KESHAV KUMAR

I am currently leading the Financial Crime Compliance implementation for a nationalized bank and payment banks as a Project Manager. In this role, I lead a diverse team of six professionals per project, including Business Analysts, developers, QA specialists, and DevOps engineers. My responsibilities encompass overseeing:

• Project execution, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and fostering effective collaboration within team to deliver successful outcomes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to collect and understand business needs, translating them into actionable project requirements.
• Evaluate and priorities product and customer requirements to define Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and guide development process effectively.
• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact project.
• Handle changes to project scope, schedule, or budget.
• Create comprehensive documentation, including Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), and change request documents, to provide clear guidance stakeholders.
• Analyzed 100+ database table structures to optimize Extract, Transform, and Load operations.
• Worked extensively on organization's SQL based flagship product to automate 220+ processes.
• Support system testing efforts by defining test cases, ensuring alignment with requirements, and participating in test execution and defect resolution.
• Conduct product training and knowledge sharing sessions with clients and internal team members.
• Conduct in-depth business analysis to identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization within assigned product or project areas.
• Engage in product research and solution design activities to enhance product knowledge and innovation.
• Collaborate with growth team to assist in preparation of Request for Proposals and effectively manage all business and technical questionnaires as part of pre-sales management process.

• Assessed and analyzed loan applications to make decisions for both existing and new clients by strictly adhering to internal credit policies to minimize risk.
• Held Credit Approval Discretion with sanction authority of up to AUD 2.25Mn, managing over 450 loan applications.
• Prepared comprehensive summaries, presenting factual assessments and opinions on clients' creditworthiness and borrowing capacity.
• Worked as SPOC for team, addressing daily challenges, managing capacity planning, obtaining daily output, and assisting manager in weekly planning.

• Managed SME loans, including pre and post-sanction activities.
• Prepared loan documents, security documents and conducted account monitoring.
• Coordinated with legal, credit and other supporting departments to ensure multiple clearances before disbursing loans and for post- sanction compliance activities.
• Conducted analysis of audited balance sheets, FFR, stock audit reports, stock statements, valuation reports, legal opinions, and project progress reports.
• Analyzed financial data to predict risk of default.
• Rectified audit irregularities and submitted compliance reports.

• Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
• Provided training and support to new associates to help provide high-quality customer service.