Management Manager

Summary Extensive experience as a business manager in the financial services

industry. Functions include technology business management, financial

management, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning and analysis,

performance management, PMO responsibilities.

Strong knowledge of front, middle and back office processes and

systems.

Program management experience. Executed complex projects with diverse

stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Education

2003 - 2005 MBA, Finance, School Of Business, University of Connecticut, GPA

3.9/4.0.

Member of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.

1993 -1997 B.S., Computer Science, C.R. State College of Engineering, India, GPA

3.8/4.0.

Experience

06/2007 - Barclays Capital. New York, NY

Current Vice President, Business Manager (IT COO Office) - Managed $150m budget

and acted as the domain expert for planning and analysis.

Developed and managed budget for Operations technology group. Performed

forecasting and variance analysis. Monitored all technology expenses

(headcount, vendor contracts, ASP services, infrastructure and offshore

services) and ensured adherence to the budget. Coordinated budget

transfers and established processes to improve financial controls.

Managed the technology spend process and performed vendor management.

Performed project portfolio planning. Managed the book of works and

ensured that project streams deliver within time, budget and scope by

monitoring status, milestones, risks and dependencies. Managed

headcount and tracked resource utilization across different

initiatives.

Reviewed and monitored KPI and reported performance to senior

management using scorecard. Authored high-level presentations and

status reports for executive management including reports for CIO and

COO of the firm.

Led strategic planning initiatives and recommended roadmap to senior

management.

Co-headed feasibility analysis for replacing a vendor system that costs

Barclays $20M per year. Performed cost-benefit analysis and used

financial metrics to evaluate investment decisions.

Developed a proposal for additional funding and obtained $2M for new

initiatives.

Coordinated and managed special projects with Finance, Human Resources,

Sourcing, Facilities and other functional areas.

06/2006 - Fortis, Merchant Banking. New York, NY

06/2007 Assistant Vice President, Business Development Group - Internal

Consulting Role to launch new products and perform strategic analysis

for executive management.

Led projects for introducing new products across fixed income,

structured credit, money markets and equities desks. Rolled out

front-to-back processes for new products and coordinated tasks across

Front Office, Risk Management, Product Control, Finance, Operations and

Accounting. Examples of new products include Total Return Swap, Credit

Default Swap on ABS, ABX & corporate bonds, Callable CD, and Callable

Interest Rate Swap.

Managed cross-functional teams and led strategic projects.

Orchestrated rollout and implementation of a firm-wide system for

booking structured credit products.

Evaluated proposals for outsourcing back office functions of new

products and made recommendations to senior management based on

qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Represented the firm to New York State Banking Authority to obtain

regulatory approval for launching new products.

07/2005 - Lehman Brothers. New York, NY

05/2006 Business Analyst, Fixed Income Technology - Performed Business Analysis

for front-office technology initiatives.

Gathered business requirements and performed analysis for building an

in-house trading platform for fixed income cash and derivative

products. Modeled trade workflow, trade states and transitions for

business events such as trade capture, allocation, assignment,

termination, maturity and option exercise for Credit derivatives and

Interest Rate derivative.

Maintained the project plan to track quarterly deliverables for a

three-year, $100 million strategic Front Office re-architecture project

undertaken by the Fixed Income Technology Group. Ensured timely

deliverables, identified potential risks and escalated issues to senior

management.

Facilitated productivity and process improvements for front-to-back

trade workflow. Analyzed existing processes and interviewed key

stakeholder to identify gaps and recommended process re-engineering

roadmaps to increase throughput.

1997- 2003 Consulted for various clients including Network International, Johnson

Controls, Kinko's.

Developed technology strategy, led prototyping efforts, and co-authored

proposal to secure funding for developing an internet marketplace for

surplus equipment for the energy industry. (Network International)

Coordinated offshore development activities with a software firm in

India. (Johnson Controls)

Evaluated a wide array of technical solutions and determined best

alternatives for introducing new e-commerce and B2B services. Performed

critical analysis of e-revenue streams in close conjunction with the

marketing team. (Kinko's)

Tools

Microsoft tools - MS Project, MS Office, Visio, SharePoint

SAP BW, SAP BPS

SQL

Familiarity with technologies and applications used in the financial

services industry

Misc. US Permanent Resident

References Available upon request

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