Sheik Dhawood Basha
Ayanavaram
Summary
Results-driven banking expert with 14 years of experience enhancing operational efficiency, demonstrating exceptional skills in project management, data transformation, and process automation utilizing Alteryx.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant
Wells Fargo International Solutions Pvt Ltd.
08.2024 - Current
- User Acceptance and Business Acceptance Testing
- Analyze functional specification and business requirement documents and translate them into a testing plan
- Developing test scenarios & cases, execute test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing and performing smoke validations
- Verify test execution results and update traceability matrix
- Experience with Regression Testing and workflows to create and execute test cases
- Creating a test closure report and producing it t the management team.
- Preparing monthly audit report to check if the test cases are aligned as per compliance
- Working with LIQ and Digital application partners to ensure tracking of defects through resolution including prioritization for critical vs. deferred items
- Testing experience on the following applications: LIQ, Vantage, CBOA (UAT testing)
- Facilitates Testing update meetings with Business partners
- Communicate, plan, and coordinate with business and project leaders, stakeholders, team members, and cross functional members
- Works directly with stakeholders using various resources (e.g., traceability matrices, system design/functionality walkthrough sessions, etc.) to ensure Business acceptance of new functionality and usability
- Conducting Retrospective Meeting after project completion
- Departments: LIQ - EUV UAT Testing
Associate Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2021 - Current
- Lead project delivery initiatives, managing end-to-end implementation of business solutions across strategic platforms.
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for ISO 20022 migration, partnering with cross-functional teams to validate SWIFT message formats and ensure seamless integration with core payment systems.
- Facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions on post-implementation Loan IQ enhancements, driving team awareness and seamless adoption of updated functionalities.
- Led testing efforts during the initial transition to Risk-Free Rates (RFR), ensuring accurate system updates and compliance with evolving regulatory standards.
- Lead development and deployment of Alteryx workflows to automate regulatory and financial data reporting, improving process efficiency by 40%.
- Oversee production performance of Alteryx workflows, ensuring stability, data accuracy, and timely issue resolution.
- Support BAU activities with a focus on the Client Liaison Model, ensuring timely issue resolution and operational continuity.
- Develop and present quarterly client liaison metrics to management, highlighting the volume of breaks cleared and supervised by Client Liaison Team to showcase operational efficiency and issue resolution trends.
- Deliver documentation and training to onboard teams on system changes and process updates.
- Departments: CB Lending Ops, EMEA Region
- Received Live Award for Risk and Controls in Q3 2022
- Received Live Award for Client Liaison Model in Q2 2024
- Received WOW Award for Transformation and Innovation in Q3 2023
Team Leader
Bank Of New York Mellon India Pvt. Ltd
09.2018 - 09.2021
- The CFM Team provides support to the clients to facilitate the principal and interest payments to the bond holders.
- To Manage Client Accounts & reconciling escrow account balances.
- To facilitate the Debt Service Payments to the bond holders
- To make sure that Debt service payment Invoices are sent on a timely manner by every Trust Associate.
- To handle client calls and queries.
- To prepare the data DEC for calls & to publish weekly and Monthly Dashboard data to the business.
- Creating KPI’s and KRI’s for the team as this is a new migration
- Creating RCSA for the team
- Leading an SOP Creation task for both Pune and Chennai Location
- Handling a project in Collaboration with HR and Onshore stake holders on employee onboarding and Training to smoothen the complete process
- Conducting Team huddles & Problem-solving session
- One to one meeting with everyone in the team on monthly basis
- Departments: Client Financial Management - Debt Service
Team Leader
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2016 - 09.2018
- The lending operations team in CPB, provides support to the lending business for CPB (Commercial and Private Banking).
- Performing 4 eye check for agented loans (Drawdown & Prepayment & Rollover) and educating team members on the loan concepts.
- Monitoring team email box and addressing the urgent & Important Queries.
- Having in-depth knowledge and hands on experience in all Investigation query types such as Return of funds, Unable to Apply, Amendment, Recall, OFAC, FATF, miscellaneous.
- Having knowledge in Fed clearing, Funds Transfer, Sanctions, OFAC, Funds control.
- Strong in USD Wire Clearing, including Federal Reserve, CHIPS and SWIFT payment formatting and Client USD Wire Clearing products
- Generating past due report and circulating to the team for an update.
- Working on Standby letter of credit, Issuance fees and facing fee calculations.
- Investigating on Return of funds & DK'd wires.
