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Sameer Monga

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with a robust 6 year experience of delivering impactful risk and valuation solutions for banks, insurance companies, and financial institutions. Expert in market risk, credit risk modelling, and valuation of OTC derivatives, with a strong foundation in regulatory compliance across IFRS 9, Basel, CCAR, CECL and scorecard models. Proven skills in financial modelling, model validation, and developing strategic hedging strategies, supported by extensive experience in key risk areas such as market risk, credit risk, CCR, liquidity risk, ALM and IRRBB. Proficient in risk assessment and reporting tools, including FinMechanics and Bloomberg, as well as advanced Excel with expertise in VBA, python and SQL. Experienced in deploying market risk metrics (VaR, Expected Shortfall, PV01), conducting stress testing, and driving system enhancements. A collaborative leader with a track record of guiding cross-functional teams and aligning with senior stakeholders to ensure regulatory alignment and optimize risk processes.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Advisory Specialist

Acies Consulting
09.2023 - 04.2024
  • Developed Credit Risk Models: Built predictive models to assess Probability of Default (PD), Loss Given Default (LGD), and Exposure at Default (EAD) for various types of retail and wholesale lending portfolios
  • Leveraged Generalized Linear Models and advanced machine learning techniques for predictive analytics, designing comprehensive Expected Credit Loss (ECL) models and risk scorecards
  • IFRS 9 Compliance and Capital Calculation: Developed IFRS 9-compliant Expected Credit Loss (ECL) models integrating macroeconomic scenario forecasting to meet regulatory standards
  • Applied the Advanced Internal Ratings-Based (AIRB) approach for capital estimation, ensuring alignment with both IFRS 9 and Basel requirements
  • Conducted rigorous model validation, backtesting, and sensitivity analysis to ensure model robustness, reliability, and adaptability to evolving market conditions and regulatory frameworks
  • Market Risk Capital Charge: Led efforts to compute market risk capital charge for a bank's trading portfolio, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
  • Calculated counterparty credit risk charge for OTC derivatives, repo-style and other transactions booked in the trading book
  • Model Validation and Development: Conducted independent model validation for a leading conglomerate and one of India's largest private sector bank, focusing on their treasury and risk systems
  • Developed and rigorously tested mark-to-market (MTM) valuation models for a wide range of OTC vanilla and exotic derivatives, including options (FX, barrier, digital, greeks etc), swaps such as CCS, IRS, FRA and interest rate products
  • Additionally, validated sensitivity models for calculating PV01, Value at Risk (VaR), ETL, stress testing, and option Greeks, ensuring robustness of market risk assessments
  • Financial Analysis: Independently developed financial models and performed equity analysis on various companies, utilising techniques like DCF, comparable company analysis, ratio analysis to assess company performance and valuation
  • ALM System Implementation: Assisted in implementing ALM systems for banks and NBFCs, covering liquidity and funding metrics such as LCR and NSFR
  • Prepared Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional Specification Documents (FSD), and supported UAT and go-live processes
  • Contingency Funding Plan (CFP): Assisted banks in drafting comprehensive CFP documents to ensure bank's readiness for liquidity stress events, aligned with regulatory and liquidity risk management frameworks
  • Forward Rate Agreements (FRA): Helped banks and insurers in executing FRA transactions for managing interest rate risk in their books
  • Prepared documents to support decision-making processes

Client and Site Manager

HBK Infra
09.2018 - 08.2023
  • Loan Management Process: Conducted credit assessments of clients, evaluating financial profiles to determine eligibility for loans and guiding them through application processes to ensure timely approvals
  • Collaboration with Financial Partners: Partnered with banks and insurance providers to secure optimal financing and insurance terms, negotiating agreements aligned with client requirements
  • Referral Network Expansion: Expanded referral networks by building strong relationships with local real estate agents, resulting in a 65% increase in client acquisition through trusted partnerships

Education

CFA Level - 1 -

CFA Institute
08.2024

Financial Risk Manager - undefined

Global Association of Risk Professionals
01.2023

Credit Risk Modelling - undefined

Peaks2tails
01.2023

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering

Chitkara University
01.2018

Skills

  • Python Programming
  • Excel
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • VBA
  • SQL
  • Credit Risk Modelling
  • Statistics
  • Fundamental & Technical Analysis

Timeline

Business Advisory Specialist

Acies Consulting
09.2023 - 04.2024

Client and Site Manager

HBK Infra
09.2018 - 08.2023

Financial Risk Manager - undefined

Global Association of Risk Professionals

Credit Risk Modelling - undefined

Peaks2tails

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering

Chitkara University

CFA Level - 1 -

CFA Institute
Sameer Monga