Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Timeline
Serinah Irene Sikhosana

Serinah Irene Sikhosana

Specialist Dealing And Risk Management
Johannesburg

Summary

I am a hardworking individual who has gained experience in the treasury environment and asset management field - particularly foreign exchange dealing, performance and risk analysis. Due to the challenging nature of the dealing environment I have developed a strong work ethic and excellent interpersonal skills. I have the capability of handling multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritising activities to ensure timely completion of tasks. My passion for excellence and continuous improvement helps me to thrive on challenging roles and I am always eager and willing to learn and adapt to different environments. Through my previous role at the South African Reserve Bank, I have built strong relationships and networks with most relevant stakeholders in the treasury environment. My experience has helped me to develop effective communication skills which are essential in ensuring that client needs are met. I have a passion for my work and strive to assisting the organisation achieve meaningful goals. I am dynamic, self-motivated, a quick learner and can fit into any high-performance team. I am capable of operating at various levels of an organization including at Board Committee level. At Sasol, I have done Board committee work, where I was the secretary of the Digital, Information Management and Hedging Mandating Committee (within Sasol Group) which consisted among others the Sasol President & CEO and Chief Financial Officer. I was also involved in the preparation of the Hedging board packs and had the opportunity to present to the committee. This helped me to hone my presentation skills at a senior level within the organization.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Specialist Dealing & Risk Management

Sasol
05.2018 - Current
  • Foreign exchange dealings
  • Optimisation of the margin/spread on dealing transactions
  • Accurate and unspeculative position management
  • Adherence to and execution of the relevant treasury operations
  • Accurate and timeous transaction execution and capturing
  • Money Market
  • Diligent and punctual adherence to counterparty limits
  • Maximise the return on money market dealings
  • Ensure Accurate and timeous transaction execution and capturing
  • Cash management and Cash Flow Forecasting
  • Manage daily cash management and cash concentration
  • Responsible for cash flow forecasting group summary
  • Responsible for balancing of cash pools
  • Risk Management
  • Assist with crude oil, other commodities, interest rate and foreign exchange risk management
  • Monitor the market, assess and recommend possible financial instruments for hedging (including pricing thereof)
  • Execute part of the hedging program
  • Accurate and timeous capturing of transactions
  • Assist with adhoc queries pertaining to risk management
  • Management of the financial market risks and hedging execution status report
  • SARB Governance and Compliance
  • Maintain a register of all applications submitted for a particular calendar year
  • Review and administer the submission of Sasol annual return reports to the SARB
  • Ensure OME’s submit annual and quarterly return on time
  • Compile and submit the Sasol Group’s annual travel omnibus and non-trade related foreign exchange expenditure
  • Report on advance payments on the imports and submit applications on the import undertakings dispensation
  • Relationships, Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Attend economic and financial market presentation
  • Continuous communication with internal and external stakeholders
  • Continuous research on market risks and financial instruments
  • Accurate and timeous feedback and reporting to management

Portfolio Reporting Specialist

Investment Solutions
08.2012 - 02.2018
  • Analyzed investment performance returns
  • Ensured accuracy of reports before submission
  • Be cognisant of impact that data issues have on other reports
  • Prepared, analyse and review reports
  • Prepared adhoc reports, as and when they arise, in an accurate and efficient manner for management
  • Prepared, reviewed and submitted information for various performance return surveys, accurately and within the prescribed deadlines
  • Reviewed draft surveys and re-submit
  • Submitted reports within the prescribed deadlines
  • When reviewing reports, identify and address data errors and missing data, and ensure resolution thereof

Performance and Risk Analyst

South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
07.2010 - 07.2012
  • Conducted daily performance measurement and risk analysis of internal portfolios
  • Compiled daily, monthly and quarterly reports to portfolio managers and management of the Bank
  • Responsible for reconciliation of fund managers valuations
  • Ensured gross decomposition of reserves
  • Compiled daily and weekly consolidated reports
  • Conducted research and development of risk and performance analysis

Foreign Exchange dealer

South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
01.2009 - 07.2010
  • Implemented the FX money market deposit strategy
  • Implemented the reserves accumulation strategy
  • Serviced the foreign exchange needs of the Bank’s clients
  • Responsible for funding of current accounts and trading in the forward market
  • Assembled and provide management information
  • Communicated and interacted with the market participants to promote and enhance the image of the Bank
  • Performed ad-hoc projects on the foreign exchange desk

Cadet – Graduate Programme

South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
01.2008 - 12.2008

Mathematics Learning Facilitator

North-West University (Mafikeng)
12.2006 - 12.2007
  • Offered tutorials to first year students (learning facilitation).
  • Assisted the Lecturer in Marking
  • Collected and distributed students’ scripts.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma - Business Management

Regenesys Business School
01.2016

Programme - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

Unisa
01.2013

ACI dealing certificate - undefined

Peter Skerritt and Associates
01.2009

Advanced Diploma - Central Banking

Unisa (SARB College)
01.2008

BSc - Mathematics and Statistics

North-West University (Mafikeng Campus)
01.2007

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Expert problem solving

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Teamwork and collaboration

Adaptability and flexibility

Problem-solving

Time management

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

Special recognition award by Dean of Mathematics (NWU) (2006), Two gold awards and certificates in Mathematics (2002-2003), RAMP Africa workshop on Money Market Investment and Fundamentals of Enhanced Indexation, Cape Town (Oct 2010), RAMP Africa workshop on Fixed Income Risk Management Co hosted by SARB College, Pretoria (Feb 2011), RAMP workshop hosted by World Bank on Advanced Portfolio Analytics For Fixed Income and Credit Risk Management, Washington DC (September 2011), Performance Attribution workshop with Statpro by Carl Bacon in Cape Town (20-22 May 2013), Advanced Excel and VBA Applied to the Financial Markets (15-17 May 2017)

Timeline

Specialist Dealing & Risk Management - Sasol
05.2018 - Current
Portfolio Reporting Specialist - Investment Solutions
08.2012 - 02.2018
Performance and Risk Analyst - South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
07.2010 - 07.2012
Foreign Exchange dealer - South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
01.2009 - 07.2010
Cadet – Graduate Programme - South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
01.2008 - 12.2008
Mathematics Learning Facilitator - North-West University (Mafikeng)
12.2006 - 12.2007
Regenesys Business School - Postgraduate Diploma, Business Management
Unisa - Programme, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Peter Skerritt and Associates - ACI dealing certificate,
Unisa (SARB College) - Advanced Diploma, Central Banking
North-West University (Mafikeng Campus) - BSc, Mathematics and Statistics
Serinah Irene SikhosanaSpecialist Dealing And Risk Management