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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

• Finance partner for On Amazon digital use case’s (Mobile phone Recharges, Bill Payments, etc.) and the Amazon Pay wallet businesso Responsible for financial evaluation, cost modelling and business feasibility for the launch of the digital use cases on the platform. o Engaged with 3P partners for commercial negotiations and business expansion across digital selection and Wallet business.o Ideated and built the recording and reporting infrastructure to support the use cases and wallet business.• Led Cost saving programs across Amazon paymentso Drove reduction in reverse logistics costs by identifying cohorts of customers having high affinity towards cash transactions and moving them to digital payments by financial and non-financial incentives leading to reduction in abuse related with cash paymento Drove savings in wallet business by driving reduction in discounts and channel reallocations to improve gift card expiryo Drove contact reduction through identifying customer defects and automation areas• Partnered with Amazon Corporate development team to evaluate inorganic growth opportunities. Led the financial modelling and valuation for Acquisition of Tapzo (A digital use cases aggregator with 30+ use cases including flights, hotels, cabs, etc) in 2018• Supported the India Payments team for Financial Planning , reporting and accountingo Streamlined recording, planning and reporting processes and set up of accounting structure for Payments in Amazon.ino Preparing the annual operating and financial plans, long range plans, yearly guidance and defining reporting mechanismso Monthly closing of Books, preparation of marketing summary, cost bridges and MIS for central FP&A and management reporting

Bengaluru Area, India

Project scope: Develop a financial model to cause a shift in customer behaviour from using Cash on Delivery to Prepaid modes of payment• Computed the cost structure with direct & indirect costs for handling various payment methods for different delivery types for Amazon• Identified opportunities for cost saving by analysing a sample of customers orders over a year’s horizon across various segmentation criteria like rejects-returns, type of customer, price bands, geographies, categories, seller & payment behaviour.• Recommended 3 proposals; All approved for implementation with potential INR saving and shift in payment mix

Mumbai Area, India

Associate -Proprietary Desk, High Frequency Trading Team• Performed Market making in the derivatives segment of BSE and NSE to provide liquidity by continuously providing bid and ask quotes• Handled the market making book with a daily turnover of ₹ 1500 Crores (Notional) on BSE & NSE ; trading Index Options, Index Futures, Stock Futures & Stock options. Responsible for hedging, payoff management, research, risk mapping, & strategy planning• Developed trading strategies for the intraday trading book. Analysed different international markets for possible book expansion opportunities; recommended expansion to Japanese capital markets. Daily turnover post-expansion rose by 50% to ₹ 300 Crores• Developed a model for trend detection & hedging using quant models & real-time order book analytics improving accuracy by 20%• Developed risk framework and model test cases for negative testing of all Algorithms by working closely with Global Risk GroupProfessional Achievements• Awarded a bonus of 150% on full CTC in both years and a rating of 6/6 consistently for superlative performance and new initiatives• Led a team of 4 which generated an MTM of ₹ 6 Crores; Entrusted with the book in 10 months, well ahead of the norm of 3 years • Conceptualized a centralized UI utility for real-time monitoring of risk which drastically reduced the monitoring time per employee• Automated the reporting system and designed screeners using Excel Macros and Bloomberg Files, leading to time reduction of 85%

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

3 Week Fast Track Program, Finance

3 Week fast track program

3 Month Exchange Program, Finance

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics And Telecommunication Engineering

Hsc, Vocational Science

Icse, 90.12