Vikram Jit Singh Top-Executive
> Leading and successfully delivering complex, strategic change, regulatory & technology FTB transformation initiatives for Finance, with strong functional domain expertise across Investment Banking and Wealth Management, and over 20 years of experience.
> Producing business value, by fostering collaborative relationships, inspiring and energizing cross-divisional teams while navigating ambiguity.
> Bringing clarity to complexity in a fast-paced dynamic environment, through expert stakeholder management, excellent communication skills and clear, compelling messaging.
> Passionate and curious with strong problem-solving skills and motivated by challenges.
> Forging innovation by developing an entrepreneurial culture in software engineering and design.
Strategic Planning | Portfolio Management | Program & Project Management | Solution Architecture & Engineering | Data Strategy & Governance | Process Design & Optimization | Client Relationship Management | People Leadership & Talent Development | Stakeholder Communication |
Industry:
Financial Services
Headquarters:
Singapore
Title:
Temasek Technology | Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) | CTO Office
Company:
Temasek
Company Industry:
Financial Services
Company Website:
temasek.com.sg
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/temasek-holdings
Company Size:
501-1000
Current Job Duration:
2 yrs 2 mos
Country:
Singapore
Work Experience:
Title: Temasek Technology | Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) | CTO Office
Company: Temasek
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/temasek-holdings/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 501-1000
Location: Singapore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2023
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Vice President, FTB Program Lead, Finance Technology
Company: Credit Suisse
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-suisse/
Industry: Banking
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Singapore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 2016
Ends At: 2022
Description: None
Title: Credit Suisse
Company: Credit Suisse
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-suisse/
Industry: Banking
Company Size: 10001+
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 2010
Ends At: 2015
Description: Delivered major bank wide initiatives, driving business process improvements and efficiencies, TCO savings, and convergence to target state controls and architecture for Risk and Finance.
- Established the first APAC instantiation of the bank’s Risk & Finance target architecture in Singapore Branch, delivering a strategic data sourcing platform, accounting sub-ledger, P&L engine, reconciliations, near-real-time adjustments, fair value, price testing, and reporting applications for Listed Derivatives, as part of a global Legal Entity Rationalization program.
- Managed and steered, as Global FX Product Lead, end-to-end FO, Operations, and Finance business and migration activities to the target state Finance P&L, sub-ledger & analytics systems, spanning >200 trading desks across London Branch and 15 Asia-Pac entities.
- Headed Finance data sourcing projects across multiple asset classes (OTC/MM/Listed/FX/Cash Securities) for APAC division, designing robust, high quality, certified transaction, reference, and valuation data flows into finance applications, improving operational controls, and reducing material finance adjustments by >75%.
- Led the Finance IT departmental efforts on the FTB Japan Cash Securities & Exchange Traded Derivatives platform redesign, a business-critical initiative supporting growth in trading volumes, achieving >50% throughput, performance, and capacity improvement, and eliminating historical regulatory non-compliance issues.
- Executed projects to improve IB Finance data and standardize the APAC Daily P&L and Balance Sheet Product Control processes. Delivered in-house built systems for P&L, postings, adjustments, and agency commissions reporting across Investment Banking trading products, retiring 5 legacy apps, and achieving TCO savings of > 1mCH., Architected, developed, and delivered multiple mission-critical finance applications, reducing operational risk, and improving controls through standardized infrastructure & product flows.
- Implemented the first entity agnostic, front-office sourced, straight through processing flows into APAC finance for OTC derivatives (IRS/CDS/Equity Options/Structured trades), setting the stage for future data convergence projects, that extended the coverage to the entire IB derivatives trading business.
- Drove the end-to-end analysis, design, and development of an innovative APAC P&L calculations & reporting platform for Product Control, and a Front-Office Listed Derivatives Analytics solution for senior country management, decommissioning disparate legacy end user tools, and achieving improved business processes and controls.
- Advocated the global finance application rationalization program, developing, managing, and communicating a comprehensive tracking, metrics/ KPIs and reporting dashboard, directly working with CFO IT department heads, that lead to a 70% reduction of application footprint over 3 years., Asia-Pacific PeopleSoft e-procurement rollout across 350 business users in APAC Group Finance.
Title: Consultant
Company: Commerceone
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commerceone/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 1-10
Location: Singapore, Dubai, Jordan
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 2000
Ends At: 2003
Description: None
Education:
School: Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics), Engineering
Activities: None
School: Air Force Bal Bharati School
Degree: All India Senior School Certificate Examination (GCE 'A' Level), High School
Activities: None
Headline:
Program Management | Strategic, Regulatory and Technology Change | Investment Banking & Wealth Management