SAKTHI SAKTHIVEL
Chennai
Summary
Experienced and driven banking professional with an impressive background on handling multi operations such as Corporate actions, Income payments, Structured products, Position and Cash transfers, Reconciliation, Mutual funds, Hedge funds, Custody billing. Excellent time management skills combined with a superior knowledge of the stock market.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Citicorp Services India Ltd
Chennai
06.2018 - Current
- Lead a 15-member Asset Servicing team, overseeing end-to-end corporate actions, including notifications, client instructions, entitlement validations, and payments across global markets.
- Oversee mutual fund and hedge fund dividend processing, custody charges, ADR fees, and HKD scrip fee operations with strong controls and zero-error tolerance.
- Build and refine operational procedures and risk controls to streamline corporate action and mutual fund processing workflows, improving cycle times, and reducing exceptions.
- Proposed and drove payments automation, achieving 70% STP, and materially reducing manual intervention and downstream errors.
- Implemented a global fee processing framework, cutting manual workloads for custody billing, ADR fees, and HKD scrip fees.
- Conducted performance reviews for team members.
- Proactively trained and developed associates to unleash their full potential in delivering exceptional service.
- Awarded the “Citi Global OPUS Award” for delivering measurable improvements in payments STP, and driving significant cost reductions in monthly custodian billing.
Portfolio Management & Transitions
BNP Paribas Global Securities Operations Pvt Ltd
Chennai
06.2015 - 06.2018
- Lead client onboarding processes, including conducting portfolio restructures, closures, and reconciliation activities, to ensure smooth transitions and adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Complete analysis of security setups and portfolio mapping in the system, market holidays, SSI, securities lending, liquidity positions, highlighting all relevant information to perform the transitions.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
Education
Master in Business Administration - Finance
Versatile Business school
Chennai05.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - General
D G Vaishnav College
Chennai, India04.2013
Skills
- Process re-engineering
- Regulatory & Market Compliance Awareness
- Operational risk mitigation
- Corporate actions operations management
- Swift messaging (MT564/565/566, MT103/202)
Personal Information
- Title: Manager
- Date of Birth: 03/28/92
- Nationality: Indian
Languages
- English
- Tamil
Accomplishments
Honored with Citi's Global OPUS Award (2025) for executing high-impact operational transformation, improving payments STP to 70%, and cutting recurring custody billing expenses through global process redesign.
Timeline
Manager
Citicorp Services India Ltd
06.2018 - Current
Portfolio Management & Transitions
BNP Paribas Global Securities Operations Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 06.2018
Master in Business Administration - Finance
Versatile Business school
Bachelor of Commerce - General
D G Vaishnav College