Pranav Pakhare

I bridge the gap between complex financial operations and scalable business solutions. Currently overseeing end-to-end Corporate Actions, and Audit & Review functions.

• Change Management: Leading automation initiatives to reduce manual touchpoints.
• Governance: Managing global stakeholder relationships, and monthly business reviews (MBR).
• Risk Management: Implementing robust control frameworks to minimize operational losses.
• People leadership: mentoring diverse teams to achieve peak operational efficiency.
• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging team members to proactively identify opportunities for process enhancements.
• Managed cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
• Oversaw change management initiatives, ensuring seamless transitions during periods of organizational restructuring or process modification.
• Successfully managed complex projects from concept through completion while maintaining strict deadlines and budgets.

• Trade Lifecycle Management: Oversee end-to-end trade booking, allocation, and confirmation via CTM and FIX across APAC markets, ensuring seamless execution and settlement.
• Risk & Control Advocacy: Act as a key line of defense by authorizing FOBO and Nostro reconciliations, managing trade breaks, and escalating red-flag items to mitigate operational risk.
• Stakeholder & Onshore Coordination: Serve as the primary point of contact for Front Office, Settlements, and Compliance teams in Singapore and Hong Kong; lead weekly/monthly performance reviews.
• Process Optimization: Drive system enhancements and workflow improvements to reduce trade exceptions, cancellations, and manual corrections.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain operational integrity through sample audits, SOP documentation updates, and rigorous Term Sheet (TS) verification against internal trade details.

• NAV & Reconciliation: Specialized in daily NAV calculation, variance analysis, and multi-asset reconciliation.
• Compliance: Ensures 100% adherence to regulatory guidelines and internal SOPs.
• Stakeholder Management: Leads client governance calls, and manages JV audit reviews.
• Technical Mentorship: Serves as a technical resource and trainer for the wider team.

• Regional Operations Management: Oversee end-to-end corporate actions and principal and interest (P&I) payments for a major investment bank across North America and Europe.
• Team Leadership and Development: Lead and mentor a team of 8 FTEs, managing resource planning, onboarding, and performance evaluations to safeguard against attrition and skill gaps.
• Payment and Reconciliation Excellence: Direct pre-payment setups and timely distribution of dividends and P&I, ensuring 100% accuracy through rigorous account reconciliation and claim processing.
• Stakeholder and Client Governance: Act as the primary point of contact for global stakeholders; lead weekly and monthly governance calls and business reviews to align expectations with operational delivery.
• Strategic Change Management: Drive digital transformation by liaising with IT to implement system migrations, workflow automation, and process enhancements that maximize efficiency.
• Risk Mitigation & Quality Control: Perform process audits (FMEA/Process Flows), and implement control measures to minimize operational risk and ensure strict SLA/KPI adherence.