Akhil Vaja

Experience

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  Clarksons

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

  Finance - work experience

  • Executed a new process for updating financial documentation in multiple languages.• Conducted audit work for brokers, enabling them to engage with clients accurately.• Updating brokerage data on Excel.• Learned the dynamics of a finance team.

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  Barclays

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  Customer Service Assistant - work experience

  • Provided customer service, navigating customers through various systems.• Successfully grasped the importance of account openings for foreign customers, including high/low risk ISA’s, current and foreign currency accounts.• Pursued training behind the till, helping to improve problem solving and customer service skills by working with physical and digital currency.

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  Trading 212

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Summer Intern

  • Tracked and reported multiple fraudulent clients using accounts for criminal purposes.• Successfully trained on Zendesk and Excel to report/remove criminals from the platform.• Gained exposure and understanding of the trading team, enhancing profit through personal trading strategies.• Learned how to take detailed notes through attending board meetings, gaining invaluable exposure and insights at the highest level.• Engaging with customers directly, who may have been flagged up for suspicious activity and recording ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’.• Handling customer complaints, providing feedback when necessary. • Worked with risk and compliance team in order to make sure both the customer and company remain in line with the FCA regulations.• Gaining exposure to the sql programming language through the trading team for their data bases. Show less

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  Finefair Ltd

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  Summer Intern

  • Accountable for the landlords and tenants maintenance department, across 6 properties. • Implemented improvements to streamline contractor engagement to a high standard.• Liaised with agents and contractors to drive new business and reputation in the market.• Met with hotel owners to secure over 60 rooms for asylum seekers.• Gained relationship building and negotiations skills through the firm's client focus.

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  IBM

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2023

  Business Consultant

  • Worked in collaboration with partners of the firm to deliver projects to clients.• Worked with multiple high profile clients in a range of fields from the oil to manufacturing industries.• Regularly present to an account with over 40 people on vital information about a client.• Support the forecasting on the account, ensuring we are managing our resources time correctly so we remain within our agreed release GP%.• Winning bids through providing innovative products and services.

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  AmplifyPlus

  Aug 2023 - now

  Co-Founder