Arundas M S

To be an effective and efficient leader in an organization, where there is a scope to implement my innovative thoughts in the area of Business Management with the help of Information Technology.

17 years of experience in Banking and Financial sector with respect to Trade Finance, acquiring sound knowledge in terms of UCP600, ISBP, URR, URDG and ISP. Exposure in Letter of credit (LC) Advising/ Issuance/Payments/Document Examination /Transfer letter of credit/Back-to-Back letter of credit, Guarantee and Standby letter of credit with CDCS certified.

• Successfully completed 'Trade Graduate Program' with ANZ.
• Certified for Single Read Threshold within 2 months from date of Joining in SCOPE Intl, Chennai.
• Received Business Champ award in SCOPE intl.
• Received Best Team Player award in SCOPE intl.
• Successfully completed CDCS in DB on 2012.
• Received best employee award from both DB Bangalore and DB Mumbai team.
• Successfully completed CATF 1 with distinction from ANZ in 2015.

• Cleareye.ai, Bangalore, Karnataka, Senior Manager, 04/01/22, Present, Collaborated with the product team, managing the following activities, Delivered product demonstrations to new clients., Conducted requirement gathering sessions with clients., Prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) for clients., Facilitated Proof of Concept (PoC) training sessions, both online and onsite., Provided User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support, both remotely and onsite., Led triage calls with multiple clients during UAT sessions., Managed a week-long onsite PoC session for a potential client in Vietnam., Led a two-week onsite UAT session for an existing client in Singapore.
• JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A, Bangalore, Karnataka, Associate Vice President, 07/01/17, 03/31/24, Part of OSLO project, which will reduce the number of tab for data input of current system., Part of project Palmer, Document checking automation., Part of process standardisation project., Handled London migration for 2 FTE in 2018., Handling high value commodity transactions., Monthly discussion with teams on their performance and area of development., Currently Handling Europe and Middle East region clients., Training new joiners on UCP and ISBP., Attending daily calls of Europe and Middle East region clients., Attended training on people management as a part of Managers Boot Camp., Closely working with the team to improve the SLA for non-commodity clients., Giving training to candidates applying for CDCS.
• ANZ, Bangalore, Karnataka, Team Leader, 08/01/12, 07/31/17, Managed a team of 12 members in document examination, part of Trade and Supply Chain, Institutional Banking Australia and New Zealand Banking Ltd., Managing New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe and US regions., Handling work allocation in line with Group Thresholds as per internal guidelines., Forecasting and resource planning for our team using AOM (Active Operations Management) tool., Handled Transfer credits/Back-to-Back migration from Melbourne to Bangalore., Performing workability checks for CONFIRM LCs, (Institutional clients/commodity LCs)., Monitoring daily SLA., Liaise with Business Decision Support team for SLA mismatch on weekly basis., Monitoring Transaction screening process., Checking for denied party approval., Active chairperson for Doc-Exam focused group., Reviewing daily error report and performing internal audit for Q-chart updating.
• Deutsche Bank of India Global Service, Bangalore, Karnataka, Processor Executive, 01/01/11, 08/31/12, Document scrutiny for all high value transactions., Preparing and sending rebuttal message for invalid discrepancy quoted by opening bank., Worked with DB Mumbai team on deputation basis of 6 months., Handling doc exam for more than 12 countries.
• Indusind Bank, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Assistant Manager in Trade Finance, 03/01/10, 12/31/10, Handling foreign Exchange in inward and outward remittance., Handling inland Letter of credit., Training new joiners on UCP and ISBP.
• SCOPE International Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Officer in Trade, 03/01/08, 02/28/10, Document scrutiny for independent limit of USD 500,000., Sanction checking., Acting on correspondence (MT799s)., Monitoring SWIFT alliance., Generating daily pending reports.