Alyona Sarkar

About Alyona Sarkar

Project Manager with 10+ years of experience delivering strategic transformation across regulation, payments, and automation in global banking, finance, risk and technology, compliance and regulatory.Currently leading the SEPA Rulebook Address Compliance Project, ensuring cross-market alignment and regulatory readiness. In parallel, I drive the Europe Improve Campaign, where I evaluated and prioritized 150+ transformation ideas, identifying high-value opportunities based on scalability, demand, and business impact. From this pipeline, I am leading the DL Automation initiative for Europe, streamlining processes, reducing manual overhead, and enabling sustainable efficiency gains.Previously, across Deloitte, KPMG, and EY, I steered large-scale Basel IV regulatory reporting programs (CVA, RWA, FRTB, OpRisk), multi-system integrations, and agile delivery frameworks.What I bring:1. Ability to turn complexity into clarity and structure ambiguous problems into executable strategies2. Proven record in regulatory transformation, payments modernization, and automation3. Expertise in portfolio prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting4. A mindset focused on impact, scalability, and long-term value creationI thrive on challenges that sit at the intersection of regulation, risk, and technology - where clarity, execution discipline, and strategic vision create measurable impact.Have something interesting to discuss, feel free to drop in @ a••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Deputy Manager - Strategy, Risk & Transactions

   Deloitte

   May 2025 — Present · Delhi, IN

   Project 1: SEPA Rulebook Address Compliance • Leading the end-to-end SEPA Rulebook Address Compliance initiative, ensuring readiness for one of Europe’s most critical payments regulations. The project spans multiple systems and diverse stakeholders across business, technology, and compliance functions. • Designed and implemented a comprehensive roadmap with well-structured milestones, dependencies, and governance controls • Actively manage stakeholder alignment by creating clarity in ambiguous requirements, facilitating workshops, and ensuring that system owners, data providers, and downstream consumers are aligned on execution priorities. • Established transparent status reporting, risk tracking, and escalation mechanisms that allow leadership to make timely decisions and reduce delivery risk. • Playing a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance, operational continuity, and cross-market harmonization of address data standards across European operations.Project 2: Europe Improve Campaign & DL Automation • Spearhead the Improve Campaign, a strategic portfolio review initiative designed to identify and prioritize transformation opportunities across Europe region. • Conducted a comprehensive assessment of 150+ ideas, evaluating each based on scalability, business demand, efficiency gains, and long-term strategic value. Through structured prioritization frameworks, successfully streamlined the portfolio to focus on high-impact initiatives. • Currently leading DL Automation for Europe, a flagship program within this campaign aimed at reducing manual dependencies, strengthening reporting accuracy, and enhancing process efficiency. • This initiative not only drives cost reduction and efficiency gains, but also enables teams to focus on higher-value strategic activities - positioning automation as a key enabler of operational resilience.

Education

• St. Francis' College, Lucknow, India

  10th and 12th, Commerce with mathematics and computer science

• Jaipuria Institute of Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Financial Management Services

  2013 — 2015

• Earthinators Climate School

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science

  2010 — 2013

Skills

• Customer Service
• Project Planning
• Microsoft Word
• Teamwork
• Team Management
• Microsoft Office
• Market Research
• Financial Planning
• Marketing
• Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Powerpoint
• English
• Leadership
• Competency Management
• Time Management
• Project Management
• Public Speaking