Mar 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led India Delivery for DCS & Listed Derivatives Operations, with end-to-end accountability for Trade Middle Office, Reconciliations, Collateral Management, Expiry & Position Management, and Project Management, supporting 40+ global exchanges across US, EMEA, and APAC.
• Provided strategic and operational leadership to large, globally distributed teams, driving robust risk governance, regulatory compliance, service stability, and operational excellence in a high-risk investment banking environment.
• Spearheaded strategic operating model initiatives that delivered 20% operational growth, improved scalability, and ensured strong alignment with global business objectives.
• Successfully led complex global migrations and location strategy initiatives across New York, London, Warsaw, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, strengthening business resiliency, cost efficiency, and risk coverage.
• Oversaw global middle-office and reconciliation operations across 40+ exchanges, implementing enhanced controls, SLAs, KPIs, and KRIs to safeguard firm assets and meet regulatory expectations.
• Directed global collateral management operations across 30+ exchanges, optimizing collateral utilization, improving liquidity efficiency, and ensuring adherence to evolving regulatory requirements.
• Strengthened enterprise risk management frameworks, improving cross-regional collaboration by 30% and driving consistent execution of risk mitigation strategies.
• Led automation and process transformation initiatives across reconciliation and control functions, delivering 40% efficiency gains and 2 FTE cost savings through workflow optimization and intelligent automation.
• Designed and executed a targeted exception resolution framework, eliminating legacy risk exposures and clearing all outstanding exceptions within three months.
• Developed and institutionalized RCSA and control governance frameworks, significantly enhancing internal controls, audit readiness, and long-term regulatory resilience.

Jan 2014 – Mar 2023 · 9 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Vice President – Global Operations & Delivery (Investment Banking / Asset Management)
• Led large-scale global transformation and regulatory initiatives across 40+ international markets, driving strategic delivery, ensuring on-time execution, and enabling strong collaboration across business, technology, risk, and operations stakeholders.
• Managed global collateral operations across 40+ exchanges and 10+ third-party brokers, ensuring seamless collateral processing, liquidity efficiency, and adherence to regulatory and contractual obligations.
• Directed global reconciliation, audit, and compliance functions, strengthening risk governance, improving control effectiveness, and ensuring consistent regulatory compliance across regions.
• Audit Transformation & Stabilization: Led a firm-wide audit transformation program, reducing audit cycle time by 25%, eliminating escalations, and achieving sustained audit stability and full regulatory compliance.
• Business Continuity & Resilience: Partnered with global and regional leadership to design, implement, and maintain enterprise Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), minimizing operational risk and ensuring uninterrupted service delivery during critical events.
• Operational Cost Optimization & Process Excellence: Drove end-to-end process improvement and automation initiatives, delivering 30% reduction in operational costs through workflow standardization, elimination of manual touchpoints, and scalable operating models.
• Global Compliance & Risk Leadership: Led cross-regional compliance and risk management initiatives, strengthening control frameworks and reducing operational errors by 40%, while ensuring consistent regulatory adherence across international locations.
• People Leadership & Performance Management: Built and led high-performing global teams by implementing performance enhancement and capability development programs, improving productivity by 35% and achieving 95% employee satisfaction.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Oversaw T+1 reconciliation and collateral management operations across 40+ global listed exchanges and third-party broker markets, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong operational controls.
• Led high-visibility regulatory and control initiatives, managing reconciliation functions and ensuring end-to-end regulatory compliance and operational integrity across complex financial operations.
• Regulatory Compliance Program Leadership: Directed regulatory transformation programs, achieving 100% compliance with MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, and EMIR, delivering all initiatives on time and within budget.
• Reconciliation Process Optimization: Re-engineered reconciliation workflows, improving accuracy and reducing discrepancies by 40%, strengthening control effectiveness and operational resilience.
• Regulatory & Stakeholder Engagement: Strengthened collaboration with regulators, compliance, and internal risk partners, improving compliance outcomes by 20% and enabling proactive response to regulatory change.
• Automation & Efficiency Enablement: Spearheaded automation of reconciliation processes, reducing processing time by 30%, eliminating operational bottlenecks, and improving delivery predictability.
• Capability Building & Knowledge Management: Designed and implemented a structured training and SME development framework, enabling teams to independently execute projects while ensuring timely and stable BAU delivery.

Oct 2006 – Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led automation and system integration initiatives across reconciliation and control functions, driving operational innovation, scalability, and sustained regulatory compliance across multiple financial platforms.
• Reconciliation Automation & Productivity Gains: Designed and implemented automated reconciliation workflows, delivering 60% efficiency improvement, 90% reduction in manual errors, and significantly enhanced reporting accuracy and reliability across interconnected financial systems.
• Regulatory Compliance & Audit Governance: Managed financial reporting and audit readiness, strengthening internal control frameworks, improving data integrity, and reducing audit discrepancies by 20% through disciplined regulatory adherence.
• Global Process Migration & Transition Leadership: Led critical process and system migrations from New York to Bengaluru, reducing transition timelines by 50%, improving delivery capacity, and ensuring seamless operational continuity during high-risk transitions.
• Risk Management & Control Optimization: Enhanced operational risk management frameworks, reducing residual risk exposure by 30% through proactive control design, monitoring, and remediation strategies.