LINATA R.
KADAV
Mobile: +91 9167788031 Email ID: leenata_kadav@hotmail.com
HIGH IMPACT SENIOR FINANCE PROFESSIONAL WITH 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Strategic Planning, Branch Operation, Operation Management, Profit Centre Management,
Client Relationship Management, Migration Management
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
Offering Rich business acumen, record of unblemished service & achievements in the Finance Sector across
diverse range of functions. Excellent track record of driving large teams and motivated them to deliver
higher productivity
Track record of developing and implementing strategic initiatives for capitalizing on emerging opportunities
and delivering on growth metric in sync with evolving business requirements.
Demonstrated leadership and managerial capabilities in achieving corporate objectives, implementing
strategies & building coalitions to support business growth and implement & manage change to drive
organizational performance
Strong Understanding of wide range of asset classes, including equity, CFD, currency, commodity, fixed
income and derivatives.
Well versed business acumen with skills to remain on the cutting edge & drive new business for various
financial products
Led multiple projects & cross functional teams to resolve complex business issues, streamline and enhance
process efficiency by partnering with technology
Widespread knowledge & practice in the multi-branch functioning & operations, including devising &
implementing policies & strategies, MIS monitoring, estimating & auditing, & enhancing financial controls
Enterprising leader with ability to deal with people across levels & from diverse back grounds
Focused and well versed with the risk and controls associated across different functions performed at Hedge
fund administrator, Custodian & Alternative investment space
Adept at steering team members towards achieving set targets whilst accomplishing personal and
departmental goals
KEY SKILLS
Strategy planning/Decisions Reconciliation Fund Accounting
SLA Management Process Improvement/Automation Process Migration
Risk & Control Management Change Management Employee engagement
Business Planning/Trouble Shooting MIS Management Leadership & Mentoring
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Strategic Initiatives:
Framed business strategies - defined short, medium and long terms objectives, growth road map &
action plan on a regular basis in sync with evolving business needs and objectives.
Defined operational framework as part of core management team; framed policies, processes and
implemented internal systems & controls for enhancing productivity & business efficiencies.
Revisited and realigned strategies, SOPs and product offerings in parallel with expansion focused goals
and vision.
Initiated companywide realignment in order to achieve better utilization of work force.
Client Management
Involved in conversion and migration of processes for existing and new clients.
Regular interaction with clients to understand and implement the integration process. Design the road
map for system and process integration with deadlines.
Review the Statement of Work (SOW) document of a Client with AUM $728 bln to ensure all the
components are completely and clearly incorporated in SOW before the approval of the company heads.
Risk & Control
Implementation and Monitoring of Process Risk and Control workflow for all LOB’s as per risk review
calendar agreed with stakeholders.
Handling the issues and change management for the company by performing root cause analysis.
Successfully performed the Pre-migration and Pre-audit risk assessment for the processes to avoid
external audit observation/findings.
Successfully meet the RCSA timelines by performing the QA as per QA calendar and closed and reviewed
the open Action plans.
Leading the BCP & DRP committee and outlining policy and procedure to be followed on the occurrence
of any event.
Operational Efficiencies
Mumbai office/Bangalore, oversight all the verticals of the company (Fund Accounting, Operations, Risk,
HR & Admin, IT and Finance). Successfully handled the IT security Cyber audit with the external auditors.
Spearheading all critical phases and streamlined manual processes to automated platform to gain
maximum efficiency.
Review the Client Billing, KPI, Utilization and other management reports.
Adhering to Quality standards (ISO 27001)
Reviews & Team Development
Providing on-the-job training and mentoring & building individual team member capabilities and
competencies for bridging gap between performance and skills.
Participating in steering committee for evaluating business performances and taking appropriate
measures.
