Profile Evaluation Request (28/Asian/Commerical Banking)
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30 Sep 2014, 05:28
Hello. The details on my profile are as follows:
Work experience- 4.5 Yr (as of Sep 2014)
3Yrs to date:-
- Assistant Manager at a leading bank in Compliance and Internal Controls Department. It has international presence in Europe, Africa, Asia, although not on a very large scale.
Work Profile: principle responsibilities include review of documents to assess and ensure all banking activities remain within 'framework' established by laws, regulations, ethical standards. And development of Anti-Money Laundering measures. I can boast that I regularly participate in (bank wide) working groups, as well as, frequent interaction and opportunities to engage with senior management of the bank. Prior to that, I have served the bank in the role of Internal Controls Assessor: visiting bank's branches and concluding the review by preparing a report of observation on irregularities/weaknesses detected. A monthly summary irregularities from all the visit was presented to departmental management for establishing operational risk level position.
Previous 1.5Yrs:-
- Finance Associate Position, directly reporting to General Manager Finance & Operations* at a medium-size Food & Beverage Services Company. This company also runs/maintains the first class & business class lounges at leading airports. Couple of Internships at this company in summer 2008 & 2009.
GMAT.
Currently preparing.
College
Major- Applied Accounting, First Class Honours (UK grading system)**. Oxford Brooks University (OBU), graduated in March 2010.
Extra-curricular activities
I have considerable extra curricular activities to describe including participation/leading teams in leadership, entrepreneurial, Model UN conferences at college level, and some community/voluntary experience with Rotary and Transparency International till 2011. Post 2011, I have been participating in rotary events, such as polio drive initiative, fund raisers etc
Important certifications
I am an ACCA Member, and have also completed specialized Associate Banker Certification.
Target programs
MBA. Stanford, Cornell, NYU, Rotman-Toronto.
When do I plan to apply
I am planning to submit application in R2/ January 2015, although I'd had planned to get done by GMAT by R1, however, work pressure didn't allow.
Post-MBA
Looking to move in the field of consulting.
I would greatly appreciate a response on overall profile for B-Schools, and what other programs should I add/substitute to the list of schools? Secondly, brief opinion/comments on Canada v US scenario of B-School considering my profile for an international student.
Thanks a lot!
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* who in turn reports to the CEO
** I suppose as per the grading system in UK, this should be an equivalent of 3.6-3.8+ on 4 point GPA system in US.