Farhoon Asim

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom5 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of UK Job Institute helping students land jobs.
  • Achieved 90%+ job placement rate for international students.
  • Selected in top 2% for Antler's UK cohort.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Education sector leader with strong entrepreneurial skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipEntrepreneurshipStrategic Planning

Other Skills

CommunicationTime ManagementBusiness StrategyCustomer SuccessDelegationSalesforce.comPublic SpeakingFundraisingSalesPresentation SkillsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelAccountingData AnalysisCorporate Finance

About

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Experience

The uk job institute

Founder & CEO

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater London · On-site

  • Helping international students land graduate UK jobs in less than 90 days using the power of community 🚀
CommunicationTime ManagementStrategic PlanningBusiness StrategyCustomer SuccessDelegation+4

Raindrop

4 roles

Investor

Promoted

Dec 2022Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater London

  • Raindrop is a profitable FinTech start-up that currently generates $14 million ARR.
  • Bought 100% of the equity I was awarded as employee #3.

Operations Strategy Manager

Promoted

Apr 2022Oct 2022 · 6 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • As Operations Strategy Manager, I managed 5 people in 2 teams (Transfers Operations and KYC) to ensure their processes and output drove the business’ towards its long-term strategic goals.
  • Helped scale the company from £7 to £20 million in ~16 months.
DelegationCustomer SuccessSalesforce.comStrategic PlanningBusiness StrategyLeadership

Transfers and KYC Lead

Promoted

Nov 2021May 2022 · 6 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Promoted to lead 2 teams, only 5 months into my role.

Business Operations Analyst

Jun 2021Nov 2021 · 5 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Hire #2 in the Business Operations of Raindrop, a hyper growth FinTech start-up focusing on reuniting people with their lost pensions.
  • Worked on everything under the sun, including (but not limited to) KYC, Operations, Transfers, Product and Strategy, all working very closely with the founding team.

International heroes

Co-Founder

Dec 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr · Greater London

  • Placed 32 international students in £30k+ UK jobs in c. 45 days.
  • Launched the UK's first "Pay when you get hired" cohort-based model to help international students land UK graduate jobs in less than 90 days.
  • Key achievements:
  • ✅ 90%+ job placement rate across 3 cohorts (average £30k salary)
  • ✅ Average ~1000 applications PER cohort (~1% acceptance rate)
  • ✅ 7.5+ MILLION views on our LinkedIn posts where we shared our winning strategies
  • Dissolved International Heroes to pursue my passion for community building ❤️
Public SpeakingFundraisingSalesLeadershipPresentation SkillsEntrepreneurship

Antler

Founder in Residence

Oct 2022Dec 2022 · 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Selected as the top ~2% from 2500+ for Antler’s 7th UK cohort to start a globally important company.
  • Antler is the world's most active early-stage investor with over $2 billion in combined portfolio value.
  • Antler invests in high-potential individuals to help them meet their co-founders, develop their ideas and raise capital from leading investors in less than 3 months.
Public SpeakingFundraisingSalesLeadershipPresentation SkillsEntrepreneurship

Jumpstart

Cohort Member

Apr 2021May 2021 · 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Amongst the top ~1% of 1500+ applicants.
  • Jumpstart trains and places top graduates into the UK’s fastest-growing start-ups.

Kpmg uk

Associate

Sep 2019Aug 2020 · 11 mos · London, United Kingdom · On-site

  • Youngest member in a FTSE 100 client engagement worth £70 million in yearly contract value.
  • Created faster processes for the Director’s remuneration report which reduced Partner review time by ~50%.

The su, university of bath

Food and Beverage Assistant

Oct 2018Dec 2018 · 2 mos · Bath, United Kingdom

  • Part time job in the Students Union.

University of bath school of management

Senior Student Ambassador - BSc Accounting and Finance

Sep 2018Jun 2019 · 9 mos · Bath, United Kingdom

  • Promoted to Senior Student Ambassador only 3 months into my role, where my role became managerial / strategic.
  • Planned Open days where I toured and spoke to groups of 10-15 students and parents.

Pwc

Advisory & Assurance

Jul 2017Aug 2017 · 1 mo · Karachi, Pakistan

  • During the six week summer internship I worked on three large clients:
  • 1. Atlas Asset Management Company
  • 2. Al-Falah Investments
  • 3. State Bank of Pakistan

Nixor college

Accounting & Maths Teaching Assistant

Aug 2015Jun 2016 · 10 mos · Karachi, Pakistan

  • Helped 4 students increase their final A-level results by at least 1 grade.
  • Hosted revision classes for exam preparation along with 1on1 sessions focusing on practice questions/concepts.

Education

University of Bath

Bachelor's degree — BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance

Nixor College

University of Cambridge International A levels

The City School Darakhshan Campus

International O levels (University of Cambridge)

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