Mehmood Batla

Specific Responsibilities · Build a team to focus on client acquisition, building profitable relationships and advice capabilities to achieve revenue goals. · Provide leadership and management by leading the establishment of teams sales objectives and related activities to achieve a superior client experience, profitable business growth, business retention and productivity. · Provide ongoing coaching and development to staff, ensuring a high level of employee capability and engagement through focused sal

· Manage, Supervise & increase the number of branches in the Region. · Assign & delegate deposits mobilization targets. · Business planning, budgeting and forecasting. · Strategic decision-making and planning, performance reviews and other related tasks. · Supervise and train staff members in the region & also identifying their future training needs Vice President & Branch Manager Feb. 2002 - Dec. 2004

· Manage the operations of a branch (book size approx. C$20million) · Manage high net worth personal portfolios by providing multi-dimensional advise in Cash, Credit & Investment Management. · Proactive management of clients’ accounts by identifying opportunities, addressing problems and providing solutions. · Liaison with the processing center, branches and the clients to ensure smooth operations and customer satisfaction · Peoples management; 87 staff, their HR related issues, career path etc

· Deposit mobilization. · Provide guidance to clients regarding various product features, market updates and procedures · Liaison with the processing center and the clients to ensure smooth operations and customer satisfaction.

· Establishment of LCs, contracts & amendments. · Scrutinizing documents & retirement of bills against the LCs & contracts. · Monitoring the financial performance of the clients on a continuing basis to ensure that they remain at par with the bank’s specified limits. Implemented bad debt collection policy and initiate recovery of defaulted loans. · Peoples’ management; keeping staff motivated, their expectation, issues, career path etc

· Checking, scrutinizing & filing of Account Opening Documentation. · Scanning & archiving of Specimen Signature Cards. · Preparing Cheque books & delivering to the customers. · Maintaining the list of discrepant documents & follow-up for the early regularization. · Keeping a track of KYC & AML as per the laid down policy & procedure. · Back up of supervisors of other departments like Cash, Deposits, Remittances, etc

· Opening Accounts as per the request of the customers after checking for necessary documents. · Providing balances & other necessary information to the customers as per their request. · Corresponding with customers, other branches & Head Office. · Preparing MIS on a daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly & annual basis as per the requirements of Group Head Office, State Bank of Pakistan etc.