Commandant Saumya Mohan

About Commandant Saumya Mohan

Strategic business management professional with 11 years of experience across investment banking and Defence Forces. Proven expertise in client engagement, strategic planning, financial analysis, budgeting, governance, and senior stakeholder management. Adept at preparing executive briefing materials, driving cross-functional initiatives, delivering cost savings, and ensuring operational excellence in high-pressure environments.

Experience

1. AVP Business Manager (Firmwide Financial Control & Firmwide Finance Business Architecture)

   JPMorganChase

   Dec 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Serve as a governance and consultant partner to senior leadership for strategic and operational oversight across Firmwide Financial Control & Financial Business Architecture India teams, ensuring alignment with global risk, compliance, and reporting expectations. • Led mandatory leave governance consolidation across India, Poland, and the US for 400+ employees, ensuring accurate controls, sensitive-data handling, audit readiness, and seamless regulatory alignment. • Manage budgeting, headcount governance, forecasting, and financial reporting processes, driving improved transparency, resource planning, and cost efficiency. • Coordinate with 131 global branches (NAMR, APAC, EMEA) to formalize inter-affiliate SLAs, strengthen governance, enhance compliance requirements, and streamline cross-border service charters. • Drive risk & compliance culture uplift, contributing to a 36% reduction in Personal Account Dealing breaches through strengthened awareness, reporting controls, and periodic review cycles. • Support recruitment and onboarding governance by partnering with HR on job requisitions, talent pipeline planning, interview coordination, and access/IT onboarding for new hires and contractors. • Awarded Operational Excellence Award 2024, Value Champion – Excellence (2024) for governance leadership

Education

• Miranda House, Delhi

  Bachelor of Science - BS Hons in Physics, Physics

  2009 — 2012

• Miranda House, Delhi

  Master's degree, Physics

• Signal School, Southern Naval Command, Kochi

  Basics of Naval Communication

• Coast Guard Training Centre, Kochi

  CG Ops & Law Course

• INS Valsura

  Short Course on Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Indian Naval Academy,Eazhimala

  Naval Orientation Course, Naval Specific Subjects

• Naval Engineering College

  Basics of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Navy

• INS Shivaji

  Basic NBCD Course, Nuclear Biological and Chemical Warfare

• Maharaja Surajmal Institute

  Bachelor of Education - BEd, Science

  2014 — 2015

• Miranda House College

  Master of Science - MS, Physics

  2012 — 2014

• Indian Navy

  Sub Lieutenant Logistics Course, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2016 — 2016