Career

Akira Hamanaka 濵中 晃

 
Application / Technical Skills 
MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio
Yoyogi kaikei (accounting software)
Language
Japanese (Native)
English (Business Level)
Education / Professional Designations
Waseda University, Tokyo Japan
Bachelor of Science (Science and Engineering)

Texas Tech University,Texas,USA
Master of Business Administration

Management Consultant certifedby Japan Productivity Center

Certified Internal Auditor ("CIA")
 
 
Work Experience
 
Sony Corporationokyo, Japan \visual Device Divition, Engineer (1978-1984)
• Developed CRT and held five patents recognized in Japan, USA, and Europe.
• Series of Glassware Design by 3D Infinite Element Methods
• Design and Prototyping New 15 inch Computer Graphic CRT
Yamaichi Financial Services Inc. New York, USA, Director of the Board (1987 - 1995)
• Established the management system to the new financial company for the financial derivative Trading and Booking.
• Conducted trading and position management
• Designed/ Implemented the WS derivative systems with the newly developed option theory
• Researched emerging accounting treatments and legal documentations for financial derivatives transactions
Yamaich Security Co., Tokyo Japan, Deputy Genaral Manager (1995 - 1998)
• Established a framework of Risk Management - Market risk and Credit risk.
• Introduced the Advanced Credit Risk Approach - internal ratings and credit line rules based on statistic default ratios
• Designed, developed, and marketed new financial products – the commodity linked bonds with major trading corporations. more than 20 billion yen sales
• Researched, developed, structured and marketed Structured Securities and Asset Backed Securities
Japan Productivity Center, Tokyo Japan, Senior Management Consultant (1998 - 2001)
• Business consulting
 For Whole Company/ top management – Overall diagnosis, selected strategic area, and strategic initiatives.
 For Core Business - Building business strategies and reengineering major business processes.
 For Innovation/ New Products – Organizational Change for Innovation and Marketing new products.
• Japan Quality Award (JQA) - (Equivalent to Malcolm Baldrige National Award)
 Assessor/instructor - Assessed and educated clients
 Who are Clients: Large listed companies, medium companies, local governmental units (Mie prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Mitaka City, etc.)
 JICA Sent to Chile Government to improve the National Quality Award of Chile
• Lecturer in marketing and management
 A lecturer of various marketing seminars
 Clients; Seminar by JPC, the Russia-Japanese Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Local governments and JPC
Suisse Investment Bank Tokyo, Japan, Internal Audit (2001 - 2008)
• Performed whole audit processes
 Performed audit for investment bank unit and bank unit.
 Consulting for New Product Introductions
 Major findings in Trading, Accounting, Lending business, Compliance, etc.
• Management of Internal Audit Department
 Reviewed mid/short term audit plans
 Updates policies and procedures of internal audit

US Major Investment Bank, Tokyo, Japan, Consultant, Compliance (2008 - 2011)
Tested compliance status on various regulatory/products/topics below for a securities company and an asset management company (Sep2008 - Aug2011)

< For Investment Bank / Securities Company >
• FIEL/ JSDA Regulations
 Material Non-Public Information - Investment Banking, Sales
 Short Sale Regulations - Equities
 Front Running - Equities
 Asset Backed Products - Fixed Income
 Foreign Securities - Fixed Income, Equities
 Underwriting - Capital Market, Syndicate
 Market/ Trading Activities - Equities
• Internal Policies
 Suitability - Structured Products, Derivatives
 Suitability - Private Wealthy Management Sales
 Written Communications (E-mails) - Internal, External
 Sales Materials - Sales
 Information Handling - Research
 Introduction Business - Merchant Banking, Sales
 Gift and Entertainment - Investment Banking, Sales
• Others
 Money Lending Business Law

<For Asset Management Company>
• FIEL/ JSDA Regulations
 Cross Trades - Equities, Fixed Income
 Reallocations - Equities, Fixed Income
• Internal Policies
 Material Non-Public Information - Portfolio Managers
 Sales Materials - Sales
 Gift and Entertainment - Sales
 Hedge Funds Activities
 Surveillance Status
US Major Life Insurance company, Tokyo, Japan, consultant, Governance (2011 - 2012)
Establish the framework for the internal rules to be a Japan Life Insurance KK from a branch of US Life Insurance.

< For Framework and mapping of internal rules >
 Organized a list of existing internal rules by adding 1) organization codes, 2) Owner Rank Codes, 3) Name flags, 4) Mapping Codes, etc.
 Drafted seventeen relationship maps of these internal rules such as governance structures, risk related rules and customer protection related rules.
< For FSA Inspection Manuals and Supervisory Guidelines>
 Reconciled all required internal rules in the Inspection Manual to the existing ones.
 Recommended and drafted new key internal rules based on the Inspection Manual requirements.
< For Implementation >
 Reviewed all major internal rules in terms of consistency and requirements from Inspection Manual.
 Followed up required processes such as drafting, English translation, Legal checks, and negotiation for needed changes etc. for major and other internal rules for responsible committees and divisions / departments.
US Major Life Insurance company, Tokyo, Japan, consultant, Finance (2012 - 2014)
Establish Balance Sheet Reconciliation Program (April 2012 to current)

< For Framework for the Balance Sheet Reconciliation>
 Built the reconciliation organizational structures
 Assign all accounts (over 1,500) to owners/ approvers across the company.
 Organize policies and procedures.
< For Establishing BS Reconciliation Process>
 Intensive review for balances and mapping in BS after introducing PeopleSoft.
 Introduced Excel template to reconcile all account balances in BS
 Introduced the Japan Web based BS Reconciliation System
< For Implementing BS Reconciliation >
 Facilitate whole process of BS Reconciliation.
 Review the results of Reconciliation.
 Report results to Controllers and US Finance.
 Implement improvements, such as system enhancement, preparing new global system introduction.