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1. Dorothy
Mroz
Contact
Details
E-mail: Dorota.Mroz@hotmail.com
Mobile: +971 (0)509411026
Address: Dubai
Nationality: Polish
Languages: Polish (Native)
English (Fluent)
Russian (Basic)
Italian (Basic)
Profile
I have five years’ experience in accounting and finance and four years’ experience as analyst
in various positions. I have worked closely with different departments across firms, including
Front Office, Sales, Back Office, Treasury, Product Control, Risk Management, Financial and
Regulatory Reporting.
Main skills include:
• Management of Financial and Regulatory Reporting
• Management of FX and Oil and Gas hedging policies
• Currency and Oil exposure
• Risk management
• FX Spot and Swap
• Money Markets (MM)
• Margin Trading
• Client Relationships
• Derivatives and Commodities
Excellent communicator with extensive experience of financial markets, providing direct
support to trading desk, highly focused and ambitious individual.
Immediately available, open to new challenging opportunities.
Education
Diploma from London South Bank University Accounting & Finance 2005 – 2008
Qualification
ACCA - Partially Qualified – studying towards fully qualify
Islamic Products / Financial Markets Certificate 2013
Systems
Experience
Murex, Aspect, Oracle, SAP, Sun & Sage.
2. Employment
History
Ikon Petroleum DMCC– Dubai
P&L Analyst / Sales March 2015 – November 2015
I have worked closely with the Risk Manager in managing the process of identifying events
and assessing the risks affecting the business, develops and implements risk assessment
models or methodologies as required, implementing the plan of risk control actions.
Daily tasks:
• Update daily PLATT’s prices in ASPECT
• Prepare daily Market Report which was send to our Senior Management
• Daily P&L update & reconciliation
• Preparation of daily hedging report
• Input of hedging strategy into ASPECT
• Deal entry and allocation
• Monthly deal roll and maturity
• Position check - reconcile paper positions with external reports
• Pricing check
• Daily book closure
• Contract control and coordinator for new and existing clients.
Standard Chartered Bank – Dubai
Financial Markets Analyst FX/MM November 2012 – December 2014
Direct support to the Foreign Exchange & Money Market trading desks by assisting in queries
and troubleshooting / rectification of system interfaced trades after obtaining the requisite
approvals. To ensure compliance with directives received from regulatory bodies and to
ensure all practices are sound.
• Involvement in producing all relevant reports and business controls for the month end
process.
• Confirm accuracy of trade bookings, which in turn ensures accuracy of risk and Profit
& Loss (PL). Responsible for management, reconciliation and resolving booking
issues and cash breaks.
• Making sure that all the FX/MM trades are reconciled for the month end process.
• Investigate and revert on any FX/MM related queries raised by front office.
• Create new proto trades and portfolio/position view definitions on request from Front
Office.
• Investigate; escalate any missing trades booked via interface systems.
• Respond to e-mail alerts generated by deals that drop into the human review queue.
• Ensure all procedures and service standards are documented, effective and
monitored.
• Work closely with all the support functions (documentation, settlements, valuations,
collateral management, etc) to provide full operational support to the front office.
• Liaise with e-business support for resolution of technical errors.
Temporary cover for Client Coverage Officer:
• Mainly covering all the aspects of Derivative/Commodities/Gold / Islamic Settlements.
• Liaising with client directly regarding payments due and chasing pending confirmation
documents.
• Making sure that client details are updated on the system.
• Processing payments.
• Working closely with relationship managers, meeting all the deadlines.
3. BGC Partners – London
FX, Treasury Product Control Analyst August 2011 – September 2012
Worked within the Foreign Exchange Control team, responsible for the Global Foreign
Exchange Policy for both Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners. My team was managing the
global currency exposure through effective implementation, reporting and management of the
Financial and Regulatory Reporting.
• Dealing on a daily basis ensuring cash reconciliation of the main treasury funding and
corporate trading within the firm, coupled with daily reporting and reconciliation of the
global FX currency exposure.
