Education
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, January
2006
BA: Major: Economics Minor:
Psychology
Professional Experience
Deutsche Bank Operations International, Global Business Analyst/Project
Manager
Mumbai, India with assignments in UK & Germany
March 2008-November 2009
. Managed end to end transition of process migrations from US, UK,
Germany, Dubai and Singapore to DBOI offices located in India and
Birmingham, UK, owning them until projects moved to 'go-live' status.
Additionally managed two sets of 35 project portfolios for transitions
from London to Birmingham migrations entailing approximately 200+ FTE
across Investment Banking Operations
. Responsible for coordinating with a global team of transition managers
& various work streams acting as an interface for all projects for
relevant stakeholders
. Led offshoring of business functions for 16 projects to locations in
India including Mumbai, Bangalore and Jaipur from various areas within
the Bank including Investment Banking Operations, Corporate Real
Estate Services and Global Sourcing.
. Key lead in driving operational readiness as part of all UK
transitions with involvement from Birmingham/London transition
managers, team leads and operation heads
. Collaborated with senior management and subject matter experts to
capture requirements and scope of projects and perform risk assessment
of migrating processes
. Interfaced with functional global teams to proactively resolve any
project related issues by maintaining an active work environment with
dissemination of relevant project updates and chairing weekly meetings
. Responsible for maintaining ownership and drive closure of any risks
or issues that affected project timelines and delivery of migrations
and proactively escalated if required.
. Delivered support for process migration through collaboration with
various departments including Regulatory, Compliance, Corporate Real
Estate Services, Human Resources, Operational Risk Management,
Business Continuity Management and IT
. Mapped processes at multiple levels such as SIPOC, Key Operating
Procedures and defined KPI's for projects as per business requirement.
Key Operating Procedures were leveraged for training purposes in DBOI
India offices
. Created standardized operations flows and key performance indicators
onsite for Rolling Capital Project migrating from Frankfurt to DBOI
Mumbai in order to streamline the process
Deutsche Bank, Par Loan Trade Settlement Associate
Jersey City, NJ
April 2007-March 2008
. Managed multiple multi-million dollar loan trade portfolios and their
respective trades
. Created database of all open trades using Access, Excel and Loan IQ in
order to produce metrics that were instrumental in identifying
problem areas in the closing process as part of a Change Management
project
. Ensured accuracy of pricing calculations in funding memos prior to
trade settlement in order to detect any cost variance and maintained
control over unnecessary costs
. Resolved issues between buyer and seller including; pricing,
commitment and facility discrepancies and reconciliations
. Succeeded in building relationships with the Par Loan Trade Desk, Deal
Administration, Accounting, Control and clients which aided in quick
resolution of trade related issues and ensured accurate settlement of
transactions
Deutsche Bank AG, Risk & Control Analyst
New York, NY
September 2006 - April 2007
. Spearheaded projects to monitor processes within various areas of
Securities Operations which were offshored to DBOI which assisted in
maintaining operational controls
. Responsible for updating daily reports and metrics that reflected
level of risk of each group within Securities Ops that was presented
to upper management
. Proactively identified potential issues through work with managers to
mitigate any risks that arose from the migration of processes offshore
Additional Information
. Technical Proficiencies: Microsoft Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS
Access, SharePoint, Loan IQ, Clear Par
. Languages: Hindi, Gujarati
. 9/06-2/08 Completed Group Technology & Operations Graduate Training
Program at Deutsche Bank
. Participated in 5 week financial/operational training program in
London, UK through Deutsche Bank
. Pursuing Project Management Professional Certification