TECHNICAL SKILL
Certified Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) LEAD AUDITOR- ISO/IEC 27001:2013
Acquire expertise to perform an ISO 27001 certification Audit following ISO 19011 guidelines and specification
of ISO17021 and ISO 27006
Has better understanding on operation of an ISO 27001 conformant information security management
systems, risk management, controls and compliance with requirements of different stakeholders
Proficient in computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
Finacle – 2 years through ICICI bank
Fund Master – 3 years through Northern Trust, State street & JP Morgan
AIM – 1 year with Northern Trust
Invest one – 3 years through JP Morgan & Capita
Kondor/Geneva – 9 months with GlobeOp
Integrata – 2years + with Viteos
TLM/SSR/Go rec/ Redux– 4 years with Northern Trust,JP Morgan, Globeop & Viteos
Bloomberg – 5 years
GGBrowser/Admin Console/Navigator – 20 Months with Northern Trust
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Viteos Financial Services
Manager – Operations and Fund Accounting
October’2015 – February 2017
Key Accountabilities:
Presently onboarding new client
Providing Operational support to all employees spread across offshore partners
Coordination among business heads for Migration & BCP concerns
Controlling risk associated with operations and implementing immediate controls. Review/revisit the control
check points
Providing overall leadership, vision and direction for new partners & providing growth plan
Steering entire operations for setting up and managing attrition, on job issues & BCP, to ensure the smooth
functioning & provide uninterrupted support to the business operations
Preparation of MIS reports, reporting Dashboard updates, KPI, DPAD, MIS, FTE, Risk & Compliance
documentation for the team, along with this worked in benchmark the daily activity and planning the Monthly
migrations of new accounts
Key Highlights:
Handled End to end Fund accounting (Shadow accounting) for client
Managing End to End Migration & BCP Planning
Assisted technicians (IT)/training in performing all duties and provided technical expertise to training
programs
Established good coordination between Onshore & Offshore team
Established and implemented various SOPs and procedures
Developed automation tool (macro) to calculate work allocation with time leakage
Working on in-house Recon tool (app), custom-built reconciliation solution that provides a host of features
out of the box. Gathering the Data, Validation and File Transmission oversight from counterparties Data
Aggregation and normalization. Closely work with IT team and Ops team in streamline Data standardization
and adhering to Information Security management guidelines as well as SAS 70
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
Northern Trust Operating Services
Team Leader - Hedge Fund Reconciliation -OTC Reconciliation
August’2011 – October’2013
Capita Financial Group, Mumbai
Team Manager – Trustee and Depository Reconciliations (MER)
November’2010 – August’2011
GlobeOp Financial Services, Mumbai
Associated Manager – Reconciliation
May’2010 – October’2010
JP Morgan Chase., Mumbai
Team Leader – Reconciliation & Fund Accounting
May’ 2008 – May’2010
State Street Corporation Syntel, Mumbai
Team Leader - Reconciliation & Fund Accounting
May’2007 – May’2008
Northern Operating Services Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
Analyst – Reconciliation & Corporate Action
June’2006 – May’2007
MetLife India Insurance Company Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
Sales Manager
Dec’2004 - March’2006
KEY DELIVERABLES ACCROSS THE TENURE
Planning and reviews of process training, multi skill training and refresher training for the team members.
Liaising with onshore team for day to day issues and identifying process enhancement implementation. Liaising
with IT team and share service team for quick resolution. Adherence to statutory compliance required from
Operations point of view likes SAS 70, AML & KYC
Procurement Management for All type procurements like, New Hire, On-Boarding & Off-Boarding of partners,
Training & Adherence to timely certificate
Ensuring Three Eye check is performed before the funds/accounts are signed off
Monitored & Manage team absenteeism, attrition, attendance, breaks and conduct floor décor. Measure and
improve quality of the process by implementing process improvement plans and lean projects on a periodic
basis. Analyze time and motion study with headcount of team and reporting management as per FTE count
Established and maintained good, professional and proactive environment & working relationships with all
members of business operations
Handling transport operations for the employees with focus on achieving 95% on-time arrivals and creating a
BCP without affecting the SLA
Provided Client-wise process review to the Senior Management
Successfully created the inter-county resiliency. Also, migrated and streamlined residual process from
offshore
Interfacing with various departments like IT, Onshore teams, offshore team and Legal heads for implementing
check points and control measures to avoid client breach
Monitor real time/benchmarking workflow to plan work schedule as per the SLA requirement and the volumes
forecasted
Preparation of MIS reports, Reporting Dashboard updates, KPI, DPAD, MIS, FTE, Risk & Compliance
documentation for the team, along with this worked in benchmark the daily activity and planning the Monthly
migrations of new accounts
Planning on Migration, calculative working on FTE’s requirement and monitoring parallel testing before the
new clients are on-boarded
Measure and improve quality of the process by implementing process improvement plans and lean projects on
a periodic basis. Manage team absenteeism, attrition, attendance, breaks and conduct
Developed training strategy and managed implementation and delivery of development and training programs
of teams/cross trainings. Process improvement projects & Escalation management
Worked on enhancement of In-house Technology (Application). Key member in testing the parallel run during
Migration
Timely Cascade changes in regulations and industry practices to the team. Liaise with CFG sub processes,
trustees, investment advisers, auditors and other professional bodies to obtain relevant information and
provide updates as and when required
Effective Scheduling for team’s one on one on monthly basis. Setting Goal to team members to achieve their
dreams. Review, monitor and immediate action on team productivity assuring accuracy. Balancing Tasks and
people oriented Leadership Risk Analysis – Managing risks in terms of attrition. Performance Planning –
Planning to reduce stress
Liaising with respective teams/HR ensuring smooth On-Boarding of new partners
TRAININGS ATTENDED
Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) LEAD AUDITOR- ISO/IEC 27001:2013
Undergone & Certified by IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority)
IAQ certified – Level I & III (UK Regulatory)
Workshop on "How to conduct Appraisals"
Hedge funds Rules & Regulations
SAS 70 Audits (Statement on Auditing Standards)
ACADEMICS
2003 Bachelors in Commerce (B’ Com), Mumbai University
2017 Master’s in Business Administration (Finance & IT)
BEYOND CURRICULUM
Awarded first runner up in Elocution & Debate on women empowerment
Conducted/Executed trainings for Sales professionals
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 9th April’1980
Passport No. : F4659874
Languages Known : English, Hindi and Marathi.
