SunilGiri

SunilGiri

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  Sunil Giri Hanmandla Pageof 3 Sunil Giri Hanmandla +91 – 99005 66216 [email protected] Experience Summary Around 8 years of work experience in Banking, Compliance, Remittances and Investment Banking Domain with Expertise in Compliance Due Diligence, International Banking Operations and Mutual Fund trade operations  Currently working with Scope International Private Limited ((A wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank, UK) as Associate Manager for Compliance Due Diligence.  Worked as Assistant Manager in ICICI Bank, Hyderabad for Account Opening & Servicing - Singapore Branch till Dec 2012.  Strong exposure on Regulatory Compliance, Business Analyst, Process/Procedure Review, Compliance Monitoring.  Case Management,BSA/Patriot Act, Anti-Money Laundering (AML),Know Your Customer (KYC).  Excellent Experience in CDD new client on boarding, CDD reviewing w.r.t. SDD and EDD review, Deposit Opening and Servicing activities.  Communicated with the AML Partners (AML Advisory, AML Legal Counsel, and Law Enforcement) and across jurisdictions throughoutthe duration of an investigation.  Assigned Enterprise-wide responsibilities, including: Global coordination of high-risk investigations; Escalation pointfor reputation risk matters.  Took ownership of individual cases using appropriate case management tools and techniques to progress in order to meettimescales for alertinvestigation processing.  Carried out varying levels of research/investigation,depending on the complexity of each alert/case.  Determined if additional field enquiries are required and escalate as appropriate for non/low quality responses  Prepared case files for review (e.g., media search results, copies of statements/checks, results from internal system searches).  Accurately documented rationale for case closure or escalation as appropriate.  Undertook prompt closure of eligible alerts not deemed as unusual or suspicious and make suitable recommendations for alertsuppression.  Provided inputto continuous improvement and be receptive to change.  Materially assisted in evaluating a business unit’s response to internal or external auditcompliance findings.  Took the initiative to train the new joiners on complete aspectofKYC - Due Diligence.  Create customized due diligence reports for invested clients.  Strong Exposure of handling various Account Services & International Mutual Funds (Open ended Collective Investment Schemes).  Settled and cleared mutual fund and offshore fund transactions for private client portfolios.  Made suggestions and conducted testing for a new online mutual fund transaction processing system  Understanding ofcorporate policies and procedures as well as keyinternational regulatoryrequirements.  Served as a liaison, resource and primary point of contact for management, relationship managers and clients in Reviewing the CDD,Executing Forward Contracts and IMF related activities.  Strong Experience in Account Opening & Maintenance for Private Banking clients.  Expertise in Initiating the FX Online deals - cross currency deals.  Exposure to TreasuryOperations regarding cross currencydeals.  Worked on UAT environments in FINACLE I Core application.  Experience in Raising the BRS for necessaryrequirements as per the Operations perspective.  Experience in handling International Mutual Funds related activities.  Coordinated with Fund Administrators and ensuring proper Offering, Subscription and Redemption materials to the potential investors.  Handled Managed Fund Process including Management Information, Distributor Agreements, Collection of Trail Income / Incentive Fees and maintaining dailyManaged Fund Trading Blotter.  Managed resolution ofTrade Execution / Settlement Issues with the relevantFund Houses.  Expertise in Verbal and Written Communication.  Excellent analytical & problem solving skills.  A team player with strong interpersonal and communication proficiency.
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  Sunil Giri Hanmandla Pageof 3 Business development Experience  In a short span was awarded twice with Star Icon award on the performance shown at Scope International in CDD Team.  Was instrumental in the accelerated revenue growth and improved profitability through disciplined execution, by focusing on commitment to delivering the best customer experience in ICICI Bank Singapore Branch – Back Office in Account Opening & Maintenance and Investment Banking Section. Customer Relationship Management  Managed customer centric operations & ensured customer satisfaction by achieving delivery & service quality norms in the Investment Banking Section  Attended the client's complaints by due diligence and undertook steps for effectively resolving them for their complete satisfaction. Received manyappreciations from the clients in this regard.  Part of the team which was declared No.1 Regional Private Bank Asia Pacific at Private Banker International Awards-2007 from ICICI Bank Technology / Technical skills  In-depth knowledge ofFINACLE (I Core Banking Solution)  SWIFT (Tool for Interbank Fund Payments) and FCRM.  Retard FX Online and Murex application for pushing the cross currencydeals.  Well versed with: MS Office, Open Office 3.0 Extra Curricular Activities  Represented ICICIBank Hyderabad Cricketteam and a key all rounder for the corporate team  Won several inter college cricketmatches and awards as captain
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  Sunil Giri Hanmandla Pageof 3 Job Details Current Compan y Scope International Private Limited Duration 2nd Jan 2013 till date Client Standard Chartered Bank, UK Operations of the client Compliance Due Diligence – Corporate Clients Role(s) Associate Manager Activities  Knowledge of AML Laws and Regulations.  Assessing AML/OFAC compliance risk and ensure that proper controls, procedures are in place to mitigate the risks.  Manage risk based monitoring for unusual activity, including detection, investigation, suspicious reporting to law enforcement agencies, documenting the file with supporting documents.  Complete risk assessments in order to develop policies to minimize risk exposure and escalate accordinglyto Risk Managers.  Liaise with Sales teams, supporting affiliates globally to ens ure appropriate levels of information sharing in order to complete the due diligence.  Facilitate and provide key control processes to perform due diligence.  Approving of all new clients through due diligence procedures including the review of KYC documentation and AML procedures.  Perform AML/KYC due diligence on a range of institutional clients with different legal structures, both Singapore and India jurisdictions, to support business across various productgroups.  Develop, oversee and enforce the company's compliance policies and procedures.  Review and update compliance manual policies and procedures to comply with all securities laws,regulations,and directives issued byrespective regulators.  Assistin operational projects pertaining to the area of account opening.  Preparing the spread sheets for internal and external audits.  Knowledge on NORKOM, AMLOCK, GOOGLE, BLOOMBERG.  Assessing the CDD,KYC for the new accountopening for corporate clients.  Assessing the Review of CDD.  Tracking the Review status ofall the Corporate clients.  Assessing PEP forms.  Assessing Adverse News w.r.t. the CDD review.  Monitor compliance with Code of Ethics policies.  Day to day management and leadership of compliance team, adherence to all regulatory requirements. Location Scope International Private Limited,Bangalore,India
