Sep 2020 – Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States · Remote

• Shopenzer Group is an E-commerce company focused on selling problem solving products making day to day life easy and interesting.
• E-commerce Operations: Spearheaded the company to an exceptional achievement of consistent annual revenues exceeding $1 million for two consecutive years, achieved through combination of effective digital marketing strategies and comprehensive product analysis.
• Digital Marketing: Expanded the company's global reach by securing sales from over 100 countries using various paid advertising platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Leveraged influencer marketing on LinkedIn and developed targeted email and SMS marketing campaigns using Klaviyo and Omnisend.
• Social Media Growth: Successfully grew social media presence and engagement organically across multiple platforms, resulting in a 40% increase in brand reach and optimized conversion rates.
• Affiliate Network: Built and managed a network of over 500 affiliates and influencers worldwide, using GoAffPro to monitor sales and track commissions. Signed up with Commission Junction (CJ) to further extend affiliate reach and enhance revenue streams.
• Market and Consumer Insights: Thoroughly examined consumer buying patterns across different countries and seasons, identifying potential winning products that contributed to business growth and ensured steady revenue stream year-round.
• Vendor and Inventory Management: Coordinated with suppliers for timely stock replenishment, negotiating contracts to maintain budget and quality standards.
• Project Management: Developed strategic project plans, including product launches, website enhancements, and seasonal promotions. Ensured all milestones were met within deadlines and aligned with business objectives.
• Financial Oversight: Maintained accurate financial records for procurement activities, monitored budgets, and tracked sales performance to inform data-driven decisions.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

• Monitored initial margin (IM) limits of trading / clearing members, processed margins movements and ensured collateral requirements are met to facilitate trading and mitigate risk.
• Ensured successful completion of Mark to Market (MTM) settlement across all DGCX products (Currency Derivatives, Commodities and Equity Derivatives) and smooth running of daily operational tasks as per SCA (Securities and Commodities Authority) regulations.
• Managed physical delivery of Shari’ah Compliant Gold Contract using Tradeflow system by effectively liaising with the clients and vault.
• Reviewed and recalculated initial margins manually across all DGCX products by following the EWMA (Exponentially Weighted Moving Average) method.
• Partnered with internal IT teams and technology providers in UAT and implementation of ActiveRisk, automation of daily stress testing and calculation of initial margins. Documented the results in JIRA.
• Compiled quantitative disclosures for CCP12 on a quarterly basis.
• Compiled and presented management information (MIS) like weekly open interest analysis, trading patterns of members, currency wise collateral breakdown and member wise weekly volumes. Automated few daily reports using VBA macros.
• Worked in a cross-functional team environment of Trading, Surveillance, Clearing, Settlements and Risk to compile and disseminate industry updates.
• Assisted in conducting surveillance using SCILA market abuse models such as wash trade, block trade, unlikely order, etc.
• Assisted in performing risk-based surveillance, analyze and escalate the trades that are not conducted as per exchange bylaws and identify potential regulatory (SCA) breaches.
• Assisted in determining daily settlement prices, final settlement prices, processing block trades, trade invalidation, maintenance of daily price bands (DPR’s).
• Applications used – EOS - Clear, Trader & Admin, ActiveRisk, SCILA, JIRA, Confluence, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters (Refinitiv Eikon)

Apr 2018 – Dec 2018 · 8 mos · On-site

• Worked with Prime Brokerage Client Services team managing multiple asset class.
• Was chosen for derivatives process migration from London to Chennai after delivering an outstanding performance in my first year of work with listed derivatives.
• Listed trade breaks management - Investigated and resolved prior day(T+1) breaks from various exchanges (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, LME, ICE, EUREX, etc.) in a timely manner by effectively liaising with trade support, clearing teams, clients & Prime Brokers.
• FX trade breaks Management – - Investigated and resolved prior day(T+1) breaks, reached out to counter parties for missing allocation on prior day(T+1) cross currency and plain vanilla trades to get the trades booked in Kondor+.
• Investigated brokerage receivables and clearing commission breaks based on 3rd party give up agreements (EGUS) & term sheets (Consensys) and fixed the static in GMI to avoid repetitive breaks.
• Managed day to day cash booking (ranging from $10 Million to $1 Billion) in Newtops and EZtops for Premium clients (30 minutes TAT) and four other teams under tight deadlines and hourly currency cut offs.
• Suggested and implemented ideas to automate the process and reduce human effort & manual intervention with the use of macros and robotics. Partnered with RPA projects team in user acceptance testing (UAT) and suggested changes on the output.
• Reviewed, validated and issued daily margin call reports and liaised with clients to make sure all margin calls are covered by end of day. Escalated any disputes and uncovered call to risk management team in a timely manner.
• Effectively tracked exercises/assignments, first notice, last trading day notification.
• Managed daily position closeouts in GMI and Spartacus systems based on client requests.
• Applications used – SunGard GMI, Consensys, Spartacus, EZtops, Newtops, Newclear, PULSE, Kondor+, Lotus Notes – GQD.

Mar 2016 – Mar 2018 · 2 yrs · On-site

• Cash management for Premium and Interactive clients.
• Trade breaks management for Premium clients.
• Managing and issuing of the daily client margin calls.
• Updated missing prices for securities by fetching the prices from Bloomberg Terminal, created month-end balances for newly traded currencies and ensured all the reports are delivered to clients in a timely manner.
• Monitored and resolved all PULSE (Real time reporting platform) queries for new and existing accounts. Schedule creation / amendments, new user creation / approvals for client and administrators and all other reporting issues.
• Audit confirmations.
• Conducted nostro and cash account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy in transactions and promptly resolving discrepancies and cash breaks.
• Applications used – SunGard GMI, Consensys, Spartacus, EZtops, Newtops, Newclear, PULSE, Kondor+, Lotus Notes – GQD.

Jan 2014 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

• Orchestrated multichannel marketing campaigns and generated proficient leads to expand current prospect database & exceed sales target of INR 1,000,000.00 per Month. Was awarded “Star Performer of the year, 2014” for achieving maximum sales.
• Developed effective working relationships with customers through regular meetings and follow ups, which resulted in further sales and business development opportunities.
• Analyzed important industry market intelligence in relation to market trends, which resulted in expansion and product development, increasing the revenue and profitability.
• Compiled and analyzed reports of weekly, monthly and yearly gross sales revenues, to be presented to the senior management.
• Was actively involved in decision-making process together with technical staff and management, facilitating execution of the sales process.