Finance professional with over 19 years of experience in planning/ forecasting, Controllers and Treasury functions with a proven ability to lead and drive results through strong partnerships with senior stakeholders across the organization.
Proficient in designing and implementing systems/procedures for achieving financial discipline and enhancing the overall efficiency of the organization.
Worked in multiple locations across the globe - India, Costa Rica and United States
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Finance
Citibank
08.2011 - Current
Fund Transfer Pricing
Support ongoing funds transfer pricing execution and adherence to policies and controls, including all regulation and/or guidance which impacts FTPExposure to Citi's balance sheet and develop understanding of data and technology infrastructure supporting the liquidity reporting process.
Supporting strategic and transformational efforts to enhance FTP policy, frameworks, and funds transfer pricing systems
Appropriately assessing risk when business decisions are made and actively monitoring FTP reporting to effectively manage the bank's balance sheet
Daily Balance Sheet - Citigroup
Overview of Citi's Daily Balance Sheet for OCC requirements with a portfolio of $2 Trillion
Managing and leading a team of two highly skilled senior analysts
Analyzing and addressing the inconsistent movement in the Balance Sheet daily
Daily review of the Balance Sheet, tracking issues and improvising the underlying data with the Global Process Owner (GPO)
Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, regulators, and community leaders to promote collaboration and long-term success.
Leading ad-hoc analytics on themes that arise at senior management's request or through proactive research of potential issues
Close Assurance and Analytics: RUK, Romania and Bulgaria
Lead for the Close Assurance and Analytics (CAA) process for key EMEA countries; Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Romania & Bulgaria for E2E reporting and analysis of US GAAP financials
Preparing and providing detailed analytical insights into the monthly results to senior stakeholders within Citi
Leading and chairing the monthly financial calls with the CFO and Country Controller
Led the standardization initiative - Created, designed and executed a standardized query across EMEA countries on the Flexcube Platform
Closely working on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), R&C requirements and Audit Documentation
Managed Outlook and Plan forecasts for the entire EMEA region, SPOC for all planning related adhocs for the region
Working closely with country FP&A, business teams & support teams (Global functions, Expense workstreams, product FP&A)
Providing strategic insight on financial trends for key countries and timely identifying areas for business improvement
Ensuring Interest revenues and expenses are aligned with the Balance Sheet and aligning the Compensation with Headcount
Performing variance analysis to identify & resolve performance deviations from established P&L and balance sheet goals
Established a culture of continuous improvement, fostering innovation and driving sustainable growth across the organization.
Leveraged technology to automate workflows and streamline processes, resulting in increased productivity
Team Leader
JP Morgan
08.2006 - 07.2011
Responsible for delivering monthly expense reports for the Corporate Sector to the CFOs and delivering Firmwide Technology & Operation Expenses to CFOs
Managed a team of 4 analysts and provided extensive support in Budgeting & Forecasting for Direct & Indirect expenses
Weekly Headcount Reporting to provide week by week, month on month and year to date headcount information to LOB CFOs, Finance Directors often customized as per their requirements
Assisted business heads in generating the forecast and plan numbers in the yearly planning cycle
Education
Certified Associate -
Indian Institute of Banking And Finance
02.2007
Junior Associate -
Indian Institute of Banking And Finance
07.2006
Diploma in Banking And Finance -
Indian Institute of Banking And Finance
08.2004
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Mumbai
03.2003
Skills
Emerging Risk Data Collection (ERDC): A new regulatory requirement on account of Covid-19 pandemic
Scorecards: Preparing Scorecards for analyzing Senior Management performance with key performance metrics
Working knowledge of MS Office, Hyperion Essbase, , Ruby (Driver based forecasting tool), Inquiry Framework, Smartview
Business Objects Flexcube: Created, designed, and executed Standardized query across all EMEA countries on the Flexcube Platform
Cost Centre maintenance: Single point of contact for the entire team, managing communication, allocation of work and real time status of the request
Virtual Communication: An initiative to enhance Team bonding and communication within teams located in different countries (Onshore – Offshore models)