AAKANKSHA SINGHAL

Role: Senior Business Analyst
CRD VI Regulatory Programme (Article 21c)

Key Achievement: Led HSBC’s global readiness for CRD VI Article 21c, covering interbank, intrabank exemptions, reverse solicitation, and grandfathering.

Enabled delivery of the Target Operating Model (go-live 2027) while enhancing compliance, capital reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency.

• Delivered detailed impact assessments of Article 21c, identifying regulatory gaps in interbank exposures and solicitation rules, ensuring compliance readiness.
• Analyzed large, complex datasets in Excel, reconciling exposures and validating capital impact to improve accuracy of regulatory reporting.
• Produced BRDs, use cases, and requirement flowcharts, streamlining requirement sign-offs and reducing delays in approvals.
• Designed process flows and data lineage diagrams for the Target Operating Model, driving consistent implementation across global entities.
• Created executive decks and governance packs that improved stakeholder clarity and accelerated decision-making at senior forums.
• Partnered with global teams (Risk, Finance, Treasury, Compliance, IT, Reporting) to align systems, controls, and processes across EMEA and APAC.
• Supported UAT and SIT cycles by preparing test cases, executing scenarios, and logging defects to ensure solution quality and regulatory accuracy.
• Delivered a CRM tool to capture client and counterparty feedback, improving transparency, auditability, and regulatory engagement.