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Rajesh Seena Devadiga

Bangalore

Summary

To drive regulatory excellence and risk compliance in the financial sector by leveraging my 10.5 years of experience in Investment Management. With expertise in Regulatory Compliance, Surveillance, Regulatory Reporting, and Operations, combined with an International Compliance Association certification, I am committed to continuous learning and strategic problem-solving. I seek opportunities to enhance my skills, contribute to organizational growth, and ensure adherence to evolving regulatory standards in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SENIOR ANALYST

MUFG, Bangalore
11.2023 - Current
  • Department: Core Compliance
  • Process: E-Communication Surveillance and Trade Surveillance.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with technology and third-party vendors to integrate both electronic communication and Trade Surveillance(Nasdaq Smarts) channels into the monitoring tool.
  • Establishing and maintaining written procedures and governance processes for the E-Communications, Audio Surveillance and Trade Surveillance.
  • Actively involved in Data Quality project for Behavox and Nasdaq Smarts.
  • Involved in threshold management for Nasdaq Smarts.
  • Review of alerts in both Behavox and Nasdaq Smarts.
  • Preparing metrics to report monitoring results to senior management, including identifying potential trends or themes that may warrant further consideration or action.
  • Involved in various Reporting activities like Monitored Employee Recon, AD group Recon and Data Control Reportings.
  • Involved in handling Audit queries.

ASSISTANT MANAGER

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
11.2018 - 11.2023
  • Department: Financial Crime Threat Mitigation
  • Process: Trade Surveillance and E-Communication Surveillance

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Review, investigate and escalate alerts generated by the Global Market Surveillance system
  • This system is designed to identify breaches of internal policies relating to information boundaries or individual behavior that may signify potential risks to HSBC and / or its clients', that of Market Abuse risk
  • Review, investigate and escalate alerts generated by the Surveillance system for various modules under Insider trading and Market manipulation scenarios, designed to identify breaches of internal policies surrounding Information Boundaries or individual behavior practices particular to Market Abuse risks
  • Check the alerts closed to ensure that all quality related parameters are met by the team
  • Escalate instances of irregularities to regional hubs
  • Produce MI & other reports on monthly basis to onshore
  • Handling Stakeholder queries
  • Providing training to new joiners on Process
  • Supporting Management with Adhoc/Audit queries
  • Conducting process trainings internally
  • Conducting internal controls and highlighting gaps

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

State Street Global Advisors
08.2015 - 10.2018
  • Department: Regulatory reporting And Operations
  • Process: Regulatory Reporting, Shareholder Service and TLM control admin

Roles and Responsibilities

  • To provide cash flow details of clients to the Portfolio managers by processing the instructions for Portfolio managers for them to take right decisions
  • To provide accurate details as this is the first step in investment
  • Providing different reports to client on a daily basis
  • Handling calls with onshore team for weekly meetings also during process updates
  • Performing substantial shareholding report where investment exceeds the threshold limit as per the specified guidelines in each country and the same to be intimated to the regulators
  • Performing French exposure reporting where investment exceeds the threshold as a part of compliance
  • Perform Rule 8.3 Regulatory reporting where any company undergoing a merger and acquisition which is breaching the threshold would be reported to the regulator
  • Perform activities like Section 793 and Exposure reporting as a part of Compliance
  • Perform short holding reporting to the regulatory control team for the country exceeding threshold
  • Performing Quality checks for all the activities done in the team and to provide sign off
  • To create documents and procedures wherever required and also train the new hires on the process
  • Helping peers to analyze exceptions and fixing the problem
  • Loading feeds manually in to TLM for the reconcilers to reconcile their funds
  • To generate reports of exceptions which are of high risk and aged breaks
  • To help setup funds on TLM so that feeds through SWIFT is flown to TLM smoothly.

ANALYST

Northern Trust Bank
04.2013 - 11.2014

Roles and Responsibilities

  • To provide cash flow details of clients to the Portfolio managers by processing the instructions for Portfolio managers for them to take right decisions
  • Dividend Processing -
  • To post mutual fund/UTI dividends to client's account
  • To post the reinvested dividend amount as a trade
  • To ensure posting of income are accurate and reducing rework
  • Pre and post reconciliation of accounts
  • Verify diversified transactions, and portfolio reports, and research discrepancies daily
  • Updating narrations on all pending vouchers and chasing registrars for tax vouchers
  • Maintaining Process update log to capture solutions for recent/ difficult scenarios
  • Respond to internal and external inquiries, initiating follow up inquiries or independently resolving exceptions
  • Checking & responding the urgent & escalation quires under group inbox as well as in personal inbox
  • Training New hires.
  • Helping peers to analyze exceptions and fixing the problem.
  • Monitoring SLA & ensuring teams deadlines are met and processed within the cut off without any financial impact.

Education

PGDM - Finance & Marketing

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Bangalore
03.2013

BBM - Finance

M.S RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE
Bangalore
01.2011

P.U.C - Commerce

VIVEKA PRE- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Kota, Udupi, Karnataka
01.2008

10th - CBSE

THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Dubai, UAE
01.2006

Skills

  • MS Office
  • Bloomberg
  • Eikon
  • Behavox
  • Nasdaq Smarts
  • NTRX
  • CSURV
  • Actmize
  • CADM
  • TLM
  • Fundmaster
  • Portia

Certification

  • Behavox Training and Certification - Platform and Power User Confirmation.
  • International Compliance Association.

Awards

  • Received Quaterly Award in the category of 'Shining Star' at MUFG.
  • Received Team Award at MUFG.
  • Received Yearly award in the category of 'Shining Star' at HSBC.
  • Received Spot award 'Super star' for performing activities with zero errors.
  • Received Process champion award.
  • Received Yearly award in the category for 'Role model and Bringing change'.
  • Top Performer in the team consistently.
  • Received Spot award 'Shining Star' for performing activities with zero errors.
  • Was given the opportunity to take the lead for the migrations of reporting process to Bangalore.
  • Was part of the winning team in the State street cricket tournament and was judged the Man of the match.
  • Was chosen for Testing on a project to make the Process Completely Paperless.
  • Received an appreciation mail from the operation manager for topping the training session conducted by Northern trust.
  • Was the Captain of the Winning team in the 'Income Premier League' conducted by Northern Trust.

Timeline

SENIOR ANALYST

MUFG, Bangalore
11.2023 - Current

ASSISTANT MANAGER

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
11.2018 - 11.2023

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

State Street Global Advisors
08.2015 - 10.2018

ANALYST

Northern Trust Bank
04.2013 - 11.2014

PGDM - Finance & Marketing

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BBM - Finance

M.S RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE

P.U.C - Commerce

VIVEKA PRE- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

10th - CBSE

THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Rajesh Seena Devadiga