Arindam Chatterjee

About Arindam Chatterjee

I\'m an experienced finance professional and an aspiring economist with demonstrated leadership ability along with strong communication skills. I would like to work in the area of Monetary Policy, and Macroeconomics. I have interests in data science, complex problem solving, and financial modeling to drive future strategies and identify opportunities by improving model intelligence by liaising with internal and external resources. My total work experience as a banker and programmer is 12 years and 3 months. I\'m also an active reviewer of Economic Journals. Before pursuing an MA in Economics (STEM) from The University of Texas at Austin, I completed my MBA with a specialization in Finance. There I ranked 2nd in MBA (passing year -2021) at The University of Calcutta. Here is a link to my GitHub profile - https://github.com/arindameconomics.I\'m experienced in client handling and employee organization with the desire to perform in a high-energy team environment. As an example, I have managed large branches (average/ total business of more than INR 1 Billion) of public sector commercial banks in India for more than 5 years. There, I managed more than 12 staff on average.I\'ve the ability to perform in an ever-changing situation, by breaking down and solving problems through quantitative analysis. Business development, leadership, and employee management come naturally to me. As the branch head of a large branch (LB) in Kolkata, India, I increased the branch business by more than INR 0.45 billion (approx. 40% y-o-y growth) within less than two years of taking charge (August 2014 - June 2016). I made it a very large branch (VLB) by every parameter. I\'m a seasoned credit professional. I worked as a Senior Manager (Credit) manager in the DAMC (Document Approval and Asset Monitoring Centre), Kolkata, India from July 2019 to March 2021. Here, my job responsibility was to approve loan documents that came from the branches of 9 Indian states and to ensure zero revenue leakage. I also worked as a Manager (Credit) in Duliajan, Assam for one year (July 2016 – August 2017). Overall, I have a total of 8 years of experience working as a manager.I have demonstrated my skills in financial analysis, large corporate lending, retail financing, MSME financing, and mortgage lending. I\'m skilled in risk modeling, quantitative, and financial modeling, risk grading, and risk rating.Please feel free to contact me at a••••••••@utexas.edu to discuss opportunities.

Experience

1. Zonal Compliance Officer and Cyber Fraud Nodal Officer

   Indian Bank

   May 2024 — Present · Midnapore, IN

   As a Zonal Compliance Officer (ZCO), my primary responsibility is to visit 21 branches per quarter to do compliance testing of those branches of the Midnapore zone. The testing comprises checking of all parameters, including deposits and advances, critical areas of operation, and security aspects of a branch.Also, as a Cyber Fraud Nodal Officer, I analyze the frauds (UEBT - Unauthorized Electronic Bank Transfer) at different branches of the Midnapore zone. UEBT can be of four types, i.e. E-UPI (UPI-based fraud), E-COM (fraud on e-commerce platforms), M-FININC (frauds on AEPS platforms), and M-SERBR (Cheque, NACH mandate-based frauds that take place at service branch levels).In both of these roles, my ultimate responsibility is to safeguard the interest of the bank.

Education

• Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

  JAIIB, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law

• Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

  CAIIB, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law

• Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

  Certificate Course In Foreign Exchange, Foreign Exchange

  2024 — 2024

• Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

  Certified Credit Professional, Credit Management

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal formerly WBUT

  B.TECH, ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

• University of Calcutta

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Master of Arts - MA, Economics

• Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission Vidyabhawan, Barrackpore

  Secondary

  2001 — 2003

• Sodepur High School

  Higher Secondary

  2003 — 2005