Siddhant Kavalekar
Associate Director - Trade Operations
Mumbai
Summary
Highly organized and self-motivated professional experienced in project management, team development and process improvement. Extensive expertise of trading and trade life cycle. Skilled in developing and implementing strategies to increase efficiency and performance. Passionate about driving business growth and creating positive work environment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Associate Director - Trade Operations
CIFDAQ
07.2024 - Current
- Leading the trade operations division, ensuring seamless execution and efficiency.
- Collaborating with product and tech teams to enhance platform functionality and trading infrastructure.
- Assisting the quant team in developing and implementing market-aligned trading strategies.
- Establishing and monitoring operational alerts to optimize risk management and trade execution.
Senior Associate
CoinDCX
04.2023 - 07.2024
- Leading the trade operations, crypto operations and marker making operations team
- Direct and control all stages of the project life cycle and ensure that team’s project targets are met within the project timeline
- Controlled reliability processes that has enhanced product capabilities from 10 million USD to 50 million USD daily volumes
- Early joiner in the start up, defined and proposed new
processes and methods, trained and guided 20 new joiners
Associate
CoinDCX
09.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed trade operations and monitored real-time trading activities, resulting in a streamlined process with zero trade rejections
- Implemented product improvements and interventions to enhance the overall customer experience(NPS)
- Effectively communicated with third-party exchanges for corporate actions, compensations, and trade escalations
Trade Monitor
Tower Research Capital
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Improved strategy’s performances by improving trade
execution and managing the intraday risk - Successfully ensured smooth run of algorithms with daily volumes in millions of dollars
- Trained and managed a team of 7 new employees joining as Trade Monitor
- Worked on global crypto market & Indian stock market with various trading teams across the globe in different time zones
Market Analyst
Axxela Advisory Services
07.2018 - 01.2020
- Settled 10,000+ trades with 100K+ lots & reconciled positions to assess risk & validate trading strategies
- Grossed around $80K+ by trading strategies in Euribor and Short Sterling
- Execution based extensively on hedging strategies such as Spreads, Condors, Butterflies
Education
MBA - Finance
Welingkar Institute of Management
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
SIES College of Commerce
Skills
Trading
Certification
Diploma in Financial Management, 2015-2016
Timeline
Associate Director - Trade Operations
CIFDAQ
07.2024 - Current
Senior Associate
CoinDCX
04.2023 - 07.2024
Associate
CoinDCX
09.2021 - 04.2023
Trade Monitor
Tower Research Capital
07.2020 - 09.2021
Market Analyst
Axxela Advisory Services
07.2018 - 01.2020
Diploma in Financial Management, 2015-2016
NISM Certificates : Series 1, 7 , 8
MBA - Finance
Welingkar Institute of Management
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
SIES College of Commerce
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