Vaibhavi Gala

About Vaibhavi Gala

A highly competitive professional with extensive experience leading projects, operations & staff in BFSI domain. In my 10+ years of experience, I\'ve had opportunity to lead various Strategic & Regulatory projects in Morgan Stanley, Nomura & Barclays.As a catalyst for organizational change, I excel at orchestrating enterprise-scale transformation initiatives spanning multiple geographies, business lines, and regulatory jurisdictions. My leadership philosophy combines strategic business acumen with meticulous execution discipline, enabling me to drive transformational outcomes that exceed organizational expectations and create sustainable competitive advantage. I bring a unique combination of deep financial services industry expertise, advanced business analysis capability, and proven program delivery excellence - positioning me to lead complex, high-stakes organizational initiatives from strategy through scaled execution. I\'ve a proven track record in guiding sizeable, cross regional teams in the design, set up and end-to-end execution of new processes and functions, driving greater efficiencies, engagement and creative synergies. I skillfully build solid relationships with stakeholders via timely & efficient communication.PM / BA Expertise: Strategic initiatives | Regulatory Reporting | Stakeholder Management | Executive Communication | Program Management | Requirement Gathering | Business Continuity & Development | Process improvement| Agile | Project Management| SDLC Life Cycle| Scrum Master | Data Driven Decision Making | UAT | Driving Regression Automation | Solution Design & Feasibility Analysis | Portfolio Governance.AI Expertise: JIRAs | User Stories | Acceptance Criteria | Workflow creation | Test case creation | Prompt Engineering Feel free to reach out to me for any Leadership Opportunities in your firm.#programmanagement #projectmanager #businessanalyst #regulatory #reporting #strategic

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   Morgan Stanley

   Sep 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Product Development Team, Apr’24 - Present1) Straight Through Process Automation Regulatory Kit, Sep’25 - PresentArchitected and currently delivering enterprise-wide regulatory operations transformation with a goal of replacing legacy macro-based reporting engines with a unified Straight-Through Processing (STP) platform featuring centralized data governance and intelligent automation. Delivering three critical business outcomes:(1) Operational Efficiency – Projected 90%+ process automation eliminating manual intervention;(2) Regulatory Excellence – Maintain 99.98%+ submission accuracy across Form PF, Annex IV, and compliance requirements;(3) Enterprise Scalability – Scalable & centralized database enabling rapid scaling to new regulatory requirements without system redesign- Architecting Implementation from Scratch-Portal UI, XML, Admin, Logic Transformations, Regression- Extraction: Database & Dataset design: Integrated 7+ MS Systems, Sources & 200+ Datapoints into denormalized form - Transformation Logic built - Form PF - Exposure, Transaction, Financing, Miscellaneous Questions - Loading the data onto Regulatory Client Portal into various forms.Project Saves 7 FTE by Dec’26 2) New Form PF Regulations, Apr’24 - Sep-25 The new Form PF regulations, adopted by the SEC and CFTC in February 2024, primarily affect SEC-registered investment advisers managing large hedge funds ($1.5B+ AUM) and private equity funds ($150M+ AUM)- JIRAs, 2500+ Validations implemented (including UI, XML, Validations)- 90 Client Mocks executed & led FINRA Testing- Led Regression Automation-76% Regression Coverage with 93% Automation Completion → Test cases Automated → Saved 40 hours/month. One of the first teams in MSFS performing Development & Regression Automation simultaneously- Led weekly Governance with Project Sponsors - showcased progress with improved KPI / KRI statistics.SEC and CFTC have extended Form PF Compliance Date to Oct.

Education

• K J Somaiya College Of Engineering

  Bachelor's of Engineering, Computer Science

  2011 — 2015

• NMIMS CDOE

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2019 — 2021

• Adarsh English School

  Secondary school certificate

  2000 — 2009

• K V Pendharkar College

  K V Pendharkar College, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2009 — 2011