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  Sunil Giri Hanmandla Pageof 3 Previous Compa ny ICICI Bank, Hyderabad Duration June 2005 - Till 4th Dec 2012 Client Private Banking Operations, Singapore Operations of the client Account Opening , Servicing & Outward Remittances for Singapore. Role(s) Assistant Manager Activities  Assessing profiles ofthe individual team members and leading the team.  Assessing the CDD,KYC for all the new accountopening for both individuals & corporate.  Monitoring and Executing the FX ONLINE deals with Treasuryteam.  NOSTRO reconciliation.  Playing a role in Treasury Operations by updating the cross currency deals in Murex Application.  Raising necessaryBRS to technologyfor the smooth functioning ofoperations.  Assessing profiles of private banking clients, Opening the deposits, Internal transfers, subscribing and redeeming mutual fund orders.  Tracking trade details and follows up with fund house for NAV and latestupdates.  Direct contact with traders, sales, counterparts and agents banks. Same day collection, validation and reporting of Euro clear / Clear stream failures.  Report overnight fails to HNI clients and monitor failing transactions in order to guaranty next day settlement.  Development ofmonthly clientcustody position holdings and transactions report.  Clientcorrespondence (confirmation, statements, corporate action notifications).  Daily usage ofSWIFT messaging for clearing and settlement.  Processing ofRemittances (Inward & Outward).  Produce, analyze and interpret MIS data for all the investment Schemes and cross currency deals.  Presenting Mutual Fund information to Relationship Managers as well as investment present ation material to promote the investment services ofPrivate Bank Location ICICI Bank, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India Accomplishments throughout my career  Was key member of the team which converted the 12 digitaccountnumbers to 11 digits to match FINACLE's database requirement. Contributed to raising the critical observations during this conversion and played a major role in the closure of these issues.  The advices get changed when bank has received the QFB policy the testing carried with major changes undergone in formatwhich uniform for International Private Banking.The same was tested with all parameters and continuous follow up with technologychecking each parameter finallythe new format was deployed in live successfully. I handled this projectin the role of Senior Officer.  As an Assistant Manager, handled the changes for BRS which was raised to have necessaryMIS from FINACLE as per the requirements and also BRS was raised for International Mutual Funds towards the creation and modification ofFund Master.  In case of any Mutual Fund, Both Productand Operations team define the Fund Master through which the complete cycle of a particular fund is decided.Here ProductTeam guides the Operations to complte the Fund Fund Master by writing several testcases and running each Fund in the UAT environment.H ad taken many initiativies to define new Fund Codes and its proper functioniing in the Private Banking System(PBS).  Any modifications or updates happen in the fund has to be incorporated in the Fund Master of the Private Banking System(PBS) for which several testcases were done and UAT was performed successfullywith co ordination oftechnology team.  BRS was raised to incorporate the SIP module in the Private Banking System(PBS) for International Mutual
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  Sunil Giri Hanmandla Pageof 3 Funds.  The projectwas initiated on SIP module for International Mutual Funds in Private Banking System(PBS), Intellect application in which several testcases was written towards the appropriate functioning ofthe module and UAT was performed successfullywith co ordination oftechnology team.  Handled the BRS which was raised ROgenerate the swiftsecond level from FINACLE ICORE. As part of this change, prepared the test cases and assisted the technologyteam.Co-ordinated this change till successful implementation in live FINACLE. The Remittance team is now generating swift2 level for all currencies in FINACLE after this change.  The projectwas initiated with several testcases and UAT was performed successfullywith co ordination of technologyteam. The GL codes are mapped to all scheme codes and existing accounts are migrated correctly to GL codes.  Proficiently handled various products like  Fidelity International Investments  Franklin Templeton Investments  M&G Prudential Fund  Russell Fund  Permal Fixed Income Holding Fund  Offshore India Funds  Forward Plus Contracts  Annual Payout Deposits  Floating Rate Deposits  Cross currencydeals  Murex SSI updates  Key contributor for the following  Played a vital role in reducing the overdue rate for CDD the entire country  LEVEL 3 in IBOG by Organisational Excellence Group & ICICI Bank various process controls and measurement matrices.  Effective Controls for preventing frauds and ensured error free processing.  Had successfullyexecuted various Offshore India funds which ICICI bank launched.  Ensured mitigation ofrisk, enhanced clientservicing & minimisedTAT by introducing various process improvement methods.  Instrumental in launching collective investment schemes ofFidelity International, Franklin Templeton and Prudential Mutual Funds and Forward Plus which is a variant of Deposits.  Awarded for being part of the Private Banking team which was declared No.1 Regional Private Bank Asia Pacific at Private Banker International Awards-2007. Educational Qualification  MBA (Human Resource Management) from Osmania University.  B.Sc. (Electronics) from Osmania University.  D.S.T. (Diploma in Software Technology) from CMC Ltd.