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N K Anand

Chennai

Summary

A competent professional with over 19+years of experience in Retail Banking and corporate onboarding Operations, Core Banking Operations & Process Migration, Bank Migration, Marketing and Logistics operations. Recognized proficiency in Banking Operations, Governance of Operations, Team Handling, defining various specifications for application implementation, and client interaction for resolving concerns. Experience in providing training on core banking operations to business & application users in enhancing productivity and smooth functioning. Proficient in handling quality customer service operations, organising process strategies and building relationships with various groups. Abilities in conducting periodical process audits in the department, ensuring compliance of the same. Proficient in stakeholder management, adept in coordinating with various branches, vendors (TCS, MMC, GNSA, AVON & POLARIS) & managing a variety Business to Business relationship. Possess strong communication, analytical, analysis / mapping and negotiation skills. Exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation, creativity and initiatives to achieve both personal and corporate goals.

Performance-driven Vice President with 19 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies, and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President

Axis Bank
01.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for daily operations and supervisory controls on card maintenances, regulatory reporting and KYC CHAD operations
  • Drive and ensure unit activities are managed in full compliance with banks operational risk framework, policy and standard
  • Review KPI and other metrics of team managed and assure responsibility for the service excellence / operational efficiency of these operational units
  • Developed strong working relationship across the bank with products, compliance, finance, technology, legal, business and risk functions
  • Process improvements within functions responsible to achieve best in class performance levels in operational efficiency and drive up customer satisfaction levels
  • Managed smooth migration of process and data from Citi to Axis bank credit card portfolio, planning of critical items for tracking during migration and managed activities related to legal day 1 migration pre and post migration
  • Reconciliation of Consented customer and closing the cards, Data validation and remediation, reconciliation of Sundry and GL accounts pre and post migration
  • Manual TCS charging process for Axis debit card customers on international transactions was reviewed and set up
  • Branch query help desk for credit card queries received at branches was designed and successfully able to achieve better customer service
  • Participated in Myrtle migration for Asset backed finance and Credit card products

Associate Vice President

Citi Bank NA, India
01.2021 - 12.2022
  • Operational Governance of Loan Operations of Citibank NA India outsourced to Citi affiliates & Third parties
  • Managing activities relating to Securitisation encompassing activities relating portfolio sale, servicing and reporting
  • Monitoring service level targets across processes & corrective action plan in case of breach
  • Drive performance level across teams & sharing appropriate feedback
  • Augment productivity levels through automation, standardization & re-engineering of processes
  • Review of process manuals, identification & elimination of redundant processes
  • Quality monitoring through monthly Key Performance Indicators & post facto reviews
  • One-point contact for stakeholders (Product, Compliance, Branches & Credit teams) for operational aspects & implementation of new processes
  • Handling client escalations, assist in resolving & responding to client/ regulatory queries
  • Vendor management which includes tracking of activities, performance & settlement of payments
  • Identification of system development requirements in the process & presenting it for development prioritization with seniors

Senior Manager

Standard Chartered Bank GBS
01.2018 - 12.2020
  • Operations lead supporting multiple geographies (Singapore, Middle east, Africa & Europe) with a team size of 24 directs, handled various lean projects like process simplification, EUC and robotic process automation
  • The opportunity to become a key part in the growth of Banking back Office consisting of 26 member team in Bangalore, managing 24 countries across the globe
  • A knowledge base that will cover regulations, product types, KYC requirements, account opening and post account opening activities
  • Team is responsible to ensure seamless and timely Onboarding of the clientele
  • Good understanding and delivery of key Onboarding KRI like Target dates, Cycle Time, SLA, TAT are delivered consistently
  • Performs regular self-assessment on compliance of policies, internal guidelines and processes and be audit compliant
  • Regular communications with different constituents to understand and manage any concerns regarding quality of work and service standards
  • Managing change management related activities for ebbs onboarding team on which the core banking system and other sub systems related to client ebbs onboarding UAT, UVT and go-live implementation
  • Major projects handled were ICM for india and core banking system version upgrade for South africa
  • Handled robotic process automation and process reengineering initiative for the team
  • Extraction of critical data from various system in a single screen for easy data capturing in core banking system
  • As part of process reengineering migrated CB & CIB segment related activities from country/retail counterparts for africa and UAE
  • Migrated current account opening and post maintenances activities from Zimbabwe
  • Six sigma project, manual process elimination using OCR tool to convert the client signing mandate into signature capturing system which facilitated in saving 3 FTE

