Results-driven professional with over 23 years of experience in Retail Banking, specializing in Debt Management, Client Management, Marketing, Business Development, and Customer Relationship Management. Adept communicator with formidable analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Proven track record of establishing highly successful business partnerships and assembling top-performing teams.
SHAHA FINLEASE – An two decade old NBFC was acquired by new management team and it was start up kind of business. Was instrumental in redesigning this NBFC in its new avatar.
● Responsible for OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANISATION.
● Generating New Business and evaluating the portfolio and bringing in the new pool.
● Managing Collections of Stressed Assets Acquired by SHAHA FINLEASE.
● Part of the Core Team of Risk – Job Role Involves, Formulating business delivery plan, technology involvement, utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational business objectives; simultaneously meeting defined quality standards and compliance.
● Recruiting channel partners, alliances, managing and monitoring processes and establishing terms of payment as well as handling vendor management.
● Pioneered the implementation of robust internal control systems and procedures..
● Responsible for Managing Collections of Stressed Assets Acquired by RARC.
● Part of the Core Team of Risk – Job Role Involves, Formulating business delivery plan, technology involvement, utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational business objectives; simultaneously meeting defined quality standards and compliance.
● Recruiting channel partners, alliances, managing and monitoring processes and establishing terms of payment as well as handling vendor management.
● Setting up internal control systems / procedures.
Achievement :
● Responsibilities included Managing Collections of Credit Cards for West of India, Setting up Call Center Operations, Setting up entire Pan India Field operations.
● Part of the Core Team of Credit Card Risk – Job Role Involves, Formulating business delivery plan, technology involvement, utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational business objectives; simultaneously meeting defined quality standards and compliance.
● Recruiting channel partners, alliances, managing and monitoring processes and establishing terms of payment as well as handling vendor management.
● Setting up internal control systems / procedures.
Additional Responsibilities
· Was Managing Credit DIP Desk and FRM Sampling
· Single Point Contact for Legal Activities
· Core Member of the Strategy and Budget Committee
· Part of the Team which formulated the Cards Policy and Process
· Part of the New Business Initiatives and Technology Support
Regional Collection Manager - West (Consumer Loan / Personal Loan / X Sell)
● Responsible for Managing Collections of Consumer Loan / Personal Loan / X Sell Portfolio for West of India.
● Delinquency Management & Loss Reduction of the portfolio.
● Formulating business delivery plan, technology involvement, utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational business objectives; simultaneously meeting defined quality standards and compliance and reducing cost.
● Recruiting channel partners, alliances, managing and monitoring processes and establishing terms of payment as well as handling vendor management.
● Evaluating internal control systems / procedures, preparing audit reports to highlight shortcomings and implementing necessary recommendations.
● Manage vendor relationships, hold business reviews, monitor service levels and approve change management requests.
● Recruiting, training & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
● Manage all administrative activities related to efficient operations of all processes, Implementing resolution and work out strategies focused on capturing value within a finite time through well defined process, whereby management and ownership issues are segregated and dealt with by adopting established best practices.
● Ensure qualitative and quantitative standards are met, ensuring accurate and timely resolutions and analysis of the weekly/monthly production reports in order to take steps for bridging any gaps related to production requirements.
Initiatives Taken
· Automation of Receipt Management
· Automation of Billing Management
· Set up Call Center for Calling.
· Started as the Regional Manager for All products.
· Part of the Strategy and New Process Initiatives
● Managing Debt Management / Project Financing / Debt Restructuring / Asset Restructuring strategies for Various Banking and Financial Institutions.
● Consulting to various NBFC and Nationalised banks for enhancing the collection efficiency and portfolio purchase.
Business Manager /Head of Field Operations - INDIA
● Managing Debt Management processes for Various Banking and Financial Institutions.
● Tele-calling team (Debt Management / Non Debt Management)
● Centralized field activities including pick-up, verification, sales and debt-collection PAN INDIA Operations.
● ARM for Recoveries pool of 180+ for Personal Loan, (Prime/Sub prime) Portfolio for Mumbai and Pune that exceeds Rs 100 crores and constitutes of more than 10000 accounts.
