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ANISH H. CHAWLA

ANISH H. CHAWLA

Bangalore

Summary

Accomplished professional with more than 2 decades of experience in Investment Banking Operations with knowledge is Securities Fixed Income, Equity & Futures & Options trading & Settlements, Broker Dealer Operations etc. with a proven track record in setting up and expanding operations, implementing strategic platforms, driving transformation through Intelligent Automation Tools and enhancing control environment.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Securities Operations India & Philippines

Wells Fargo
09.2020 - Current
  • Heading Securities Operations across India & Philippines covering end to end operations across Asset class for Syndicates Deals, Pre-matching, Settlements & Fails, Asset Servicing, Quality assurance & Cash Management
  • Strategic platform delivery – T+1 for US Markets, Asset Servicing BaNCS Platform Implementation, CSDR Implementation, etc.
  • Responsible for leading monthly business reviews with Front Office/Product Heads across businesses FCM, PB, Custody Operations, regional desk/front office driving improvement in services and delivering value added reporting and Change.
  • Led the formation of a central controls team for continuous monitoring of controls through daily/weekly/monthly checks significantly enhancing the overall control environment through proactive risk identification and controls
  • Led the formation of central transformation team and heading the Change the Bank Vertical for Corporate & Investment Banking Operations (CIB Ops) delivering an overall 5% cost reduction/annum for the last 3 years
  • Leading the Global Securities Operations Transformation Program across India & US Utilizing some of the new age tools like Xceptor, Alteryx, Tableau, Python coding, Smart workflow Automation Tools, etc. to automate manual processes and enhance controls.
  • Re-organized large teams to form centers of excellence/utility - Claims Utility, Settlements Utility, Syndicates operations Utility improving end to end client service and significantly improving service offering
  • Leading the Asia desk Support for international settlements providing enhanced service levels for sensitive Asia clients

Head of Custody Operations India and Philippines

JP Morgan services India Pvt. Ltd
04.2010 - 09.2020
  • As Head of Custody Operations India & Philippines - Built the India & Philippines site across Custody Operations, Broker dealer Operations & Fund Services from 75 FTE's to 2000+ FTE's.
  • Responsible for end to end delivery of Custody Operations across middle & back office functions covering multiple asset classes.
  • Re-organized large teams to form centers of excellence/utility – Announcement Capture Utility, payments utility, Disclosures Utility, Claims Utility & Payments Utility resulting in better client service, efficiency saves, consistent operational practices and improvement in controls
  • Created a Central Transformation team for Custody Operations resulting in Strategic and Tactical program Implementation, platform consolidation and Intelligent Automation.
  • Lead the formation of a Central controls team responsible for continuous monitoring for controls across all process including change management, daily escalations, enhancing controls and periodic end to end self audit to mitigate risk.
  • Partnering across various locations APAC, EMEA and WHEM to drive governance and performance improvement calls on a periodic basis
  • Responsible for periodic business reviews with product heads across locations & delivering client improvements
  • Part of site level leadership forums to develop leadership at site levels through mentoring & coaching of high performers through structured forums/programs

Operations Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2007 - 03.2010
  • Heading end t end Operational delivery for one of the largest European banking Client involving account opening, account maintenance settlement instructions set-up across asset classes with a 24/5-coverage model handling APAC, EMEA & WHEM.
  • Providing Leadership to the overall project and building a strong team to deliver business results and provide value additions to the clients
  • Led the global consistency program for standard practices for callback and settlement Instructions set-up for client

Senior Manager - Credit Risk

Dell International Services
04.2004 - 08.2007
  • Company Overview: Global Financial Services
  • Performing financial analysis for sanctioning credit limits for DELL customers within the framework of the overall credit policy
  • Responsible for sanctioning over line Approvals up to $300K in Line with Credit Policy of the company
  • Submission of a detailed analysis report covering financial statement analysis, performance on repayments, comments from collections department on outstanding and profit margin on a deal for over line approval to the head of credit for exposure above $300K
  • Global Financial Services

Senior Financial Analyst

G.E. Capital Int. Services
10.2002 - 03.2004
  • Analyzing financial statements of customers and preparing a detailed analysis report basis which a credit decision is taken by business partners in US to sanction credit
  • Quarterly review of customers exceeding $1million exposure to analyze payment performance and requirement for additional collateral if required
  • Trend analysis of 3 years profit and industry comparison of key ratios for the overall quarterly analysis including payment performance

Accounts Officer & Management Faculty

DOT Institute of Info. & Tech.
01.2001 - 09.2002
  • Preparation & presentation of accounts to Board of Directors using TALLY accounting package
  • Handling Internal controls related to cash, assets, & inventory
  • Presenting accounts to the internal audit department

Education

B.Com -

GS College Of Commerce & Economics
Nagpur

Chartered Accountant (CA) -

ICAI

ICSI certification -

Skills

  • Networking
  • Customer focused
  • Leadership
  • Programme development
  • Calm under pressure
  • Deadline management
  • Commitment to excellence
  • Meticulous eye for detail
  • Active listening
  • Establishing interpersonal relationships

Timeline

Head of Securities Operations India & Philippines

Wells Fargo
09.2020 - Current

Head of Custody Operations India and Philippines

JP Morgan services India Pvt. Ltd
04.2010 - 09.2020

Operations Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2007 - 03.2010

Senior Manager - Credit Risk

Dell International Services
04.2004 - 08.2007

Senior Financial Analyst

G.E. Capital Int. Services
10.2002 - 03.2004

Accounts Officer & Management Faculty

DOT Institute of Info. & Tech.
01.2001 - 09.2002

B.Com -

GS College Of Commerce & Economics

Chartered Accountant (CA) -

ICAI

ICSI certification -

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