Manish Choudhary

Manager - Trade Surveillance @Citi

Mumbai, IN

Identify fraudulent trading activities / behavior\'s through transaction monitoring of the international capital markets in Asia-Pacific region that may violate regulatory rules or internal policies and procedures with a focus on equity and derivatives.• Escalation of market abuse practices such as wash trades (reversals), crossing, front running, insider trading, order spoofing, abnormal trading patterns etc. which are further submitted to regulators as suspicious transactions reports (STRs).• Perform real-time surveillance of Australia markets on Nasdaq - SMARTS, escalate any red flags to the middle office and working collaboratively with first and second lines of defence to determine the appropriate alert disposition.• Proactively escalate alert logic related concerns on an ongoing basis to reduce false positives and generate high-quality alerts, ensuring regulatory compliance.• Presented monthly alert summaries & anomalies in trading patterns to respective country compliance teams.• Supporting and resolving queries/issues raised in Quality Assurance (QA) checks.Additional responsibilities and Process Improvement Initiative:• Training new team-members and colleagues.• Developed multiple Excel-based tools to automate manual processes, resulting in reduced errors, time taken by the team and improved internal controls.*Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)

CFA Institute

CFA level 1, Investments and Securities

Institute of Cost Accountants of India

CMA (ICWA), Finance and Financial Management Services

Jamia Hamdard

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Financial Management Services

Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College of Commerce & Economics

High School Diploma, Business/Commerce, General