Experience

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  Tata consultancy services

  Jul 2003 - Oct 2004

  System analyst

  As System Analyst, I worked with a major client Deutsche Bank on their onsite project to gather user requirements, performed design & coding using JSPs and Oracle Database.

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  Byte consulting

  Oct 2004 - Jun 2007

  Team lead,abs deal modeling team

  Byte is a private company based in the USA, in the niche business of providing financial consultancy to global investment banks primarily in USA. I was leading a team of 10 analysts and reporting to the CEO in India.• Worked on-site with Lehman Brothers at their London office reporting to MD Structured Finance Research. Worked in close tandem with Lehman’s Structured Products Research team.• Modeled over 200 European Securitized Products deals• Orchestrated business from a fledging state to a successful business proposition.• Introduced checklists, parameters for deals with exceptional domain knowledge. • Performed team appraisals• Worked with top management to explore new opportunities for the company• Helped in recruiting candidates from premier institutes Show less

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  Lehman brothers

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2008

  Associate, securitized products,

  I was instrumental in setting up securitized products team in Mumbai and was leading a team of 12 analysts. I was reporting to capital markets head at India and MD Securitized Products at London. Following were my major responsibilities• Building and updating cash-flow models of European RMBS deals. These models were used extensively for marking to market positions held by company • Perform analysis of bonds in different ABS deals in the same sector and across sectors using collateral, structural and breakeven analysis.• To perform valuation of owner’s equity for ABS deals• Help in publishing desk research such as chart of week, trade ideas and website blubs• Provide analytical and modeling support to ABS trading and ABS research desks• To recruit and train new analysts and equip them with financial domain knowledge• Put a process in place to ensure that quality deliverables are delivered on time• Put a process in place for knowledge management• Performed team appraisals Show less

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  Nomura

  Oct 2008 - Dec 2012

  Vp

  I worked with Nomura Mumbai as an ABS strategy analysts. I was reporting to European ABS Strategy head. My team worked in a desk extension model and played a major part in building trading strategy for the desk. Following were the major responsibilities.• Perform valuation of illiquid subordinate tranches for ABS trading desk/clients • Perform relative value analysis and dig out un-exploited opportunities. INTEX , Bloomberg and proprietary cash-flow models are used extensively for this purpose.• Provide opinion on bonds on bid lists• Help in publishing desk research such as chart of week, trade ideas and website blubs• Analyze ABS collateral and deal structures and model cash-flows• Respond to client queries regarding any sector/deal/bonds• Work in close tandem with IT team for building tools for surveillance of bonds, automation of models and tracking of loan level data• Building cash-flow models for structured trades Show less

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  Copal amba (a moody's analytics company)

  Jan 2013 - Nov 2015

  Head structured finance

  Started structured finance practice at Copal Amba. Under my leadership, Capital Market analytics team saw tremendous growth and team size increased from 3 analysts to 25 analysts. My clients were some of the leading investment banks and rating agencies.

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  Blackrock

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Head off shore capital markets

  Leading the capital markets team. Capital markets team provides transaction and due diligence support, specialized asset management services, customized modelling and valuation support and complex advisory services to financial institutions and government entities. As head of the capital markets team, my role is to provide thought leadership, liaise with global counterparts, ensure quality and manage resources.

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  Ubs

  Apr 2016 - now

  Director

  AI/ML lead (Finance)