Graduate Trainee, Petra Securities

Michael Adams

Banking & finance graduate working in securities

Banking and Finance graduate of the University of Ghana, now a Graduate Trainee at Petra Securities in Accra. I broker fixed-income securities for individual and institutional clients, and build tools in Excel and Python that take manual work out of client operations.

Experience

Petra Securities Limited

  • Brokers fixed-income securities for individual and institutional clients.
  • Automated customer statements with Python, cutting manual work and turnaround time.
  • Built an Excel CRM and an advisor dashboard that tracks client transactions by product and period.
  • Onboards clients, opens their CSD accounts and tracks investment maturities so renewals go smoothly.

Queenslane Co-operative Credit Union

  • Handled deposits, withdrawals, loan payments and new account openings for members.

Education & certifications

CISI Professional Pathway

  • Level 2 Award in Fundamentals of Financial Services
  • International Introduction to Investment Award

BSc Administration (Banking and Finance), University of Ghana

Skills

Excel (dashboards, CRM tools) · Python for data analysis and automation · Microsoft Office · HTML & CSS