ALEX AUGUSTINE
Financial Risk Supervisor
Chennai
Summary
Resourceful Supervisor trained in resolution of critical issues within time-sensitive environment with successful track record of building and maintaining talented teams. Highly organized, energetic and versatile leader committed to continuous improvements. Proven history of motivating staff to work together to achieve targets. Provides leadership and vision, driving teams to meet goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2019
2019
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Financial Risk Supervisor
Ford Motor Private Limited
03.2023 - Current
- Solely responsible in approving and validating the Annual Credit Package level and Financial Risk Analysis for Ford North American Dealers.
- Overseeing and ensuring timely completion of Risk mitigation and compliance screening of Ford North American Dealership.
- Tracked progress on projects and provided timely feedback to staff members
Senior Team Leader
Ford Motor Private Limited
06.2018 - 02.2023
- Handled Investigation & OFAC - Got trained from the business center on a process which involves screening of applicant's OFAC compliancy and his/her legal eligibility to purchase a Ford Vehicle
- Handled a team of 11 in scrutinizing and screening Ford Applicant's (Ford Dealers, Service Providers, Customers) compliancy status check.
- Also handled the Anti Money Laundering activities and Customer Due Diligence activities for Ford Commercial and Consumer applicants globally.
- Co-ordinated with IT team and facilitated in smooth transition of Due Diligence screening from Legacy system (Aravo) to RPS tool.
- Demonstrated knowledge of company mission and goals and mentored employees in reaching objectives aligned with company core values.
Senior Analyst
Ford Motor Private Limited
01.2014 - 05.2018
- Got trained in various process within Europe Accounting Reconciliation and posting relevant journal entries in location books
- Underwent an Onsite transition in Germany to be equipped and transition of accounting jobs from Ford Bank Germany to Ford Credit Europe specifically relating to Bank transactional and reconciliation tasks.
- Transferred the knowledge obtained from Onsite to the new recruits
- Performing monthly, quarterly and annual Intercompany journal posting and reconciliation for several locations in Europe and keeping all stakeholders informed on the progress and follow up for items that require clearance.
- Convinced clients on the need to change the current process and highlighted the pros in doing so.
- Obtained training from clients through webex and transferred the same to my successors as and when needed.
ASVL Analyst
Ford Credit Operation (North America)
07.2009 - 12.2013
- Underwent process launch and got trained in handling Ford Credit North American and Canadian customers Workflow Termination - a process where we close a customer's lease vehicle account after his/her contract ends
- Also handled Payment Processing - A process where we scrutinize and validate the Cheques received from Customers for various payment and dues, and is applied to their respective customer account.
- Identified and elevated as a Process Review auditor whose main purpose is auditing and scrutinizing the daily deliverables by the Analyst who are handling the several processes within Workflow Termination and Payment processing.
- Improved internal knowledge sharing by developing comprehensive documentation and buddy training activities.
Education
EPGBM - Executive Programme in General Business Management
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
B.B.A - undefined
Loyola College
Skills
- Financial Risk Analysis
- Compliancy Screening
- Team Management
- Investigation
- RPS Screening
- Anti Money Laundering
- Due Diligence
- Conflict Management
- Attention to detail
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Intercompany Reconciliation
- Operations management
Accomplishments
- GB Certified.
- Completed 2 YELLOW BELT projects - The first was implement the TAT of pending customer accounts. The second project focused on eliminating unnecessary trafficking and management of reduction in the number of generic IDs within the department.
- Completed 3 KAIZENS within the team in eliminating several NVA activities within the processes.
Timeline
Financial Risk Supervisor
Ford Motor Private Limited
03.2023 - Current
Senior Team Leader
Ford Motor Private Limited
06.2018 - 02.2023
Senior Analyst
Ford Motor Private Limited
01.2014 - 05.2018
ASVL Analyst
Ford Credit Operation (North America)
07.2009 - 12.2013
B.B.A - undefined
Loyola College
EPGBM - Executive Programme in General Business Management
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
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