SNEHA SRIDHAR
Associate
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished Investment Banking Operations Professional with over 10 years of extensive experience driving operational excellence across Fixed Income settlements, Margin Operations, and KYC onboarding at premier global financial institutions. Proven track record of managing high-value market trades, mitigating systemic risk, and spearheading large-scale automation projects (including LIBOR transition and platform migrations). A strategic leader adept at managing complex cross-border workflows, optimizing liquidity, and ensuring rigorous regulatory compliance across APAC, EMEA, and domestic markets.
Overview
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Languages
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate – Fixed Income Trade Settlements
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
03.2024 - 06.2026
- Seamlessly execute and settle high-volume, high-nominal fixed income trades across Euroclear and Domestic markets, proactively monitoring central bank activities daily.
- Drive fails and breaks mitigation strategies, maintaining age limits strictly under 5 days; awarded the Spot Award (June 2024) for maintaining zero cancel-and-correct trades consistently for 6 months.
- Conduct thorough multi-million dollar portfolio reconciliations, optimising collateral management and resource allocation to minimise liquidity risks.
- Served as primary contact between global clients and front-office traders, facilitating real-time settlement of high-risk market trades.
- Train and mentor a team of junior associates, embedding a zero-error control culture and boosting operational throughput.
- Coordinated daily trade allegement, pre-matching, and reconciliation with counterparties, middle office, and trading desk to proactively identify mismatches, prevent settlement fails, and manage Nostro and Depot breaks.
- Comprehensive expertise in SWIFT messaging (MT103, MT202, MT210, MT299, MT199 etc)
- Equipped with strong foundational knowledge of legacy MT formats and their corresponding MX (ISO 20022) message mappings to support seamless trade settlement migrations.
- Received corporate recognition for maintaining low fail rates by establishing effective communication frameworks with external global clearing teams.
Associate – Margin Operations
Deutsche Bank
10.2022 - 01.2024
- Engineered daily margin workflows to issue, verify, and confirm Initial Margin (IM) and Variation Margin (VM) payments via automated collateral systems.
- Utilised industry-standard infrastructure including AcadiaSoft, TriOptima, and BNY-Access Edge to resolve complex balance discrepancies and escalations.
- Supervised daily pipeline operations, consistently beating stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs) through strict quality control and queue optimisation.
- Collaborated with static data teams using Colline and DTCC to streamline counterparty setup and accelerate institutional client onboarding.
Associate – KYC Onboarding, OTC Billing, Fees & Commissions
Morgan Stanley
04.2018 - 09.2022
- Functioned as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for APAC regional policies, managing end-to-end compliance onboarding for APAC clients on different entity types.
- Collaborated with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Relationship Managers to resolve missing documentation, expediting time-to-revenue for new client profiles.
- Resolved high-impact reconciliation breaks for complex OTC products (IRS, CDS, NDF) cleared across major global exchanges including LCH, CME, and ICE.
- Led LIBOR Transition project workflows and managed migration of Interest Profiles to Titan platform, establishing a maker-checker process to address control gaps.
- Onboarded accounts onto commission platforms, aligning pricing frameworks with benchmarks and auditing exchange fees to prevent revenue leakage.
- Key Achievement: Honoured with the Award for Excellence (Q1 2020) for stellar performance and leading cross-border process improvements.
Associate Content Analyst – Data Operations
Thomson Reuters
07.2016 - 03.2018
- Populated and maintained real-time market data pipelines for EIKON and Thomson Reuters Analytics, ensuring flawless data integrity for global subscribers.
- Verified and authenticated core corporate financial statements (Income Statements, Cash Flows, Balance Sheets) for global public companies against GAAP and IFRS rules.
- Key Achievement: Earned a Spot Award for outstanding accuracy rates and contributions to data automation initiatives.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com
ASC Degree College
Bangalore05-2016
Skills
Team Supervision
Training and Mentoring
Project management
Domain Expertise: Fixed Income Settlements (Euroclear & Domestic Markets), Margin Operations (IM/VM), KYC/AML Onboarding, OTC Billing & Derivative Reconciliations (IRS, CDS, NDF), Collateral Management
Platforms & Tools: Colline, AcadiaSoft, TriOptima, DTCC, BNY-Access Edge, Euroclear (EasyWay), Optiq platform, Clear stream, EIKON, Thomson Reuters Analytics
Regulatory Frameworks: GAAP, IFRS, LCH, CME, ICE Markets clearing, APAC Policy Frameworks & Regional Compliance
Professional Skills: Cross-functional Stakeholder Management, Team Mentorship & Training, Client Relationship Management, Risk Mitigation, Advanced Microsoft Office
Timeline
Associate – Fixed Income Trade Settlements
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
03.2024 - 06.2026
Associate – Margin Operations
Deutsche Bank
10.2022 - 01.2024
Associate – KYC Onboarding, OTC Billing, Fees & Commissions
Morgan Stanley
04.2018 - 09.2022
Associate Content Analyst – Data Operations
Thomson Reuters
07.2016 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com
ASC Degree College