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Shivanand Audalu Rao

Shivanand Audalu Rao

Functional Consultant
Bangalore,Karnataka

Summary

Banking and Technology Professional with several years of experience in Banking, Technology, Operations, Audit for leading global financial & technology institutions. Currently working as Functional Consultant with Infosys ltd with over 12 years of experience in banking domain, analyzing client/business requirements, providing customized solution, testing and implementation of Finacle products.

Overview

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Work History

Functional Consultant

Infosys Ltd
  • Function as the bridge between Infosys and designated client & function as the SPOC
  • Worked on Finacle modules like: CASA, liabilities, Clearing CARDs
  • Participated in all phases of Implementation starting from Requirement Analysis, solution documentation, Building/Development, Testing Validation, Bug Fix, Demo
  • Preparing Functional/Solution documents for customization
  • Functional testing of the customization developed
  • Responsible for briefing the technical team about the specific requirements
  • Analyzing and clarifying defects/Observations raised by bank team using tools like JIRA
  • Collaborate with external and internal teams to resolve issues which arise during project planning and execution
  • Manage project management logistics such as timelines, agendas, production and distribution of meeting minutes, and project status reports to various stakeholders
  • Manage change request from the client by understanding the scope of work- analyzing requirement, customer approval on effort estimation, channelizing resources as per the requirement & implementation
  • Consultant for a Finacle marquee client to provide advisory services (Value Realization Model and Cost Benefit Analysis – internal engagement)

Manager

IDFC Bank Ltd
  • Process review & monitoring of various existing bank
  • Preparing bank’s centralized SOPs & manuals for Wholesale & Commercial Banking group activities
  • (Trade, CMS, Clearing, Treasury, Branch Operations etc.)
  • Establishing processes and controls to enable AML and Fraud controls landscape, carry out assessment and evaluation of control measures to reduce internal and external Frauds
  • Bank’s CBS project-Acted as a bridge between end user and TCS BANCA team
  • Functional testing of CBS, NewGen applications
  • Testing functionalities for payment, deposits, transfer, general banking operations, clearing.

Asst. Manager

Deutsche Bank
  • Trade Finance: Inward & Outward Remittances, FIRC issuance
  • Forex: Foreign currency buying and selling, Travel Card fresh sale, reload and refund
  • Clearing: Inward & Outward Clearing, Reconciliation
  • Customer Service Management: Conducting Customer Service Committee Meeting, Maintenance of Complaint/Suggestion register
  • Anti-money laundering: Monitoring the daily-generated Exception reports, recording transactions.

Officer

ICICI Bank ltd Bank
  • Monitoring branch operation related to Cash, Clearing, Customer service, Forex and Account Opening
  • Clearing: Inward & Outward Clearing, Reconciliation
  • Customer Service Management: Conducting Customer Service Committee Meeting, Maintenance of Complaint/Suggestion register
  • Spearheaded end-to-end solution for all types of queries pertaining to the banking processes to customers and within the organization using Finacle CRM
  • Functioned as a Solution Manager for all savings/current account queries using Finacle & CRM.

Education

Skills

  • Client Relations

  • Requirements Gathering

  • Adaptability and Flexibility

  • Business process understanding

Leadership And Accomplishments

  • Recognized by the Infosys in the category of ‘Going Extra Mile.’
  • Recognized by the CEO of IDFC Bank for the contribution towards smooth launch of IDFC Bank branches.
  • Appreciation from the COO of Deutsche Bank for smooth implementation of DOOR workflow application.

References

Can be provided on request.

Software

Finacle, TCS Banca, Jira ,Power-BI,MS Office

Certification

CSPO- Certified Scrum Product Owner, Six Sigma White Belt Certified

Timeline

Functional Consultant

Infosys Ltd

Manager

IDFC Bank Ltd

Asst. Manager

Deutsche Bank

Officer

ICICI Bank ltd Bank

Shivanand Audalu RaoFunctional Consultant