Aditya Acharya

About Aditya Acharya

Senior KYC/AML Operations leader with 8+ years in global KYC Refresh & Remediation across Corporate, Investment Banking, EMEA/APAC/US jurisdictions. Proven record of leading SME groups, driving quality governance, strengthening policy adherence, and enabling operational excellence. Skilled in KYC life-cycle operations, regulatory interpretation, QC/QA frameworks, stakeholder engagement, MI insights, breach analysis and risk control management.Recognized for training leadership, change delivery, and cross-functional influence. Adept at managing global stakeholders, improving operational controls, and enhancing client experience through procedural clarity and process optimization.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President

   Barclays Corporate Banking

   Jun 2024 — Present · IN

   Lead SME for KYC Refresh, responsible for policy interpretation, complex case guidance and ensuring adherence to Corporate UK DESK MANUAL, Red Flags and procedural updates.2. Lead a team of internal SMEs, ensuring consistent dissemination of KYC updates, alignment on procedures and effective training facilitation across the wider operations group.3. Own and lead training strategy, including quarterly PKTs, capability assessments, refreshers and functional upskilling to ensure compliance with operational and regulatory expectations.4. Conduct **sample checks and **age/breach reviews, ensuring escalations follow the correct protocol and providing remediation guidance to managers.5. Maintain and govern SME-level reports including QA Error Tracking, Management Controls Log, RAI Referral Log, Accreditation Status and governance updates.6. Regularly collaborate with QC teams through calibration discussions to maintain policy uniformity and interpretative clarity.7. Drive MI governance by maintaining dashboards for Right First Time (RFT) analytics, breach population analysis, pattern recognition and quality themes.8. Act as a bridge between Operations, PnP, Change, QC and Vendor teams to resolve ambiguous requirements, eliminate knowledge gaps and standardise practices.9. Supported spike volume management, driving delivery efficiency during high-volume cycles.

Education

• GLA University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Human Resources Management and Services

  2009 — 2012

• GLA University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Human resource and marketing

  2012 — 2014

• Permeshwari devi dhanuka

  Intermediate, Physics , chemistry , Biology

  2007 — 2008

Skills

• English
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Word
• Public Speaking
• Market Research
• Management
• Research
• Business Development
• Teamwork
• Team Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Business Strategy
• Marketing