SANDESH GADE
Mumbai
Summary
Resolute Associate with expertise in Capital Market Operations, Risk Analytics, Portfolio Management, Derivatives Reconciliation. Sets example for work ethics, punctuality and quality.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate
BlackRock India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
10.2021 - Current
- Working as part of Delivery Orchestration team responsible for smooth running of production for all Internal and External BlackRock clients, which also includes reporting, understanding and ensuring the accuracy of analytics on the fixed income, equity and alternatives products to help the clients and portfolio managers understand their portfolio exposures, strategy, risk and returns on Aladdin Platform (Green Package Reports).
- Green Package production (Green Package is a product of BlackRock's Aladdin which provides a web-based report consisting of Analytics of the investments.) happens virtually around-the-clock, especially due to the global nature of our clients providing Risk, Performance and Attribution reports for trillions of dollars asset under management to various asset managers including BlackRock.
- Participated in optimization squad addressing package inefficiencies to facilitate early delivery for critical clients.
- Trained new team members on process, system tools, BlackRock applications, and portfolio management.
- Coordinated with support teams including engineering, reporting & data services to resolve package inefficiencies by raising JIRA, SNOW & AHA tickets.
- Directed the Agency reporting squad, creating annual regulatory reports using the Green package to support insurance clients in stress testing and capital requirement submissions.
- Managing over 120 clients, we deliver BMA, BSCR, ICR, and AMBEST reports.
- Contributed to process optimization and automation initiatives to enhance data accuracy and improve overall production stability.
- Train and mentor new team members on processes, system tools, and BlackRock applications, ensuring smooth onboarding and knowledge transfer.
- Demonstrate strong ownership, attention to detail, and compliance with operational controls in handling confidential and client‑sensitive data.
Team Leader
Oracle Financial Software Services
Mumbai
06.2010 - 10.2021
- Portfolio Management & Risk Reporting for Clients in Reinsurance, Pension, Wealth Management.
- Managed team of 10 team members in both locations (Mumbai and Bangalore).
- Risk Analysis: Analysis of risk associated with Asset class like Fixed Income and Equity Securities by using various techniques like OAD, Yield, tracking error, VaR and ensuring that the risk outside the defined tolerance level is justified.
- Researching price & risk discrepancies and escalating the same to concerned team/entity for resolution.
- Reviewing of the securities movement on the fund level and analyzing the fund NAV movement with respect to trades, cash flows, corporate action and day over day price movement on securities.
- Released comprehensive suite of risk reports detailing risk exposure, highlighting current NAV, portfolio mix, and sector risk to enable informed decision-making by client's investment manager for future trading strategy.
- Worked on multiple automation projects to reduce manual work and enhance daily task outcomes.
- Analyzed economic data such as Treasury, FX, Swap, LIBOR, and short-term cash rates for daily risk reporting.
- Suggested process initiatives and automation to minimize errors and improve work quality.
Derivative Analyst
eClerx Services Ltd.
05.2007 - 06.2010
- Analyzing, Reconciliation of OTC trades for Credit Derivatives portfolio submitted on DTCC platform by Clients and Resolving breaks as per guidelines of ISDA credit derivatives definitions and Markit database getting trades confirmed.
- Ensured accuracy in operational processes and reconciliations.
- Highlighted data errors to the client for clarification.
- Compiled monthly and daily metrics using charts for client reporting.
- Created comprehensive reports for monthly business review sessions.
- Supported team efforts in enhancing process initiatives and improvements.
- Advised client on errors in uploaded data on DTCC, providing detailed explanations.
- Executed searches in the client system to locate trade IDs based on counterparty information.
Education
PGDFM -
Welingkar Institute of Management
Mumbai 09.2009 - 09.2011
B.Com - Accounts & Finance
Mumbai University
Mumbai 08.2003 - 08.2006
H.S.C. -
Tolani College of Commerce
Mumbai 08.2001 - 07.2003
S.S.C. -
MBH High School
Mumbai 06.1996 - 06.2001
Skills
- ServiceNow
- JIRA tool
- Data analysis
- Performance metrics
- Risk management
- Portfolio reporting
- Process optimization
- Client relationship management
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Kaizen award
- MS Office
- Received multiple awards in Eclerx and Oracle Financial Software Services
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Personal Information
- Passport Number: R6252630
- Date of Birth: 06/30/86
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Marathi
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Associate
BlackRock India Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - Current
Team Leader
Oracle Financial Software Services
06.2010 - 10.2021
PGDFM -
Welingkar Institute of Management
09.2009 - 09.2011
Derivative Analyst
eClerx Services Ltd.
05.2007 - 06.2010
B.Com - Accounts & Finance
Mumbai University
08.2003 - 08.2006
H.S.C. -
Tolani College of Commerce
08.2001 - 07.2003
S.S.C. -
MBH High School
06.1996 - 06.2001