1. RAKESH VINAYAK
Mobile: 09810079531  E-Mail: vinayakr.02@gmail.com
Proactive and result-oriented banking professional with proven abilities in strategic planning,
managing projects end-to-end & transitions, improving efficiency of operations, team building and
detailing project information to determine effective processes for operations.
AN OVERVIEW
 Possess more than 9 years of experience in Project Management, Migrations, Change Management
and back office operations.
 A strategic planner with proficiency in streamlining business processes, defining continuous improvement
processes, accelerating employees’ strengths and building powerful teams that can conquer any obstacles.
 Expertise in mapping business requirements and coordinating in developing and implementing processes in
line with the pre-set guidelines.
 Deftness in setting out quality standards for various operational areas, implementing quality systems &
procedures to facilitate a high-quality customer experience, while adhering to the SLA.
 Adeptness in providing guidance and leadership to staff in accordance with specified program objectives.
 Exceptional communication, presentations & mentoring skills with distinguished abilities in leading teams for
developing business continuity plans, procedures and service standards for business excellence.
MIGRATION EXPERIENCE
 Migration of Private Client operations from Gurgaon to Mumbai without impacting the regular BAU (Business as
Usual).It included Knowledge Transfer, Reporting, Documentations and Audits.
 Handled the migration activities of Private Banking application and successfully migrated the complete data
from Private Client system to Telesto V4 system.
 Migration of complete Private Banking client’s information from Score system to Finacle system.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management Change Management Migrations / Transitions
Program Management Back office operations Stakeholder Management
Strategic & Tactical Planning Business Analysis/ SLA Management Reporting & Analytics
Quality Assurance & Control Process Design & Management Business Process Improvement
Root Cause Analysis Business Performance Review Team Management
 Driving Enterprise level Programs / Projects aligned to achievement of organisational goals and objectives.
 Supporting initiatives mapped to Regulatory, Organisational and Executive level changes.
 Overseeing the project lifecycle entailing identification, development, implementation, post-implementation
review and evaluating stakeholder Satisfaction post handover / transition of project to Business.
 Mapping clients’ requirements and coordinating in developing and implementing processes in line with
pre-set guidelines.
 Monitoring the overall functioning of business processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing
adequate measures to maximise customer satisfaction level.
 Preparing MIS reports & other analysis to apprise management of the process operations and supporting
critical decision-making processes.
 Setting out quality standards for various operational areas, ensuring a high-quality customer experience, while
adhering to the SLAs and work processes.
 Conducting Root-cause analysis and taking preventive measures for repeated escalations.
 Leading, training and monitoring performance of the team members for maintaining excellence in process
operations.
 Creating and fostering a healthy environment which facilitates high performance of team members and
accomplishment of organisational goals.

2. ORGANISATIONAL SCAN
Since Dec’10: Royal Bank of Scotland Business Services as
Manager – Transition and Business Change Management (Business Performance & Change)
Chief Tasks Handled:
 Conduct regular meetings with the clients and the technical teams to ensure that the process is followed and
updated on any kind of process change.
 Ensuring that all the transition tollgates are met and transition timelines are adhered to.
 Ensuring that transition costs are within planned costs.
 Gather project related requirements from stakeholders to initiate change request to technology team
 Participate in all Governance reviews with the customer –daily, weekly and monthly.
 Ensuring risks and issues are captured in a regular manner and mitigation plans drawn out.
 Ensuring customer satisfaction during transition.
 Ensure that all the changes being performed in the production environment are successfully tested in the test
environment with results or change numbers as proof.
 Ensure that there is smooth handover of the baton to the delivery team at the end of the transition.
 Review the projects, quality of project, the risk level impact to business.
 To conduct and document the User Acceptance Test of the enhancements in the test environment and ensure
that the product delivered by the Technology meets the requirements of the business user, bug identification
and resolution and train the users on new functionalities
 Work with stakeholders to identify and address weaknesses in the change process (e.g. denied failed and
assisted, non- progressed and unmanaged changes, issues raised post incident and release reviews etc.)
 Continuously work towards improvement of process gaps and any associated loop holes.
 Handle any escalations pertaining to the process and implement procedure to manage situations for future
reference.
 Ensuring the learning’s from the project are well documented at the end of the project and discussed with key
project stakeholders.
 Validation of Transition proposals and participation in due diligence exercises.
 Report out of key information to apprise Management / stakeholders of changes / updates in Projects and
processes.
 Supporting Program Managers by setting up Project Working Group (PWG) Meetings, publishing Minutes of the
Meeting, tracking deliverables, issues and risks and driving them to closure by following up with various
stakeholders across teams and locations.
Projects handled
Project: Private Banking Business Migration
Location: India
Duration: Nov-15 to Apr-16
Responsibilities:
 Data collation, complete data gathering and understanding of guidelines to make the changes in process,
application and effective transitioning of RBS Private Banking data.
 Drive all Governance related discussions.
 Define a project plan for activities/milestones involved in a project.
 Stakeholder management.
 UAT checks, trainings, reconciliation of data and migration of complete RBS data to target company.
Accountabilities: Manage end to end project delivery, in order to have an effective client satisfaction score and
deliver a seamless transition.
Project: SEBI – Investment Advisory Transactions
Location: India
Duration: Oct-14 to Mar-15
Responsibilities:
 Gathering of complete requirements and understanding of guidelines to make the changes in process and
application.
 Drive all Governance related discussions.
 Stakeholder management.
 Define plan for activities involved in project
 People management.
 UAT checks and implement software and application.
Accountabilities: Manage end to end project activities from requirement to delivery stabilizations.
Project: FATCA

