kavita desai

director, credit risk management

About

A detail oriented financial professional, with 15+ years of experience including Derivatives reporting, Credit Risk and Compliance Analysis. A key contributor in building an in-house Credit Risk monitoring tool. Fluent with Excel based Business Intelligence tools used for various purposes including but not limited to Portfolio/Data analysis and sector trends. An effective communicator and a fast learner with strong inter-personal skills. Specialties: * Investments Reporting & Analysis * Credit Risk Reporting * Investments Portfolio Compliance Reporting * Certified Public Accountant

Country

united states

City

new york

Industry

insurance

Skill

risk management, portfolio management, investments, derivatives, credit risk, financial analysis, fixed income, financial risk, financial reporting, analysis, bloomberg, equities, insurance, finance, trading, credit, alm, trading systems, financial markets, enterprise risk management, charles river ims

Experience

associate - investments risk management

metlife

2005-4 - 2009-2 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Led the implementation of the Credit Risk Aggregation tool by partnering with various units. Tasks involved data gathering, defining exposures, implementing and monitoring the credit risk exposures at Enterprise Level. Generated Stress tests on Expected Credit Loss, using adverse notching and rating scenarios. Key contact for Office of CIO to provide Credit Risk exposures for Quarterly Earnings call reporting, Regulatory reporting, etc. Analyzed the impact on Financial Statements if international portfolios were to report on Global Local rating scale versus National scale. Participated in special projects such as General Authorization and Family Limits reports to ensure accuracy of definitions used and completeness of exposures reported.

analyst

metlife

2002-5 - 2005-4 · 3 yrs

Automated / monitored Portfolio Compliance guidelines in Charles River for ALM Investment portfolios, various Legal Entities, Third Party Separate Accounts, High Return Programs and International subsidiaries Illustrated credit breakdown of Upgrades/Downgrades by Moody ratings for Portfolio versus Lehman Index on YTD basis, report shows Up/Downgrades by number of issues and market value within the Corporate and Sovereign sectors

senior associate

smolin lupin & co

2000-1 - 2002-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Performed Audits, Reviews and Compilations of financial statements for various clients. Prepared Corporate, Partnership, Estate and Trusts and Individual tax returns. Researched and resolved technical accounting, auditing, taxation and financial reporting issues.

associate director, investments operations

metlife

2016-4 - 2017-7 · 1 yr 4 mos

director, credit risk management

brighthouse financial

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

associate, investments operations

metlife

2009-2 - 2016-4 · 7 yrs 3 mos

Prepared Derivatives holdings and monitored impact of originations, unwinds or market movements Co-ordinated and prepared the Earnings Call deliverables for Office of CIO Automated reports using Excel - Business Intelligence tools to expedite the delivery time by almost 90%