Governance Manager

Citi Bank N.A. India
04.2016 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for governing entire Liability Operations of the bank – Transaction Processing, Fixed Deposits, Account Maintenance, periodic screening, Re-review of KYC, Regional Operations- demand drafts, cheque collection and payroll processing
  • Handling all business projects pertaining to liability operations and engaging with Business, Products and Compliance
  • Regulatory Reporting, Reconciliation & Proofing of all Suspense, Sundry and Receivable Accounts
  • Implementing of Policy & Manuals on liability operations & ensuring compliance on all Citi regional policies like MPP, RCCPM, AML etc
  • Vendor Management and driving KPI, Budget, Productivity, Risk & Controls through governance
  • Handling Internal Audit, Regulatory Review and Concurrent Audit
  • Operations owner for providing system enhancement or re-engineering requirements and implementation
  • System parameter maintenance and auditing system set up & functions

Asst. Manager

Citi Bank N.A. India
05.2014 - 04.2016
  • SPOC for all system related & parameter maintenances set up
  • Responsible for Performing Deposit audit and Day 2 reviews for India consumer Operations
  • Handling RBI regulatory & Citi policy reviews & reporting’s
  • (Service tax, TDS payment and reporting, Form 16 issuances, CTR, AIR,FATCA&CRS, DEAF, FORM IX)
  • Performing monthly TAT KPI for India Consumer Operations liabilities part
  • Instrumental in automating all manual reviews/reporting
  • Managing ADHOC projects requests from senior management, Product & Business side of the Bank
  • Managing UAT for core banking system changes and imaging systems and other utilities
  • Managing 2 teams of upto 12 members
  • Implementation of Citi priority segment in 2016
  • Performing End to End system maintenances and testing related to NRV calculations, debit card set up, schedule of charges

Team Leader

Standard Chartered Scope International
08.2013 - 04.2014
  • Company Overview: A client of Standard Chartered Bank
  • Managing India asset & liabilities reporting and output control unit
  • Managing assets regulatory reporting’s (BKSPI, PSL, NBD, Charge off summary, SIBC, Securitisation, buy outs, OD provisions, and delinquency reports, ADI, RBI Offsite) to RBI & Senior Management
  • Service tax & TDS payments for liabilities, Issuance of form 16, CTR & AIR reporting, User defined reports development and generations for India and Singapore
  • Managing a team of 10 directs and MMC vendor staff
  • A client of Standard Chartered Bank

Project Lead

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2012 - 07.2013
  • SIMCO (Singapore Malaysia Core Banking) project has been initiated by the Group to replace Hogan with eBBS Core Banking system
  • The eBBS is centralized online and real-time electronic system that holds all the customer information static and financial information
  • The role comprises of a business analyst to coordinate with various business products and technology to implement the core banking software by submitting requirement, user acceptance testing, business verification and data migration

Team Leader - Operations

Standard Chartered Bank
04.2010 - 11.2012
  • Team Leader - Transaction Processing Unit (Supporting UK, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and India) & Offshore Helpdesk
  • I had the responsibility of ensuring that all customer transactions, queries and complaints received from all channels are executed / resolved and replied in a timely and efficient manner
  • Managing a team of 8 direct and MMC vendor staff

Officer and Senior Officer - Operations

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2005 - 04.2010
  • This division looks after the Maintenance of Fixed Deposits, out station cheque clearance, deceased settlements, GL & suspense account reconciliations
  • Handling of fixed deposits Break & Reissue, Redemption of Deposits, Manual closure of Recurring deposits, issuance of DD and handling queries

Senior Associate

Chola Business Services Limited
09.2004 - 09.2004
  • Vehicle finance Division

Marketing Executive

Navodaya Mass Entertainment Limited
09.2003 - 09.2003
  • Kiskinta Theme Park

Admin Staff

TVS Logistics Limited
06.2002 - 06.2002

Education

B.C.A. -

University of Madras
01.2004

CAIIB Banking Certification - undefined

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
01.2012

JAIIB Banking Certification - undefined

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
01.2011

M.B.A. - undefined

University of Madras
01.2009

Diploma in Advance system management - undefined

SSI
01.2002

Diploma in Advance painting technology - undefined

ICF
01.2001

Skills

  • Training & Development
  • Team Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Banking operations
  • Portfolio optimization
  • Critical thinking
  • Metrics tracking
  • Budget administration
  • Recruiting and hiring
  • Negotiation and persuasion
  • Operations management
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Rules and regulations
  • Account management
  • Performance metrics analysis
  • Relationship building
  • Process improvement
  • Decision-making

