Prakash Ramakrishna
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced with team leadership, strategic planning, and operational management. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to drive project success. Track record of fostering productive work environments and achieving set goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Regulatory Reporting - CLM
Natwest Markets
01.2025 - Current
- Collaborate with Onboarding, Sales, and Client teams to address queries related to EMIR, MiFID, and Rule 15a-6 regulations.
- Responsible for verifying client compliance with relevant regulations prior to trading and ensuring accurate, timely reporting without any breaches.
- Manage group mailbox and allocate tasks efficiently among team members.
- Ensure clients comply with applicable regulations based on trading venues before onboarding.
- Provide prompt responses to sales and client onboarding inquiries to maintain smooth workflows.
- Assisted in implementing process improvements to enhance team productivity and service quality.
- Managed scheduling and resource allocation for staff, optimizing operational effectiveness.
Assistant Manager, Global Trading Equity
BNP Paribas ISPL
11.2021 - 12.2024
- Collaborate with external clients and agents across Crest, Euroclear, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Clearstream markets.
- Responsible for ensuring timely trade settlements and managing all related queries and escalation emails.
- Oversee the team handling pre-match trade economics, Static Settlement Instructions (SSIs), discrepancy identification, and settlement management to prevent settlement failures on the value date.
- Ensure all risk-sensitive and priority trades—including dividends, sensitive client recalls, and high-value/rate trades—are monitored, processed, and settled promptly to minimize costs.
- Facilitate prompt settlement of high-risk trades to avoid market fines and financial losses.
- Reported directly to the AVP and successfully managed the team for one year in the absence of a manager.
Assistant Manager/Associate Manager
DBOI Global Services Private
04.2021 - 11.2021
- Delegate responsibilities effectively across the team to ensure smooth operations.
- Support and train new hires rapidly to prepare them for their designated tasks.
- Serve as the primary point of contact and first-level escalation for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor trade processes rigorously to prevent settlement failures and address issues promptly.
- Manage incoming calls and email queries from internal teams, depositories, and clearing agents with efficiency.
- Conduct regular team meetings to identify improvement areas and enhance overall performance.
Senior Analyst/Process Specialist Supervisor
DBOI Global Services Private
04.2017 - 03.2021
- Book internal trades to reflect stock movements corresponding to client trades, as directed by Settlements and Traders.
- Confirm trade instructions with respective agents to ensure timely settlement and collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders.
- Reconcile stock positions by matching our ledger with agents' positions using SWIFT confirmations received from agents.
- Investigate and resolve outstanding breaks promptly to maintain up-to-date and accurate stock reconciliation.
Operation Analyst
DBOI Global Services Private
12.2013 - 03.2017
- Managed and resolved trade exceptions to facilitate seamless settlement processes.
- Prepared and analyzed MIS reports to identify market trends, settlement challenges, and operational risks, providing key insights to senior management.
- Conducted comprehensive transaction reporting in compliance with MiFID regulations, ensuring adherence and prompt notification of any breaches to regulatory authorities.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
EAST POINT COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT
Bengaluru, IndiaSkills
- Trade settlement processes
- Depot re-alignment
- Inventory management
- Client lifecycle management
- Reconciliation
- Transaction reporting
Accomplishments
- Awarded the monthly Spot Award at Deutsch Bank in 2017 for exceptional volume handling performance.
- Received multiple monthly Spot Awards at Deutsche Bank in 2018 for developing and implementing macros that enhanced daily operations.
- Honored with the half-yearly Recognition Award at Deutsche Bank in 2020 for contributing to the transaction reporting replay project, reporting approximately 2 million incorrect trades to the FCA within six months.
- Recipient of the Q2 2024 Settler Award at BNP Paribas for outstanding performance in collaboration, client centricity, communication, compliance, and risk management.
Additional Information
- Participated in the transaction reporting replay project, successfully reporting historical trades with accurate time zone adjustments within a 6-month period using the UnaVista application.
- Collaborated with the IT team to reduce agent banking fees by adding a new (PASFE) field in backend systems for the Swiss market, achieving weekly savings of approximately 200 euros.
- Resolved issues related to Israel's Friday (weekend) holiday trading flow by correcting static data in backend systems, reducing manual workload by several hours.
- Assisted in setting up static data and ensured most depot realignments for the New Entity were processed via Straight Through Processing (STP), minimizing manual intervention.
- Worked with the EUDA team to develop MIS reporting macros, streamlining processes and reducing workload by 1 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE).
- Led a book-level cleanup project, eliminating position breaks in backend systems to accurately reflect positions at the RIC level during booking.
- Managed the stamp break project for Crest and Euroclear markets, successfully recovering stamp fees erroneously charged due to backend system errors.
Languages
English
Telugu
Kannada
Timeline
Manager, Regulatory Reporting - CLM
Natwest Markets
01.2025 - Current
Assistant Manager, Global Trading Equity
BNP Paribas ISPL
11.2021 - 12.2024
Assistant Manager/Associate Manager
DBOI Global Services Private
04.2021 - 11.2021
Senior Analyst/Process Specialist Supervisor
DBOI Global Services Private
04.2017 - 03.2021
Operation Analyst
DBOI Global Services Private
12.2013 - 03.2017
Bachelor of Commerce -
EAST POINT COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT