Tatheer Raza
Summary
Multi-talented Senior Executive knowledgeable about client service, operational leadership and personnel management within the financial, custody & commercial banking industry. Successful at stepping into diverse positions and making immediate positive contributions. Focused on optimizing operations and motivating employees while establishing market dominance.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Vice President
Goldman Sachs
Melbourne, Australia & Bengaluru, Karnataka
02.2012 - 05.2024
- Delivered exceptional customer service by implementing best practices and fostering a culture of accountability within the organization. Leading a team of 35 FTEs & 15 FTCs across three different cities
- Minimize risk and increase efficiency for clients who avail services from Goldman Sachs. 1st and 2nd Line of defence
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Enhancement of services to borrowers and clients to help them effectively enroll into the Lending programme. Managing settlements, collateral and client deliveries to implement business on daily basis
- Risk Management by increasing client experience & Regulatory Law maintenance. Including governance and due diligence (KRI, KPI, OKR, SLA, Audit & Regulatory Reviews)
- Oversight for Credit, Treasury, Funding and Controls relating to Equities, Fixed Income products and Tax processes
- Involved in all new Account Opening Processes that require Legal/Risk/Sales sign-off
- Providing service and creating multiple models to various clients including Institutional, Franchise & Private Wealth & Asset Management
- Provided services relating to Withholding Taxes, Tax Documentations, Automatic Exchange of Information and US Cost Basis Reporting for EMEA, APAC, US & Commercial Banking clients
Senior Analyst
Northern Trust
Bengaluru, Karnataka
08.2007 - 02.2012
- Training on Client Directed programme and also stabilising the process by preparing keystroke level procedure documents
- Working towards getting information for clients and reporting the same
- Monitoring & assigning daily work and constant follow up until accuracy is achieved
- Chairing team hurdles/meetings to identify different ways to perform activities on weekly basis
- Working closely with the team and providing them with a clearer picture of daily tasks to minimise any kind of process imbalance
- Sending weekly reports to management on team performances/client reporting
- Initiate meetings with clients and analysts to understand the need of the business from both ends
Education
I.S.C (Indian School Certificate) -
Bishop Cottons Girl's High School
I.C.S.E (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) -
Baldwin Girl's High School
Bachelors Of Commerce (B.COM) -
St Joseph's College of Commerce
01.2007
Skills
- Operational Excellence
- Creativity
- Leadership
- Communication
- Policies and Procedures
- Critical Thinking
- Goal Oriented
- Business Strategy
- Client Service
- Risk Management
Personal Information
Title: Senior Vice President
Accomplishments
- Rationalized FTE count from 18 to 10 through driving performance & creating efficiencies from low code automation- saving $200k
- Saved 2 HC by moving a manual flow to automation via Robotics
- Led the team on settlements project during dividend season, with no fails for client trades
- 3 months Short Term Assignment - migration to London to bring back the Securities Lending process
- Collaboration with external vendor platforms to automate real time services for exceptions, collateral, settlement flows & tax reporting
- A core member of the VP council and lead on people council responsible to improve engagement, recognition & career enrichment
- Partnered with divisional leads to understand problems, inefficiency across processes & work cross divisional to implement change
- Active member of the Goldman Sachs recruitment team and formal mentor to advise on career advancement & growth
- Awarded with the Best Lender by International Securities Forum for Consecutive 11 years (Goldman Sachs Agency Lending)
- Represented Goldman for client relationship meetings with Nomura, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust
- Client Representative on Tax Authority & Regulatory meetings (HMRC, Irish, Saudi)
- Member of the client service pillar
- Led two different teams for outsourcing to external vendors. Involved in complete set-up from initiation to closure
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Timeline
Senior Vice President
Goldman Sachs
02.2012 - 05.2024
Senior Analyst
Northern Trust
08.2007 - 02.2012
I.S.C (Indian School Certificate) -
Bishop Cottons Girl's High School
I.C.S.E (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) -
Baldwin Girl's High School
Bachelors Of Commerce (B.COM) -
St Joseph's College of Commerce