• Accounting in sub and general ledger for Treasury related cash movements and
vanilla FX products (FX Swaps and FX spots), loans for different legal entities and
desks, intercompany cash movement, money market investment.
• Reconciliation of all Corporate FX trading for accurate reflection in the general ledger.
• Reconciliation of cash breaks generated from Treasury funding and corporate FX
trading.
• Production of the daily FX Currency Predictor report reflecting current global
exposure for distribution to senior business heads.
• Month end reconciliation of balance sheet and PL accounts. Providing information to
various units within and outside of Finance, working within a predefined timeline and
ensuring all accounting is correct before and during ME close.
• Process review and enhancement on an on going basis to provide more timely and
accurate production of data for the business therefore enabling greater analysis and
understanding.
• Adding value to the various projects that are on going within the FX control area.
• Maintain and develop a good relationship with Treasury, Trade support, Financial and
Product control and all other areas that the FX Control team regularly interacts with.
• Deal with all FX rates, daily update and related ad-hoc reporting and reconciliation
issues.
Bank of America – London
Treasury Analyst March 2011 – June 2011
The main responsibilities: propose and execute the appropriate decision by observing and
analyzing the movement of multi-currency. Implementing strategy with the purpose of
minimization of risk associate with foreign currency tractions. Additionally I was responsible
for developing effective methods of optimizing cash usage within the organization.
• Production of key financial reporting and analysis on a weekly and monthly basis
(FC1 & FC2 report).
• Responsible for Variances Analysis Report on month end results, explanation of
variances. Preparation of month end treasury analysis schedule.
• Complete monthly interest GAP schedules.
• Work closely with and support key stakeholders, including treasury, Financial
Controller, trading desk team and Finance Director.
• Agree cash position for previous day and current day.
• Maintain daily cashbooks and journals for both companies and currencies. Review
and investigate lease clearings for all currencies.
• Download daily rate sheet prepare weekly rate schedule for submission to key
personnel.
• Establish borrowing/deposit requirements for current day, monitoring clearing account
balance. Liaise with Marketing Department as to position on potential deals paying
out for current day.
• Update Swap Rates and FX Rates.
4. • Enter borrowing/deposit deals on Treasury Database also enter deal payouts and
Accounts Payable on BA Direct banking system for signing off by approved
authorities.
• Ascertain current day’s transactions- two companies with four currency statements in
each. Prepare weekly and month end reconciliations of all bank accounts for both
companies.
Fox Network – London
Assistant to Financial Controller July 2010 – February 2011
• Weekly cash flow forecasts and managing working capital including foreign exchange
exposure (USD, Euro, GBP).
• Involved in month end close process. Making sure all transactions AP & AR are posted
and reflected in monthly reports also involved in P&L account reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly journals, accruals and prepayments using Sage also posting
journals and prepayments for National Geographic Channels accounts using SAP.
• Involved in preparation of quarterly VAT returns.
• Processing of direct debit and standing orders, prepare payment runs for UK, USA
and Germany also running payroll duties for their office.
• Barclays net payments, cheques payment also expenses payment runs-for UK and
Germany.
• Weekly Bank’s reconciliation for all currencies, purchase ledger control of UTarget Ltd.
Ben Elwes Fine Art – London
Finance, Sales Assistant / PA March 2006 – May 2010
• Experience in preparing and reviewing budgets - provide a forecast of revenues and
expenditures. Month End GL reconcilaitions.
• Assisting with preparation of Trial Balance, Tax return, cashiering and bank
reconciliations.
• Undertake closures for month end process also managing preparation of monthly
journals.
• Dealing with expenses, payments /cheque payments and prepayments.
• Checking and processing of associate expense claims in a timely and accurate
manner.
• Looking after AP and AR duties, daily posing of document in to the system using
Sage.
• Bank and Petty Cash reconciliations also preparing invoices and chasing payments.
• Updating and maintaining database of stock held, i.e. artwork and sculptures.
• Worked closely with Art Sales Director
• Meeting potential clients, organising events.
References are available on request