RAJU KAMESHWAR SINGH
Thane
Summary
Results-driven management professional with a proven ability to lead teams to success. Strong focus on team collaboration, operational efficiency, and achieving measurable outcomes. Adept at strategic planning, process improvement, and fostering a culture of accountability and excellence. Known for adaptability and consistently meeting changing organizational needs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Nomura
Mumbai
10.2019 - Current
- Providing overnight and tom next positions to treasury to cover the account on settlement date.
- Executed precise funding of Asian accounts in various currencies such as AUD, NZD, HKD, SGD, CNY, JPY within set timeframes.
- Coordinated with treasury, trader, settlement, and MO to resolve discrepancies from invalid trades or late bookings.
- Identified both short-term and long-term accounts for treasury to guarantee prompt coverage.
- Reconciled firm Nostro with bank statements to identify unadvised debits and credits.
- Conducted monthly reconciliation of Nostro accounts using agent statements.
- Managing intraday liquidity system and releasing cash flow based on available balances in the account.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to prevent errors and reduce expenses.
Assistant Manager
Nomura
Mumbai
04.2018 - 03.2024
- On-boarding counterparties for netting instructions to reduce the overall settlement risk involved, ensure funding once instructions are netted. Also, perform the complete setup from a proposal of netting to the Start date of netting.
- Supervised client interactions and IBD-related processes.
- Coordinate with IT & MO teams in case of system outage and trade feed issues from front end to back end.
- Sent alleged and unmatched reports to management, middle offices, traders, treasury, and sales
Senior Analyst
Nomura
Mumbai
04.2016 - 03.2018
- Conducted thorough root-cause analysis on discrepancies and resolved them within specified cut-off times for each currency and trade.
- Communicated with treasury regarding unmatched trades for funding purposes.
- Coordinated with Agent Banks in various regions to guarantee timely cash flow settlements.
Analyst
Nomura
Mumbai
12.2013 - 03.2016
- Facilitated timely pre-confirmations and settlements of Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps, and other financial products with clients across US, EMEA, and Asia Pac regions.
- Coordinated with counterparties to resolve financial and non-financial discrepancies
Associate
State Street Syntel Services Pvt. Ltd.
12.2011 - 12.2013
- Managed end-to-end US Treasury and Equity settlement processes, ensuring seamless operations and compliance for critical financial transactions.
- Managed team of 15+ in trade assignments, consistently preventing TMPG penalties.
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and communication skills by resolving complex daily trade settlement queries from diverse stakeholders.
- Streamlined workflows via strategic task prioritization and daily reporting.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Mumbai University
Mumbai Skills
- Client Management
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Decision-making
- Operations management
- Project management
- Financial management
- Emergency response
- Risk management
- Change management
- Regulatory compliance
Accomplishments
- BAU excellence award for brilliant display of team work, passion, accountability & responsibility.
Projects & Enhancement
- Implement productivity initiatives to boost Straight Through Processing (STP) rates and minimize manual intervention by analyzing monthly volumes and client requirements.
- Email management macro to efficiently handle unassigned emails, preventing mishandling and enhancing productivity.
- Conduct reconciliation of high-value global 16 client cash flows using BOT, collaborating with IT for effective implementation. Draft detailed business requirement documents outlining process intricacies for IT understanding.
- Integrate a workflow tool to automate pre-matching processes and consolidate multiple reports into an unified dashboard for streamlined management.
Timeline
Manager
Nomura
10.2019 - Current
Assistant Manager
Nomura
04.2018 - 03.2024
Senior Analyst
Nomura
04.2016 - 03.2018
Analyst
Nomura
12.2013 - 03.2016
Associate
State Street Syntel Services Pvt. Ltd.
12.2011 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Commerce -
Mumbai University