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Utkarsha Gurjar

Corporate professional
Mumbai

Summary

Corporate professional with around 13 years of experience in the area of Collateral, Regulatory Operations, Projects and Automation, Derivative Operations, Middle office and FX settlement and investigation. Proven track record of driving process improvement with strong collaboration. Exceptional communication and leadership skills with focus on fostering and motivating team members to achieve project goals. Strong result oriented approach and extremely successful in co ordinating a large workforce and have ability to discuss various issues with Stakeholders.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Manager

Bnp Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking
11.2022 - Current
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work to perform tedious FX settlement profile for ASIA region handling 10 sites.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes by bringing system enhancement by closely working with IT stakeholders.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.

Associate Manager

JP Morgan Chase
04.2016 - 09.2022

Post settlement process

  • FX settlement process for the bank and platinum clients
  • Nostro breaks monitoring and resolving the IRECS breaks
  • Making manual payments to the client and banks and clearing out the SSI issues
  • Settling the clients account for any excess debits in our nostro
  • SSI setups are banks and corp client along with running automation.
  • Issuing debit authority and liaising with stakeholders during cashouts.

Collateral Ops:

  • Managing Platinum clients
  • Resolution of IM / VM disputes
  • Reconciling client portfolio on TriResolve & Manual Recon
  • Identification, resolution and escalation of trade valuation of margin call disputes
  • Adjusting margin calls to correct the collateral call
  • Proactive tracking of NFA / EMIR & high value aged breaks
  • Preparing daily metrics
  • Client interaction to resolve portfolio breaks
  • Supporting automation / enhancements projects across process

Operations Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2011 - 01.2016

Trade & Finance

  • Portfolio Reconciliation
  • Proofing Balance Sheet Accounts Internal Account Reconciliations Preparation of MIS
  • Tracking Nostro Accounts

Education

Master of Commerce -

Mumbai University
Mumbai
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Written Communication

Good Telephone Etiquette

Attention to Detail

Planning and Coordination

Dependable and Responsible

Self-Motivated

Decision Making

Organization and Time Management

Flexible and Adaptable

Interpersonal Communication

Accomplishments

  • Closure of settlement automation process where the static data was incorrectly feeding into the system and eradicated the manual intervention with 1 FTE save.
  • Rewarded as exemplary performer in the month of March 2023 for zero errors in settlement process.
  • Promoted off cycle to Associate in month of Dec 2021
  • Automation of the dispute process through robotics for the year 2018 resultant of 3 FTE save Promoted off cycle in month of AUG 2018 to Team Leader
  • Multiple awards from JPM during my 5 years tenure with JP
  • TCS for exemplary performance in the team for the year 2014


Strength

  • Multi-Tasking
  • Optimistic
  • Excel skill sets
  • Mentoring new hires in the team efficiently
  • Quick learner and have the ability to learn the process in least possible time
  • Handled various automations for system improvements as having strong knowledge of system limitations by applying altreyx


 


Timeline

Manager

Bnp Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking
11.2022 - Current

Associate Manager

JP Morgan Chase
04.2016 - 09.2022

Operations Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2011 - 01.2016

Master of Commerce -

Mumbai University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University
04.2001 -
Utkarsha GurjarCorporate professional