Palesa Lepulana
Liquidity Risk Specialist
Centurion
Summary
Enthusiastic Mathematician with 10 years experience in finance, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. My greatest strength is analytics, with good knowledge of financial instruments, liquidity risk and reporting. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the my career to reach my full potential, while making a significant contribution to the success of the company.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Liquidity Risk Specialist
Standard Bank
08.2021 - Current
- Deliver accurate and efficient monthly Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) balance sheet reconciliation
- Reporting accurate regulatory return and inform Liquidity Risk management decisions
- Executing monthly Structural Liquidity Risk business processes to maintain audit and regulatory compliance as per Basel requirements
- Executing Structural mismatch gap and reporting results to various stakeholders to inform Liquidity Risk and fund raising decisions
- Collaborating with various stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Group Regulatory and IT to achieve efficient and effective delivery of the process
- Performing administrative and secretarial functions for Standard Bank of South Africa Asset and Liability Committee (SBSA ALCO)
Product Control Specialist – Credit Desk
Standard Bank
07.2016 - 07.2021
- Ensuring Accounting for transactions captured and product set is complete, accurate and valid
- Classification of Assets and Liabilities are in appropriate Balance Sheet accounts, and ensuring that unsubstantiated balances and un-reconciled accounts are addressed on a timely basis, and escalated where appropriate
- Understand and validate large un-collaterised deals that incorporate DVA and CVA (XVA's)
- Preparation of month-end/ year-end results
- Preparation and distribution of trade related information for stakeholders
- Maintaining good rapport and a strong relationship with the traders, market risk and the regulatory division
Product Controller – Graduate TCM
Standard Bank
04.2015 - 06.2016
- Ensuring sufficiency of financial resources to support the Bank's strategy; that they are efficiently deployed and Maximizing the returns of the financial resources through pricing and Pre credit committee
- Balance sheet management in respect of booking balance sheet, liquidity, capital and single obligor limits
- Pricing of all deals to be booked on the respective balance sheet
Product Controller – Graduate Interest Rate Desk
Standard Bank
06.2014 - 03.2015
- Production of daily profit and loss (P&L) and related explanations for product set
- Analyze the daily economic factors that influence the movement in the P&L
- Understanding, validating and processing daily P&L entries into the General Ledger
- Compilation of monthly commentary on significant balance sheet and income statement movements
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Applied Mathematics
University of The Witwatersrand
02.2009 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics Honours
University of The Witwatersrand
01.2013 - 12.2013
Certificate in Business Accounting - undefined
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Skills
- Quantitative, Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking
- Financial Market Knowledge
- PowerBI
- Alteryx
- Process Improvement
Timeline
Liquidity Risk Specialist
Standard Bank
08.2021 - Current
Product Control Specialist – Credit Desk
Standard Bank
07.2016 - 07.2021
Product Controller – Graduate TCM
Standard Bank
04.2015 - 06.2016
Product Controller – Graduate Interest Rate Desk
Standard Bank
06.2014 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics Honours
University of The Witwatersrand
01.2013 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Applied Mathematics
University of The Witwatersrand
02.2009 - 12.2012
Certificate in Business Accounting - undefined
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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