Vice President Resume

Candidate Pitch:

Accomplished and goal-driven professional, with 10 years of banking experience, specializing in corporate/investment banking and credit, fixed income and currency, emerging market, and rates derivatives trading. Armed with strong understanding of derivative risk and control framework; able to develop creative trading/hedging strategies that drove efficient risk mitigation, opportunistic monetization, and long-term business viability and competitiveness. Hands-on leader with adeptness in supervising top-performing operations teams, overseeing multimillion-dollar projects, and building long-term relationships with stakeholders, internal/external partners, and various teams/departments. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA Assistant Vice President, Derivative Trade Services January 2023−Present  Oversee a team of 10 to effectively deliver smooth operational transactions and processes to clients  Spearhead pricing and execution of various Brazil futures products such as DOL, WDO, DI1, FRC, FRP, DR1  Contribute in proprietary trading for derivatives desk and formulation of hedging strategies for derivatives products in order to maximize the bank’s profit margin  Perform detailed business analysis to identify areas of opportunities for product expansion and new market enablement and to formulate new strategic initiatives to optimize the portfolio of derivative trade services  Constantly review policy, procedures, and controls and implement process improvements in order to reduce risk and enhance operational service delivery and effectiveness  Create reports and implement reconciliations to resolve discrepancies and ensure data quality and consistency  Continuously research and maintain strong market knowledge to develop new solutions and construct compelling recommendations for comprehensive service to clients  Serve as the focal point of contact on internal and external audit-related questions for derivative operation Associate and Team Lead, Credit and Emerging Market Derivatives Operations January 2017−January 2023  Managed the entire life cycle of both local and global projects, from criteria assessment to user acceptance testing (UAT), and implementation  Successfully resolved operational and booking issues in collaboration with Front Office, Profit and Loss (P&L), Back Office, and Application Support departments as well as third-party vendors  Served as the central point of contact, responsible for establishing strong relationships with all clients as well as resolving all clearing-related and post-trade issues, settlement exceptions, and trade discrepancies  Coordinated with Sales and Trading Team for the verification of trade details; Technology teams for the implementation of process flow improvements and efficiencies; and Bloomberg trade book’s various counterparties for the development of new client accounts  Take charge of processing accurate capture and settlement of cash and derivatives transactions, as well as amending and allocating client trades   Senior Operations Analyst, Credit and Emerging Market Derivatives Operation October 2014−January 2017  Supervised day-to-day operations, including management, strategic planning, and development of the North America Credit, Emerging Market, and Rates derivatives  Assumed responsibility in managing Jax and TAs to maintain a risk-free environment for credit, EM derivatives trades, bulk event processing, corporate bonds trading, leverage loans, COP, UDI, and Chile currency conversion  Led weekly ICE compression cycles, as well as TriOptima, book moves, and credit succession events  Oversaw the Dodd-Frank implementation process in December 2012, while ensuring that the firm will not be impacted by lack of process controls  Collaborated with head credit and EM traders, salespeople, and clients to document trades via phone, email, and messenger applications  Managed global calls for new systematic releases training, as well as working group calls for financial risk mitigation Notable Accomplishments  Received the Employee of the Quarter Award for two consecutive years, along with two promotions within the last 4 years  Led the successful migration of all outsourced business processes and knowledge transfer back to in-house  Provided exceptional trading and client support to the head of Trading and to the department head  Successfully implemented all corporate and interbank client onboarding procedures for the Operations Department  Drove deep dive analysis, eliminating process bottlenecks, smart sourcing prescriptive tasks, and removing nonvalue-added tasks to improve overall operations  Brought significant contribution to the company by lowering daily customer and capital exposure and spearheading system enhancements that enabled seamless and accurate trade capture, improved straight through processing, as well as excellent client experience  Launched a new technology that drove a more accurate risk exposure reporting to the regulating bodies, including Dodd-Frank, European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), Basel, VCON, and Volcker  Successfully partnered with senior-level managers in facilitating an annual plan review processes across all business units  Built and managed top-performing teams and fostered strong relationships to promote team exposure  Led the development and implementation of firm standard operating model for regulatory adherence  Significantly decreased firm costs through the implementation of a global plan to merge similar functions and facilitate cross-training, which led to Є1.2M savings year-over-year for over 4 years  Successfully achieved an additional Є560K by minimizing overtime cost and market data cost  Consolidated and sold risky debts in collaboration with the front office, resulting in $20B reduction in the firm’s balance sheet  Transformed a global resistance situation into automated and streamlined procedures, which resulted in efficiency improvement and cost reduction  Established a global control for credit clearing to minimize risk and P&L issues, resulting in massive savings for the bank Bachelor of Business Administration, June 2009 Ganpat University, Gujarat, India Middle Office Operations | Sales and Trading Support | Data Analytics Trade Capture and Settlement |Derivatives Pricing and Risk Hedging | Risk Identification and Mitigation Global Markets Trading | Project Management | Client Onboarding | Outsourced Business Process Migration