Manager – Debt Servicing and Management Group
● Area Debt Manager for the 4th Delinquent Bucket (90 DPD) Portfolio for Mumbai that exceeds Rs 25 crores and constitutes of more than 7000 accounts.
● Unit Head for 90 & 120 DPD Mumbai from May 2008 to April 2009.
● Bucket Manager – 90 DPD from June 2007 to May 2008.
● Bucket Manager – 60 DPD from November 2005 to May 2007.
Agency Manager X Days Referrals from Sept 2004 to Nov 2005 along with an additional responsibility of a Telecalling unit for X Days.
Key Responsibility Area:
● Monitoring and Controlling Delinquency and Credit losses for Consumer Bank Product (Credit Cards).
● Monitor and assess Agency performance and productivity regularly to ensure benchmark levels are achieved.
● Review to ensure adequate account coverage, thereby resulting in targeted resolution.
● Liaison with Legal/Law Enforcing Authorities for speedy recovery process.
● Negotiate with seriously delinquent cardholders and obtain repayments to minimize losses.
● Impart training to Agency Supervisors and Collectors.
● Sourcing of liability accounts. i.e. Savings, Current ,NRI, Depository Accounts, mobilization of fixed deposits, Investment Advisory and also enrolling customers for Kotak Street online trading accounts.
● Cross-selling asset products (Housing Loan, Personal loan, Car loan, Loan against shares), generating leads for Insurance, Corporate Salary Accounts, Increasing High Network customer base
Customer Acquisition Team Manager – TASC / Executive - ICICI Capital Services Ltd.
Job profile
● Sourcing of Special Saving Accounts - a specially designed product for Trusts, Associations, and Societies & Clubs.
● Cross-selling Asset products (Housing Loan, Personal loan, Car loan, Loan against shares), generating leads for corporate salary Accounts, Increasing High network customer base.
● Handling corporate clients for sale of Insurance & Health care related packages.
● Advising the clientele on different insurance products available in the market.
● Maintaining relationship with the client & servicing of the policies.
Visionary Team Leadership
Major Achievements:
· Achieved the highest recovery in RARC history for three consecutive years.
· Recipient of the prestigious PAN India Best Regional Manager award for two consecutive years with CAPITAL FIRST.
· Acknowledged with the Business Leader Award at Serco India for Inspirational Leadership 2010 – 2011.
· Topped the Pan India list of Top Performers for an impressive 11 consecutive months in 2006 – 2007 at ICICI Bank Ltd.
· Nominated as a Trainer for Top 32 Locations for ACE Training and Train-the-Trainer program for ICICI Bank Ltd.
· Pioneered the establishment of a cost-effective Centre of Excellence, resulting in an in-house collection of over 40% of the pool.
· Achieved over a 300% increase in revenue and enhanced collections.
· Crafted streamlined workflows and processes for resolutions, achieving remarkable efficiency.
· Successfully implemented various digital initiatives that significantly improved company performance.
Successful Projects:
· Instrumental in developing and implementing ICICI Bank's Transaction Billing Management System.
· Key contributor to the establishment of ICICI Bank's Centralized Billing Data Management and Calculation System.
· Pioneered the setup of ICICI Bank DSMG Audit Process.
· Successfully restructured the Debt Management Strategy for a nationalized bank.
· Steered the end-to-end project completion for a new alcohol manufacturing unit.
Initiatives undertaken:
· Successfully launched and nurtured a business from its inception into a thriving venture.
· Championed the automation of critical processes.
· Implemented a highly efficient automated billing management system.
· Established and managed a high-impact call centre for enhanced outreach.
· Played a pivotal role in shaping strategic direction and new process initiatives.
On-the-Job Training:
· Completed training programs conducted by ICICI Bank on Personal Effectiveness and Communication Skills, Leadership Mentoring Program.
· Distinguished Trainer for Acquiring Collection Excellence (Train-the-Trainer approach).
· Received specialized training in Personality Development, Interpersonal Skills, and Influencing People.
· Conducted highly impactful Nurturing Talent Workshops.