ARJUN MENON

SUMMARY Profile and Skills: Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive experience in Bank

Treasury and Audit. Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make well thought-out

decisions. Good written and verbal communication skills. Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical. Resourceful in the completion of projects, effective at multi-tasking. Good understanding of the accounting concepts with ability to apply them in a varied manner. Ability to easily grasp new software and accounting packages.

Work Areas: Perform Desk wise Treasury P&L analysis and report to Front Office, Risk and management. Assist in annual Treasury budget/ forecast preparation and cost control activities. Identify financial variances and provide corrective actions. Ensure the accuracy and

timeliness of internal management and financial reporting requirements through use of skilled knowledge on IAS and IFRS guidelines.

Review and revise internal controls and Treasury products accounting plan

EDUCATION Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Nov 2012Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent)

University of Mumbai, May 2010Master of Commerce

COMPUTER SKILLS Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista. Application Software: MS- Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Internet Explorer,

Auditing in SAP environment and other Tailor made ERP Packages Advanced knowledge on MS-Excel Adept knowledge on Banking treasury systems like Bloomberg, Calypso, Kondor and Murex

EXPERIENCE2012 to Emirates National Bank of Dubai, DubaiPresent Assistant Manager, Product Control Treasury Finance

Review and explain the daily treasury P&L by product lines at a desk wise level to the Front Office traders and provide a commentary.

Respond to day to day queries from sites’ financial departments on outstanding suspense account entries, reconciliations and other accounting issues; and ensuring tight monitoring of daily accounting, financial and market risk controls.

Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of internal management and financial reporting requirements through use of skilled knowledge on IAS and IFRS guidelines. Keeping proper audit trails for reports produced, escalation of problem issues, ensuring integrity of key spreadsheets, and other operational controls as communicated through internal mails.

Developing and monitoring accounting plans for various treasury products in accordance and compliance of IFRS standards and also to ensure accurate implementation within the transaction processing source systems Calypso and Kondor.

Responsible for handling Collateral Management to mitigate credit risk through the determination and calling of margin at a portfolio level and managing margin calling, dispute management, portfolio reconciliations, collateral asset management & reporting.

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2008 to KPMG, India2011 Chartered Accountancy Apprenticeship & Client Support Specialist

Conducted statutory and tax audits, IFRS Group Audit, Financial Statement reviews and certification engagements for clients in Banking, Private Equity and other financial services. Independently responsible for Auditing the Investments, Derivatives, Foreign Exchange and

Money Market portfolio of Standard Chartered Bank India and its Subsidiaries SCOPE International and Standard Chartered Investments and Loans Limited (Subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank, PLC, London)along with its compliance with RBI and other statutory requirements.

Application of Accounting Standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in India and IFRS regulations

Ensured the timely preparation of all deliverables like Audit reports, Management Letters, Representation letters, etc.

Effective implementation of audit methodologies and appropriate documentation on all engagements using the firm's tools.

Team leader on Kotak Mahindra Private Equity Limited. Key responsibilities include planning and coordinating the engagement, preparation of critical reports, guiding and supervising my team members and communicating with top management for resolution of audit issues.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Development Activities: Won the Emirates NBD Team of the year GEM award 2013 for Operational excellence. Team member of the Best Bank survey conducted by KPMG Financial services in 2010. Committee member, Film Festival (College Annual event), 2007 Participated in inter collegiate Fashion show during Kshitij (Mithibai College Festival), 2007. Interested in making short films and documentaries during free time which revitalizes the

mind and acts as a stress buster

Trainings: Currently preparing for the GMAT exam Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Nov

2012 Attended an advanced training on Accounting for Financial instruments in IFRS (IAS 39 and

IFRS 9) conducted by Ernst & Young in Dubai.

Personal data: Email: arjun022@gmail.com Tel: +971 562356230 DOB: September 22nd, 1987