Sachin SaxenaMobile: 9999246178 ~ Email: ssaxena.ca@gmail.com

Abridgement

Chartered Accountant having 8+ years of experience in Corporate Banking Operations / Risk Management / Internal Reviews / Process Reengineering / Trade management and Senior management dashboard reporting’s and data analytics.

Presently associated with GE as Assistant Vice President – Transaction Banking advisor for European Business.

Previously associated with Citibank as Manager & with Jindal Stainless Limited as Head Trade Finance

Deft in managing banking functions, business development, trade finance solution & client servicing to facilitate product/process improvement & contribute towards the growth of an organization.

Relationship Management: Analyzing client’s requirements and providing them with best solutions to suit their needs. Interacting with customers to enhance the product suitability and maintaining healthy business relations with clients, ensuring high customer satisfaction metrics by achieving delivery & service quality norms.

CMS Management: Providing customers with the customized solution and addressing to their queries. Close partnership with bankers and regulators for customer transaction. Executing Customer workshops and training awareness.

Trade Management: Managing Exports, Imports and domestic trade. Engaging with regulators, bankers and customers for delivering customized solutions and structured finance.

Process/Technology Management: Implementation of various process improvements and technology initiatives to streamline the workflow, identification and plugging gaps to improve service delivery . Issuing BRD and discussion with technology and ensuring successful implementation post UAT testing.

Team Management: Leading, mentoring, training & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets. Creating & sustaining environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst Team members.

Risk Assessment: Process review and providing risk mitigates. This includes regulatory reporting, branch reviews, audits and senior management reporting. Assessing branch performance and assigning risk rating to branches.

Professional Experience

Since March ’2015: General Electric (GE) Asstt. Vice President

Managing European Business Consulting and cash management vertical Deep-diving with business and bankers for optimal utilization & exploring cash management opportunities Setting up cash pool structures and liquidity management Price book discovery and negotiation with bankers Exploring new relationship with banks Pivotal in streamlining Russian business cash strategy and banking requirements

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Jan ’2014 to March 2015: Jindal Stainless Limited Head - Trade Finance

Head Trade Finance (managing export and imports for Jindal Stainless Limited, an O.P Jindal flagship company). Budgeting, planning and executing Exports of approx INR 3400 Crores and Imports of approx INR 8000 Crores.

Managing Non fund based limits of approx 6400 Crores. Analyzing finance pricing propositions, financing models and structured trade finance. (Buyers Credit/Suppliers

Credit/PCFC/Post shipment financing) Team management of 13 professionals. Team mentoring, training & monitoring the performance of members to

ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets. Creating & sustaining environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst Team members.

Ensuring FEMA compliance. Co-ordination with bankers and RBI for addressing the challenges faced in trade finance. Domestic bill discounting and initiating channel financing. Debtors and Credit Management and reviews Variance Analysis of debtors / bank limits etc. Process improvement and risk mitigating

Feb 2007 to Jan 2014: Citibank N.ALast Designation - Manager

Risk Management, Audit and Process Development

Senior management reporting to Managing Director and regional reporting on Citibank India branches variances and risk assessment. Issuing presentations and data for senior management review. Data analysis and providing trend reports. Providing training to branches on new process.

Key Roleso Operational Risk assessment and assigning risk ratings for all Citibank branches

o Process Re-engineering and risk mitigating by process enhancement

o Technology, system enhancement, issuing BRD and UAT testing.

o Regional Reporting’s

o Branch / ATM review and audits.

Coordinated for Global Audit Preparations for all India Citibank branches in 2008. Conducted reviews and sessions for adherence to bank policy and processes. Have ensured for clean audit and a positive report.

Trade Management Services

Executing and Processing trade transactions pertaining to exports and Domestic trade. GR waivers / Approvals and LC advising. First Level scrutiny of documents, managing customer documents and assisting customers in documentation and

managing exports outstanding. Attending XOS meetings with RBI. Conversion of customers from manual BRC to Auto BRC. Enhanced customer experience by extending the export processing cut off in close coordination with product / seniors

and courier agencies PAN India.

Cash Management Services (CMS)

Entrusted with responsibility for processing manual / Electronic payment for corporate customers. Coordination with banks for corporate tie up and executing customer payments. Conversion of customers from manual platform to online platform (Citidirect). Played a pivotal role in assisting the team involved in the implementation of draft payment module for Delhi: Organized workshop for customers to provide them and organizing customer reviews and sales meeting to

understand the requirements and providing customized solutions to the customers. Executing Tax payments for the corporate customers Managing regulatory issues presented Citibank in various legal forums.

Client Experience

Client meetings and visits to ensure that client expectations are met out. Client seminars and workshops. Job profile included customer liaising, understanding their expectations, negotiations with vendors.

Notable Milestones

Coordinated for Cash management global audit for PAN India Citibank branches. This included process note reviews, delivering training sessions to PAN India officers, liasoning with auditors and ensuring smooth review. There were no audit findings and were rated very effectively.

ATM process review and identification of key process gaps and implementation of the gaps identified in close partnership of senior management.

Regional risk reporting for Citibank branches to seniors and managing the operational risk for Citibank India branches. Effectively implemented the regional reporting in 2011 for Pan India Citibank branches and spearheading and driving constantly to enhance the tools for risk implementation.

Article-ship (Training)

Work Experience as article trainee for 3 years. During article ship have handled the following audits and taxation related work:

Concurrent and Statutory audit of State Bank of India, State Bank of Mysore, Allahabad Bank, Punjab & Sind, State Bank of Travancore Bank

BSNL audit (Northern telecom Project) National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA) an organization under Ministry of Rural Development Taxation work of Corporate and Individual clients

Academia

Nov. 2006: Chartered Accountancy. Secured 67.5% (First Attempt)

July 2002: B.Com. Hons. (Delhi University). Secured 70 % overall. (Topped the college)

Trainings

Successfully completed the following trainings to enrich the knowledge base: Core Banking Program, organized by Citigroup India. First Time Manger, organized by Citigroup India. Trade product, organized by Citigroup India & Princeton Academy. Completed IFRS training course from KPMG

IT Skills

Working Knowledge of MS-WORD, EXCEL & POWERPOINT.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 12th February 1982

Address : C-1/12, Prashant Vihar, Delhi110085

Contact No : 09999246178, 011-27569388