NABHAN KAZI (NABZ)

Dallas

Summary

Risk management professional with 4 years at the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) specializing in credit risk monitoring, Alteryx/Python/SQL-driven reporting tools, and cross-functional project leadership. Promoted to Associate Principal and recognized as Subject Matter Expert for core credit risk processes, methodologies, and proprietary applications. Bring deep statistical foundations (B.Sc. Statistics, University of Toronto), ETL/database development experience at Morgan Stanley, and strong familiarity with OCC's clearing infrastructure, including Clearing Member surveillance, collateral analysis, stress testing concepts, and regulatory reporting, making for a natural transition into Market Risk. Proven ability to develop technical solutions in Python, prepare materials for executive leadership and regulators, and drive process improvements in a fast-paced SIFMU environment.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Senior Associate / Associate Principal

The OCC

06.2022 - Current

Responsible for identifying, developing, monitoring, reporting, and enhancing processes that monitor thresholds and trends of various risks and exposures introduced to OCC by clearing members, banks, and other critical counterparties.
Perform financial statement analysis and monitor daily credit risk exposures - identifying key metrics, trends, correlations, percentiles and ratios - across all OCC Clearing Members, escalating elevated-risk situations to management and internal working groups.
Build, automate and maintain Alteryx, Python, R and SQL-based workflows and Tableau dashboards for daily risk surveillance and reporting to OCC leadership.
Drive cross-functional projects with IT, Legal and other teams to specify, develop, and deliver enhancements to core risk systems and data infrastructure.
Lead high priority department projects, serve as a SME for majority of credit risk processes, datasources and risk applications- working independently with minimal oversight.
Review data, risk methodologies and develop reports and briefing packages for regulatory bodies (SEC, CFTC, OSC), annual reviews and executive management- while adhering to written policies and procedures.
Train and mentor team members, delegate and prioritize work assignments, and ensure team efficiency.
Developed and implemented training programs for junior associates to improve performance.

Database / ETL Developer

Morgan Stanley

05.2021 - 04.2022

Designed and optimized ETL pipelines and data transformation processes across Greenplum, DB2, Snowflake, Sybase, and Athena/Informatica to extract, transform, and load data from multiple source and target systems.
Worked on the full project lifecycle — proof-of-concept, coding, testing, deployment, and Level 2 production support — collaborating with onshore/offshore teams.
Developed Autosys batch jobs to trigger stored procedures, Python and UNIX scripts for ETL processing; maintained technical specifications, runbooks, and data dictionaries at project close.

Business Test Analyst

TD Bank

03.2020 - 12.2020

Executed end-to-end test cycles for the TD Global Transfer project in a Scrum Agile framework -managing test scenarios, defect tracking, daily status calls, and post-deployment validation.
Liaised directly with vendors including Western Union, Citi, and VISA on international payment platforms covering FX transactions and reconciliation; created and presented 10+ testing closure reports to stakeholders with 100% approval.

Data Analyst

Senator Group - Kamlu Engineering Inc.

06.2018 - 08.2019

Applied Python, SQL, and Excel to cost estimation and material analysis across projects ranging from $200K to $10M — reducing material waste by 5–15% and cutting estimation time by 50% through automation.
Built reports and dashboards using Python and Excel to present Cost-Benefit Analyses and construction savings of up to 30% to engineers, architects, and stakeholders.

Education

Honours Bachelor of Science - Statistics

University of Toronto

Skills

Computer languages, programs and softwares: SQL, Python, R, Unix, Jira, IBM DB2, Greenplum, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Snowflake, SAS, SPSS, Autosys