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Catherine Anthony

ASSISTANT MANAGER, TRADE SERVICES
Puchong, Selangor D.E.

Summary

Experienced and dependable Trade Finance Professional successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic



Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager, Trade Processing Import Region

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
Wisma Amfirst, Kelana Jaya, Selangor D.E.
04.2022 - Current
  • Effectively manage all trade financing documents received from Trade Windows on daily basis in term of processing, ensuring that all essential tasks are completed on time and in compliance.
  • Oversee end-to-end daily transactions, ensuring accuracy and efficiency while adhering to Bank compliance
  • Assist Manager in establishing and enhancing critical control aspects of daily operations to ensure Bank compliance.
  • Support in routine/day-to-day issues related to Trade Window queries, investigations, and issue resolution.

Assistant Manager, Trade Services

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
SHAH ALAM
02.2016 - 04.2022
  • Processed and verified that all trade finance documentation received from clients on daily basis are processed in timely, accurate and compliant manner.
  • Provided comprehensive assistance, including operational, administrative and client services, as well as contact with relevant stakeholders.
  • Facilitated appropriate and timely routing of any process modifications in order to avoid noncompliance with agreed-upon procedures.
  • Ensured that manager's work-related responsibilities were accomplished in expeditious manner.
  • Assisted clients with trade financing product enquiries and concerns.

Country Administrator

TELSTRA MALAYSIA SDN BHD
KUALA LUMPUR
02.2015 - 01.2016
  • Managed administrative support to Regional Sales Director for Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
  • Supported and managed inventory orders, office supplies, and travel arrangements for sales team.
  • Assisted with office integration project.
  • Assisted Regional Human Resources, Finance, and Legal departments as and when required.
  • Provided sales support on pre and post sales project support to sales directors, pre sales, pricing specialist and project manager.
  • Provided exceptional support to Head of Growth Markets, Asia, Country Director and in-country sales team in sales operations related includes maintaining client databases and sales reporting.
  • Coordinated in-country team meetings, training sessions and related corporate developments.
  • Salesforce experience includes building up leads, creating accounts, inputting, tracking, and closing opportunities, as well as developing several customized reports.
  • Served as primary point of contact between sales team and marketing department
  • Provided marketing support for any marketing event in Malaysia and assisted marketing department in promotional activities and campaigns.
  • Well managed marketing material inventory
  • Planned and organized team events such as joyful celebration, monthly birthday celebration and company team building.

Business Administrator

3D NETWORK SDN BHD
PETALING JAYA
11.2013 - 01.2015

Reporting support

  • Compiled and prepared effective sales reports based on salesforce input.
  • Sales booking reporting on weekly basis
  • Sales forecast reporting by project on weekly basis
  • Individual sales revenue and sales by product on monthly basis

Marketing support

  • Organized successfully partners luncheon in 2014
  • Organized team events eg. monthly birthday celebration, festive celebration and successful team building 2014 in Langkawi.
  • Assisted in creating electronic direct mailer in term of communication to partners

Administrative support

  • Managed travel arrangement for team
  • Well supported on office upkeep.
  • Managed minutes during sales meeting

Senior Executive – Sales & Service Channel Service Support

MAXIS BERHAD
KUALA LUMPUR
07.2011 - 03.2012
  • Managed new projects and marketing programs including developed and rolled out processes with complete operation
  • Ensured in delivering company's services and focused solutions aligned with client contracts, requirements, expectations and business drivers
  • Trained and coached staffs to ensure smooth adoption of new products, services and programs
  • Ensured effective utilization of company standard processes and tools for successful delivery of projects with complete operation including concise and precise Method and Procedure on projects
  • Performed user acceptance testing with focus of documenting details and executing test cases and also assisted in test plan development and creation.
  • Managed SMS broadcast activities

Senior Executive, Business Operation/ Sales Support

MAXIS BERHAD
KUALA LUMPUR
06.2007 - 06.2011
  • Responsible for and ongoing successful delivery of customers' requests and enquiries in order to ensure ongoing compliance of all operational activities
  • Coordinated with account managers in promoting products and services to identified and prospective corporate clients
  • Established, maintained and ensured good business relationships with corporate customers and peer account managers included site visit to customer's office
  • Trained and coached peers to ensure smooth adoption of Business Operations
  • Contributed resources to pre-sales and sales activities for department platforms
  • Supported launches of new projects in department to enlightened and valued corporate clients

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Rewarded Spot Award in August 2010
  • Star Performer in 3rd Quarter 2010
  • Customer Service, Maxis Centre - Cheras

Customer Service Consultant

MAXIS BERHAD
CHERAS
12.1999 - 06.2007
  • Coached a team of 5 customer service consultants
  • Fostered an environment in which Customers enjoy high levels of service and oversee front-end operations to ensure efficient transactions included managed the office inventory
  • Interfaced daily with dealers and customers in inquiries, complaints, billing queries, payment and service request
  • Established, maintained and ensured good business relationships with customers and relevant support teams
  • Ensured the active coaching peer colleagues to enhance the smooth adoption of new programs and operation system in the center
  • Served as a trainer and mentor to peer colleagues
  • Responsible for successful delivery of the customers' requests, enquiries, complaints and dealer sales submission in order to ensure the compliance of all operational activities included Branch collections
  • Contributed in resources to pre-sales and sales activities for the department platforms.

Selected Achievements:

  • Won “Star Awards” in May 2001, October and November 2003, April and July 2004 and January 2006
  • Achievement was based on accuracy, customer service and number of customers served
  • Achieved team award 1st prize Ask and Win contest for need based selling from

Education

MBA - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ASIA E-UNIVERSITY
Kuala Lumpur
05.2013 - 2018.01

Bachelor of Communication - Corporate Communication

Universiti Putra Malaysia
UPM, Selangor D.E
05.1999 - 2003.02

Advance Certificate - The Chartered Institute of Marketing

Regent School of Economics (Stamford College)
Kuala Lumpur
01.1996 - 1996.06

Skills

    Compliance adherence

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Timeline

Assistant Manager, Trade Processing Import Region

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
04.2022 - Current

Assistant Manager, Trade Services

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
02.2016 - 04.2022

Country Administrator

TELSTRA MALAYSIA SDN BHD
02.2015 - 01.2016

Business Administrator

3D NETWORK SDN BHD
11.2013 - 01.2015

MBA - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ASIA E-UNIVERSITY
05.2013 - 2018.01

Senior Executive – Sales & Service Channel Service Support

MAXIS BERHAD
07.2011 - 03.2012

Senior Executive, Business Operation/ Sales Support

MAXIS BERHAD
06.2007 - 06.2011

Customer Service Consultant

MAXIS BERHAD
12.1999 - 06.2007

Bachelor of Communication - Corporate Communication

Universiti Putra Malaysia
05.1999 - 2003.02

Advance Certificate - The Chartered Institute of Marketing

Regent School of Economics (Stamford College)
01.1996 - 1996.06
Catherine AnthonyASSISTANT MANAGER, TRADE SERVICES