Accomplishments

  • Achieved 23.8 Crs cost save by reviewing the GST claim process and implemented changes to the approach of data extraction for eligible charges reversals.
  • Implemented manual process of calculating and charging TCS for debit card international transactions in June'23. successfully Implemented real-time TCS charging for debit card and UPI products. this allowed automatic deduction of TCS, ensuring compliance and reducing manual intervention. The TCS mechanism for credit card is ready for deployment.
  • Centralized branch helpdesk setup for credit card related queries to reduce wait time by efficient tracking/routing of queries and improve service quality /customer experience.
  • Asset backed finance portfolio migration from Citi to axis system. Portfolio value of 6000 crs with 50k customer base. Key considerations are valuation and due diligence, integration and GL balance movement.
  • Credit cards portfolio migration from citi to axis system. Portfolio size of ~3 million credit cards. Customer communication, consent exercise, closure of non consented customers cards, Reconciliation activities carried out during migration and post migration customer issues management.
  • Re-kyc base migration from Citi to axis system, accuracy testing of Risk rating, revised rekyc due date alignment post migration.
  • Achieved cost save to the back by digital initiatives to Send Form 16 Certificates by EMAIL, CBOL Upload Functionality, CBOL STP, automation of manual certificates/statements, IMPS, deposit creation and liquidation, fund transfers for NR customers, Digital account opening in Citi bank.
  • Set up of CKYC, AADHAR & PAN, GST Implementation, Demonetization core banking system changes, ATM set up changes and regulatory reports submission, automation of reconciliation process, RBI KYC review and reporting, Citi priority segment launch, New rewards structure on debit cards, Debit card cash back program.
  • Collaborated with various operations team, technology and business stakeholder in the development of eBBS system & implementation, and conducting user acceptance testing for India, GULF, Africa & UK countries in standard chartered bank.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09/20/81
  • Marital Status: Married

Awards & Recognition

⬄ Awarded for implementing new rewards structure for debit cards in system in 2014 at Citi Bank N.A.

⬄ Recognized for the contribution towards implementing GST/CKYC at Citi Bank N.A.

⬄ Appreciated for quick response on mitigating during skimming of debit cards risk in the year 2015 in Citi Bank N.A.

⬄ Awarded as OPUS 2015 and OPUS 2021 from core operations.

⬄ Received Citi business manager award for implementation of key digital projects in 2016.

⬄ Recognized by CEO for the contribution towards the completion of the integration of American express Bank into standard chartered bank.

⬄ Recognized by Head of Consumer Banking for contribution to the successful roll out of Core Banking System for India ­ eBBS.

⬄ Received Appreciation letter from Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank for exemplary performance in 2008.

⬄ BUSINESS CHAMP RISK TEAM for exemplary team work with nil customer complaints or exceptions towards risk and audit requirements.

⬄ VALUECHAMP TRUSTWORTHY for Process Improvements.

⬄ BUSINESS CHAMP OUT SERVE TEAM for Excellent Customer Service provided to a client.

⬄ STAR PERFORMER AWARD from CIO for handling the team single handedly with nil exceptions in QA and smooth service delivery and customer satisfaction.

Timeline

Vice President

Axis Bank
01.2023 - Current

Associate Vice President

Citi Bank NA, India
01.2021 - 12.2022

Senior Manager

Standard Chartered Bank GBS
01.2018 - 12.2020

Governance Manager

Citi Bank N.A. India
04.2016 - 12.2018

Asst. Manager

Citi Bank N.A. India
05.2014 - 04.2016

Team Leader

Standard Chartered Scope International
08.2013 - 04.2014

Project Lead

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2012 - 07.2013

Team Leader - Operations

Standard Chartered Bank
04.2010 - 11.2012

Officer and Senior Officer - Operations

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2005 - 04.2010

Senior Associate

Chola Business Services Limited
09.2004 - 09.2004

Marketing Executive

Navodaya Mass Entertainment Limited
09.2003 - 09.2003

Admin Staff

TVS Logistics Limited
06.2002 - 06.2002

CAIIB Banking Certification - undefined

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

JAIIB Banking Certification - undefined

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

M.B.A. - undefined

University of Madras

Diploma in Advance system management - undefined

SSI

Diploma in Advance painting technology - undefined

ICF

B.C.A. -

University of Madras
N K Anand