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Heena Keswani

Heena Keswani

Surat

Summary

Finance professional with 7+ years of experience in operations management (Corporate Banking-TBG operations + Life Insurance Agency operations), Customer Relationship Management, Business Application processing, Discrepancy Management, MIS reporting, Office administration, Inventory Management and Internal Control. Proven track record in optimizing banking and insurance agency operations, reducing costs, driving efficiency, and integrity in finances and office administration by analyzing and resolving complex customer issues, reporting, and regulatory. Skilled in documentation and communication, adept at fostering strong relationships and achieving key objectives.




Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Support Executive

Max New York Life Insurance Co.Ltd
03.2005 - 10.2007

Company Overview: I have worked for this company which is the leading giant in all the private life insurance companies

  • To take care of agent licensing and contracting
  • Handling their commission related issues
  • To take care of employee joining and terminations procedures, to perform an initial screening and exit interviews
  • To take care of bank account opening of agents and employees of the branch
  • To help in the processing of New business Application forms in the absence of other staff
  • To take care of employee mediclaims
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for and liaison between management, sales teams, personnel, agents and vendors
  • Ensure adherence to documented processes, procedures, and controls
  • Discrepancy management to have 100 % accuracy in operational processing
  • To attend all the walk-in customers of the branch and to identify their insurance needs and career needs and service needs
  • To Maintain a Lead Register for walk-in customers and assign the lead to appropriate Sales Managers
  • Cold calling and prospecting
  • Maintain excellent written and oral communication skills, problem resolution abilities, and a high level of confidentiality
  • Responsible for renewal premium collection and maintaining persistency
  • Responsible for Administration of the Sales Office who got promoted as General office later
  • Liaise with other support units at Head Office (such as Finance, Admin, IT)
  • Maintain and regularly update necessary MIS reports and branch data and to retrieve necessary data whenever needed by MP
  • Filing of important documents, vouchers, and reports
  • Compliance and Audit Management
  • Handling customer queries on phone and resolving their queries
  • Assisting our Managing partner in day to day activities like to prepare his MP2, to manage his calendars, and to schedule his appointments with clients, to book his travel tickets etc.
  • To deal with Vendors and take care of office orders and vendor payments
  • To improve client satisfaction by promptly addressing concerns and providing solutions for their needs.
  • To prepare accurate reports for management review, aiding in informed decision-making processes.
  • To answer and manage incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.

Assistant Manager

HDFC Bank Ltd
08.2000 - 06.2004

Company Overview : I have worked in this bank for almost 4 years at the Surat branch. I was working there in Transaction Banking Group and have worked in Depository, Clearing, CMS, and Trade Finance departments respectively.

  • In Depository, I was taking care of new Demat account openings, resolving customer issues and their statement queries in person and on phone, processing of Demat and Remat requests, execution, and authorization of Demat instruction slips on time, etc
  • I have worked on DEBOS system in the depository department
  • In Clearing and CMS, my job was to take care of inward clearing with the team, checking the validity of inward instruments, take care of inward and outward return cheques, to send the cheques for collections, tracking customer account balances and handling their funding issues before clearing time, etc
  • I have worked on Finware, UBS, Host, etc system software in Clearing and CMS departments
  • In Trade Finance, I have functional knowledge of Foreign Exchange, TC Discounting, Remittances, Handling of Trade Documents, how to check the validity of documents, Realization of Export bills, Import bill payments, BRC Issuance, Inland bills, Local bills for collections, Bill Discounting, monitoring of documentary suspense a/c, etc
  • I have also taken care of Fund Transfers, Monitoring of all Suspense & G/L accounts of the branch and its reporting to Branch Manager and Regional Heads, handling SGL Deals, GSEC and Call Money Transactions, Authorization of Funding Sheets provided by Co-operative banks in the CBS System, etc.
  • Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
  • Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.

Executive Assistant

Profin Networks Pvt.Ltd
06.1999 - 07.2000

Company Overview: I have worked for this private company that came up with the concept of B2C online shopping. My job profile included the following tasks.

  • To update the data on the website regularly using FTP and regularly take necessary backups
  • Answered high volume of phone calls and email inquiries and resolving customer issues
  • To maintain client list, call them and provide information about the website and thus to promote the online store
  • Keep track of customer orders and its processing within TAT
  • To deal with Vendors and take care of their payments
  • Maintain and update necessary MIS reports and filing of important documents and vouchers
  • Office administration
  • Process travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group.
  • Serve as a liaison between departments to facilitate effective communication throughout the company.

Education

Microsoft Certified System Engineer + Internet - Computer Networking And Telecommunications

Microsoft Corp
Surat, Gujarat
08-1999

Certificate in Computing - Percentage 84.5% -

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Surat, Gujarat
06-1999

Master of Science - Mathematics

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
Surat, Gujarat
04-1998

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
Surat, Gujarat
04-1996

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Sales Support
  • Data Analytics
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Banking
  • Business Development
  • Client Support
  • MS PowerPoint
  • Report Generation
  • Problem-Solving
  • Relationship Building
  • Office Administration
  • Inventory Control
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Document Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Records Management
  • Money Handling
  • Product and service knowledge
  • Task Delegation
  • Decision-Making
  • Time Management
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Excellent Communication
  • Conflict Resolution

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Gujarati
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Sindhi
Advanced (C1)

Certification

1. Certificate in Computing (CIC)

Indira Gandhi National Open University, Surat, Gujarat

June 1999

Final Grade: 84.5%

2. Microsoft Certified System Engineering + Internet

( MCSE+ Internet )

from Microsoft Corporation

August, 1999

Final Grade: 81%

3. Scrum for Non-software projects

December 2024

4. Diploma in Human Resources

From Alison Education

December 2024

5. Full Business Analysis ( CCBA Exam Prep, 21 IIBA PDUs )

December 2024

6. Business Analysis and Process Management ( Project work )

December 2024

7. Agile Project Management

from Alison Education

January 2025

8. Excel for Business Analysts

from Alison Education

February 2025

9. Advanced Business Analysis ( CBAP Exam Prep, 35 IIBA PDUs )

March 2025

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Work Location

RemoteOn-SiteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementPersonal development programsWork-life balanceCompany CultureHealthcare benefitsFlexible work hoursWork from home option

Software

MS Office, Google Suite, Windows NT, Scrum for Non software products

Timeline

Business Support Executive

Max New York Life Insurance Co.Ltd
03.2005 - 10.2007

Assistant Manager

HDFC Bank Ltd
08.2000 - 06.2004

Executive Assistant

Profin Networks Pvt.Ltd
06.1999 - 07.2000

Microsoft Certified System Engineer + Internet - Computer Networking And Telecommunications

Microsoft Corp

Certificate in Computing - Percentage 84.5% -

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master of Science - Mathematics

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
Heena Keswani