Rustam Kyani

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About Rustam Kyani

There is no hierarchy of control, it is the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, to contribute and be recognised.”I am a result oriented professional with illustrious career with prestigious ventures gaining exposure in financial process analysis, reviews, cost control and revenue maximization. I am also actively involved in managing independent operations & demonstrated ability to provide solutions for enhancing operational efficiency.I am a recognized leader working as Vice President - Regulatory Operations with specialization in Overseeing diligence & governance over Nomura’s global transaction reporting obligations across several jurisdictions like EMIR, FCA, CFTC, JFSA, MAS, HKMA, ASIC, MiFID II, and SFTR. In my 16+ years of career tenure, I positively impacted the business by undertaking process transformation initiatives i.e. execution of NEWS (in-house developed workflow tool and GUI), Global Dashboards (with Power BI) and strategic business migrations i.e. TROY implementation (moving to new reporting tool).My career achievements are:• Efficiently managed & onboarded regulatory projects titled SFTR, BREXIT, SEC, DTCC re-architecture for CFTC and JFSA, Korea Transaction Reporting• Instrumental in delivering 25% efficiencies ($200k) through process transformation & automation of processes with MIFID II processes (using Alteryx)• Significantly established robust governance framework & controls and attained zero Ops risk incident in past 2 years with no high/medium audit observations (including NFA audit)• Distinguished efforts in developing an online real time dashboard for users to view the status of their reconciliations, provided rec. definition details like filter applied, match parameters, etc. • Successfully reduced manual matches from 1.73%(305k trades) to.24%(90k trades) over a period of one year by setting-up the process to measure total no. of manual matchesI also gained appreciation from team regarding problem solving and engagement; acknowledged as a key employee to the company with top ratings and increments in positions on a consistent basis. My personal traits are – insight and ingenuity, efficiency, simplification and automation in action. I am a person with combination of skills acquired through practice and observation. I am a high-energy driven professional with the zeal to make a difference.