Kirti Agarwal

Solution Architect | Banking & Mortgage Transformation | Presales · Operating Model · AI Integration

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I help banks and financial servicers figure out how to run operations better, whether that means redesigning a process, consolidating vendors, bringing in automation, or redesigning operating models end to end. Five years in, across three roles that gave me an unusual combination: I've designed solutions, I've evaluated them from the client's side, and I've led the commercial architecture to make them work. Areas I work across: mortgage origination, underwriting and servicing; banking operations transformation; presales and RFP architecture; pricing and commercial modelling; AI and automation integration; operating model design.

Experience

  • Senior Manager at Firstsource
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Presales and solution design for mortgage and banking transformation engagements across the US market. Most engagements start with a diagnostic, understanding where a client’s operational costs and inefficiencies actually sat before building a solution around them. From there, the work involved structuring the operating model, leading the RFP response, and developing the business case that went in front of client leadership, typically framed around measurable cost and efficiency outcomes. Worked across mortgage origination, servicing, and default operations, with a focus on how automation and workforce design interact in large-scale transformation.

  • Personal goal pursuit at Career Break
    Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 · 4 mos

  • Senior Analyst | Strategic Advisory & Research at Everest Group
    Jun 2022 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Part of Everest Group's Commercial and Solution Analytics (CSA) practice, a specialist team that advises financial services firms on the commercial side of outsourcing decisions. Worked across both sides: helping enterprise buyers evaluate vendor proposals before signing, and helping service providers sharpen their commercial and solution approach before going to market. This involved benchmarking commercial terms, evaluating vendor proposals, and reviewing contract structures

  • Associate Consultant | Solution Designing at Infosys BPM
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Early career grounding in banking operations - payments, collections, and mortgage. Supported as-is/to-be assessments and contributed to RFP responses, including work on Fortune 500 financial services engagements. Also did early automation scoping work, such as looking at where RPA made sense versus manual processing.

  • Summer Intern at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    Apr 2019 - Jun 2019 · 3 mos

    - Conducted business gap analysis in home lending / mortgage and card operations. - Evaluated RPA vs manual processing and its impact on the overall TAT.