Seasoned professional with 17+years of experience in KYC /CDD & UAT for leading Banking with expertise in Client on boarding, Client Relationship Management, Quality Assurance & Project Management
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director
KPMG
Bangalore
08.2025 - Current
Fostered strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment of expectations.
Coordinated with senior management to align departmental goals with organisational objectives.
Oversaw the implementation of new technologies to enhance productivity and streamline processes
Leading 150fte member KYC/CDD operation team for a leading US bank, managing end to end onboarding and periodic review process for institutional clients, including mutual funds, hedge funds and investment banking clients.
Delivery Head
Tata Consultancy Services
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
01.2024 - 08.2025
Successfully migrated Private Banking Operations from Malaysia for a Swiss Based bank and currently responsible for managing India & KL Operations.
Streamlined on-boarding activities for new clients and facilitated periodic reviews and remediations.
Oversaw a 120ft team with members in both India and KL.
Developed strong relationships with various departments including front office, relationship managers, legal & compliance, and Operations Team while facilitating the KYC process.
Delivery Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai & Bangalore
12.2019 - 12.2023
Developed Client on-boarding & Life cycle Transformation for a top UK Bank.
Oversaw the day-to-day activities for commercial banking operations, leading a team of 110fte
Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal, communication, and organizational aptitude.
Liaising with relationship managers and Client to identify required KYC information for On boarding, Periodic & remediation process
Provide improvement techniques to the processors and help to overcome their bottleneck issues.
Used strong communication skills to build positive customer relations, maintaining first-class company service and reputation.
Assistant Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
03.2016 - 12.2019
Project lead for a team of 32 members in Corporate banking back office operations
Responsible to ensure all new client relationship have undergone the appropriate client identification screening and KYC & CDD checks prior to client on boarding and entering into trading and loan transactions
Identifying and Verifying the beneficial owners, key controllers, signatories accordingly to regulatory requirements
Perform due diligence of new and existing clients covering a wide range of different client types including, Private, Public, SPV’s, Trust, FI, NBFI’s, CBR, SOE & Trust
Senior Analyst
Barclays Shared Services
Chennai
09.2012 - 03.2016
Skilled in working on applications like "ALACRA"," EQUIFAX" and "WORLD CHECK", "FACTIVA", "RDC" for performing searches to pull the negative and relevant information of the client and uploading the data into the "DM&W" (Document Management & Workflow)
To scrutinize the Source of Funds, Source of Wealth, Nature of Business, Products and Identifying the Risk Associated in accepting new clients into the bank
Senior Analyst
RBS Business Services Private Limited
Gurgaon
09.2008 - 08.2012
Responsible for enhancing KYC Automation processes & Checklist Automation
Handling KYC On-boarding, Periodic Reviews and Trigger Events
Addressing discrepancies to RM’s to obtain the appropriate documents and Interacting with
Automated Account opening process for existing clients
Discuss on client calls regarding the progress of the Project
Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project
Responsible for identifying data suitability for integration through various Test Cycles and validate them by providing necessary Enrichment fields
Played a pivotal role in unwrapping ownership structure based on risk calculation
Assessing the client risk based on the different key risk parameters(Client Industry, Location, Products, PEPs, Sanctions, Adverse News etc).
Education
Bachelors Degree in IT -
Anna University
04.2008
Bachelors Degree in IT -
Anna University
04.2008
Skills
Stakeholder engagement
Performance monitoring
Decision-Making
Product lifecycle knowledge
People management
Custom Section
Responsible for enhancing KYC Automation processes & Checklist Automation
Automated Account opening process for existing clients.
Received 4 Star performer awards for the performance