K. Vinod

• Functional Manager for EMEA region change initiatives, responsibilities includes identifying Book of work and allocation of testing initiatives to associates and to ensure that all the key deliverables are met
• Currently working on Industry wide and regulatory initiatives such as CSDR, Euronext to CCG migration
• Successfully coordinated regulatory projects like SFTR, HKTR and IDL (India Data Localization)
• Well versed with test management tools - Jira/Confluence / Q Test & Agile view reporting. Creating of Dashboard and system QA with the help of JQL's
• Major responsibilities includes understanding BRD and creating Test plan document for User Acceptance Testing/System Integration Testing/Performance Testing , validation of Test cases, managing Test execution, Defect Management & Status reporting
• Test planning - Responsible for documenting test procedures, creating Test approach, Test Scope, Environment readiness (Internal and External agents/CCP's), agreeing RACI / RAID matrix, planning of Entry and Exit criteria, maintaining of Traceability matrix
• Defect Management - Tracking, prioritizing and working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.
• Performing QA on the completed change requirements and create/validate the lesson learn and implement best practices
• Produced and maintained technical documentation for project reference.
• Developed validation master plans, process flow diagrams and standard operating procedures.
• Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance.
• Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
• Drove corrective actions to accomplish project closure and recurrence control.
• Enhanced project management skills by defining and presenting system solutions and timelines for business needs or technical problems.
• Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
• Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.

• Handled Investment Banking Operations migration from Infosys to Cognizant with a team of 15 FTE for UBS covers EMEA and USA Regions for ETD (Exchange Traded Derivatives)
• Managed Change Management Team with a team size of 5 Business Analyst and my role extended to identify the Risk in the Production Management
• Responsible to Analysis and identify the Exchange Traded Derivative Reconciliation Activities from the Manual to auto match Tool
• Reviewing and approving the BRD( Business Required Document) & New Process maps (Using Visio +)
• Interacting with IT Teams and Vendors in creating and implementing the Required Change Template in the Legacy Applications
• Stakeholder Management
• Maintaining the Task Tracker / Dash board to meet the Target Date to on-board the reconciliation in to New Auto match tool
• Defect Management and Analysis during the Testing process
• Propose the new match rules based on the change requirement to reduce the break volume
• Have good experience in various stages of UAT process
• Responsible to signoff all the levels of UAT Testing process and Pre & Post production
• Pre & Post production analysis in terms of Efficiency/Time / Dollar Benefit
• Responsible of Signing SOP and release to production state

Achievements

• One of the Migration process has been awarded as the Best performance Team for Quarter 1 2014 within 3 Months of Migration Phase
• Change Management Team has been awarded for Excellence Delivery

Improvement Projects

• Auto Match rule to avoid the Manual Matching in Recon Tool (3.5 Hrs of Saving Everyday )
• Auto Download of Position and Trade Report which saves 7-8 Hrs Every day
• Created a Macro which segregates the Trades based on the Maturity date
• Time saving is 1.5 Hrs per Day
• Auto Casing on Cash forwards which saves 2 Hrs Every day
• Auto Generate of Collateral and Global Material reports for the Total Equity

Investment Banking (Prime Services and Project’s Lead)

Prime services operations

• Maintaining and preparing of Client reports as per the SLA and TAT
• Margin Postings and Intra Day Margin events
• Monitor the process controls and report to the senior management
• Designing and updating the Process flows and to stream line the process gaps
• MIS preparation and Risk control for Operational prime services

Project's Lead

• Project’s lead for the Wealth management shop responsible to educate, initiate and complete the process improvements
• Successfully coordinated the Lean Project on Present Value Reconciliation - Designed a Pre feed methodology to get the client Trades reconciled in one step instead of following multiple steps which resultant the work flow from 1.5 hrs to 2 Mins per day
• Excel Based Automation has been done for the 95% of all the manual reconciliation in the process
• Achievements/Awards :Received RED Carpet Award at All India Level for the best performance

• 5.11Yrs Experience)
• Job Profile: I am part of Middle Office Team and works for House Exchange and Prime Brokerage Reconciliation
• To work with the trading desks, the client service, Middle Office teams in London, Reconciliation Control teams, the Asset Services team and the Cash Management Services team in Dublin to ensure that the Merrill Lynch Trades Allegment are matched with Exchange Allegment
• Apart from the below Settlement activities, my role extended to manage the process improvements for Trade Control
• Prime Brokerage Reconciliation for Merrill Lynch Client’s, need to maintain the Loan balances of the clients and to ensure that all the Opening & Closing balances are matched as per the client books with the Merrill Books
• House Exchange Reconciliation of Merrill Lynch with EMEA Stock Exchanges and to ensure that Trades are in line with Exchange Bookings
• To work with Front Office team in getting trades rebooked or amended as per the Market Allegment
• To work with Middle Office Team in EMEA Region for the Trades validation and Matching confirmation