About
BFSI operations professional with four years across US, Irish and Indian banking, covering back-office processing, quality assurance, fraud and risk operations, and AML/KYC. At Barclays, handled fraud and risk work across US credit card, retail lending and mortgage, commercial lending, and collections portfolios. In Dublin, led a finance operations team, with responsibility for delegation, daily priorities, and management reporting. Most recently at Deloitte, reviewed around 300 transaction monitoring alerts a week and completed 40+ KYC and EDD files a month, quality-checking colleagues' casework alongside their own. Comfortable running high-volume worklists to productivity and quality targets, and mentoring junior analysts through complex cases.
Experience5
Analyst — Strategy, Risk and Transactions (Contract)
Mar 2026 — Jul 2026Deloitte
Managed a high-volume NICE Actimize worklist, reviewing around 300 transaction monitoring alerts weekly and documenting closure or escalation rationale; investigated suspicious activity and escalated substantiated cases. Completed 40+ KYC and EDD files monthly for bank, wealth management, private banking, trust, and investment fund clients, including beneficial ownership and source-of-funds/wealth checks. Quality-checked colleagues' case files, conducted sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening, drafted SARs, and supported remediation with risk, compliance, and audit teams.
Team Lead — Finance Operations (Contract)
Oct 2024 — Mar 2026Ardán Collective (Marine Hotel)
Led the finance operations team by delegating daily work, setting priorities, and monitoring completion against deadlines and service expectations. Prepared management reporting on output, quality, and turnaround; reconciled cash books and ledgers and investigated discrepancies. Conducted vendor due diligence and sanctions/PEP screening, applied cash-handling controls, and performed internal control checks while maintaining audit-ready documentation.
Fraud and Risk Analyst — US Banking Portfolios
Sep 2023 — Sep 2024Barclays
Handled fraud and risk operations across US consumer and commercial portfolios, including credit cards, retail lending and mortgages, commercial lending, and collections, using TSYS and FIS. Reviewed alerts in FICO Falcon and SAS Fraud Management and managed daily worklists, exceptions, data validation, and administrative processing in ServiceNow and Salesforce against productivity and quality standards. Conducted root-cause analysis, monitored KRIs, supported RCSA and control testing, and designed fraud-prevention controls. Mentored new joiners, served as an escalation point, and delivered fraud and financial crime awareness training.
Credit Risk Analyst
Feb 2023 — Sep 2023Maersk
Performed KYC checks and onboarding due diligence for new corporate customers, verifying customer information and supporting documentation. Completed client onboarding and account-opening checks and documented assessments and approvals. Assessed client risk profiles through credit review and ratio analysis, monitored portfolio risk metrics, and supported compliance reviews and audit checks.
Financial Analyst
Apr 2022 — Feb 2023CRISIL
Verified client and counterparty data for entity checks supporting rating and portfolio records, and supported compliance and regulatory reporting through data validation and risk-input review. Led a risk-reporting process improvement and automation initiative using SAP and Excel, reducing manual errors and improving visibility of portfolio and rating data.
Education3
MSc
2024 — 2025Dublin City University
Finance
MBA
2019 — 2021Bangalore University
Finance
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
2016 — 2019Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce