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Marlon Don van Dorsen

Business Partner - Collateral Management
Glenanda

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
2001
2001
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Collateral Management – Business Partner

Strate (Pty) Ltd
03.2021 - Current
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • SME: Collateral Management
  • Collateral Optimization: Work with business units to maximize the use of eligible securities and loans, ensuring efficient pledging to secured borrowing facilities
  • Data and Reporting: Oversee the management of collateral data and reporting systems, ensuring accurate and timely information for decision-making
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with clients to establish and manage secured borrowing facilities, enhancing liquidity management
  • New initiatives: Link between Business and Operations for new initiatives
  • New initiatives: Link between Business and clients for new initiatives
  • System integration: Lead for integration with vendors/clients
  • Client onboarding: Work with business units to and clients to ensure seamless onboarding
  • Solutioning: Drive/facilitate solutions for client/vendor requirements
  • Strategic objectives: Participate, drive and execute company’s strategic objectives
  • Lead/business owner: for Collateral segments service delivery
  • Representative: SASLA
  • Representative: Collateral Management Division at Market meetings
  • Client centricity: Facilitate meetings with Collateral clients, build relationships with new clients and improve relationships with existing clients
  • Projects: Provide input into project prioritisation, planning and management
  • Sales: Sell Collateral Management product to prospective clients
  • Revenue: Monthly revenue oversight and analysis and annual revenue projections
  • Risk: Assurance and mitigation
  • Financial Services

Operations Manager – Collateral Management

Strate (Pty) Ltd
04.2014 - Current
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Setup of Operational area for Collateral Division
  • Innovate/identify ways to improve processes
  • Drive Operational excellence (stability and integrity of systems)
  • Drive internal Automation initiatives
  • Facilitate meetings with Collateral clients
  • Deliver on company strategic initiatives
  • Build relationships with new clients
  • Improve relationships with existing clients
  • Oversee daily operational functions within the Collateral Division
  • Investigate new business requirements which support the strategic objectives of Collateral clients
  • Ensure effective risk mitigation in the Department
  • Understand the business requirements and liaise with the Collateral Management Division, Clearstream and Strate IT
  • Chair monthly Production Meeting (PFM) with Clearstream
  • Manage BCP activities during a market crisis
  • Ensure appropriate business communication to Collateral clients
  • Provide input into project prioritisation, planning and management
  • Research and report on industry and market best practice
  • Provide input into directive changes
  • Represent Strate at external workshops and committee meetings
  • Oversee Collateral Testing and Client Onboarding activities
  • Establish performance quality measures to assess team and individual performance levels
  • Assist Finance with monthly revenue figures
  • System demonstrations to new clients
  • Present and discuss Collateral procedures to clients and how client business impacted
  • Facilitate integration workshops with Vendors
  • Financial Services

Issuer Services Manager (emergency stand-in)

Strate (Pty) Ltd
04.2013 - 03.2014
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Managed the Issuer Services department for 11 months
  • Registry services (beneficial download, BND)
  • Financial Services

Senior Business Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
11.2009 - 03.2013
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Conduct Performance Appraisals
  • Manage/Control updates to message specifications (Volume A)
  • Review/Sign Off Business Requirement Specification
  • Liaise with Market participants on system changes
  • Presentations to Market Committee members
  • Manage all Market incidents
  • Manage system changes Market/Internal
  • Attend conferences locally/abroad
  • Financial Services

Business Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
12.2007 - 10.2009
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Prepare Business Requirement Specification
  • Prepare Operational Processes and Procedure manuals
  • Liaise with Market participants on system changes
  • Market Testing
  • Responsible for all Market incidents
  • Solutioning – Market/Internal changes
  • Workshop complex changes with Market Participants
  • Implemented Collateral for Lending Desk Market
  • Annual SWIFT (SRG) changes
  • Aid and guide Service Desk on new system/market changes
  • Assist Service Desk during Market crisis
  • Financial Services

