Sampath Kumar Akula, POPM, CSM

Sampath Kumar Akula, POPM, CSM

Credit Officer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Owner | Wholesale Credit Risk|

  • Education

    • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

      2000 - 2004
      B.Tech Mechanical
    • National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

      2004 - 2006
      M.B.A Finance and Financial Management Services
  • Experience

    • Citifinancial Consumer Finance India Ltd

      May 2006 - Jul 2007
      Credit Officer
    • Kotak Mahindra Bank

      Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
      Deputy Manager

      Credit underwriting for High ticket personal loans in accordance with all credit and product policies.Responsible for monitoring and ensuring a high level of service and turnarounds.Ensure relevant understanding of Macro-economic environment risks and specific industry risks.Assist the development and installation of the New Credit Decisioning System and suggest on the ways to improve daily decision tools.

    • Union Bank of India

      Mar 2009 - Apr 2011
      Sr. MANAGER - CREDIT ( Corporate Banking)

      Analyze Fund Based and Non Fund Based credit requirements of the Mid Corporate and SME Customers. Handling Mid Corporate & SME credit proposals with asset size raging from Rs.50 crore to Rs.2000 crore.Carrying out detailed credit risk assessment based on financial, business, industry and management analysis in compliance with Bank/regulatory guidelines and recommend the proposals for sanction as per the delegation of authority.Identification of key risks and incorporation of mitigating covenants.Monitoring the health of credit portfolio, including collation of information from various sources viz. stock exchanges, rating agencies, analyst reports and other indicators and initiation of dialogue with Business/customers for remedial measures. Show less

    • Citi

      Apr 2011 - now

      Handling Credit Risk &compliance projects for the Global Banking.Responsible for handling Business Analysis work of a Credit Risk Application catering global users.Working with the business to determine and document clear and concise business/functionalrequirements through meetings/workshops for Credit Risk reporting.Management of book of work for the application by working with business owners/Risk Managers toprioritize application enhancements based on regulatory/ business specific/ BAU requirements andobtain signoff on the requirements from the regional heads.Ownership of business analysis of strategic projects and oversight of application BAU projects.Involvement at all phases of SDLC, working closely with business stakeholders, development andQuality Assurance teams within an agile development environment.Reviewing UAT Test plan, Test case and Test Scenarios and training end users on UAT and guidingthem throughout the UAT for smooth roll out.Extensively worked with Testing and Development team members to design, develop & test to deliver robust solution the meet client requirements in terms of functionality, scalability and performance. Show less

      • Consultant from Virtusa

        Jun 2023 - now
      • Consultant from Virtusa

        Oct 2021 - now
      • Consultant from Virtusa

        Jan 2017 - Oct 2021
      • Consultant from Virtusa

        Apr 2011 - Jan 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate Certification

      Udemy
    • Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)

      Scrum Alliance
      Nov 2021
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    •  BCS Certified (Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis) professional.

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Oct 2015
    • Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/ Product Manager

      Safe® Product Owner Product Manager (6.0) | POPM
      Mar 2024
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sampath Kumar Akula, POPM, CSM
      GEM Polaris Consulting & Services Dec 2015