Zahra Khan
Finance
Pune,Maharashtra
Summary
Highly motivated individual excelling in high-pressure environments. Demonstrated track record of achieving results and meeting deadlines through quick and innovative problem-solving strategies.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate, Liquidity Treasury Reporting Analysis
Deutsche Bank, DBOI
Pune
7 2017 - Current
- Led the production and distribution of real-time liquidity data for regulatory reports, ensuring compliance and precision while guiding team efforts to meet stringent deadlines.
- Directed month-end data reconciliation initiatives across diverse data sources, proactively communicating results to key stakeholders to support strategic decision-making.
- Led cross-functional teams in resolving data adjustment issues by collaborating with IT and source data providers, driving automation initiatives to enhance data integrity.
- Orchestrated and executed change projects focused on feed onboarding, attribute changes, and reference data onboarding, effectively navigating complex challenges to ensure seamless integration.
- Established and enforced rigorous quality checks and review processes, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of reports and upholding high data quality standards.
- Designed and implemented a robust control framework for daily and monthly operations, presenting insightful updates at governance review forums to senior management.
- Fostered positive, productive relationships with stakeholders, leveraging strong communication and negotiation skills to align project objectives with organizational goals.
- Successfully led multiple concurrent projects, demonstrating adeptness in resource management and delivering results within budget constraints and timelines.
Analyst, Whole Loan Trading and Structured Products Trading
Barclays
Mumbai
8 2014 - 5 2016
- Part of NPL/RPL seasoned whole loan trading team
- Analyzing the loan tape using excel and analytical tool (CAS) to get various types of stratification reports
- Managing the NPL/RPL pool actively in Barclays book on a day to day basis
- Sending out daily stratification reports for the loans in Barx Inventory, providing commentary regarding the performance of the pool along with hedges
Finance Executive, Liquidity Reporting
HSBC
06.2014 - 08.2014
- Understanding the detailed liquidity data requirements for FSA liquidity, Basel III and interest rate risk management and reporting in order to work on reference data mapping and maintenance
- Support regional business analysis on product treatment/modelling using liquidity data interfaces
- Supporting impact assessments and completing gap analyses across global sites, coordinating efforts with both regional and Group project teams
- Assisting regional UAT to ensure accuracy of their liquidity reports and to identify reporting gaps which need to be addressed
- Preparation of reconciliations at product/Feed level
- Preparation of data quality dashboards for distribution to stakeholders
- Attending recurring working group meetings with Group ALM, GB&M and regional Business and IT teams to provide guidance on data requirements and data sourcing
- To ensure compliance with the Bank's governance and control standard's
Analyst, Financial Markets Advisory (Structured Finance)
BlackRock
09.2012 - 12.2013
- Valuation and risk assessment of fixed income investment portfolios, including Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities and Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (Structured Products)
- Analyzing timing and severity of losses at loan level as well as bond level
- Handling Mortgage Backed Securities complex data and providing the commentaries and directly sending it to the counterparts
- Preparing Research reports which highlights credit events in European Commercial Real Estate Market
Education
B.Com (Honors) -
Shri Ram College of Commerce(SRCC)
New Delhi 03.2009 - 04.2024
Skills
SQL
Sap BO
Power BI
Python
Excel
Variance Analysis
Analytical Skills
Excellent Communication
Task Prioritization
Data Analysis
Professional Highlights
- Proven expertise in Liquidity Reporting and fixed income, with a strong track record of exceeding stakeholder expectations and receiving top performance reviews.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing complex change projects and enhancing automation processes through effective collaboration with IT and technical support teams.
- Committed to quality assurance and operational efficiency, implementing robust control frameworks that ensure accurate and compliant reporting.
Timeline
Finance Executive, Liquidity Reporting
HSBC
06.2014 - 08.2014
Analyst, Financial Markets Advisory (Structured Finance)
BlackRock
09.2012 - 12.2013
B.Com (Honors) -
Shri Ram College of Commerce(SRCC)
03.2009 - 04.2024
Associate, Liquidity Treasury Reporting Analysis
Deutsche Bank, DBOI
7 2017 - Current
Analyst, Whole Loan Trading and Structured Products Trading
Barclays
8 2014 - 5 2016
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