Testing Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
01.2005 - 11.2007
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Development and execution of test scenario’s
  • System functional testing
  • Ensure code base is stable before Market testing
  • End to end Market Testing
  • CSD Participants
  • JSE
  • Lending Desks
  • Transfer Secretaries
  • Ensure compliance before Market implementations
  • Financial Services

Service Desk

Strate (Pty) Ltd
08.2004 - 12.2004
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Compliance Strate Rules & Directives
  • Adherence to SLA’s
  • Monitoring Overdues Positions
  • Monitor Settlement – Bonds & Equities
  • Deal with CSD Participants
  • Responsible for the continuous monitoring of trade statuses and funding obligations
  • Queries
  • Daily reconciliations
  • Deal with Lending Desk
  • Monitoring short positions and unstable groups
  • Queries
  • Deal with the JSE
  • Communicate T+3 and T+2 short positions
  • Monitor JSE settlement groups
  • Financial Services

Settlements Team Leader

Nedbank CSDP
06.2002 - 07.2004
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • To oversee and assist the settlement portfolio officers in the accurate settlements of South African bonds, money markets and derivatives clearing
  • Monitor Exception Queues
  • Authorize Client Trades
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Compliance Strate Rules & Directives
  • Escalation – High Level
  • Unsolved Queries
  • Process Enhancements
  • Delegation of Duties
  • Overlook Staff Duties
  • Cash Reconciliation
  • Client Holding Reconciliation
  • Strate Holding Reconciliation
  • Testing New Systems changes
  • Financial Services
  • Manager: Maria Nobrega
  • Manager telephone: 011 667 - 1324

Settlement Specialist/Scrip Lending and Borrowing

Nedbank CSDP
04.1999 - 05.2002
  • Company Overview: Financial Services
  • Liaising with Stockbrokers
  • Liaising with Client Liaison Officers
  • Liaising with counterparty CSD Participants
  • Balancing of Cash Accounts
  • Ensure that Settlements are processed
  • Client Queries
  • Scrip Lending and Borrowing
  • Reconciliation of Client Holdings
  • System Testing
  • Financial Services

Education

Matric -

Kliptown Senior Secondary

BCom General - undefined

UNISA

Management Development Programme (PMD) - undefined

GIBS
01.2012 - 12.2012

Leadership Development Programme (LDP) - undefined

GIBS
01.2017 - 12.2017

National Certificate - Financial Markets and Instruments (NQF Level 6)

Full Value Financial Services
01.2013 - 12.2013

Higher Certificate in Management Practice - undefined

Henley
01.2021 - 12.2022

Skills

  • Calm under pressure
  • Good Problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • People’s person
  • Leads by example
  • Open to change
  • Open to new challenges

Ee Status

Colored

Telephone

084 2000 186, (011) 759-5357

Personal Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: South African Citizen

First Names

Marlon Don

Timeline

Collateral Management – Business Partner

Strate (Pty) Ltd
03.2021 - Current

Higher Certificate in Management Practice - undefined

Henley
01.2021 - 12.2022

Leadership Development Programme (LDP) - undefined

GIBS
01.2017 - 12.2017

Operations Manager – Collateral Management

Strate (Pty) Ltd
04.2014 - Current

Issuer Services Manager (emergency stand-in)

Strate (Pty) Ltd
04.2013 - 03.2014

National Certificate - Financial Markets and Instruments (NQF Level 6)

Full Value Financial Services
01.2013 - 12.2013

Management Development Programme (PMD) - undefined

GIBS
01.2012 - 12.2012

Senior Business Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
11.2009 - 03.2013

Business Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
12.2007 - 10.2009

Testing Specialist

Strate (Pty) Ltd
01.2005 - 11.2007

Service Desk

Strate (Pty) Ltd
08.2004 - 12.2004

Settlements Team Leader

Nedbank CSDP
06.2002 - 07.2004

Settlement Specialist/Scrip Lending and Borrowing

Nedbank CSDP
04.1999 - 05.2002

BCom General - undefined

UNISA

Matric -

Kliptown Senior Secondary
Marlon Don van DorsenBusiness Partner - Collateral Management