Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Timeline
ARADHANA CHITRE

ARADHANA CHITRE

Investment Banker, Risk & Control leader
Bengaluru,India

Summary

Accomplished Investment Banking and Risk & Control Leader with over 12 years of expertise in Operational Risk & Controls, Governance & Compliance, Derivatives, and regulatory reporting.Demonstrated success in creating comprehensive reporting frameworks, guiding teams, and executing transformative risk programs within prestigious global organizations such as Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley,

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1

NSE's certification in Financial market

Work History

Senior Asst. Vice President – Risk & Control

Wells Fargo
10.2023 - Current
  • Designed and implemented risk monitoring and reporting frameworks, addressed control deficiencies, and escalated risks proactively. Supported the development of control effectiveness metrics and process efficiency measures for Group Finance; reviewed RCSA processes to ensure ongoing compliance and risk oversight.
  • Provided expert advisory on risk assessments, compliance, and internal control matters, working closely with Control Assurance, Group Internal Audit (GIA), and Compliance teams to close identified control gaps, and enhance assurance coverage.
  • Executed Central Control Program responsibilities and Quality Assurance (QA) reviews in alignment with QA policy, procedures, and minimum standards. Strengthened QA templates and QA procedures using stakeholder feedback from Execution teams, auditors (PWC), Business and Control Office (BACO), and Operational Risk Business Office (ORBO).
  • Generated Tableau dashboards documenting daily allocation and reportable RAUs under each RCSA program.
  • Ensured continuous compliance through thorough reviews of RCSA processes and risk oversight practices.

Associate - Regulatory Reporting (Independent Testing)

Morgan Stanley
02.2022 - 07.2023
  • Perform investigation on Multi- jurisdiction Regulatory reporting along with material economic terms reconciliation.
  • Working on building validation process and Standard operating procedure for performing testing for various regulatory regimes such as - CFTC, SEC, EMIR , MIFID and HKMA for derivatives products such as FX options, Interest Rate derivatives
  • Stakeholder Collaboration Working closely with various stakeholders, including Legal, Compliance, Technology, and business teams, to address reporting requirements and resolve any issues.
  • Data analysis and remediation to identify and resolve reporting issues, process improvement and automation, and collaborating with internal stakeholders
  • Assisted in the development of Tableau dashboards , improving KPI ‘s and data visualization for the team

Operation Analyst - Corporate Actions

JPMorgan Chase & Co
11.2020 - 01.2022
  • Managed full lifecycle of event notification, analysis, and publication for domestic equity and ADR products (capture, analysis and publish) and providing updates to clients of market information and key date.
  • Reconciliation of internal records with external data sources (e.g., custodians, clearinghouses) to verify accuracy and resolve discrepancies. Reconciliation of payables tracking to ensure timely corporate action settlements and pre-balancing of products like domestic equity and ADR
  • Risk Management manage the risks associated with corporate action processing, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and controls.

Operation Analyst - Treasury Services

JPMorgan Chase &Co
10.2017 - 11.2020
  • Collaborated with internal teams to streamline client onboarding and service implementation for smooth client onboarding
  • Lead the Brexit initiative, preparing all treasury documentation for major corporate clients for JPMORGAN CHASE&CO and worked on preparation of all documents required for a treasury services
  • Automated Tableau reporting for account transitions, enhancing data transparency -using filters, parameters and calculated sets that automatically qualified no. Of accounts to be transferred/ created under BREXIT project
  • Mentored new hires with training and, validating, and assessing the daily business activities performed by team members.

Analyst - OTC Confirmations (Rates and Structured Equity)

Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2015 - 01.2017
  • Drafting and reviewing confirmations for various derivative products, - Rates and Structured Equity ensuring accuracy against executed trades.
  • Performed Reconciliation between term sheets and ISDA guidelines of risk bookings, term sheet and ISDA definitions with confirmations.
  • Resolved client and internal queries on structured equity products including derivative rates, swaps and accumulators on specific products such as variance swaps, Quanto Trades.
  • Ensured Accuracy and Compliance Identified and resolved discrepancies between trade details and drafted confirmations, escalated issues to front office, legal, and other departments as needed.

Research Associate

MarketsandMarkets
02.2014 - 09.2015
  • Executed end-to-end market research assignments with focus on financial forecasting and consulting assignment projects and conduct in-depth primary and secondary research.
  • Generated industry forecasts based on deep data analysis and trend evaluation to produce forecasts of industry, in order to find accurate market share.
  • Supported stakeholder engagement efforts through regular communication of research updates and findings.
  • Presented research findings at industry conferences, increasing visibility for the organization.

Education

PGDM/MBA - Finance

MIT School of Telecom Management, Pune, Maharashtra
06.2014

Bachelor's degree - Economics

Career College , Bhopal
05.2012

HSC - CBSE

Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Bhopal, M.P
05.2009

SSC - CBSE

Mansarovar Public School, Bhopal, M.P
05.2007

Skills

  • Tableau Dashboard Development
  • Data Visualization
  • Power BI
  • SQL-high-level overview
  • Data analysis

Certification

NCFM (NSE'S CERTIFICATION IN FINANCIAL MARKET), Beginner's module

Accomplishments

  • Active CSR contributor –Tree plantation, education support for underprivileged children
  • Workstream lead for Risk Expo for two consecutive years, managing 60+ volunteers and 800+ participants

Work Type

Full Time

Timeline

Senior Asst. Vice President – Risk & Control - Wells Fargo
10.2023 - Current
Associate - Regulatory Reporting (Independent Testing) - Morgan Stanley
02.2022 - 07.2023
Operation Analyst - Corporate Actions - JPMorgan Chase & Co
11.2020 - 01.2022
Operation Analyst - Treasury Services - JPMorgan Chase &Co
10.2017 - 11.2020
Analyst - OTC Confirmations (Rates and Structured Equity) - Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2015 - 01.2017
Research Associate - MarketsandMarkets
02.2014 - 09.2015
MIT School of Telecom Management - PGDM/MBA, Finance
Career College - Bachelor's degree, Economics
Maharishi Vidya Mandir - HSC, CBSE
Mansarovar Public School - SSC, CBSE
ARADHANA CHITREInvestment Banker, Risk & Control leader