Apurav Nagpal
Warsaw
Summary
Experienced with project management, Team Leadership & strategic planning along with experience in Middle Office Operation. Utilizes comprehensive understanding of project lifecycle to ensure timely &successful delivery. Track record of optimizing workflows & enhancing team performance.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Delivery Manager
Capgemini Polska Sp. Z O.o
10.2021 - Current
- Leading & Executing Engagements end-to-end i.e. managing Team KPI, SLA, Financial activities such as Budgeting, Actuals & Margin, etc.
- Implemented process improvements that increased operational efficiency by 35% for IT Client thereby reducing Project Cost
- Monitoring & Reporting KPI/SLA with participation in regular Monthly Business reviews with Client & identified opportunities for improvement in future deliveries
- Managing Transformational Activities & enabling in production by tracking time saving & efficiency
- Enabled Data driven approach in managing key Business Decisions; for instance creation of dashboards helped in identifying risks & opportunities
- Optimized resource allocation by regularly reviewing team capacity against workload requirements
- Played active role in RFP process helping organization in expanding Project to 5 times in Revenue & Headcount
- People Manager experience included regular 1:1s, performance reviews, appraisals & development planning for direct reports
- Experience in managing large Global Teams Operationally with success
- Consistently mentoring Team Leads on best practices & effective project delivery strategies
- Conducted risk assessments to identify potential challenges & develop mitigation strategies
- Experience in Transitioning activities from other Vendors seamlessly without delays & impact to Business
- Reduced project risks through proactive risk identification, assessment & mitigation strategies
Senior Analyst - Investment Banking
J.P. Morgan Poland
06.2019 - 10.2021
- Played a key role in automating daily control reports by implementing BOT solution reducing effort by 65%
- Managing BAU Queues & Daily volumes by distributing tasks to Team with quick turnaround responses
- Running daily control reports to update coupon rates of floating securities in Fund Accounting platform
- Creating & maintaining dummy securities such as Bonds, Equities, Derivatives in Fund accounting & other downstream systems
- Ability & knowledge to multitask by supporting other processes in IRD
- Ensuring all deliverables & tight deadlines are met
- Liaising with vendors to investigate any discrepancy raised by internal clients
- Providing in-depth training to peers for standard BAU and resiliency planning
- Mentored junior analysts, fostering knowledge sharing & professional development within the team
Prime Brokerage Operations Analyst
Goldman Sachs
09.2017 - 04.2019
- Managing Trade operations of over 25 EMEA & US hedge fund Clients
- Handling all Trade Operations related queries & act as single point of contact for dedicated Clients
- Ensuring high Straight Through Processing rate for all Bonds & Equities Trade
- Running, reviewing & evaluating a variety of reports & data analysis on daily basis and presenting over to Client
- Reconciliation of trading activity & impact caused by them on client's portfolio
- Reconciling Trade payments by analyzing SWIFT
- Handling all incoming & outgoing payment requests/queries of PB Client
- Managing all cash related breaks & resolving to ensure timely reconciliation
Investor Services Specialist
Brown Brothers Harriman
02.2016 - 08.2017
- Client facing role with processing & analysis of complex & client specific trade instructions of BBH’s VIP Clients
- Ensure timely response to internal & external requests within SLA
- Deal with manual & SWIFT trade instructions, & investigate invalid or failing trades through communication with sub-custodians
- Running, reviewing & evaluating a variety of reports & data analysis on daily basis
- Reconciliation of trading activity & impact caused by them on client's portfolio
- Active participation in Functional & Regression Testing for onboarding of new client
Education
Masters - International Business Management
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland12.2015
Masters - International Business
Otto Friedrich Universität
Bamberg, GermanyBachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Applied College of Management & Engineering
India08.2012
Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- People Management
- Equities & Bonds Middle Office
- Resource & Capacity Planning
- Risk Management
- Quality Management
Language(s)
English (Fluent) & Hindi (Native)
Residency Status
Permanent Residency Holder in Poland (No Work Permit/Residence Card Extension Required)
Hobbies
Cricket, Aviation, Chess, Traveling, Puzzle Games
Disclaimer
I hereby give consent for my personal data to be processed for the purposes of recruitment, in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act dated 29.08.1997 (uniform text: Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland 2002 No 101, item 926 with further amendments).
Timeline
Project Delivery Manager
Capgemini Polska Sp. Z O.o
10.2021 - Current
Senior Analyst - Investment Banking
J.P. Morgan Poland
06.2019 - 10.2021
Prime Brokerage Operations Analyst
Goldman Sachs
09.2017 - 04.2019
Investor Services Specialist
Brown Brothers Harriman
02.2016 - 08.2017
Masters - International Business Management
University of Warsaw
Masters - International Business
Otto Friedrich Universität
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Applied College of Management & Engineering