Guravaiah Machala

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with proven expertise in loan syndication and wholesale lending operations, honed at Societe Generale and other leading firms. Excelled in using Loan IQ and ACBS demonstrating exceptional problem-solving abilities and team leadership. Recognized for optimizing processes and achieving significant operational efficiencies.

Overview

11

years of professional experience

3

Languages

Work History

Team Lead

Societe Generale Global Solutions Centre

07.2022 - Current

Wholesale/Commercial lending- Loan Syndication:
To understand the loan documentation from agent bank for participated deals in LIQ
To validate and approve all type of transactions in LIQ for the team
To process new drawdown as per agent bank notice
To renew all loans to the next maturity date as per the agent bank notice
To process Base/Prime drawdown request as per agent bank notice
Collecting and processing fee , interest and other charges
I use to work on DAM SAR application where all the need to push all the maturing loans into LIQ
I use to allocate the work to the team and need to check the EOD status in Loan IQ and DAM SAR
To prepare KPI’s for the team and explain to client about target numbers and deliverables
I use prepare governance data and share across the teams within the organisation
To monitor suspense , cash breaks , past dues and other indicators for the team and set the targets as per client expectations
To assign the emails to the team where use to receive drawdown , rollover and other fee/interest notices from agent bank
To settle buy and sell trade with the help of clear par document and funding memo from circles.
To setup SSI emotion with client BDR as per agent remittance instructions in the system
To reconcile the SG book with agent whenever there is mismatch from the both the books and analyze the issue

Business Process Lead

Tata Consultancy Services Limited

04.2021 - 07.2022

Company Overview: (Client- Bank of Montreal(BMO))
Commercial / Wholesale lending operations- Sole lender BA/Participated deals:
Contacting client to get matured BA instructions and pre key the BA in LIQ as per client instruction
To renew the BA( Banker’s Acceptance) to next maturity date as per client instruction
Update BA templates and sent to approval to get it approved from onshore
To prepare BA list/maturity list and allocate to team
To understand loan documentation from agent bank for Participated deals
To process LIBOR drawdown request and rollover the loan for next period
To process Prime/Base rate drawdowns as per agent bank notice
Collecting and processing fees , interest and other charges
Processing prime repayment and full repayment notices in LIQ

Specialist

State Street HCL Services

10.2019 - 04.2021

Wholesale Lending Operations – Loan Syndication:
Understanding of loan documentation and servicing on wholesale lending operations
Responsible for processing drawdown’s /rollovers/ Pay down, fees
Proficient in applications like ACBS, WSO, GBS, Intellimatch
To process the new borrowing/drawdown requests after completing the all necessary checks
Approving/ verifying all the loan transactions in ACBS
Processing the facility fee, interest amount and commitment/unused fees
To process rollover/maturity loans to the next period

Senior Analyst

Wipro Limited

06.2016 - 10.2019

Company Overview: (Client – Barclay’s)
Loan Operation – Asset Servicing:
Handling administration portfolio on wholesale and commercial lending operations
Working in ACBS (Advanced Commercial Banking System) and Intellimatch to process day to day operations
Process commercial loan transactions within the agreed timelines and accuracy
Working as a participated agent between Client and different Lenders (other banks)
To rollover the existing loans on the maturity date
To check the different payment queues for ensuring all the outstanding payments or pending payments have been released on time or before cut off
Interacting with counterparties regarding settlements and other onshore and offshore departments to ensure optimize performance
(Client – Barclay’s)

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd

03.2014 - 02.2016

Company Overview: (Client – UBS)
Collateral Treasury Operations - Stock Borrow Lending (SBL):
UBS borrows securities from street vendors and to lend external clients to cover the short positions
As a collateral team our major responsibility is to cover appropriate collateral for the new borrows as well as for the existing borrows
Handling daily mark to market for U.S and London securities
Agreeing exposure with cash settlements on new borrows as well as existing borrows
We do post day reconciliation with all counterparties on daily basis with the help of Equilend and Pirum application to keep our books and client book are in the same page
Working on settlements for all collateral trades
Maintaining margin calls and monitoring short term liquidity of funds
End of the day cash balancing and controls
(Client – UBS)
Received BL special award from unit head for an exceptional work
Received 'Thank You' award from director for exceptional work on reconciliation of breaks and 'Star of the month award' from business head

Education

MBA - Banking And Finance

JNTUA, Anantapur

09.2012

Bachelor Of Commerce - Commerce

S.V University , Tirupati

04.2010

Skills

Optimistic

Good communication skills

Team spirit

Ability to adapt

Problem solving skills

LIQ

DAM

ACBS

Intellimatch

SG Settlements

Accomplishments

Received BL special award from unit head for exceptional work.
Received 'Thank You' award from director for exceptional work on reconciliation of breaks.

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Applicationknowledge

LIQ
DAM SAR
Livelink
ACBS
GBS
WSO
Intellimatch
TLM
RKS
MS Office

Timeline

Team Lead - Societe Generale Global Solutions Centre

07.2022 - Current

Business Process Lead - Tata Consultancy Services Limited

04.2021 - 07.2022

Specialist - State Street HCL Services

10.2019 - 04.2021

Senior Analyst - Wipro Limited

06.2016 - 10.2019

Senior Process Executive - Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd