Vinay Narayanan

Global Lead - Change Management for Liquidity and Financing Operations:

- Lead all steams of change initiatives - AI, Digital Tools and Technology.

- Responsible for AI enablement and digital tool adoption across the department

Head of APAC & India Securities Finance Ops:
- Agency Lending Middle office operations
- Collateral Management & Settlements
- Secured Loans Middle office
- Fee Billing and Contract Compare
- Reconciliation and Investigations

Site Lead - Markets Operations, Chennai:

Site Lead - Liqudity and Financing Ops, India:

- Site Leadership for the group and SPOC for the Group
- Location and concentration Strategy
- Resiliency Planning and Lead
- Hiring strategy and regional collaboration
- Campus engagement

Head of APAC & India - Securities Financing Ops:

- Agency Lending Middle office operations

- Collateral Management & Settlements

- Secured Loans Middle office

- Fee Billing and Contract Compare

- Reconciliation and Investigations

Site Lead - Markets Operations Chennai:

- Site Leadership for the group and SPOC for the Group

- Location and concentration Strategy

- Resiliency Planning and Lead

- Hiring strategy and regional collaboration

- Campus engagement

Role : Head of Agency Lending Ops, Chennai (August'12 till Feb 2017)
Role: Head of Principal Lending Ops, Chennai (Since Feb 2017)

Operational & Project Management

• Piloting multi-location business team setup for Securities Lending Ops (Agency & Principal Lending) in Chennai Location
• Helped organization to setup the Securities lending operations in India and having hands on experience in drafting procedures, planning, working on recruitment strategy, multi-layered collaborations and implementation
• Manages the department of 65 professionals and responsible for complete operations for all geographical locations
• Foster relationships across multiple areas in the firm including trading desks, operations, technology, compliance departments and global groups to standardize the processes
• Enable brain storming sessions with N-1s to identify recurring issues that impact Client and their desired level of services

Risk Management

• Monitoring the team's performance and quality of delivery against the agreed SLAs and standards
• Identifying the pain points and implementing the adequate measures to maximise the standards to meet Client's desired level.
• Managing internal and eternal audit and own up an finding and recommendation and steer it until completion
• Implement temporary/strategic fix to reduce risk and manual work via consultive approach with Global stakeholders

Budget and Governance

• Conduct Monthly Service Level Calls with Paris Global Heads, participate in Product and Project calls
• Conduct Weekly Management calls with N-1s to cascade management communications and receive key operational inputs
• Plan and define Business continuity Plan for each functions to address a possible Extreme Risk Scenario
• Managing the cost code and budget allocation for the department and ensuring effective utilization are in line with the Global figures

Recruitment and People

• Recruitment, Objective setting, monitors & review performance conduct interim and annual performance reviews and CRP.
• Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity and implemented training matrix using RAG and point based rating approach to monitor the progress across the department
• Identifying the talents, building capabilities and creating robust successive plan
• Mentor and motivate teams to achieve productivity and engagement
• Encouraging mobility and championing the diversity drive and achieved 60:40 healthy gender ratio
• Anticipating resource challenges, plan and strategies recruitment

Role : Transitions & PMO

• Part of multiple project initiatives directed towards strategic DOLCE Listed Derivatives project initiatives in APAC regions
• Performed in-depth Gap analysis, Business Analysis, UAT and Project mgmt in implementing Currency Derivatives project in NSE market in Mumbai
• Quality/ACE: Led the Capacity Utilization project across the GSO Chennai unit using PERT methodology

Role : Analyst 3, Future & Options Clearing Operations

Process : Settlements, Securities Lending Operations
Client : Deutsche Bank A G, London