Broadridge Impact
Rajendra Prasad M S
Assistant Vice President
Bengaluru
Summary
Assistant Vice President with 13+ years of experience across Trade Lifecycle Operations, Middle Office, Trade Support, Settlements, Reconciliation, and Operational Risk within global investment banking environments. Extensive expertise supporting Equity, Fixed Income, across EMEA, Euroclear, DTC, and global markets. Proven ability to partner with Trading Desks, Technology, Operations, Finance, and Compliance to resolve trade exceptions, improve operational controls, reduce settlement risk, and deliver strategic transformation initiatives. Experienced in process migrations, KPI development, dashboard reporting, workflow optimization, automation, and stakeholder management. Strong knowledge of trade lifecycle from trade capture through settlement with expertise in operational governance and risk mitigation.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Vice President
BNP Paribas Securities Services
09.2024 - Current
- Act as key operational contact supporting trading desks for post-trade activities across Fixed Income products.
- Coordinate trade lifecycle activities from execution through settlement while ensuring timely issue resolution.
- Partner with Front Office, Technology, Operations, and Project Management teams to improve operational workflows and controls.
- Lead migration of settlements reconciliation, buy-ins, and fail management processes from Lisbon while maintaining operational stability.
- Design operational dashboards and KPIs to monitor trade activity, settlement performance, and operational risk.
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual intervention and improve control effectiveness.
- Perform root cause analysis for settlement exceptions and implement long-term corrective actions.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders to improve operational efficiency and enhance client service.
- Develop SOPs, governance frameworks, and operational documentation supporting business continuity.
Assistant Manager
Broadridge Financial Services
01.2021 - 08.2024
- Supported global trading desks through timely resolution of post-trade exceptions.
- Managed complete post-trade lifecycle across Equity and Fixed Income products.
- Coordinated with internal stakeholders, custodians, and counterparties to resolve settlement issues.
- Developed Tableau dashboards for operational monitoring and exception reporting.
- Led automation initiatives improving reconciliation efficiency by 30%.
- Reduced operational risk through proactive trade break analysis and process improvements.
Team Leader
Accenture Solutions Private
11.2018 - 01.2021
- Managed settlements and reconciliation for EMEA markets with focus on operational accuracy and compliance.
- Interacted with counterparties, internal MO teams, and custodians to ensure seamless trade matching and settlement.
- Conducted root cause analysis on exceptions and implemented process improvements.
Process Supervisor
Deutsche Bank Group
08.2014 - 10.2018
- Supported Front Office and Middle Office teams across multiple asset classes.
- Managed post-trade support for Rates, Credit Derivatives, Equity Swaps, and Fixed Income.
- Coordinated trade matching, settlement, and exception management.
- Resolved SWIFT settlement issues involving MT103, MT202, and MT210 messages.
- Improved operational controls through automation initiatives achieving 95% trade matching accuracy.
Analyst
Northern Trust
12.2012 - 08.2014
- Settlements, reconciliation, and fail management for EMEA markets.
Education
MBA - Accounting And Finance
PESIT
Bengaluru 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
CSI College Off Commerce
Dharwad, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Core Skills: Trade Lifecycle, Transaction Reconciliation, Escalation Management, Risk Mitigation, Break Resolution, Team Leadership
KPI Design & Performance Tracking
Governance & Reporting
Regulatory Awareness (EMEA & DTC Markets)
Process Automation Strategy
Process Migration & Transition Management
Primary operational contact for post-trade queries
Trade Capture, Enrichment & allocation
Middle Office Operations
Trading Desk Support
Cash & Position Reconciliation
Software
GLOSS
CAGE / Global Framework (GFW)
Calypso
ADP/BPS
Alert
PIRUM
Accomplishments
BNP Paribas
Trade Instruction Gap Identification & Reconciliation Automation Designed and implemented an Excel-based reconciliation model to identify trades not instructed to the market by comparing internal bank data with market data. Enabled proactive trade instruction, resulting in a 20–30% reduction in settlement fails and significant improvement in settlement rates.
Bond Sourcing Strategy for Fail Reduction (Euroclear Market) Identified settlement failures driven by short positions and implemented a bond sourcing strategy through Euroclear markets. Successfully reduced fail rates and enhanced overall settlement efficiency by 42%.
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Led RPA initiatives at Broadridge resulting in a 30% improvement in reconciliation efficiency. • Automated corporate action swing ops and buy-in processes, reducing manual intervention.
Deutsche Bank
Implemented trade linking automation at Deutsche Bank achieving 95% matching rate.
Timeline
Assistant Vice President
BNP Paribas Securities Services
09.2024 - Current
Assistant Manager
Broadridge Financial Services
01.2021 - 08.2024
Team Leader
Accenture Solutions Private
11.2018 - 01.2021
Process Supervisor
Deutsche Bank Group
08.2014 - 10.2018
Analyst
Northern Trust
12.2012 - 08.2014
MBA - Accounting And Finance
PESIT
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
CSI College Off Commerce
04.2001 -