Akash Choudhury

About Akash Choudhury

With a decade in financial services and enterprise technology, I operate at the intersection of engineering execution and financial accountability.As an Engineering Manager at the intersection of delivery, architecture, and financial accountability, I am building systems that are not only scalable but traceable, controllable, and audit-ready by design.My work sits across three intersecting layers:• Engineering Leadership: Driving digital platforms across mobile, desktop, and APIs in Collections & Recoveries—shaping systems that are scalable, resilient, and customer-centric.• Risk–Finance–Tech Integration: Embedding financial, treasury, and regulatory requirements directly into system design, data models, and delivery lifecycles.• Control-First Delivery: Building governance, lineage, and data contracts into the core of engineering execution—eliminating rework, disputes, and audit surprises downstream.This combination allows me to bridge a persistent gap in large enterprises:Most teams either ship fast without control or control tightly but slow down delivery. I design operating models that achieve both.Impact highlights:• Delivered £9M+ in value through digital and API-led transformation across Collections journeys• Re-engaged customers via targeted digital interventions• Migrated 20+ APIs and standardized delivery across multi-squad environments• Embedded audit-ready data flows and MI into production systems, reducing downstream friction with Finance, Risk, and Treasury teamsMy approach is grounded in a simple principle:Control is not a checkpoint—it’s the operating model.As I evolve into engineering leadership roles, I’m particularly interested in:• Scaling AI-enabled engineering systems within regulated environments• Advancing Risk-Tech platforms that unify data, controls, and reporting• Building high-trust engineering organizations where delivery, data, and compliance move as one systemOpen to opportunities across India and global markets (Singapore, Dubai) where complex systems, regulatory rigor, and engineering leadership intersect.If your environment requires someone who can translate between engineers, finance, and regulators—and make the system work end-to-end, we’ll likely have a productive conversation.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager (Collections & Recoveries) - VP

   Barclays

   Aug 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   As the front-facing lead on a multi-million-pound Strategic Migration Program, I manage data mapping, problem solving, reporting and delivery across a complex stakeholder landscape to meet BFA Controls and Regulatory needs.I drive structured processes, cross-domain workshops and feedback loops that improve design clarity, strengthen data mapping and keep delivery audit-proof.Leading Risk, Finance and Treasury partnerships for the digital transformation of our Cards and Loans- Collections and Recoveries data platform is sharpening my ability to navigate high velocity change and align stakeholders on clear, compliant outcomes.

Education

• SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

  PGDM, Finance

• International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• BJB Junior College, Bhubaneswar

  I Sc., Statistics

  2008 — 2010

• Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited

  Vocational Summer Training, Power Transmission and Distribution

  2014

• Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

  Finance Immersion Program, Finance Management

Skills

• C
• Pl/Sql
• Matlab
• Html
• Ni Labview
• Microsoft Word
• Sql
• C++
• Robotics
• Oracle Reports Developer