DEEPAK RAJENDRAN
Chennai
Summary
Seasoned banking operations professional with 16 years of experience in Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Risk & Control. Expertise in stakeholder management, operational risk frameworks, and process improvement. Led cross-functional teams to enhance controls and implement automation initiatives, ensuring high-quality outcomes in global financial operations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President - Master Data Management, Pricing
BNY
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2024.09 - Current
- Ensure delivery of volume, quality, and timeline targets.
- Collaborate with global teams to improve operational effectiveness.
- Fostered collaboration across global teams, minimising process risk exposure and enhancing collective performance.
- Identified process control gaps and implemented strategies, strengthening compliance and operational resilience.
- Resolved technical and operational issues across multiple functions.
- Improved operational quality and strengthened governance controls.
- Ensured adherence to quality standards and operational controls, improving service reliability.
- Review and maintain KPIs, SOPs, and process documentation.
- Lead Chennai operations supporting APAC and AMER regions.
Assistant Vice President - Risk & Control
Barclays Shared Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2019.05 - 2024.09
- Identified, assessed, and mitigated operational risks.
- Improved risk visibility and control effectiveness.
- Conducted risk & control self-assessments (RCSA) to evaluate and enhance control frameworks.
- Led quality assurance testing and issue remediation tracking.
- Strengthened governance and stakeholder engagement processes to ensure alignment and effective communication.
- Performed calibration analysis to support standardisation initiatives and improve consistency.
Team Manager - Securities Settlements
Barclays Shared Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2016.12 - 2019.04
- Managed payments and settlements operations to ensure timely and accurate transactions.
- Ensured SLA compliance and regulatory adherence.
- Maintained efficient settlement operations and audit readiness.
- Led projects and operational risk initiatives to enhance compliance and operational integrity.
- Conducted performance reviews and workforce development to support team capability and growth.
- Enhanced workforce capability through cross-training initiatives.
Senior Analyst - Securities Settlements
Barclays Shared Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2014.08 - 2016.11
- Managed trade settlements and resolved failed trades to ensure compliance and minimise operational risk.
- Ensured timely settlement processing and reporting accuracy.
- Coordinated with brokers, custodians, and transfer agents to streamline settlement processes and enhance communication.
- Prepared management reports and communicated with stakeholders to provide insights on settlement activities and performance.
Operations Analyst - Reference Data Management
RBS Business Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2010.07 - 2014.07
- Managed updates via OMGEO alerts and SWIFT messages to facilitate timely information flow.
- Supported operational controls and migration initiatives to enhance compliance and streamline processes.
- Improved data accuracy and supported successful migrations.
- Maintained counterparty static data and SSI records to ensure data integrity.
Education
MBA - Finance
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Chennai2013-01
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Vivekananda College
Chennai2010-01
Skills
- Master Data Management
- Pricing Operations
- Risk & Control
- Securities Settlements
- Reference Data Management
- Alteryx
- Data Analysis
- Process Automation
- KPI Management
- SOP Development
- Quality Assurance
- Control Testing
- UAT Testing
- Banking Operations
- Euroclear
- Clearstream
- Avaloq
- Fidessa
- Wall Street
- OMGEO
- Intellimatch
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Salesforce
- Citrix
- MI Reporting
- Operational risk
- Team leadership
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Relationship management
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Problem solving
- Training & Mentoring
- Cross-functional teamwork
Achievements
- Saved approximately GBP 50,000 and 345 manual hours annually through process improvement.
- Generated an estimated 1 FTE benefit through SOP migration initiative.
- Led settlements migration from Singapore and contributed to ABN to RBS migration.
- Designed and implemented a customized Salesforce dashboard for real-time business updates.
Timeline
Vice President - Master Data Management, Pricing
BNY
2024.09 - Current
Assistant Vice President - Risk & Control
Barclays Shared Services
2019.05 - 2024.09
Team Manager - Securities Settlements
Barclays Shared Services
2016.12 - 2019.04
Senior Analyst - Securities Settlements
Barclays Shared Services
2014.08 - 2016.11
Operations Analyst - Reference Data Management
RBS Business Services
2010.07 - 2014.07
MBA - Finance
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Vivekananda College