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Honors and awards
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SHEEBA BALAKRISHNAN

SHEEBA BALAKRISHNAN

Thrissur

Summary

Experienced banking and tax professional with 8 years in banking and 5.8 years in the tax industry. Skilled in customer communication to enhance relationships and manage portfolios, with strong analytical abilities for data management and cross-selling financial products. Thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.

Overview

4
4
Languages
9
9
years of post-secondary education
16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

NRI Relationship Manager ( Currently Working)

ICICI Bank
Thrissur
11.2022 - Current
  • HNI Client Relationship Management
  • Portfolio Management including Gift City account handling.

• Cross-sold NRI and savings account products, investment solutions, and third-party offerings aligned to client needs.

• Delivered seamless end-to-end service including account opening, remittance handling, and cross-border

compliance.

• Addressed client inquiries and service requests with accuracy and timeliness. client queries, service requests, and escalations with precision and within defined TAT, ensuring high satisfaction levels through regular engagement.

NRI Relationship Manager

AXIS BANK
Thrissur
08.2019 - 11.2022
  • Portfolio management of premier customers and continuously monitor financial health of portfolio and ensure retention of key health portfolio.
  • Acquisition of new- to- bank NRI Premier Clients.
  • Ensure agreed customer service standards are adhered to at all times.
  • Give suggestions and advice about current market trends.
  • Conducting and processing Personal Financial Review for the customers.
  • Cross selling Investment products like Mutual funds, Demat , Life Insurance & General Insurance.
  • Handling lobby & custodian of deliverables.
  • Service Request handling and ensuring that it’s processed within the TAT without any NFTR.
  • Clearing the Cheques, tracking the reports and recording the same for future reference.
  • Filling the records At EOD
  • Surprise verification of cash & deliverables in the Vault periodically, ATM verification.
  • Managed cash receipts and payments, ensuring accurate transactions within prescribed TAT.
  • Managed security of teller vault and ATM to ensure safe cash handling.
  • Executed end-of-day processes to finalize daily transactions.
  • Portfolio handling & cross selling both Savings & Current account.
  • Conducted regular customer calls to strengthen relationships and enhance service satisfaction.
  • Initiating EOD.

Welcome Desk & Teller

HDFC BANK
Thrissur
03.2016 - 05.2017
  • Managed lobby area and ensured proper delivery of packages.
  • Cross selling among the walking customers and follow up.
  • Promoting all direct banking channels and ensuring that the customer is utilizing the same.
  • Handling of cash receipts and payments and ensuring transactions are carried out within the prescribed TAT without errors.
  • Custodian of teller vault and ATM.
  • Managing clearing activities, NEFT, RTGS, Salary upload, processing bills.
  • Filling the records At EOD.
  • Detection of counterfeit currency at branch and checking of instruments under UV lamps as per process and guidelines
  • Identifying the high transacting customers and migrating to digital Platform.
  • Proper recording of all complaints and resolving the same within the TAT.
  • Cross-sold services to walk-in customers and conducted follow-ups to drive engagement.

Senior Tax Associate & Tax Associate

KPMG Global Services Ltd
Kochi
03.2010 - 02.2016
  • Review tax compliance work completed by associates.
  • To manage the scheduling of client work to ensure their timely completion.
  • To draft correspondences to the relevant authorities.
  • Review exemption certificate for sales tax, Registration, Business Licence Renewal, Reverse Audit to ensure the quality.
  • To prepare process documents for training the new joiners and providing training to new hires.

Education

MBA - Finance

Farook Institute of Management Studies
Calicut
05.2008 - 07.2010

B.Com - Tax

St Aloysius College Thrissur
Thrissur
06.2005 - 04.2008

Plus Two - Commerce

Chaldean Syrian Higher Secondary School Thrissur
Thrissur
06.2003 - 03.2007

Skills

Leadership & People Management

Relationship Management

Banking Operations & Regulatory Compliance

Strategic Planning & Execution

Business Development & Market Share

Analytical and MIS Skills

Certifications

  • IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India)
  • AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) Certified Mutual Fund Advisor.
  • Computer Knowledge – MS Office (Good at MS excel)

Honors and awards

  • BH meet 2025 ICICI
  • Brand Ambassador meet - 2024 ICICI
  • Take off winner - 2024 ICICI
  • Fly High winner-2023 - ICICI
  • LI OSCAR -21-22 Qualified (2nd Slab)-Axis
  • MDRT LI Experience 21-22 Qualified- Axis
  • Family Fiesta Winner June -21 Axis Bank
  • NRI Home Coming Winner 20-21 Axis Bank
  • Star of Season Award from KPMG Global Services Ltd.

Languages

English
First Language
Malayalam
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Tamil
Intermediate
B1

Personal Information

DOB : 23 -03-1988

Disclaimer

  • I hereby declare that the particulars furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

NRI Relationship Manager ( Currently Working)

ICICI Bank
11.2022 - Current

NRI Relationship Manager

AXIS BANK
08.2019 - 11.2022

Welcome Desk & Teller

HDFC BANK
03.2016 - 05.2017

Senior Tax Associate & Tax Associate

KPMG Global Services Ltd
03.2010 - 02.2016

MBA - Finance

Farook Institute of Management Studies
05.2008 - 07.2010

B.Com - Tax

St Aloysius College Thrissur
06.2005 - 04.2008

Plus Two - Commerce

Chaldean Syrian Higher Secondary School Thrissur
06.2003 - 03.2007
SHEEBA BALAKRISHNAN