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MANGALA S

MANGALA S

Project Manager
Chennai

Summary

Overall 19 years of experience with 7 Years of Project / Program Management experience and PMP certified along with Investment Banking Operations, Retail Banking Operations aimed at amplifying client satisfaction, automation & standardization, setting up operations & teams and delivering significant impact to organization. Handled ISO certification for the Company in Information Security live projects.

Experienced in leading projects, developing & streamlining processes, managing SLAs deliverables, process re-engineering initiatives and delivering efficiency gains.

Highly skilled in building relationships with business stakeholders & leadership teams across geographies; presenting changes, issues, risks & contingency plans to balance project resources, schedules & scope.

Facilitated the centralized Project Governance / Compliance; analyzed the overall effectiveness of project management across the organization and identified and mitigated areas of risk.

Proven capabilities in identifying, formulating & implementing strategies by leveraging core project expertise aimed at identifying the gaps, delivering scalable, quality solutions, driving organization projects while identifying process improvement and modes of automation initiatives.

Planned and implemented product and systematic changes for existing & new product and services development, including production break/fixes.

Responsible for ensuring successful cross-functional management and oversight of the project teams.

Develops project plans for all phases of the project life cycle, including quality, risk management.

Facilitates communication across the project teams.

Monitors the quality of project deliverables and addresses quality issues with the appropriate team members.

Deliver reports, analysis, gap assessments and measure KPI s.

Capable of supporting entire Risk Management functions, monitoring and reviewing incident reports, partnering with law enforcement agencies, managing Fraud and Suspicious Transactions across business transactions.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages

Work History

Assistant Vice President

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
2 2022 - 12.2022
  • Scope of the Project: - Enhancing the Internal Regulatory Reporting System
  • Assist Program manager and work with business users to gather business requirements, coordinate approval for Business Requirement Documents (BRD) for CCAR, 14A, Data Quality (DQ)
  • Develop and maintain project plans, identify resource needs, and manage project schedule
  • Ensure the project discussion with DevOps on a timely basis
  • Validating the Artifacts submitted in the system as part of UAT
  • Reviewing the Data Quality (DQ) Metris and controls
  • Assisting the team on SQL Queries based on Data Dictionary
  • Conducting regular meetings with stakeholders on the project updates
  • Ensure User acceptance testing completion on assigned risk solutions, proactively mitigate, and manage testing and project issues
  • Raise Queries / Issues and get resolution with regular follow-ups
  • Ensure the team conduct data analysis to monitor and track data quality and completeness of data using Tableau
  • Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information
  • Ensure end-to-end completion of project and hand-over to business within specified budget and timeline.

Operations Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
03.2018 - 02.2022
  • Scope of the Project:- Enhancing application development which supports the end-user to update the Invoice details
  • Development was supported by third-party
  • Following the project life cycle methodology defined under the process framework; ensuring that customer deadlines are met within project budgets
  • Steering project operations with key focus on defining Service Level Agreements (SLAs) & Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as interacting with prestigious clients, business partners, vendors & other key stakeholders
  • Coordinating with DevOps team to enhance the current process and work towards the automation in the internal core system
  • Working in coordination with teams in end-to-end Intercompany operations including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processing
  • Ensuring timely, unrestricted access to all information of the firm relevant, including all customer identification documents, all source documents, data & information, and ongoing monitoring of all transaction records with appropriate back-up arrangements
  • Communicating with onshore team to ensure that areas of concern are worked upon to improve service levels
  • Leading, mentoring a team of 70 FTE’s aligned with the third party, and monitoring their performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process
  • Ensuring Service Level Agreements are met with 100% accuracy and within specified timeliness.

Assistant Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
10.2014 - 03.2018
  • Managed the entire functions of transaction in credit cards operations, people, quality delivery and engaged with stakeholders to focus on quality management
  • Improved TAT/SLA to minimize customer impact; conducted daily huddle with reporters to plan key deliverables and performance
  • Reviewed risk register file and coordinated with risk team to eliminate potential risk items
  • Led a team of 15 officers for processing Card Maintenance for CITI Bank Credit Cards, India, and managed capacity planning, incentives and ratings
  • Tracked the Process Automation, prepared score card for the team members and conducted 1-2-1 discussion on the same
  • Analyzed MIS reports while monitoring the metric which captures efficiency and effectiveness of the team members
  • Guided the complete operations teams in Global Bank Services in Credit Card Back Office functions
  • Highlights: Planned and implemented controls to enhance the existing internal system to attain Nil errors
  • Played a key role in planning, submitting and developing a tool to automate Letter generation process which benefitted in a save a 1 FTE
  • Played a pivotal role in CERSAI project UAT and Production implementation.

Assistant Manager

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
04.2013 - 05.2014
  • Highlights: Recognized as SME to train people & to test systems as required in future, and Information Security Champion for UAE Retail Banking Operations
  • Certified as Train the Trainer for the organization, and White Belt for accomplishing the two projects
  • Headed the operations teams engaged in ISO 27001 certification review, and working on policies & procedures related to Information Security Management & JML Process
  • Developed an automated tool regarding the JML Process for 2 sites, across Chennai & NOIDA locations
  • Managed a team of more than 25 officers for acquiring chargeback process for Barclaycard UK, and a gamut of operations such as incentives, ratings and processing Chargebacks
  • Appointed as Key Member in process migration from Barclaycard UK, and travelled to UK for the same with 11 team members, and an Offshore SPOC to end for all IT related issues
  • Automated the process post the analysis in the existing process, thereby increasing TAT and efficiency
  • Worked on automating the system inputs with increased level of accuracy, resulting in a save of 1 FTE, and automating all the application ID’s, resulting savings of 0.5 FTE.

