Sastry Bhamidi (He/Him)

Experience

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  ICICI Bank

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Credit Analyst

  • Credit Analyst for retail & commercial mortgages

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  Lehman Brothers

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2007

  Finance & Product Controller

  • Involved in the set-up of Mumbai entity starting as a Financial Controller; reported to CEO/CAO• Handled R2R, book building, audits, regulatory reporting, etc• Face-off with auditors, consultants and regulators• Moved to Product Control and transitioned Cash Equities for Japan from Hong Kong to Mumbai

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  Prudential plc

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

  Commercial Finance Manager

  • Set up the Commercial Finance Unit building a team of 6 analysts supporting various business units• Stationed in UK/Scotland for feasibility analysis and project managed the entire value chain of month-end management accounting and FP&A transition to Mumbai

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  FirstRand Bank India

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  Finance Manager

  • Involved in set-up of Mumbai Branch as 3rd employee in India; handled all aspects of accounts & finance directly reporting to CFO• Created internal control policies & procedures in line with group standards • Involved in banking system set-up; • Involved in reporting to HO, face-off with regulators and for risk & compliance with HO Risk• Single-handedly managed 3 group entities in India for all aspects of finance • Independently managed the set-up of Centre of Excellence Unit for the Group from a Finance & Regulatory Compliance perspective, reported to CXO Pokaż mniej

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  Citi

  Jan 2014 - now

  • HQLA monitoring• IRE/EVS Analysis• LCR/NSFR Analytics• HO Reporting on various aspects of daily liquidity status and securities’ movement • Business partner to the Retail Bank, Operations & Technology and Support functions, supported for all aspects of standard and ad hoc analysis & reports and presentation• Independently managed various aspects of planning & forecasting, report design & production to the CFO; in-country decks for the CEO, etc.• Quality Control for all forward-looking processes• Reported to the regions within the Finance chain• Managed a team of 8 analysts while reporting to the Country Head-FP&A • Managing the core financial analytical team for the Regional FP&A and CFO for planning & forecasting• Involved in reporting of financial reports highlighting the driver based variances and matrices• Project-managed various CFO initiatives • Set up a team of 22 accountants, project managing the transition of processes scattered in the 4 regions• Reported to the Regional Controllers for a seamless transition and while managing the month-end book closure

  • VP - Liquidity Risk

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Corporate Treasury - Secondment

    Jan 2023 - Jan 2023

  • FP&A - Business Partner

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2023

  • Executive Decision Support

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Financial Control - ICG / GCB

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017