1. R Kishore Kumar
31, North Mada Street, Thirumullaivoil, Chennai - 600062
Ph: 044-64569924 Mobile: 9841021250, E-mail: kishore.rajam@gmail.com
PROFILE & STRENGTHS
A competent professional with experience in – Operations Management – Process
Management – Data Reconciliation – Process Improvement – Customer relationship
management – Quality tools - Team & attrition management
Excellent management skills with high caliber in creating, developing and executing plans
and strategies by the set processes of the organization.
A focused, result-oriented and highly motivated professional with demonstrated capability
of achieving 100% by well planned, developed and implemented strategies.
A skilled leader, noted for possessing exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
CAREER GROWTH:
RBS BUSINESS SERVICES PVT LTD, CHENNAI, SINCE SEPT ’05
Designation: Functional Consultant [Service Advisory] [Aug 2014 till date]
Region: Global
Designation: Manager [Reconciliations] [July 2011 to July 2014]
Region: Global
Designation: Team Leader [CFG Reconciliation] [Dec 2009 to June 2011]
Region: US
Designation: Officer [Service Advisory] [Sep 2005 till Dec 2009]
Region: Netherlands
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
Lead the creation of Work flow tool for the Process Management team, which provided a
single point of contact for all Process Consulting Requirements
Green belt Project – Identified and implemented process optimization within Process
consulting with benefit of 2 FTE save
Lead successful implementation of SEPA across the Reconciliations Unit & 5 other NL
specific projects in a year
Identified and ensured collection of outstanding client invoice payments of Global Billing
Customers ~ 5 mio
Successfully migrated the check reconciliation project for Citizens Bank from the US (Dec
2009 & Jan 2010) & enabled Go-Live ahead of time
Lead a task force from Reconciliations working with the Trade Supply Chain Finance team
& the Local office in the UK to reconcile & clear backlogs for regulatory requirement
Supported LEAN continuous improvement project in Q4 2010 and enabled successful
implementation in the Team.
Acted as BCP SPOC for the unit and actively engaged to draft the strategy & testing of
readiness
2. Reconciled and maintained the treasury operations of Dry Run test client in an aggressive
time frame.
Successfully migrated invoice generation process in Billing monitoring.
CERTIFICATIONS
On Trac Certified - 2013
FLP Certified - 2013
Green Belt certified - 2015
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Functional Consultant:
Identify opportunities for simplification/optimization/automation of the processes
consulted
Maintain effective relationship with stakeholders to identify areas of improvement
Create As-Is states of processes and come up with the Ideal To-Be states
Conduct feasibility study for implementation of improvements identified
Syndicate with Business for sign off and implementation of opportunities identified
Create End to End process maps and call out opportunities for simplification
Support assist with transformation, re-engineering and Lean projects using quality tools and
techniques
Create and maintain the repository of process maps for the Business
Assist with designing the Service Advisory model that demonstrates strong control & risk
management
Work closely with peers to identify Service Advisory capability gaps, providing feedback &
coaching/guiding
Act as a central point of contact providing guidance & support in terms of Service Advisory
standards, quality, tools and techniques
Establish & maintain reporting and tracking of Service Advisory outcomes against the
framework
Assist with providing user feedback for the service ownership framework to design &
assurance teams /or improvement opportunities
Operations:
Demonstrated excellence in monitoring Nostro, Client Trust, Equity, Sundry, Fixed Income,
Inter-company reconciliations, Consumer Cash & Branch reconciliations & investigating the
open items
Ensuring an accurate and timely reconciliation of Agent’ bank statements and internal
ledgers with regard to all Suspense accounts
Identifying and recording Nostro breaks for investigation by the appropriate operational
departments
Ensuring correctness of Nostro balances and movements
Duly ensuring file imports and auto matching process for the concerned location within
delivery time as per the service level agreement
Allocating and resolving un-reconciled items as required
Facilitating interest claims by inquiring with concerned department
3. Validated the on-boarding of corporate clients having global footprint into various liquidity
management service and, corporate billing for charging the clients for the services thus
rendered
Ensured delivery of FX & Base Rates were diligently monitored on a periodic basis and any
anomaly was flagged immediately
Ensured timely end-to-end monitoring of zero balancing sweeps and issues were escalated
without any delay
Authorized the offset of balances on bank account used for liquidity management; and,
validated the reconciliation performed for those accounts
Ensured that the receivables from corporate clients were efficiently tracked and any
outstanding or part payment was effectively followed up; engaged with client service
team / client account manager for payment
Cross verified the reconcile completed for the transactions booked on the Dry Run accounts;
and ensured that the results were shared with their team for actionable
People Management:
Ensure the Service Level Agreements and Turnaround times agreed with the clients are met.
Increasing efficiency and productivity of the team by analyzing the Learning index and
identifying areas for improvement
In charge of Daily performance monitoring, Quality, interacting with clients and MI
reporting
Active involvement in resource allocation exercise with the operations management team.
Performing performance appraisals and work with HR team on attrition control
Work in coordination with IT and Human resources team to ensure availability of resources
and infrastructure for new projects
Continuous review of the process and identification of additional controls to eliminate risk.
Focused approach to achieve error free processing in the Team.
Motivate the Team to think out of the box and identify process improvement ideas.
APPLICATIONS
IBM Blueworks
Intellimatch
IntelliTracs
SWIFT
CLICC & GCAB
Liquidity Management
EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
B.SC, (Physics) 2003
RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai. 1st
class
M.SC, (Physics) 2005
Anna University, Chennai. 1st
class.
4. M.B.A, 2007
Madras University, Chennai.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE OF BIRTH: 06th
April, 1982
PASSPORT #: N7577975
MARITAL STATUS: Married