Kumareshan B, SAFe SPC, ASM, POPM, CSM, IC-ATF, ICP-ACC, SSA

Experience

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  KHODAY INDIA LIMITED

  Mar 2001 - Mar 2003

  Account Executive
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  HCL Technologies

  Apr 2003 - May 2008

  Team Lead
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  Deutsche Bank

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Team Manager

  Managing a team of Projects and Operational resourcesExcellent knowledge in migrating manual Recs (Nostro, Depot & Internal) to SSR (Smartstream) and TLM (FOBO, Nostro, Depot, Internal & Internal) Involving in TLM SIT, UAT testing and reviewing the Test & Signoff documents prepared by the testers.Automation of manual interfaces in reconciliation flow in TLM (FOBO) and SSR (Nostro/Internal/Depot)Building Configurations, matching rules, allocation rules, category parameters and reference maskingConducting regular reviews to monitor the performance and efficiency of team members, ensuring compliance with pre-set quality parameters.Involved in reviewing Business Requirement Document for new Projects to SSR & TLM.TLM & SSR ResponsibilitiesFacilitating the core reconciliation department in day to day reconciliation of Nostro, Depot, Internal & FOBO accounts.Monitoring Unknown Securities clean up - Mapping security, Adding asset register, linking the securities.Feeds issue and escalations, coordinating between TLM support and DB feeds.Asset Register - Checking the asset register file on a daily basis and verifying all the securities have linked to proper aliases.Dashboard Clearance - Ensuring that all the tasks in TLM Dashboard have been cleared at the End of Day.Operations, Client Servicing & TrainingLiaising/Interacting with the offshore & Onsite ManagementMeeting stringent quality standards, service levels & regulatory compliance requirementsMonitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level and to ensuring the service as per the Service Level AgreementPossess excellent interpersonal, communication and organizations skill with proven abilities in training and development, customer relationship management and planning. Show less

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  J.P. Morgan

  Aug 2011 - May 2012

  Process Manager

  Managing a team of Projects and Operational resourcesHave successfully managed the end to end migration of cash and securities reconciliation on to TLM within limited period of timeHave migrated one cash and Asset reconciliation from in house applications to TLM. That includes for DallasSuccessfully managed all the tasks such as project plan, writing comprehensive BRD, proof of concept test, UAT production parallel support and Go-live support.Conducted TLM user training for various operation teams and fund accounting team across the fund services in JP Morgan India, Dallas, Boston and ManilaHave identified and suggested lot of product enhancement from JP Morgan perspective and worked with STL (Smart Stream) team to get the fix. Such as All selected Input proposal flag which was not available Show less

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  Syntel

  Dec 2012 - Apr 2015

  Project Manager

  Managed a large program for CITI Bank in migration of Trade and Cash recs, between exchanges and front office application, from legacy platform to TLM. Primary activities include interfacing with vendor, infrastructure, enterprise messaging, operations and other stakeholders. Interface with clients executive reviewing statuses on project requirements, schedules, issues and risks with plans to address trends and variancesMigrating the Recon from existing platform (Recon Trade, Recon Frontier) to TLMPreparation of Release implementation plan, STE and PS runbook.Reviewing the Autosys job setupsPreparation of Test cases and Test plan.Chairing the test calls with all the involved parties.Preparation of Training plan and conducting the training to all the production users.Helping the team in case of any queries or issues. Show less

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  Cognizant

  May 2016 - Jul 2017

  Senior Project Manager

  Managing end to end project implementation tasks such as conducting proof of concept of test, Data Mapping, Feed Analysis, ETL Testing and TLM Config testing, Requesting Broker Feeds and Go-live supportConducting the Weekly meeting with all the Stake holders and providing the updates. Also preparing the Meeting Minutes and publishing the same to all the audiencePreparation of Test cases and Test plan.Preparation of SOW / Work Orders and amendments.Submission of month end billing to account team.Conduction and participating in Audits on regular basis.Preparation of Project Proposals and scheduling the calls with other clients.Engaged in project proposal meetings with other clients. Show less

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  Northern Trust Corporation

  Aug 2017 - now

  Handling 2 Scrum Teams Acts as a Servant Leader that champions and encourages the rules of Scrum and protects the team from external influences while removing impediments to team progress to deliver Iteration Goal.Agile maturity assessmentCoordinating & assisting the Product Owner (PO) for Release Planning, Product Backlog Grooming, capacity planning.Facilitating all the Scrum Ceremonies i.e., PI Planning, Release Planning, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Product/Iteration Demo, Story Grooming, Product Refinement and Iteration Retrospectives.Acts as Coach, Facilitator to scrum team by helping elimination of impediments blocking the team progress.Coach & assist the team to become self organizing and empower the team to make decisions locally.Identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring of RAIDs i.e., Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies for the Release & Iterations.Ensuring successful deliveries for all features & Stories as per the Release & Iteration Plans.Tracking & Maintaining the Scrum artifacts & reports e.g., Product Backlog Refinement, Iteration Backlog, Product Increments, Changes Report, Burn down Chart etc.,Remove impediments, escalate as needed and ensure the squad is setup for success in delivering the commitments.Facilitate Product Owner to develop Product Vision and to identify business value for Epics/User StoriesFacilitate Product Owner and team to do user story mapping or identify Minimum Viable Product (MVP) during Release Planning.Facilitate PO and Team to split user stories that will satisfy INVEST criteria. Show less

  • Release Train Engineer

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Lead Scrum Master

    Aug 2017 - now

  • Senior Consultant, 2nd Vice President

    Aug 2017 - now