to implement Financial Control system that was implemented on 2012. Also provided training, countrywide.
9. Lead the GOLF project (General Ledger Online Form), the automated group driven project for maintaining chart of Accounts, cost centers and other chart fields.
10. Directly involved with automation of e-procurement system and vendor management that smoothen the supply chain management and procurement process.
11. Validate the Finance part from Group reporting and Local reporting perspectives and smoothly converted the static and financial data from the previous e-mortgage system while implementing the RLS (Retail Lending Systems) on 2011 one of the major project of retail clients of the bank.
12. In addition, closely engaged with eBBS conversion project (the core TP system of the bank), MI Revenue project (System for calculating Card Reward Point computation), launching o Islamic Banking for Institutional and Corporate clients.

BASIC Bank Ltd

2007-2010 Assistant Manager-Finance

Role as Assistant Manager in Finance Division of BASIC Bank Limited:
1. Prepare and submit Quarterly BASEL-II reporting (Capital Adequacy Report) to Central Bank..
2. Liaison with the External Assessment Rating Institutes (ECAI’s) to calculate the risk weighted assets of the bank.
3. Collate the CAMEL rating statements to Central Bank on Half Yearly Basis.
4. Prepare and submit HFT (Held for Trading) weekly statement to Central Bank.
5. Liaison with Bank’s Tax adviser and maintaining strong relationship with Large Tax Payer Unit (LTU) for submitting Corporate Tax Return.
6. Attaining Tax Hearing for previous pending corporate tax issues of the bank.
7. Guiding the Accounts Payable unit by informing the Tax and VAT changes from National Budgets.
8. Compiling the Bank’s Annual Report by collating Management report, Directors Report, the overall key highlights i.e. the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of the bank.

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Role as a Finance Project Manager:
1. Working with project team of country and abroad to roll out bank’s different projects that simplify the existing process of work, enhancing the capabilities of existing systems, implementing new systems that satisfying the ultimate customers of SCB Bangladesh for both corporate & Institutional clients and retail banking clients.
2. In different project role, check the end to end process and results of CAT (Conversion Acceptance Testing), UAT (User Acceptance Testing), UVT (User Verification testing) and also the test results of PVR before providing any sign-off of bank’s different project from Finance.
3. Before implementation of any Project, liaison with regulatory reporting team and group reporting team to provide customize Accounting Entries from country perspective to project team, there have differences between group reporting and regulatory reporting (Local).
4. As part of change management team, continuously communicating with different stakeholders (Operations, Product and project team) of the bank to drill down and resolve the different system related issues from Finance aspect that impact on the Bank’s General Ledger’s.
5. Currently, as a finance project manager, closely working with implementation of GPBS (Global Pricing Billing System) module which will smooth the billing process of our corporate and Institutional Clients. This is first time in Bangladesh, where corporate clients will be benefited after implementation of this system. The expected deadline to complete the project by this year.
6. To provide superior service to SCB Card holders, from Finance, we are closely working to implement the integrated card system in Bangladesh. We are expected to roll out this project by 2014.
7. To provide enhanced facilities to Custody Services client, I am engaged with another Group project of Transaction Banking and expected to roll out the project by 2014.

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Financial Control Activities:

1. Country Administrator and Custodian of Bank’s Financial Control System (FCS), where more than 500 users of home and abroad, reconciled the Internal Account Balances (sundry/Suspense/Cash/OtherGL) on monthly basis.
2. To ensure strong internal control environment of the bank, perform the aging analysis and escalate to the account owner on monthly basis (if any anomalies found) as per bank’s financial control policy (FCP)
3. To Comply FCP, monitor the Sundry/Suspense/Nostro Account balances and communicate with account owner to ensure the aging as per Group guidelines.
4. Prepare the monthly Finance Operational Risk Pack for Risk Forum.
5. Prepare and submit the Monthly Sundry/Suspense report to Central Bank in both RIT and hard copy.
6. Escalate risk issues to Country Risk Forum on monthly basis based on aging analysis and the risk appetite.

Balance Sheet Management:

1. Prepare and Circulate Country Asset/Deposit Ratio to Senior Management of the Bank on Daily Basis.
2. Prepare and Circulate the Deposit Concentration Ration on Daily Basis to Senior Management.
3. Preparing the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) on monthly basis for Group Submission as part of BASEL (III) reporting.

General Ledger Control Activities:
1. As Bank have number of Transaction processing (TP) systems which interfacing with the General Ledger (GL), one of the important job roles to regularly communicate with the TP owners and Finance shared Support team to supervise the smooth flow of data from TP to GL as a custodian of Bank’s GL.
2. At country level when any new product has been launched, commence the TP- GL interfacing with that new product for smooth transition.
3. To comply the bank’s FCP, reviewing the Trial balances on daily basis and on monthly basis prepare the review report. In addition, on monthly basis prepare the Business Unit Proof report, Bank’s Accrued Interest receivable and Payable report.

Standard Chartered Bank

2010 Finance Manager

Finance Project Manager (Contd.)

8. Lead from Country to implement Financial Control system that was implemented on 2012. Also provided training, countrywide.
9. Lead the GOLF project (General Ledger Online Form), the automated group driven project for maintaining chart of Accounts, cost centers and other chart fields.
10. Directly involved with automation of e-procurement system and vendor management that smoothen the supply chain management and procurement process.
11. Validate the Finance part from Group reporting and Local reporting perspectives and smoothly converted the static and financial data from the previous e-mortgage system while implementing the RLS (Retail Lending Systems) on 2011 one of the major project of retail clients of the bank.
12. In addition, closely engaged with eBBS conversion project (the core TP system of the bank), MI Revenue project (System for calculating Card Reward Point computation), launching o Islamic Banking for Institutional and Corporate clients.

BASIC Bank Ltd

2007-2010 Assistant Manager-Finance

Role as Assistant Manager in Finance Division of BASIC Bank Limited:
1. Prepare and submit Quarterly BASEL-II reporting (Capital Adequacy Report) to Central Bank..
2. Liaison with the External Assessment Rating Institutes (ECAI’s) to calculate the risk weighted assets of the bank.
3. Collate the CAMEL rating statements to Central Bank on Half Yearly Basis.
4. Prepare and submit HFT (Held for Trading) weekly statement to Central Bank.
5. Liaison with Bank’s Tax adviser and maintaining strong relationship with Large Tax Payer Unit (LTU) for submitting Corporate Tax Return.
6. Attaining Tax Hearing for previous pending corporate tax issues of the bank.
7. Guiding the Accounts Payable unit by informing the Tax and VAT changes from National Budgets.
8. Compiling the Bank’s Annual Report by collating Management report, Directors Report, the overall key highlights i.e. the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of the bank.