Charles HONG

Experience

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  Kenanga Group

  Aug 2012 - Sept 2012

  Portfolio Analyst Intern

  ● Analysed listed companies’ financial performances and presented the said results to directors

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  RHBInvest

  Dec 2014 - Jul 2016

  Share Trading Officer

  ● High KPIs achiever - Graded 4.2 out of 5 and managed to grow clients’ portfolios by double-digit annually● Devised frontline investment transaction strategies and managed clients’ equity portfolios● Organised investment seminars on quantitative and technical analysis of the financial markets● Expanded bank’s business network and managed a new centre as a business developer, successfully recruited 1 to 2 new High Net Worth investors per day

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  Gilgamesh Consulting - Anzo Capital

  Aug 2017 - May 2021

  Senior Business and Risk Analyst

  ● Led the Risk Management team, which consist of 5 members, responsible for Fintech-related risks, operations, projects, products and clients management ● Gained 2x revenues increment each year with a solid risk management knowledge and end-to-end custom process solutions of digitalization and transformation● Reported periodically to both internal and external stakeholders regarding the market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk positions to ensure healthy P&L and good trading environment● Developed risk strategies across the business to define well-informed risk limits● Gathered functional requirements by User Story format and used to draw comprehensive customer journey maps for business analysis● Validated new features with SIT & UAT to improve efficiency and accuracy of the risk-related analysis Show less

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  A-IT Software Services Pte Ltd, placement in DBS

  May 2021 - Oct 2022

  Business Analyst

  ● Awarded the November 2021 Spot Award from the department● Manage an AI / ML protocol platform for analytic teams to conform the bank’s AI Industrialisation goal ● The said product awarded “The Best in Future of Intelligence” from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2021● Collate and rationalise all user stories and requirements across the bank (teams from Singapore, China, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia)● Discuss the relevant requirements with different teams (including Business team, Product team, Analytic team, IT Back-end, IT Front-end, UI design team and scrum master) using agile framework● Review schema and conduct holistic test plan and test cases; and assess each task in UAT and PROD● Sign off UAT and in charge of the pre and post deployment in production site ● Follow up with tech teams if any task does not meet the acceptance criteria written in JIRA● Write release note and update User Guide for new releases, publish in Confluence and announce via email ● Maintain quality dashboard to analyse and keep track the usage and health of the product ● Significant tasks: - Build interactive workflow in the platform and attract more than double of distinct new users compare to previous release - Redesign and improve the entire AI protocol UI/UX with a simple (e.g. reduce # of clicks) and methodical design layout Show less

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  Standard Chartered Bank

  Nov 2022 - now

  Business Solutions Manager

  ● Understand respective regulatory requirements for a bank wide multi-year multi-million-dollar Supervision and Controls application and translate into quality technology solutions● Prepare prototype, roles & responsible, user story, functional review and Comm as part of end-to-end post-trade control workflow onboarding process● Provide on-going support to the technology teams on authoring and reviewing test cases, closing out open issues and questions, and managing change request process● Significant tasks: - Handling and delivering multiple post-trade regulatory modules as per PRA, EMIR, MiFID, HKMA, MAS and Dodd-Frank requirements - Redesign and simplified Front Office Staff mandates form and approval process Show less