Meticulous managerial expertise with over 7 years of proficiency in compliance, data and business analysis, strategic planning, and operations management in a renowned bank along with 3.5 years of experience as a software engineer in complete SDLC activities, incident management, and application development in a leading IT firm.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Manager (Compliance)
BANK OF BARODA
Hyderabad
08.2018 - Current
Currently, as a Regional Compliance Manager, heading 59 branches comprising more than 250 employees
Responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, training, and assuring compliance with various internal, regulatory, and statutory guidelines
Strong experience in performing due diligence on new Clients, updating the KYC information, and documentation, reviewing and verification of received documentation and making an analytical risk assessment for new Clients.
Solid knowledge of the Anti-Money Laundering and KYC policies and procedures. Proficiency in CDD and EDD - The ability to screen for PEPs, Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening across a variety of systems.
Strong experience in monitoring FRMS Alerts in the system and raising SARs/ STRs and CTRs for suspicious transactions.
Experience in handling all AML and fraud-related issues, gathering and submission of all the required information and documents to authorities like Police, SFIO, Income Tax, FIU-IND and regulatory authorities such as IRDAI, SEBI, RBI, and EPFO.
Ensuring submission of regulations under the CermoNxt portal by branches and full compliance of all partially/ not complied regulations and submission of ATR.
Strong experience in conducting Onsite and Off-site Compliance Test Check to examine if KYC-AML guidelines are followed scrupulously in the organization.
Proficient and knowledgeable on all relevant documentation associated with AML and CIP policies and procedures.
Strong knowledge in collecting information about the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) of an entity/ business/ corporation.
Experience in performing Re-KYC in High-Risk customers’ accounts.
Proficiency in investigating and analyzing the root cause of penalties imposed by regulators on the organization to avoid recurrence in future.
Working knowledge of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and supporting regulations.
Skilled in analyzing root causes of AML/ KYC compliance risk issues.
Proficiency with Bank product systems/ platforms such as Finacle 7 and 10 software.
Have the ability to focus on high-quality work while under pressure with strong follow-up and good judgment skills.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite, including advanced proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Ability to use macros, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP with an advanced statistical database and statistical methods and functions.
Strong analytical and communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing Ability to work independently, but also able to coordinate and collaborate in a team environment
Assistant Manager (Data and Business Analysis)
Bank of Baroda
Baroda
08.2016 - 09.2018
Worked extensively on data and business analysis as per company's requirement in Strategic Planning domain
Acted as a bridge between the business and the technical teams during the creation of new systems required for offering new products/ services to bank’s stake holders
Actively participated in meetings understanding the business needs, requirement analysis, identifying business solutions and validating the pros and cons of technical solution options
Strong experience in elicit, brainstorm, analyze, specify and verify business requirements.
Solid knowledge on creation of high-level reports and documents.
Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Handhold the testing team during various phases of testing and represent end-users in the UAT phase.
Extracted and interpreted data patterns to translate findings into actionable outcomes.
Excelled in data extraction, intricate data analysis, describing complex data set trends and patterns, and presentations of data.
Created various Excel documents using vlookup, macros, pivots, etc., to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to management for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.
Collaborated with various cross-functional teams to achieve target results within deadlines.
Software Developer Team Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Hyderabad
02.2012 - 07.2015
Led a team of 4 members and supported key clients in development efforts, establishing standards, determining specifications and creating Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLA) and (OLA).
Held cross-disciplinary brainstorming sessions with technical leads from JAVA, and ETL
Managed complete SDLC activities - design, code, test, and debug of applications
Solicited aid from inter-departmental personnel and third-party contractors during complex projects.
Scheduled development timeframes, providing realistic and actionable frameworks for consistent development progress performance.
Managed costing of proposed development projects, incorporating input from managers to provide accurate budgeting data.
Performed application developments and enhancements for clients such as Citi Bank (USA) in an OO environment
Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer (OCJP).
Possess solid knowledge of SQL & PL/SQL development and performance tuning experience in an Application Development environment.
Experienced with applications with high scalability and availability (where performance and load count).
Strong knowledge of development tools (Eclipse, IBM RAD, etc). Proficient in Java/ J2EE, Servlets, JSP, and HTML.
Strong working knowledge of tools such as SOAP UI, HP's QC and IBM's Clear Quest, Rapid deploy, Oracle TOAD, and IBM WebSphere.
Design and Development of robust solutions with a focus on Java development using J2EE standards
Strong SQL knowledge including query design and performance tuning
Worked with Penetration testing and vulnerability assessment teams for enhancing application security
Worked on the development of software and web applications using common commercially accepted programming languages (HTML, Contributed to the development of new modules and enhancement of the existing ones
Software Developer (Incident Management)
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
Chennai
08.2011 - 12.2012
One of the three members selected out of forty people interviewed for the role of incident manager for the Llyods bank (UK) project.
Assisted with the development of processes and procedures to improve incident response time
Gathered data from incidents that had been remedied for careful review and analysis to prevent future events.
Ensured effective and rapid response to major incidents
Managed changes, incidents and problems across multiple data centre environments to protect production and disaster recovery systems critical to business success
Worked in collaboration with Business Relationship Management to effectively communicate IT Events and IT Incidents to key lines of business
Considerable knowledge of incident management principles, procedures and techniques.
Involved in development and enhancement of the code as per the clients requirement and deployment of the code in the Development and SIT regions.
Expertise in bug fixing and testing the applications in both regions.
Developed highly effective incident response team and trained extensively in preparation for possible events.
Developed remediation plans for potential incidents ahead of time and made appropriate changes during emergencies.
Handled high priority incidents with exceptional poise and composure, making quick decisions in effort to reduce overall impact.
Arranged war-room calls for quick resolutions of incidents
Assessed incident priority based upon impact to business and escalated issues as necessary.
Consulted with other teams on proper integration and correlation of the change, incident and problem management process and their respective areas.
Education
B.TECH - Electronics and Communication Engineering
SASTRA UNIVERSITY
Thanjavur
06.2007 - 05.2011
Intermediate - Math, Physics And Chemistry
APRJC
Nagarjuna Sagar
06.2005 - 05.2017
10th Class -
NRUPATUNGA HIGH SCHOOL
Hyderabad
06.2004 - 05.2005
Skills
Excellent Managerial Techniques
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Accomplishments
Recommended to the Executive Director, for the ‘Individual Excellence Award’ for outstanding performance Regional Compliance Manager of the Zone.
Received Best EmployeeAward thrice, in four years for team excellence and technical acumen
Achieved 99.7% KYC updation of customers and got 1st rank among 18 zones.
Received numerous accolades and appreciations from the top management and clients for excellent work and dedication.
Represented the Baroda and Hyderabad Zones in the Inter-Zonal Chess and Cricket competitions, respectively.
Elected Captain of University’s Cricket team.
Received many appreciations for being a key team member that has successfully organized University’s tech fest – Daksh’ 10, an International Techno-Management competition.
Participated and volunteered in NSS, a community service initiative started by our university
Maintained distinction (>75% marks) throughout academics
Timeline
Manager (Compliance)
BANK OF BARODA
08.2018 - Current
Assistant Manager (Data and Business Analysis)
Bank of Baroda
08.2016 - 09.2018
Software Developer Team Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
02.2012 - 07.2015
Software Developer (Incident Management)
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
08.2011 - 12.2012
B.TECH - Electronics and Communication Engineering