Manar Alabbar

<p>Lead monthly management information (MIS) and business performance reporting for COS eTrading, consolidating volumes, service levels, regional trends and exceptions into decision-ready updates for business stakeholders.<br>
Design interactive Power BI, Tableau and Excel dashboards to communicate monthly performance, compare trends across teams and regions, and highlight emerging issues for management review.<br>
Developed innovative HTML dashboard layouts and automated Excel reporting templates using structured data extraction and repeatable calculations, simplifying monthly metric preparation and reducing manual reporting steps.<br>
Analyze underlying data to identify anomalies, emerging trends, process bottlenecks and control risks; translate findings into clear management insights and follow-up actions.<br>
Partner with approximately 10 COS eTrading teams to review workflows, improve controls and support migration from manual processes to technology-enabled solutions.<br>
Contribute to the development of LLM-powered automation solutions to streamline repetitive operational tasks and enhance reporting efficiency.</p>

<p>Coordinated onboarding and maintenance activities for institutional FX clients, monitoring requests, documentation, priorities and delivery timelines.<br>
Tracked onboarding pipelines, service-level performance and exceptions to identify delays and escalate issues affecting client delivery.<br>
Worked with product, operations and technology stakeholders to investigate recurring issues, improve processes and mitigate operational risk.</p>

<p>Performed risk-based quality assurance and control testing across FX operational processes, evaluating transaction accuracy, governance and adherence to procedures.<br>
Tested 6,450 maker-checker transactions, achieving a reported 99% pass result, and identified an emerging firm-ID access-risk pattern requiring preventive action.<br>
Investigated recurring exceptions and root causes, escalating findings and recommending corrective actions to strengthen preventive and detective controls.<br>
Automated risk and governance reporting, improving visibility of issues and contributing to a reported 50% reduction in escalations.<br>
Prepared management reporting on control performance and supported process reviews, governance assessments and colleague training.</p>

<p>Executed financial statement audits and risk assessments for clients across insurance, telecommunications, education, healthcare and brokerage sectors.<br>
Performed preliminary analytical reviews of financial statements during audit planning, assessing financial trends, material fluctuations and indicators of potential audit risk to guide further testing.<br>
Reviewed supporting schedules, tested material balances and investigated variances; assessed financial reporting and accounting treatments under IFRS and AAOIFI requirements.<br>
Assisted in preparing audited financial statements, client proposals and presentations; participated in corporate governance and other advisory-related engagements.</p>

<p>Supported audits of local and international clients through testing of financial statement balances, review of supporting documentation and preparation of audit working papers.<br>
Applied professional skepticism to identify discrepancies and communicate findings to engagement teams.</p>