Over 20 years of International Banking experience in Back office & Branch Banking with proficiency in Foreign Exchange Operations including Valuation and Regulatory compliance.

1. CHETAN J. KANCHAN
PROFICIENCY SUMMARY
Over 20 years of International Banking experience in Back office & Branch Banking with
proficiency in Foreign Exchange Operations including Valuation and Regulatory compliance.
Proven track record of supporting Businesses as SME lead for System Implementation
projects and Group driven Change programmes.
Possess on-the-job Technical skills having automated many time-consuming and tedious
processes in Excel through VB coding resulting in saving of significant man-hours.
Ability to shift gears with ease as per line requirements from Team Manager role to Single
Contributor role and vice-versa.
Have the distinction of being rated ‘Outstanding’ in the year-end Appraisals twice within a
span of 3 years (2008 & 2010).
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. since Nov 1995 till date
Assistant Vice President
Jan 2015 till date: Group Projects
India Bank Simplification Strategy: Inducted into the team to help speed up project pace,
save cost and meet targets set by Global Office.
Maintain tracker and broadcast precise and accurate MI to Senior Management across Asia
Pacific locations on the progress of client exits.
Sale of Diamond Business: Project Resource for Sale of Diamond Business having an Asset
book of Rs. 4,100 Crores.
Reviewing and correcting approach documents
Liaising with Law firms for aligning Mortgage documents with Title Search Report
Inventorying Security documents
Tracking Client consent letters.
Honour: GOLD award from Global CEO for exemplary effort shown during Sale of Diamond
Portfolio (2015)
Jan 2012 to Dec 2014: Business Management
Single Contributor role reporting to the COO of the Bank
Ensuring cost numbers remain below allocated budget and investigating spikes if any
Forecasting budgets based on mid-year utilisations and annual targets
Business presentations on operational activities, progress & achievements
Firm control on resources within approved head count
Planning on resource and process optimisation
One point contact for Business Continuity & Records Management
People initiative: Executed and presented a strategic plan on knowledge sharing and
development plan across 4 units comprising of 80 staff (2014)

2. Jun 2011 to Dec 2011: NBFC (RBS Fin Services PL) Operations
BU Head of Operations: Processing & Settlement of Fixed Income (Corporate Bonds), Equity
FnO, Issuance & Redemption of Equity Linked Debentures & Loan against Equity.
System Project: Implementation of Bullfinch (Back office system for processing of Cash
Equity & FnO) provided by KGFSL (2011)
Jun 2009 to Jun 2011: Foreign Exchange Operations
Head - Foreign Exchange Operations comprising team size of 18 members
Processing & Settlement of Interbank Trades
Processing, Settlement & Documentation of Customer Forward Contracts
Position Reconciliation & MI (Regulatory & Internal)
System Project: Tactical changes in PSI (Back office system for processing of Trade
Finance products) to cater to Forward Contract requirements (2009)
Group Project: Was the SPOC - Foreign Exchange for Retail Portfolio Sale Project (2010)
Jan 1999 to Jun 2009: Mid Office (Reconciliations, Valuation, Reference Data)
Reconciliation & Forecast of Open Currency Position & Future Cash flows
Publishing Flash P/L
Reconciliation of Foreign Exchange Profit & Loss
Nostro Reconciliation
System Projects:
Project Champion for implementation of RET-AD (Dealing system for Foreign Exchange
provided by Reuters) across 28 locations (2006)
Business Analyst based out of Singapore office for Hubbing project of Kondor Plus (Treasury
Position & Risk Management System provided by Reuters) which was successfully
implemented in 9 countries across Asia Pacific (2007)
Subject Matter Expert for Implementation of Wall Street 6.0 (Back office application for
processing of Foreign Exchange Inter Bank and Money Market trades) (2008)
Process initiative: Changed the Currency Position Reconciliation from Dual to Single type
thereby saving lot of effort and time in Reconciliation and follow-ups with other depts (2000)
Honour: Was awarded Star Employee for my pivotal role in Centralising Nostro accounts
(2005)
Nov 1995 to Dec 1998: Branch Operations
Processing, Settlement, Query handling
Foreign Inward Remittances
Fund Transfers
Pay Order Issuances & Reconciliation
Cash Management – Bulk Salary Payments processing Shipping Company staff
Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd (Aug 1995 till Oct 1995) as Jr. Officer - Administration
Vendor Payments
Control over timely Office Expense disbursement
Cost Reconciliation
Barmag Industries Ltd (Aug 1994 till May 1995) Temp Staff – Accounts
Bank Reconciliation
Posting entries in Accounting System (Tally)

3. Lupin Laboratories (May 1994 to Jul 1994) Temp Staff – Accounts
Accounts Support
Deutsche Bank (Jan 1994 to Apr 1994) Temp Staff - Clearing & Customer Service
MICR Encoding and Clearing cheques in 3 Time Zones with RBI
Customer Service (Counter staff)
Grindwell Norton Ltd (Jan 1993 to Dec 1993) Temp Staff - Company Secretarial
Legal & Secretarial Support
HDFC Ltd (Sep 1992 to Nov 1992) Temp Staff - Company Secretarial
Secretarial Support for Equity Rights Issue
Singhania Hospital (Jul 1991 to Jul 1992) Time Office Clerk – Human Resource
Salary & Stipend calculation
Headcount MI
Liaison with Labour dept for Provident Fund deposits
EXTRA CURRICULAR
Participated as Mentor for Divisional Leadership programme in the Bank which included 1:1
meet with staff and prompting them for ideas on how we can make the workplace better &
made presentation on the same.
Participated in L&D programmes on Products and presented training on Foreign Exchange.
As part of CSR initiative, have led an internal team for raising funds for contribution towards
food and education for destitute children in Orphanage houses.
ACADEMICS
1991 - Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University
PERSONAL DETAILS
MARITAL STATUS Married
PHONE +91-9833 01 8827 / +91-9167 66 8196
EMAIL chetankanchan7@gmail.com
DATE OF BIRTH 7th
July 1970
RESIDENCE 416, “Darshana”, 90 Feet Road, Mulund (East), Mumbai - 400 081
LANGUAGES KNOWN English & Hindi
HOBBIES Music & Driving
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