Rajesh Raja

Rajesh Raja

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  • About me

    Director, Risk Governance & Credit Analysis - Client Coverage at Standard Chartered Bank

  • Education

    • Amrita Institute

      2000 - 2004
      B.E. Computer Science
    • Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

      2006 - 2008
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance (Post Graduate Program)

      • Bagged 1st prize in Business Plan Contest presenting a plan to set-up entertainment exchange to raise fund from public. The plan is also selected as one of the Top 10 projects to be published in Economic Times• Campus finalist in Tata Business Leadership Awards for a plan to set-up a renewable energy plant• Ranked 25 among 3000 participants in IIM-A strategy event to manage firms in real time scenario

  • Experience

    • Patni Computer Systems

      Jun 2004 - Jun 2006
      Software Engineer

      • Involved in Product development & Client negotiation• Bagged Best Team Award for successful execution of ‘Very Important R&D’ category project for Hitachi

    • GE Commercial Finance

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2007
      Summer Intern

      • Part of the team to structure infrastructure financing model for investments through special purpose vehicle and project finance mechanisms involving a consortium of banks.• Involved in client engagements with top infrastructure companies of India and consortium of banks.• Selected as Lead for all the summer interns in Mumbai

    • Barclays Bank

      Jun 2008 - Oct 2010
      Credit Analyst

      • Responsible for risk analysis and execute deals in association with Senior Relationship Manager in Major Corporate Division for clients with over INR 10 bn turnover• Responsible for analyzing the financial performance, structure the transactions and to put-up credit proposals.

    • Standard Chartered Bank

      Oct 2010 - now

      • Perform detailed credit risk analysis of Large corporate clients and present Business Credit analysis & the deal structure to Risk authorities. Experienced in Corporate Finance transactions• Liaise with Trade, Financial Markets, operations team, products team, Legal, Compliance etc to finalize the deal structure• Analyse and structure high value transactions with stringent operational/ transaction based risk mitigants • Track the financial performance of the clients and establish good relationships with the clients to closely monitor the performance of the company.• Perform thorough analysis to identify the new relationships that can be on-boarded in the bank• Ensure compliance to credit policies, regulatory requirements and audit Show less • Managed coverage for 17 corporate groups and worked with Senior RM in exceeding the target revenue in 2011 & 2012• Executed Structured finance, working capital finance, ECB transactions, corporate finance & trade finance transactions across the clients and ensured higher limit utilization across the portfolio• Ensured timely execution of deals with strong client relationships and liaised with various stakeholders including Credit, Legal, compliance, trade etc• Managed one of the largest volumes of transactions and ensured ~90% limit utilization• Managed monthly segment revenue across the country to ensure that there is no revenue leakage and planned RWA reduction measures Show less

      • Director - Risk Management & Credit Analysis

        Nov 2021 - now
      • Director - Credit Analysis

        Oct 2012 - Oct 2021
      • Asst. Relationship Manager

        Oct 2010 - Oct 2012
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Level 3 & 4 in Japanese Proficiency Test by the Japan Govt securing 88.75% & 92.25%

    • CFA - Chartered Financial Analyst Level I - CFA Institute USA

    • Completed advanced modules of Credit Skills Development conducted by Omega Performance, USA

    • Completed Trade finance certification conducted by Indian Institute of Banking & Finance

    • Secured 92.5% in Financial markets certification in Commodities Trading conducted by the NSE India

    • Certified course in Climate Risk & Sustainable finance

      IFC - International Finance Corporation