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Seasoned Financial Professional keen on Process Transformations with focus on Control and Risk frameworks

About

🔹 Vice President | Financial Controller | Chartered Accountant | Strategic Finance Leader I am a seasoned finance professional with 16+ years of progressive experience in the banking and financial services sector, currently serving as Vice President at Barclays, a leading global investment bank. As a Chartered Accountant, I specialize in financial controllership, business finance, FP&A, MIS, and statutory compliance. My expertise lies in steering accurate financial reporting aligned with global accounting standards (US GAAP, IFRS), driving process excellence, and delivering robust financial insights that support strategic decision-making. Throughout my career, I have successfully led finance transformation initiatives, enabled automation and process enhancements, and built collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders, and external partners. My experience spans across capital markets, banking operations, cash management, and regulatory compliance. Known for a hands-on, detail-oriented approach and a strong governance mindset, I am deeply passionate about leveraging data, financial acumen, and leadership to create value, ensure control rigor, and contribute meaningfully to organizational performance. Let’s connect if you’re interested in conversations around finance leadership, change management, and sustainable business growth.

Location

Pune Division

Work experience

Vice President Financial Services at Barclays, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, India, Vice President – Finance Control & Product Accounting Barclays | Dec 2024 – Present | Pune, India Lead Finance Controllership and Product Accounting activities for Capital Markets products across US, EMEA and APAC regions, with primary responsibility for Repo, Reverse Repo and Settlement products under IFRS and US GAAP reporting frameworks. Key Responsibilities & Achievements: - Established and scaled the Finance Controllership function for Repo and Reverse Repo products in the Pune Centre of Excellence. - Lead a team of 10 finance professionals responsible for month-end close, balance sheet substantiation, financial reporting, controls and regulatory compliance. - Manage end-to-end accounting and reporting for Capital Markets products, ensuring compliance with IFRS, US GAAP and Barclays control standards. - Partner with Front Office, Operations, Product Control, Treasury, Risk and Technology teams across global locations to drive accurate financial reporting and issue resolution. - Drive balance sheet integrity through robust substantiation, governance, risk assessment and control oversight. - Support strategic change initiatives, accounting policy implementation and finance transformation programs across global markets. - Lead stakeholder engagement across senior management teams in US, EMEA and APAC. Core Expertise: Finance Controllership | Capital Markets | Repo & Reverse Repo Accounting | IFRS | US GAAP | Balance Sheet Substantiation | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Controls | Team Leadership | Process Automation | Python | Change Management

Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse, Jun 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Leading the Strategic Governance team (Central Posting rules team) for Accounting and GAAP changes on the various IT infrastructure and the data flow to the various down streams for Accounting and Reporting purposes. • Accounting requirements globally and regionally are assessed and governed for implementation within the systems. • Currently part of the CS-UBS merger and USGAAP to IFRS migration and working in a strict deadline oriented environment. • Part of Accounting QARs (quality assurance reviews) teams of various products as a special assignment. • Skills applied in this role includes Accounting and Financial analysis of the changes, various GAAP and internal policies applications, analytical and project management skills backed with strong knowledge and understanding on need assessment, Banking and Finance Process understanding, requirement mapping, process improvement, Training, final Project Execution, documentation, and effective Stakeholder management. • Being the 2nd LOD, SOX process and control as well as Statutory Audit responses are looked after by me. • Hired and managed employees, identified opportunities to improve process flows and productivity. • Stakeholder management is a key in my role and I focus on relationship building.

Senior Finance Manager at Medula Healthcare, Jan 2014 - Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune Area, India, • Established the Finance function and implemented Tally ERP for this startup. • Managed the day-to-day accounting and banking operations. • Preparation and monitoring of Cash flow forecast and variances. • Interacting with the senior management for strategic Financial and business planning.

Manager Finance at Cross Country Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Nov 2011 - Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Pune Area, India, • Automated the manual payroll system by implementing Ascent payroll system. Performed detailed need assessment, requirement mapping and managed the final software implementation as well as old data migration and MIS generation. • Evaluation and implementation of Employee self-service portal along with the Payroll system. • Business planning, Financial Analysis, budgeting & revenue forecasting. • Monthly/Quarterly/Annual accounts book close & Management reporting.

Manager - Finance and Accounts at ElectraCard Services (Now, MasterCard), Jul 2009 - Oct 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Pune Area, India, • Managed the finance team and entire day to day accounting operations relating to Cash and Bank, invoicing, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. • Concentration on Debtors collection with continuous monitoring and follow-ups with the Sales department. • Monthly dashboards with focus on areas of expenses and analyzing the variance thereof. • Introducing internal controls and checks within the various finance functions to bring in more and more efficiency and accuracy in the overall operations. • Managing the Banking relations and ensuring smooth day to day operations

Education

CA, Accounting and Finance, Institute of Chartered Acountants of India

B Com, Business/Commerce, General, Narsee Monjee college of Commerce and Economics