Team Manager

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
01.2011 - 04.2013
  • Managed a team of more than 25 officers for acquiring chargeback process for Barclaycard UK, and a gamut of operations such as incentives, ratings and processing Chargebacks
  • Appointed as Key Member in process migration from Barclaycard UK, and travelled to UK for the same with 11 team members, and an Offshore SPOC to end for all IT related issues
  • Automated the process post the analysis in the existing process, thereby increasing TAT and efficiency
  • Worked on automating the system inputs with increased level of accuracy, resulting in a save of 1 FTE, and automating all the application ID’s, resulting savings of 0.5 FTE.

Process Expert

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
08.2009 - 01.2011
  • Recognized as SME to train people & to test systems as required in future, and Information Security Champion for UAE Retail Banking Operations
  • Certified as Train the Trainer for the organization, and White Belt for accomplishing the two projects
  • Headed the operations teams engaged in ISO 27001 certification review, and working on policies & procedures related to Information Security Management & JML Process
  • Developed an automated tool regarding the JML Process for 2 sites, across Chennai & NOIDA locations.

Senior Associate

Citigroup Global Services Ltd. (Subsidiary of Citibank N.A.)
12.2005 - 10.2008
  • Adjudged with Falcon Award for managing the complete process, and with ZERO-D” Award for No Errors
  • Led the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Functional Testing for CITI bank applications that were used for managing Credit cards disputes (PAYWARE)
  • Designed and generated retrieval request, chargeback letter generation templates for Merchants from Germany and Philippines.

Assistant Vice President

Barclays Global Service Centre
Chennai
12.2022 - Current

Engaging in Project based environment

Delivering technology solutions through business analysis and project management.

Engaging with Business and Technology to understand the requirements and managing Projects

Engaging in Budget and resource allocation

Education

Bachelors of Computer Applications -

Madras University
Chennai
07.1998 - 04.2002

Skills

Project Management

Certification

Project Management Professional

Job Details

  • Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank), Assistant Vice President, Enhancing the Internal Regulatory Reporting System, Assist Program manager and work with business users to gather business requirements, coordinate approval for Business Requirement Documents (BRD) for CCAR, 14A, Data Quality (DQ), Develop and maintain project plans, identify resource needs, and manage project schedule, Ensure the project discussion with DevOps on a timely basis, Validating the Artifacts submitted in the system as part of UAT., Reviewing the Data Quality (DQ) Metris and controls., Assisting the team on SQL Queries based on Data Dictionary, Conducting regular meetings with stakeholders on the project updates, Ensure User acceptance testing completion on assigned risk solutions, proactively mitigate, and manage testing and project issues, Raise Queries / Issues and get resolution with regular follow-ups, Ensure the team conduct data analysis to monitor and track data quality and completeness of data using Tableau, Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information, Ensure end-to-end completion of project and hand-over to business within specified budget and timeline
  • Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank), Operations Manager, Enhancing application development which supports the end-user to update the Invoice details. Development was supported by third-party., Following the project life cycle methodology defined under the process framework; ensuring that customer deadlines are met within project budgets, Steering project operations with key focus on defining Service Level Agreements (SLAs) & Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as interacting with prestigious clients, business partners, vendors & other key stakeholders, Co-ordinating with DevOps team to enhance the current process and work towards the automation in the internal core system, Working in coordination with teams in end-to-end Intercompany operations including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processing, Ensuring timely, unrestricted access to all information of the firm relevant, including all customer identification documents, all source documents, data & information, and ongoing monitoring of all transaction records with appropriate back-up arrangements, Communicating with onshore team to ensure that areas of concern are worked upon to improve service levels, Leading, mentoring a team of 70 FTE’s aligned with the third party, and monitoring their performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process, Ensuring Service Level Agreements are met with 100% accuracy and within specified timeliness
  • Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank), Assistant Manager, Managed the entire functions of transaction in credit cards operations, people, quality delivery and engaged with stakeholders to focus on quality management, Improved TAT/SLA to minimize customer impact; conducted daily huddle with reporters to plan key deliverables and performance, Reviewed risk register file and coordinated with risk team to eliminate potential risk items, Led a team of 15 officers for processing Card Maintenance for CITI Bank Credit Cards, India, and managed capacity planning, incentives and ratings, Tracked the Process Automation, prepared score card for the team members and conducted 1-2-1 discussion on the same, Analyzed MIS reports while monitoring the metric which captures efficiency and effectiveness of the team members, Guided the complete operations teams in Global Bank Services in Credit Card Back Office functions

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 01/31/1981

Timeline

Assistant Vice President

Barclays Global Service Centre
12.2022 - Current

Operations Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
03.2018 - 02.2022

Assistant Manager

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
10.2014 - 03.2018

Assistant Manager

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
04.2013 - 05.2014

Team Manager

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
01.2011 - 04.2013

Process Expert

Barclays Shared Services Ltd. (Division of Barclays Bank PLC)
08.2009 - 01.2011

Senior Associate

Citigroup Global Services Ltd. (Subsidiary of Citibank N.A.)
12.2005 - 10.2008

Bachelors of Computer Applications -

Madras University
07.1998 - 04.2002
Project Management Professional

Assistant Vice President

Citicorp Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Division of CITI Bank)
2 2022 - 12.2022
MANGALA SProject Manager