Raamakrishnan VG
Summary
Senior associate with extensive experience in project management and client relations, recognized for a strong track record in team leadership. Proven ability to lead initiatives from inception to completion while maintaining high quality standards and meeting deadlines. Effective communicator skilled in fostering productive relationships within teams and with clients.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate
Societe Generale
Chennai
08.2025 - Current
- Managed end-to-end equity trade settlement lifecycle for EMEA markets, ensuring timely and accurate settlement across multiple exchanges and CCPs
- Oversaw cross-border settlement flows involving multiple currencies and market infrastructures (Euroclear, Clearstream, local CSDs), facilitating timely settlements across jurisdictions.
- Liaised with brokers, custodians, and clients to resolve unmatched trades, settlement breaks, and funding issues, ensuring smooth and efficient trade execution.
- Drove process improvements and automation initiatives, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual intervention while minimizing operational risks.
- Investigate and resolve failed trades (FOP/DVP) Stock borrowing issues and corporate action impacts on settlements.
Associate & Associate L1
BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2021 - 08.2025
- Trade pre-matching, settlements, and reconciliation for all APAC, including Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
- Handling varieties of fixed-income trades, like REPO, SLB, outright trades, and Bond FRA.
- Announcing the Treasury forecast for all APAC markets, and coordinating with the treasury team to ensure all relevant accounts are funded for timely settlement.
- Post-settlement reconciliation on clearing depot and Nostro breaks to avoid any risks.
- Booking transfers for Depot realignments and ensure the swift (540,541,542,543,599 ) are validated with respective agents to settle the transfers on timely manner.
- Ensuring all internal controls / checks are followed to avoid settlement failure / settlement risk like cash out, Buy-ins etc.
- Managed engagement by handling day to day execution of tasks including client calls, tracker sanitation, work allocation, query resolution and sharing status updates.
- Displayed High teamwork, Integrity, and collaboration to meet the set objectives for the engagement.
- Trading desk / Counterparty appreciations and recognition for spontaneous thinking and actions to avoid trade failures and risk.
Education
Master in Commerce -
DG Vaishnav College
Chennai01.2020
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College
Chennai01.2017
Skills
- Calypso FI
- APEX
- Power BI
- Microsoft Office
- Data analysis
- Star
- Gloss GPTM
- Easyway, Xact and CREST Gui
Accomplishments
- Led the successful transition of the Australian (ASX) REPO to the SWIFT messaging format, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Streamlined cross-border settlements by onboarding Korean bond settlements in ICSD (Euroclear) and implementing Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) for the Indian market.
- Achieved a swift implementation of variable margin trading in the Korean market, resulting in cost savings of approximately €50,000 annually.
- Collaborated on Project Sunflower, facilitating Treasury management across the APAC timezone to ensure optimal cash utilization and the minimization of debit/credit interest.
- Executed the transition of the MT 54x SWIFT model for Thailand and Malaysian markets to Euroclear for trade settlements in 2022.
- Awarded the Stellar Award for Q1 2023 in recognition of outstanding performance.
- Received the Stellar Award for Q2 2024 for maintaining an exceptional average settlement rate of 99.5%.
- Earned management recognition for independently managing business-as-usual (BAU) operations with minimal support within just 3 months of joining.
- Appreciated by trading desks and counterparties for quick decision-making and proactive risk mitigation, effectively preventing trade failures.
Additional skills
- Knowledge of ISO 20022 standards.
- Experience in project management or process improvement (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean).
- Exposure to collateral management and treasury functions.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements like SFTR, CSDR, or T+1 transitions
Soft Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical thinking
- Communication Skills
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Tamil
Timeline
Senior Associate
Societe Generale
08.2025 - Current
Associate & Associate L1
BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2021 - 08.2025
Master in Commerce -
DG Vaishnav College
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College