3. Location: India
Duration: Mar-14 to Mar-15
Responsibilities:
 Lead Governance discussions and help Technology team to understand the complete requirements for
development.
 Define plan for activities to be transitioned.
 Stakeholder management.
 People management.
 UAT checks and implement software and application.
Accountabilities: Manage end to end project activities from requirement to delivery stabilizations
Project: Client Screening
Location: India, U.K.
Duration: Jun-13 to Jul-15
Responsibilities:
 Lead Governance discussions and help Technology team to understand the complete requirements for
development.
 Stakeholder management.
 People management.
 UAT checks and implement software and application.
 Cleanup of existing client data
Accountabilities: Manage end to end project activities from requirement to delivery stabilizations.
Project: Client Fee Calculations
Location: India
Duration: Feb-11 to Nov-11
Responsibilities:
 Requirements gathering and understanding of calculations logic.
 Drive all Governance discussions.
 Stakeholder management.
 People management.
 UAT checks and implement software and application.
 Define plan and activities to be transitioned.
Accountabilities: Manage end to end project activities from requirement to delivery stabilizations
Other Projects
Location: India
Jan-11 to Dec-11 – Wealth operations (Mutual Funds and Insurance)
 Revenue reporting to Mutual Fund and Insurance Product Heads and business reporting to branches.
 Ensuring that there is adequate reconciliation of the income received from the AMCs and Insurance partners
and highlights any revenue leakages.
 Regulatory changes implemented as per SEBI & RBI guidelines since this is the core for market stability.
 Interact with Service Delivery Group for new process implementation and process clarification as and when
required.
 Interact with all internal and external linkages and provide timely/professional resolution of business partner
issues.
 Incentive calculations for branch and Relationship Manager.
 Hands on experience of working on various banking platforms:
a) Finacle- this is a core banking software developed by Infosys and is used globally by major banks. The
application is used to open and maintain individual as well as corporate customer accounts.
b) WMS- Wealth Management System is an application used to create and maintain investment accounts
for high net wroth individuals.
Private Banking Operations (from Nov-2006 to Nov 2010)
Number of employees being managed: 03
Private Banking Operations caters to back end operations of Equity and Mutual Funds sourced through Royal Bank
of Scotland in India private clients.
Activities Handled
 Equity process involves reconciliation of equity balances of Telesto with custody balances, maintaining margin
balances for clients, tracking of trades during the day, corporate actions related to Mergers, Amalgamations,
Bonus, Sub-divisions of shares, De-merger and tracking of Transaction support charges, Advisory fees and
instruction notes received from clients.
 Mutual Fund process entails uploading of information from Registrar and transfer agents, tracking applications
not received and transactions feed not received, matching of transactions with Private Client System client
codes and tracking of Mutual fund transaction support charges.

4.  Estimation and reconciliation of income from investments done by Private clients in Mutual Fund, PMS and
other products.
 Reporting AUM, revenue, deviations through structured MIS and dashboards to senior management.
 AUM reconciliation against Registrar and transfer agent database.
 Calculations and payment of service tax on Private client’s income.
 Detailed statements sharing with Private clients on monthly basis for Equity, Mutual Fund, Alternate Products
and Margin balances.
 Maintenance of database for investment customers on Telesto V4, the software package for Private clients.
 Account opening on the basis of KYC into Telesto V4 system and to link the same with the demat account
provided by Custody, the broker account provided by broker and the bank details provided by bank.
Achievements
 Maintenance of database for investment customers on Telesto V4, the software package for Private clients.
 Account opening on the basis of KYC into Telesto V4 system and to link the same with the demat account
provided by Custody, the broker account provided by broker and the bank details provided by bank.
 Re-aligned to a Change Management role due to excellent analytical and innovative skills.
 Able to manage activities and responsibilities of Change Management department independently within a short
span of time.
 Able to manage the process of Private Banking Equity and Mutual Funds Operation independently in a short
duration.
 Created an easy process training manual of the process on the basis of daily activities for the new recruits in
the process.
 Complete PCS Mutual Fund scheme code reconciliation with ICRA scheme code that enable the correct NAV
upload in PCS and helped in correct calculation of Realized Profit and Loss.
 Awarded “ACES of the month” award in the month of June’2009.
 Recovered INR 3, 50, 000/- in the month of April’2009, this was paid in excess as service tax.
 Recovered INR 27, 00, 000; this was pending for around 13 months.
 Awarded with good performance award “Bronze Ovation” in the month of April’2010.
Academic CREDENTIALS
2012 MBA Finance from Symboisis University, Pune.
2006 B.Sc(Hons) in Economics from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar(Punjab).
2003 XII from S.B. Sr. Sec. School, PSEB, Amritsar(Punjab).
Growth Path
 Nov’06 to May’07 Trainee
 May’07 to Dec’08 Officer
 Jan’09 to Dec’09 Team Leader
 Jan’10 to Mar’12 Sr. team leader
 Apr’12 to till date Manager
PERSONAL SNIPPETS
Date of Birth: 2nd
August, 1985
Linguistic Abilities: English, Hindi and Punjabi
Residential Address: H.No: 436/19, Shivaji Nagar, Gurgaon (Haryana)
Permanent Address: H.No: 593, Universal Enclave, Chheharta, Amritsar(Punjab)