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Strategy & Operations | Goldman Sachs · AQR Capital Management | Targeting Consulting , Strategy & Founder’s Office Roles

About

I'm a Strategy and Operations professional with 4 years at Goldman Sachs and AQR Capital Management — and I'm deliberately making the move into consulting and Founder's Office roles. My work has always been strategy-first, even when the title didn't say so. I've diagnosed broken processes, structured solutions from scratch, and driven measurable outcomes across portfolio operations, risk management, and business transformation: ▸ 80% reduction in outstanding balances — diagnosed root cause, redesigned the end-to-end collections and reconciliation workflow ▸ 35% improvement in reporting accuracy — led a firm-wide data cleanup initiative for senior leadership ▸ 40+ hours/month recovered — designed an Alteryx automation that freed the team for higher-value work ▸ $150M+ in client assets — redesigned the Flex SMA onboarding workflow at AQR, eliminating go-live delays What I bring to any room: structured thinking, the ability to diagnose what's actually broken (not just the symptom), and the execution discipline to see solutions through cross-functionally. I'm now looking for roles where I can apply this directly — Founder's Office, Chief of Staff, Strategy & Ops, or consulting — in financial services or high-growth fintech. Open to conversations. Connect or message me directly.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

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gemini

opencode

claudecode

ChatGPT

Work experience

Senior Analyst, Portfolio Strategy & Implementation at AQR Capital Management, Jun 2025 - Jul 2026 · 1 y 1 mo, Bangalore, ▸ Owned the end-to-end operational redesign for a $250M+ client onboarding program — partnered with portfolio management, operations, and external vendor stakeholders to gather requirements, redesign workflows, and drive sign-off, eliminating delivery delays while ensuring full compliance. ▸ Led a team's day-to-day delivery across multiple concurrent client engagements — assigned work and coordinated priorities, increasing capacity to handle cases in parallel and consistently hitting critical deadlines. ▸ Directed root-cause investigations into recurring cross-vendor data discrepancies, standardizing resolution processes across internal and external partners to improve accuracy and operational readiness. ▸ Designed and implemented a real-time reporting solution — including a Salesforce-based workflow built with Product and Engineering — giving leadership visibility into performance and account health, cutting 2+ hours of daily manual work and improving decision-making.

Senior Analyst, Risk Strategy & Control Management at Goldman Sachs, Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 y, Bangalore, ▸ Reduced firm-wide reporting volume by 40% by leading a data cleanup initiative — gathered requirements across teams and redesigned the reporting structure for senior leadership. ▸ Identified downstream risk from proposed process changes and drove control framework enhancements that strengthened risk visibility and reduced operational exposure division-wide. ▸ Owned quarterly risk assessment reporting, scoring, and control-effectiveness evaluation — including audit reviews and stakeholder validations — giving leadership an accurate, actionable view of operational risk. ▸ Authorized high-risk transactions and reviewed account activity to ensure regulatory compliance, clearing exceptions for secure execution. ▸ Mentored team members on operational and compliance procedures, supporting onboarding and process consistency across the teams.

Analyst, Brokerage Strategy & Operations at Goldman Sachs, Apr 2022 - Jun 2024 · 2 y 2 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ▸ Cut outstanding account backlogs by 80% in a single quarter — diagnosed the root cause and redesigned the collections and reconciliation process end-to-end. ▸ Investigated and resolved recurring settlement and transaction breaks by cross-referencing internal and external data sources and analysing process flow end-to-end, training new hires on operational procedures. ▸ Led a global account-discrepancy investigation, identifying and resolving unidentified transaction breaks and presenting findings directly to senior management. ▸ Managed payment operations and resolved recurring account discrepancies, maintaining accurate records and supporting quarterly audit and risk review. ▸ Automated a manual reporting workflow using Alteryx, recovering 45+ hours/month of team capacity. ▸ Built and documented executive dashboards tracking operational KPIs, giving leadership real-time visibility for performance management.

Founder at I OWE YOU BLR, Jun 2020 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Founder, I OWE YOU BLR Founded and led a community sustainability initiative in Bengaluru from the ground up — built it before there was a team, a process, or a playbook to follow. ▸ Recruited, organized, and led a team of volunteers to execute environmental impact programs across the city ▸ Owned outreach and community engagement end-to-end — from identifying the initial idea to getting people to actually show up and participate ▸ Handled the full scope of running something with no existing infrastructure: planning, logistics, people management, and follow-through, all outside of a full-time job This is where I first built the instinct I now bring to every problem I take on professionally: see a gap, take ownership without waiting to be asked, and build the structure to make it work.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Finance, Jain (Deemed-to-be University)

pre-university, Business/Commerce, General, JAIN College