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Vijay Sankar

Retail Banking & Fintech - Credit Risk And Collections
Mumbai

Summary

Over 22 years of multi-faceted experience in Fintech Startups in Lending Space in South East Asia as part of Leadership Team, Account Management, Customer Success Management & Relationship,Credit Risk & Collections of Unsecured and Secured Portfolio, Telecollections, Asset Reconstruction, Risk Data Analytics and Segmentations, Supply Chain Financing and Trade Credit, BNPL, Entrepreneurship

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of Accounts – Customer Succession

SAVii.io (www.savii.io)
Mumbai
2022.08 - Current

Heading Customer Succession team to ensure penetration and P&L

  • Account Management
  • GTM strategy
  • Implementation of SAVii products in coordination with internal teams - Product, Technology, Finance, Operations, Risk & Marketing
  • Revenue Generation
  • Loan Uptake and P&L
  • Evaluate and implement Marketing & Reach out Strategies to ensure penetration
  • Risk Accreditation of Corporates
  • Risk Evaluation based on - Credit Scores - Data Analysis & Consumer Behavior
  • Responsible for building healthy portfolio
  • Collections & Portfolio Management
  • Client Performance & Engagement
  • Product Discoveries, Improvement and Implementation
  • Technology and Automation

Head – Credit Risk & Collections – South East Asia

Zilingo Pte (www.zilingo.com)
Mumbai
2020.06 - 2022.07

Portfolio Sized : USD 150 Mllion

  • Building up Robust Credit Risk for each country
  • Score card based Risk Analysis based on Transactional Data and Operations data on Platform
  • Behavioral Score for the Customers Customized Product Development
  • Responsible for building & maintaining healthy portfolio
  • Collection & Legal Channel development across South east Asia
  • Collections & Recoveries and Legal Recoveries across Geographies
  • Team formation and Management
  • Enable Partnerships across the Globe with Fintechs, Financial Institutions and Banks to enable Trade Credit and Working Capital, BNPL - BuyNow PayLater, Invoice discounting, Cross Border Financing, Supply Chain financing.

Head of Credit & Collections

Niyogin Fintech Ltd (www.niyogin.in)
Mumbai
2017.09 - 2020.05

Portfolio Size : INR 160 Cr

  • Handled Sales Channel development, Credit & Collections
  • Part of Credit Committee and Leadership team
  • To build up a quality and profitable SME Loan Book for Niyogin Fintech Ltd.
  • To build the automated Credit Scoring Model with Score cards & Risk based Pricing and Re calibration of the Credit Score
  • To develop Portfolio Risk Framework & Monitor Portfolio performance,
  • Responsible for building and managing Collections & Recoveries platform of Niyogin.
  • Portfolio Segmentation based on Risk thus creating Priority pool for Collections & Early Warning Signals
  • Setting up the entire Collection Process, Policies, Team and the Channels
  • To help in conceptualizing and developing the new Products & Programs and help the Product team to develop Innovative and customized Products
  • Assessment of operating & potential markets
  • Established & managed the Sales Distribution Network and Activation in the Launch phase

National Collection Manager - Retail ARC

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Mumbai
2010.06 - 2017.09

Portfolio Size : INR 8500 Cr with customer pool of 1.8 Million

  • Portfolio Resolution and Strategy & Data Analytics
  • To build up and implement Collection Strategy for Buy out ARD Portfolio (2400 + DPD)
  • Segmentation of Portfolio based on Data Analytical Inputs & Scoring Model
  • To provide Insight from behavioral models
  • Predictive analytics to improve decision making and efficiency by analyzing a wide set of customer data to determine the risk level and to develop the most appropriate treatment strategy.
  • To develop operational strategy aiming to ensure that the right treatment and mechanism is used at the right time and at the right cost for customer segment.
  • To develop More efficient, effective processes - Increasing the automation of collections activities make collections processes significantly more efficient and effective.
  • Data mining to assist in segmenting the portfolio and developing the predictive analytics model
  • Responsible for the formulation and Implementation of Performance Management System, the Annual Operating Plan & Target for respective products.
  • Responsible for Annual Budgeting, P & L
  • 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
  • Responsible for the formulation and Implementation of Call Center Migration Plans, Performance Management System,the Annual Operating Plan & Target for respective products

Regional Head – Collections & Risk

Fed Bank Financial Services Ltd
Mumbai
2009.10 - 2010.05
  • Building up the Collection Process, Policies and Team of Fed Bank Financial Services Ltd.
  • Collection Strategy Formulation and Implementation

Zonal Manager – Debt Management Retail Banking

ICICI Bank
Mumbai
2005.02 - 2009.09

Roles:

  • Strategy Manager – Debt Management Retail Banking
  • Zonal Manager – Tele Collections- Unsecured – Pan India
  • Service Delivery Head –Call Center – Retail Loans & Credit Cards Collections
  • Vertical Head–Collections Tele Calling
  • Managed Telecollections unit of 4500 seats

Co-Founder & Director

Fab Clean & Care Pvt. Ltd
Pune
2001.09 - 2004.10
  • chain of stores offering Laundry and Dry-cleaning Services with a centralized processing center, under the brand name of “DHULAAI” in India.

Consultant – Net Ventures

Kaashyap Radiant Systems Ltd
Mumbai
1999.09 - 2001.08
  • Pre - Sales Customer relations
  • Creating the concept and revenue models for the Internet start-ups the company was advising in that period
  • Conceptualizing the model and design of the portal based on the target market it was addressing

Mechanical Engineer

Hindustan Metallic Industries
Cochin
1995.05 - 1997.06

Education

MBA - Finance

University of Pune
Pune
1997.06 - 1999.08

B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering

Calicut University
Thrissur
1991.06 - 1995.08

Skills

Digital Fintech Start up Environment

Customer Succession Management

Credit, Collections & Recoveries

Retail Risk & Collection Strategy

Data Analytics & Segmentations & Scoring

Entrepreneurship

Change Management & Adaptability

Accomplishments

  • Digital Lending Landscape exposure across Southeast Asia
  • Part of Leadership team of new Digital Fintech Startups in Employee Wellbeing, Financial Inclusion, e-Commerce and MSME Lending
  • Managed a Debt portfolio size of INR 8500 Cr in Kotak Mahindra Bank
  • Managed a telecalling unit of ~4500 seats and the strategy in ICICI Bank

Timeline

Head of Accounts – Customer Succession

SAVii.io (www.savii.io)
2022.08 - Current

Head – Credit Risk & Collections – South East Asia

Zilingo Pte (www.zilingo.com)
2020.06 - 2022.07

Head of Credit & Collections

Niyogin Fintech Ltd (www.niyogin.in)
2017.09 - 2020.05

National Collection Manager - Retail ARC

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
2010.06 - 2017.09

Regional Head – Collections & Risk

Fed Bank Financial Services Ltd
2009.10 - 2010.05

Zonal Manager – Debt Management Retail Banking

ICICI Bank
2005.02 - 2009.09

Co-Founder & Director

Fab Clean & Care Pvt. Ltd
2001.09 - 2004.10

Consultant – Net Ventures

Kaashyap Radiant Systems Ltd
1999.09 - 2001.08

MBA - Finance

University of Pune
1997.06 - 1999.08

Mechanical Engineer

Hindustan Metallic Industries
1995.05 - 1997.06

B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering

Calicut University
1991.06 - 1995.08
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