Killian Clifford

Nationality: Ireland
Languages: English, Spanish
Country Experience: Brazil, Egypt, France, Ireland, Lebanon, Malawi, Pakistan, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Years of Experience:
13

Expertise:
Credit Scoring, Finance & Accounting, MIS, Product Design, Regulation

Killian Clifford has 13 years experience within the financial services industry. Currently engaged on a mobile money bank inception project as a financial analyst and banking expert. Recently operated as an independent financial sector development consultant in Malawi. Before that he worked in the investment banking industry for 11 years experiencing best practice in risk management, financial and regulatory reporting, trading and MIS/IT change management. He is also experienced in emerging markets.

Academic Qualifications:

• MBS Finance, Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland, 1996;
• Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy Stream), University College Dublin, Ireland, 1994

Treasury and Risk Management Consultant
Chemonics International
Malawi
October 2008 - February 2009

• Phase I: Independent consultant working on USAID???s Deepening Malawi???s Microfinance Sector Project (DMS). Assisted MUSCCO, the leading Malawian apex MFI, in managing their treasury and risk functions. Initially investigating reasons for the declining performance of their investment portfolio, a liquidity and trend analysis was untaken to assess both MUSCCOs and its members financial soundness. Member SACCOs were profiled and their investment portfolios analyzed before undertaking market research with them with respect to the service they were being offered. An analysis of MUSSCOs business processes, and also of apex MFIs best practice within the African region, were undertaken.
• Phase II: A bespoke cash-forecasting and scenario tool was built to illustrate the effect of the proposed phase 1 changes on liquidity and to allow MUSCCO to manage its assets and liabilities. Both the liquidity analysis and cash forecasting tools were handed over, with training given on their use, to build MUSCCOs capacity in these areas going forward.

Change Management Consultant
Detica (Banking & Financial Markets RBS, HSBC, Santander, UBS)
United Kingdom
January 2006 - September 2009
Change management consultant working as analyst and project manager in the areas of risk management (credit and market risk), financial reporting, regulatory reporting (including liquidity and capital adequacy reporting).

Banking Systems Business Analyst (MIS)
JPMorgan
United Kingdom
November 2000 - December 2004
Senior Analyst on STP system for OTC credit, equities and fixed-income derivatives with responsibility for producing post-trade MIS. Managed project life cycle, including understanding trade flow front to back and system interfaces, analyzing business requirements, gathering data requirements and identifying gaps. Data querying language (SQL) was used to identify and extract relevant data from trade message which was then passed through a series of custom built XML templates to produce the standardized post-trade documentation. Managed user acceptance testing cycle, handover to the client and support.

Risk Management, Treasury Management & Trading Desk Support
Nomura
United Kingdom
May 1999 - November 2000

• Analyst on a convertible bond/equity derivatives trading desk where responsibilities included inspection and calculation of controversial market risk exposures using Value at Risk (VaR - Market Risk) and correlation quantitative methodologies. A Monte Carlo approach was used to calculate Credit VaR exposures and default probabilities. Both market and credit risk exposures were compared with that calculated by the risk management area. The desk quantitative models were also on a daily basis to calculate instrument prices and values.
• Assisted traders in managing daily Desk treasury issues including executing Foreign Exchange hedge trades and ensuring that securities financing (borrow and lending of stocks) was executed at an optimal cost.

Emerging Markets FX and Interest Rate Trading
Barclays Capital
United Kingdom
September 1997 - January 1999
Junior trader with responsibility for trading emerging market currencies (incl. SGD, THB) and short term interest rate products. Spoke with locally based traders and analysts on a daily basis. Traded within limits whilst minimising VaR exposures. Responsible for managing the banks emerging market nostro currency balances. Also assisted traders on major trading desks (GBP/USD, USD/JPY etc)

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Date Available:
04 Jun 2009

Preferred Assignment:
Short Term or Long Term

Contact:
killianclifford@googlemail.com

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