Risk Analyst Financial

Sweetaleena Samantaray

773-***-**** ● Chicago, IL ● **********.**********@*****.*** ● https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweetaleena-s/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Risk Analyst Sep 2022-Dec 2022

PayPal India Private Limited Bangalore, India

● Designed and implemented control testing frameworks for PayPal’s $10B+ credit and risk teams, cutting compliance gaps by 18%

● Engineered regulatory compliance automation using Teradata SQL and Macros, boosting efficiency by 22%.

● Developed interactive dashboards to track GCSC performance strategy, improving visibility and risk analysis by 16%. Operational Risk Analyst Jul 2021-Sep 2022

Wells Fargo Bank Bangalore, India

● Reduced financial exposure by $2.8M through proactive risk monitoring and anomaly detection across $20B+ in Assets Under Management (AUM).

● Built 10+ interactive Tableau dashboards to track fiduciary & investment risk trends, optimizing reporting by 40%.

● Automated SQL-driven data validation workflows, increasing metadata accuracy by 30% and reducing manual errors by 25% for regulatory reporting and compliance audits.

● Engineered risk tolerance models flagging $1.2M in potential operational risks, enabling proactive actions & compliance enforcement based on historical market and economic indicators. Financial Analyst -FP&A Jan 2019-Jul 2021

State Street Corporation Bangalore, India

● Created monthly reconciliation reports, improving process efficiency by 40% and retaining $250M in annual revenue.

● Managed and reconciled $850B in serviced assets monthly, reducing errors by 20% with improved data governance strategies.

● Developed KPI dashboards to track $7B AUM fluctuations, cutting analysis time by 30% and improving forecasts by 25%.

● Created MIS reports with cross-functional teams, enhancing data accuracy by 20% and accelerating decision-making for global stakeholders.

● Conducted profitability analyses for 50+ top clients with over $500M Total Net Assets (TNA), identifying trends and increasing data accuracy by 15%.

Data Analyst Jul 2016-Apr 2018

Envestnet Yodlee Ltd. Bangalore, India

● Achieved $800K+ in cost savings by streamlining and automating metadata validation across 4000+ financial websites.

● Enhanced data accuracy by 18%, optimizing API integrations and financial dataset mappings using SQL and Excel.

● Automated executive reporting workflows, saving 4800 manual hours annually and improving operational insights.

● Created metadata models and dashboards for performance monitoring of 550+ websites, ensuring consistent data quality.

● Optimized data pipelines and restructured API queries, cutting latency by 25% and improving real-time data processing. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

● Artificial Intelligence in Business Built predictive AI recommendation systems and conceptualized AR/VR visualization for Amazon’s Roomba, forecasting user engagement by 25%.

● Predictive Modeling Built predictive models in SAS to optimize pricing and marketing for a pizza company, increasing pricing accuracy by 20% and improving product recommendations.

● Business Strategy Developed a market entry strategy for Pedal Planet (a virtual company in carbon fiber bikes), identifying competitive niches and increasing projected market penetration by 30% resulting in the top leading company in a hyper competitive market.

● Marketing Strategy Created marketing strategies for Ciconia Medical, enhancing AI-based labor monitoring device adoption and improving customer engagement by 25%.

● Digital Transformation Evaluated Chicago’s digital transformation landscape using AI tools, Qualtrics surveys, and created a podcast, increasing awareness of digital adoption trends among industry professionals.

● Data Visualization Designed interactive Tableau dashboards for business trend analysis, improving data visualization and decision-making efficiency by 40%.

EDUCATION

Illinois Institute of Technology MBA, Business Analytics (STEM) Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 International School of Management Excellence Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Finance and Operations Jun 2014 - Jul 2016 SKILLS

MySQL (DDL, DML, DCL) Relational Database Microsoft SQL server R SAS C/C++ Python AWS Redshift PySpark BigQuery Snowflake Tableau PowerBI Google Analytics MS Excel Pivot Tables Macros JIRA (Agile) AWS QlikView Confluence Alteryx Predictive Analytics Data Analysis Reporting Database Management Analytical Tools Google Docs Google sheets Google Slides AWS Athena Financial Management Product Management Stakeholder Management Amazon Quick Sight Risk Management Digital Transformation AI in Business Big Data Fraud and Risk Analysis Regression Modelling Financial Statements Statistics Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis Mixed methods research Six Sigma Green Belt Critical Thinking Problem Solving Data Integrity

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