Oct 2024 – Aug 2025 · 10 mos

• Enterprise Risk Management Head for Businesses/CRO/CFO Functions to help go live with proposed new/amended products and services across Barclays Corporate Bank, ensuring alignment to Bank Strategy/ Financial Appetite.
• Ensure robust risk due diligence/compliance to risk guardrails across 21 functional areas including Legal, Operations, Compliance, Technology, Financial/Regulatory Reporting, Model Risk, Credit Risk etc.
• Custodian of Enterprise Risk Policy and Standards Framework.

Feb 2024 – Sep 2024 · 7 mos

• Strategic Finance Transformation Lead aligned to the Bank's core objective of "Simpler, Better and Balanced"
• Strategy lead for a robust 3-year Finance Transformation road-map encompassing 4 pillars i. Process Re-Engineering ii. Strategic Infrastructure iii. Ways-of-Working iv. Location Strategy - aimed at unlocking operational efficiencies (~50k annual FTE hours), improved colleague well-being, elevated service and strengthened controls.
• Setup a recurring monitoring framework to track initiative progress vs anticipated capacity - enabling a quarterly bandwidth forecast to align with increased BAU demands.

Mar 2020 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Managing IFRS9 compliant Impairment Provisioning for Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank – Portfolio Size ~£1.5bn
• Business Lead for Managing Actual Impairment Provisioning complying with IFRS9 Standards, directly impacting P&L
• Identifying material MoM Impairment Drivers – MEV Scenarios, Portfolio Deterioration, Sectoral Stress, New/Matured Exposures, Single Name Drivers etc.,
• Forum Lead for providing Analytical MI to Senior Portfolio MDs and obtaining their Sign-Offs on monthly P&L Provisioning
• Model Owner for Wholesale IFRS9 Model framework:
• o Liaise with Model Development and Monitoring Teams to ensure our Model Performance is monitored on an ongoing basis and appropriate enhancements are included in our Modeling Framework
• o Design and apply appropriate PMAs to address any known deficiencies in our models/volatility in macro-economic conditions
• o Liaise with Risk/IVU Team to ensure any ongoing enhancements/proposals are approved through necessary Governance
• Design and Operate robust Controls to ensure Financial Controller/Reporting Teams accurately book these provisions in our P&L Systems and provide appropriate Balance Sheet Disclosures for Investor Relations
• Coordinate with Risk Reporting/IT Teams to ensure that monthly modelled outputs are accurate and any input data deficiencies are remediated/flagged as required.
• Evidence compliance of stringent Controls/Governance our Audit Teams – External (KPMG) and Internal (BIA/SOX)
• Managing business relationship with multiple teams including Portfolio Partners, Model Developers, Model Monitoring, IVU, Finance Controllers, Risk Reporting, Group Reporting, Audit, Regulators and IT – spanning a team of 50+ individuals

Mar 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Managing Stakeholder Relationship and leading project delivery of 20 FTEs for different analytical teams within a large UK Bank:
• Price Optimization for UK Consumer Lending Portfolio
• o Optimize Pricing Strategies to increase the profitability of our Consumer Lending Portfolio of ~£350m
•  Developed and Implemented a Pricing Model to predict 5 year PnL of Front Book Business
•  Worked on continuous Model Governance in line with IVU standards
• o Implemented an automated Pricing Desk framework to handle ~350 Monthly Price Reduction Appeals
• Information Business M&CI Team
• o Led a 10 member Off-Shore delivery team for External Consulting
• o Designed an Automated Brand to Transaction Matching Algorithm to match our Customer Transactions to different stores within our Client’s Shopping Centers.
•  Higher Accuracy/Coverage in matching efficiencies.
•  Ensure the process is completely Automated, Efficient, Standardized and Operating within a strict Controls Framework.
• o Reduced the End-to-End Shopping Centre execution time to 3 days from the usual 6-7 working days with minimal need for additional Quality Checks.
• Data Management and Engineering:
• o Led a 4-member Data Management team for all Data related requirements for different Product Councils
• o Led the Automation Project for a set of 32 Monthly BAU Data Assets and MI.

Jun 2011 – Feb 2018 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Managing client engagement and leading offshore delivery of 14 FTEs working for the Direct Mail Marketing Analytics team of a large US based P&C Insurer.
• Predictive modeling – Statistical models to predict Customer’s Response, Conversion, Expected Premium, Expected life and Customer Life Time Value (CLTV)
• o Developed multiple propensity models aimed at improving key metrics such as Cost per Response/Conversion, Life Time Value etc.
• In depth knowledge of various data sources available at the time of Marketing – Demographic (Acxiom, Merkle), Credit (TU), Membership (AARP), Census and Internal Quote/Policy data.
• Data Strategy
• o Data Source evaluation and cost benefit of using various data sources/vendors.
• Production Scoring and Model Monitoring
• o Developed an automated process to score multiple models across campaigns and monitor their real-time performance.
• Campaign Analytics
• o Developed an automated system for campaign selection/measurement – reports and dashboards for the marketing department to systematically review the discreet metrics associated with each campaign and adjust or discontinue campaigns as needed.
• Marketing Analytic mart setup – End-to-end design, development and testing of a Data Analytic Mart aimed towards providing:
• o Holistic view of the Customer - Data Integration, Automation, Campaign Tracking and Measurement
• Segmentation and Targeting
• o Define target population to focus marketing efforts and develop customized communication strategies based on differential needs/characteristics of the prospect

Jul 2009 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Worked for a leading US based Airline client in the area of providing Contact Center Analytics:
• Identified different metrics to evaluate contact center agents performance
• Identified the different sources of data and created the database schema for understanding the relationship between different sources
• Developed an Access based application to evaluate agents on different metrics and store their evaluation data
• Designed an Access-Excel Interface to automate all Data Storage, Data Analysis and MI Reporting needs.