How SCRUM values and techniques work to enhance team efficieny and productivity associated managment techniques and methodologies
Sailaja Pudipeddi
Assistant Manager Lead- Middle Office Operations
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Summary
Executive Summary :
A Leader and a Subject Matter Expert with 8+ years of extensive experience in Middle Office operations, managing a team of 12 members across multiple locations. Having delivered exemplary performance on the BAU front, with experience spanning across various organizations, Sailaja gained the opportunity to work in three major Transition projects, one major Migration project and a massive Client project which aimed at successful fund transfers and larger resetting initiatives to provide high quality service to their end- clients.
Major contributions involved bringing in transformations and advancements in the operational processes through projects focusing on LEAN, Kaizen and Six Sigma tools and techniques thereby ensuring successful transitions and stabilization with increasing STP rate and firm's profitability rate by reducing the costs involved.
A decisive leader and a dynamic communicator, always carries a flexible approach to solving problems.
Currently holds interests in SCRUM values and techniques and how it helps to enhance a team's efficiency and effectiveness| associated management techniques and methodologies. Having a varied set of expertise in operations and associated business transformations, Sailaja is currently aspiring for a managerial role in Operations and Project teams in order to exhibit attained proficiencies and knowledge.
Overview
8
8
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager Lead
BNP Paribas Global Securities Operations
Mumbai and Chennai, Maharashtra And Tamil Nadu
11.2017 - Current
- Trade Processing, Confirmations, Settlements and Reconciliations
- Subject Matter expert and Mentor leading team consisting of twelve members
- Spread : Australian and New Zealand markets
- Products: Equity, Fixed Income and Collateral
- Transition: Displayed key role in process transition from Chennai to Mumbai
- Point of Contact for all Stakeholder and Spoke Teams
- Preparation, presentation and deliverance of KPI's, management reports and Dashboards to Senior Management
- Process lead| Massive project programme aimed at successful fund transfer in which BNP provided Fund Administration and Custodian services.
- SME and Process lead, involved in dress rehearsals, Joint User Access Testing, preparing run sheets and other activities included in transition phase, go-live and post- transition phase
- Involved in multiple projects required to streamline data and applications , deep dive analysis done in order to ensure accounting systems are capturing and sending apt reports to clients
- Increased STP rate by 80 % | Major client | by working on process improvement methods | reduction of manual intervention
Investment Accounting Operations Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2016 - 03.2017
- Barclay's partnership with APTP resulted in outsourcing of Trading confirmations and settlement processes to Accenture.
- Pivotal role in Transition project from Barclays to Accenture
- Post transition period, team faced enormous challenges due to audit changes and additional control checks induced, lead taken to devise plans and ideas to bring in techniques and strategies to handhold situations as and when demanded.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Worked on multiple projects with Transition team and bridged knowledge gaps amongst support , operations and Project teams by transferring process intricacies , preparing run sheets, tracking stages from conception and closely ensuring implementation is successful once project goes live, maintained optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Eliminated downtime and maximized revenue by providing top project quality control|Validated and tested control measures|Monitored risk-calculation break downs| collaborated and updated data reference points|Managed to bring down delays by 50% due to data consistency and reliabilty
- Tracking KPI's and monitoring process with respect to SLA's driven and give briefings and analysis to Senior management
- Managed team based out of Bangalore office| Process lead in testing environment of transition phase
Senior Analyst
Barclays Shared Services Pvt Ltd
Glasgow | Chennai, Country - Scotland| State - Tamil Nadu
07.2012 - 02.2016
- Middle Office Operations: Confirmations
- Spread: Pan- European Markets
- Migrated Confirmations Process from Glasgow, Scotland to Chennai, India
- Promoted to Senior Analyst within nineteen months of tenure
- Subject Matter Expert - team comprising of 4 members .
- SPOC for training new joiners
- Mapped processes to holistically examine business flow and identify improvement opportunities.
- Maximized team knowledge and productivity by effectively training, monitoring and directing employees in application of best practices and regulatory protocols.
- Reduced more than 50 % of team's volumes by working on Six sigma projects
- Slashed 6000+ EUR costs per month, incurred by bank being paid to custody on all manuals being done on swifts instructions
- Stakeholder management and Leadership - Supported Sales and trading desks by providing quality information when necessitated.
- Prepared dashboards for senior management.
- Lead management calls to communicate findings, discuss opportunities and resolutions.
- Risk and Compliance management -Efficiently executed critical controls to mitigate risk exposure while ensuring compliance with all regulatory policies and procedures.
- Decision making and Problem solving - Guided cost analysis processes by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and fore- casts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
- Determined upcoming challenges by highlighting risky, high value and sensitive market bookings.
Education
Master's in Business Law -
National Law School Of India University
Bengaluru 06.2014 - 04.2017
MBA - Finance/Human Resources
KIIT Scool Of Management
Bhubaneswar 06.2010 - 04.2012
BBA -
ICFAI, Dehradun
ICFAI,Hyderabad 06.2007 - 04.2010
Skills
MS Office Organizational specific applicationsundefined
Accomplishments
- Awarded " Champion of the Team" for the Second Quarter -2020 at BNP Paribas
- Endowed with : ALTITUDE SILVER" - 2013 -14 at Barclays
- Awarded with the Best Risk Management Project By Barclays LEAN Team
- Member of GSO Events Committee - BNP Paribas
- Member of WIN(Women's Initiative Network) and ATTRACT communities at Barclays
- Rewarded for being the University topper by Dr. Achyuta Samanta (Founder of KIIT and KISS)
Affiliations
- Toastmasters - BNP Paribas
Work Availability
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Interests
Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Assistant Manager Lead
BNP Paribas Global Securities Operations
11.2017 - Current
Investment Accounting Operations Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
03.2016 - 03.2017
Master's in Business Law -
National Law School Of India University
06.2014 - 04.2017
Senior Analyst
Barclays Shared Services Pvt Ltd
07.2012 - 02.2016
MBA - Finance/Human Resources
KIIT Scool Of Management
06.2010 - 04.2012
BBA -
ICFAI, Dehradun
06.2007 - 04.2010
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