Tashreek Khan
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
A highly strategic and analytical financial professional with extensive experience in financial and regulatory reporting. Known for being results-driven, I thrive in collaborative environments where teamwork, problem-solving, and innovative thinking are valued. Passionate about optimizing processes and fostering strong stakeholder relationships, I am dedicated to delivering tasks with the highest level of efficiency and effectiveness.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2030
2030
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Investment Repository Manager
Old Mutual
Cape Town, South Africa
10.2022 - 06.2025
- The investment repository (IR) is an application that is used to store and collate investment data to support investment reporting for Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa (OMLACSA) and in scope Group insurance entities.
- Reporting to the Regulatory Manager, the role is primarily accountable for the management and delivery of all the Investment Repository deliverables to the various stakeholders (i.e. IFRS, Regulatory, Actuarial, Tax, Balance Sheet Management).
- Owning the process of delivering the following quarterly OMLACSA extracts that support various reporting processes. The processes include IFRS, SAM, Actuarial, Credit and concentration risk, SARB quarterly asset allocations, Tax and foreign exposures.
- Managing the delivery of the investment related input into the annual S&P ratings exercise and IAIS submission.
- Provide input as required in respect of ad hoc investment information requests.
- Responsible for liaising with the auditors in respect of any investment related queries (IFRS, SAM and SARB) and facilitating resolution thereof.
- Responsible for providing all the OMLACSA AFS disclosure in respect of the IFRS 13 fair value hierarchy.
- Provide guidance on the impact that prospective changes/transactions might have on the Investment Repository process and extracts.
- Work closely with the Regulatory Reporting Team to ensure that the Investment Repository extracts are amended for changes to legislation/ Prudential Standards.
- Continuously improve the efficiency and capabilities of the function and participate in the broader Finance initiatives and Ad hoc projects across the Group.
- Ensure that effective and efficient systems, processes and controls are maintained for all investment reporting to appropriate materiality.
- Manage and develop direct reports.
- Manage the relationship with all the data providers and stakeholders that are recipients to the Investment Repository data.
- Liaise with the third-party vendor in respect of changes and new development requirements.
Financial Analyst
Old Mutual
Cape Town, South Africa
07.2019 - 09.2022
- Financial analyst within the Old Mutual Limited Group Finance team with a specific focus on gathering, analyzing and reporting on investment related data.
- Reporting requirements includes reporting on investment information by asset class, product segmentation, counterparty exposure, foreign asset exposure and any other IFRS and Regulatory requirements to various stakeholders including senior management teams.
- Preparing and reviewing quarterly extracts for the Group Finance and Regulatory teams.
- Preparing and analyzing investment asset reports and providing commentary on quarterly and annual movements for management.
- Owning the asset reporting requirements for IFRS reporting purposes (IFRS 7) and SARB.
- Managing and overseeing the regulatory and management reporting submissions via the investment repository to the Group Financial Reporting team.
- Overseeing, coordinating and ensuring implementation of key controls throughout the investment repository reporting process to safeguard the output of the investment repository.
- Preparing and submitting all investment data quantitative reporting templates to the relevant regulatory boards for SAM purposes.
- Supporting ad-hoc asset requirements to other regulatory bodies and stakeholders.
- Liaising with data providers to ensure that information is submitted timeously. When data issues arose, led meetings with the relevant data providers to resolve the issues and ensure that issues would not affect future submissions.
- Updating the process and controls process for the investment repository where necessary and signs off on updates from the investment data administrator.
Assistant Financial Accountant
Old Mutual
Cape Town, South Africa
07.2016 - 06.2019
- Preparation and submission of regulatory returns to the Prudential Authority in South Africa. This relates to Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) reporting.
- Preparation and submission of regulatory returns to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and ASISA ensuring compliance with SARB and ASISA legislation.
- Perform quarterly reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of investment asset data.
- Prepare and analyze balance sheets, income statements and asset reports for external stakeholders.
- Performs analytical and variance analysis on large sets of data in order to find trends and reasons for large data movements.
- Review and analyze the returns to ensure timely and accurate production of reporting in line with reporting standards.
- Implementation and automation of current and forthcoming financial reporting processes.
- Improving data extracts in line with regulatory definitions.
- Drives the process to collate information from the Business Units required for the various regulatory returns.
- Maintain and update regulatory reporting policies and procedures.
GAP Trainee – Regulatory Reporting
Old Mutual
Cape Town, South Africa
02.2015 - 06.2016
- The Graduate Accelerated Programme is aimed at identifying and developing leadership capability to meet the future resource needs of the business. Through this programme I gained experience and business knowledge initially through project-based involvement and on-the-job training accompanied by ongoing assessments.
Education
Mobilise Leadership Development Programme -
Emeritus
04.2024 - 12.2024
CFA Level 1 -
CFA Institute
/2018 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Business Science - Finance with accounting
University of Cape Town
01.2010 - 12.2014
Matric -
South African College Schools
01.2005 - 12.2009
Skills
- Improving Process Efficiency
- Financial Data Analysis
- Database Management
- Investment Asset Reporting
- Client Relationship Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Financial and Regulatory Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Administration and Analysis
- Troubleshooting Problems with Financial Systems
- Mentoring and coaching
- Interpersonal communication
- Leadership skills
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Project Execution: Contributed and collaborated towards the Investment Repository project by testing the system, requesting new data builds and updating rule logic. The Investment Repository is the Old Mutual data warehouse used to maintain and generate asset data reports.
- Awards and Recognition: Innovation award achieved for improving a process for the financial year end audit ensuring deadlines were met while saving costs on IT development.
- Problem Solving: Implemented a new solution towards the quarterly SARB reporting processes ensuring accuracy and efficiency in the reporting process.
IT PROFICIENCY
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Infostore
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Bloomberg
- HFM
- Oracle
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Mobilise Leadership Development Programme -
Emeritus
04.2024 - 12.2024
Investment Repository Manager
Old Mutual
10.2022 - 06.2025
Financial Analyst
Old Mutual
07.2019 - 09.2022
Assistant Financial Accountant
Old Mutual
07.2016 - 06.2019
GAP Trainee – Regulatory Reporting
Old Mutual
02.2015 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Business Science - Finance with accounting
University of Cape Town
01.2010 - 12.2014
Matric -
South African College Schools
01.2005 - 12.2009
CFA Level 1 -
CFA Institute
/2018 - 12.2018
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