Rajeev Mantri

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Citi India and Cluster Finance Head for Citi, South Asia. Responsible for the Finance function, overseeing business planning and strategy, balance sheet management, financial controls, reporting, tax and franchise-level matters in India. In addition, responsible for oversight on the finance function of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Chief Financial Officer at TransUnion CIBIL Limited, the largest Credit Bureau and Credit Information Services Company (CIC) in India, part of one of the largest Global American CICs TransUnion operating in over 30 markets. Senior leadership role covering all aspects of Finance (Performance, Planning, Accounts, Tax, Controls), Internal Audit, Procurement and Facilities Management for the company.

• Global role responsible for managing finance related aspects of investment portfolio across the bank's businesses, regions and functions. • Financial Controller for Information Technology and Operations (ITO) function, managing all control related aspects such as cost policies & procedures, accruals, software capitalization & impairment and providing governance on effective management of cost portfolio for ITO. • Responsible for supporting the Board and Management Team on all investments related prioritization decisions and driving strategic planning and forecasting. • Leading the Strategic Transformation program for bank’s ITO & Investment Finance, involving end-to-end process automation, establishment of governance framework, strengthening of controls and data integrity, enhanced transparency and documentation in line with Tax transfer pricing requirements.

Global role leading the cost and investment management for all Client Businesses in SCB (Corporate and Institutional Banking, Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Private Banking, Wealth Management and Brand & Marketing) and also providing analytics and insights for Bank's total cost. This role involved driving the cost allocation methodologies globally across the bank, governance on cost controls and processes and leading the change agenda for improvement in cost management across the bank. Led the ideation, analysis, execution and tracking of business efficiency initiatives and planning, prioritization and tracking of technology and other investments and reviewed their financial returns and benefits to the businesses.

A global role responsible for managing all financial aspects of SCB’s $140bn retail lending portfolio, including products such as mortgages, credit cards, personal loans & other retail loans. Responsibilities include: • Partnering with business and credit teams on product economics, risk based pricing, validation of loss forecasts, capital usage and market and product evaluations. • Planning and forecasting process for retail lending products from a global perspective, using driver based models that are informed by macro economics and portfolio characteristics and provide constructive challenge to the plans submitted by countries. • Evaluating the effect of maturation, vintage quality and time based effects on product performance relative to the maturation curve due to time varying conditions, such as seasonality, policy changes and macro-economic effects. • Evaluating resource allocation by product and customer segment across dimensions such as expenses, capital, risk weighted assets, etc. • Evaluating product incentives and rewards, end-to-end profitability of retail lending products including cost of servicing the products.

Ensured compliance with local regulatory reporting requirements for SCB Singapore and supported the Assets & Liabilities Committee of the Bank in maintaining a strong balance sheet, liquidity and capital.

Strengthened financial control discipline in the bank through enhanced secondary review process and rolled out best practices from Singapore with other South East Asian countries.

Fostered the strategic growth of Corporate & Investment Banking and Private Banking through financial planning, performance monitoring, management reporting, financial control and analytical support. Supported business head in driving over 30% annual growth in business over three years.

Provided analytical support to Corporate Banking business through performance monitoring and reviews and providing insights for business growth and efficiency.

Furnished regular management information and analysis of country level financial performance to Country Management Committee including CEO & CFO.

Supervised a detailed management information and planning system with information on product volumes, sales and profitability at the most granular product level. Provided analytical support to local management and Group head office through a monthly management information and analysis pack, which helped in identification of drivers of growth and areas of focus by the senior management.

Executive MBA, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, Economics, International Political Analysis, Statistics, Financial and Managerial Accounting