- Taking care of Nostro reconciliation and Investigation.
- Raising SSI build request if any new request comes.
- Adherence to SLA’s / TAT
- Departments: Loan Operation & Trade Finance Dept.
Senior Analyst
The Royal Bank of Scotland Business Services Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 12.2016
- The lending operations team in CIB CSO, GHI provides support to the lending business for CPB (Commercial and Private Banking) and CIB (Corporate and Institutional Banking) customers in UK Manchester, UK.
- Loan Drawdown: Performing mandatory checks like (Condition Preceding and FTL (Fit to lend) to ensure client is eligible for the requested loan amount.
- Ensure client agreed terms and conditions & authorized signatures are matching.
- Open the new Loan Account for the customers, Fund Transfer, update STP (Straight through Processing) details, Arrangement Fee charging.
- Ensure confirmations are sent to Client/MO upon loan activation and loan disbursement.
- Various types of fee charging (i.e. Commitment Fee, Arrangement Fee, Amendment Fee, Management Fee, etc…).
- Responding to the client’s emails on time to prevent escalations.
- Working on KPI & KRI (i.e. Cash Breaks & Data Integrity & Past Due) to meet the process excellence.
- Liaise closely with Banking Operations Middle offices, Finance and Treasury teams to ensure the timely and accurate booking of loan events and to ensure the loan book is appropriately funded by Treasury.
- Dealing with Investor queries and ensuring the loans are managed within the legal terms of the Agency Agreements.
- Responding to the MO/Client’s call to help them understand their queries.
- Managing zero error point and complete the process with in SLAs.
- Departments: Lending Operation & Trade Finance Dept.
Analyst
Wipro Limited
10.2011 - 03.2015
- Performing KYC-customer Due Diligence & Enhanced Due Diligence for on boarding Global Corporate clients for Cyprus, Jersey, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Knightsbridge (London) Jurisdictions.
- Supporting KYC requirements for Global Banking & Markets and Commercial Banking for new clients across multiple business lines, ensuring AML Regulations and Barclay’s policies & procedures are maintained and adhered.
- Prepare KYC profiles in accordance for sign off in accordance with the Group policy, KYC ID MATRIX, local regulatory requirements and sign off authority.
- Thorough understanding of legal structures of Corporate Entities and dealing with various client types: Private/Unregulated companies, regulated companies, listed corporate, Cell companies, Partnership, Charities/Association, Trust, Funds.
- Analysing, Identifying & Verifying the complex ownership structure (more than 3 layers) and creating the structure chart as per the requirement.
- Scrutinizing the Source of Funds, Source of Wealth, Nature of Business, Product and Identifying the Risk Associated with it.
- Performing independent research in World Check, Delta List Search, Google Search for PEP Links and adverse news.
- Ensuring that the Entity is not part of Sanctioned Countries List and not Dealing/Invests/Domiciled/Controlling from Sanction Country & also verifying the Cross Border transactions.
- Ensuring all documents is loaded in the document loading system with appropriate indexation.
- To provide a timely, high quality and flexible KYC and Client identification for clients wishing to do business with Barclays.
- Departments: KYC & On-Boarding
Education
B. Com (Pass) -
The New College
Chennai01.2011
12th -
Jai Hind Mat.Hr. Sec.School
Chennai01.2008
10th -
Jai Hind Mat.Hr. Sec.School
Chennai01.2006
Skills
- User acceptance testing skills
- Proficient in JIRA and Octane
- Project oversight and management
- Data transformation techniques
- Automation of workflows
- Expertise in SWIFT messages
- Client relationship development
- Leadership capabilities in teams
- Tableau and Excel proficiency
- Effective team player qualities
- Guiding individuals and teams
- Scheduling expertise with timelines
- Methods-oriented practices
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil
Hobbies and Interests
Travelling, listening to music, playing volleyball
Disclaimer
Declaration I, Y. Sheik Dhawood Basha, declare that all the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge. Place: Chennai Date
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Wells Fargo International Solutions Pvt Ltd.
08.2024 - Current
Associate Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2021 - Current
Team Leader
Bank Of New York Mellon India Pvt. Ltd
09.2018 - 09.2021
Team Leader
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2016 - 09.2018
Senior Analyst
The Royal Bank of Scotland Business Services Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 12.2016
Analyst
Wipro Limited
10.2011 - 03.2015
B. Com (Pass) -
The New College
12th -
Jai Hind Mat.Hr. Sec.School
10th -
Jai Hind Mat.Hr. Sec.School
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