Priyadarshi Saha has over 20 years of experience in banking and financial operations, process re-engineering, project management, and audit. He has expertise in both retail and commercial banking operations including liability, asset, microfinance, SME lending, and treasury operations. Some of the key projects he has managed include implementing core banking applications, setting up centralized disbursement and operations centers, and leading bank merger integrations. Currently, he is the Head of Process, Automation, and Accounting Controls at SREI, an infrastructure NBFC, where he is responsible for process documentation, risk assessment, audit testing, and a process automation project.
Performed multiple roles in progressing career – Project Manager, Program Manager, Portfolio Manager, Test Architect, GL Architect, Manager, Subject Matter Expert (SME), Business Analyst
Rich experience in the areas of Program Management, Business Analysis, System Design & Implementation, Data Centre Operations, Migration, Credit Cards, MIS, Anti Money Laundering, Risk Management Reporting in Banking Industry
CSR Lead at Barclays – Lead CSR initiatives at Barclays and volunteered for underprivileged children/women by conducting workshops on educational guidance, Career guidance, communication skills.
Pivotal in setting up banking operations, Business analysis, system design, Merger-Acquisition in Banking, Risk Management and implementation
Expertise in managing the design, testing, implementation & functioning of various Systems
Performed multiple roles in progressing career – Project Manager, Program Manager, Portfolio Manager, Test Architect, GL Architect, Manager, Subject Matter Expert (SME), Business Analyst
Rich experience in the areas of Program Management, Business Analysis, System Design & Implementation, Data Centre Operations, Migration, Credit Cards, MIS, Anti Money Laundering, Risk Management Reporting in Banking Industry
CSR Lead at Barclays – Lead CSR initiatives at Barclays and volunteered for underprivileged children/women by conducting workshops on educational guidance, Career guidance, communication skills.
Pivotal in setting up banking operations, Business analysis, system design, Merger-Acquisition in Banking, Risk Management and implementation
Expertise in managing the design, testing, implementation & functioning of various Systems
Insight is a Risk Measurement and Management Tool. My role and responsibilities are –
• Working with development team to design workflows for feed governance and development using Informatica. It requires testing and verification.
• Working with business for requirement analysis/elicitations.
• Analyzing multiple interfaces and assisting in designing a common data interface to map different source files from Collateral, Trade, Position, Sensitivities systems to Sybase server.
• Working with Exposure Calculation Team to analyze any production issue for any Customer Account.
• Understand the existing and proposed framework. Review gaps, if any and suggest means to fill them.
• Working on Informatica 9.5.1 for the trade feed and checking the difference between UAT and Production.
• Checking the credit risk for the collateral trades and sensitivity for each trade and sending the reports to CRM Team.
• Act as a nodal point between the operations, technology and branch team to understand and transform business objective.
• Provide support to the development team during the User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
A confident and smart working MBA, Science Graduate with more than 9 years of work experience on MIS, CRM, Operations in the field of Real Estate & BFSI, Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to excel, prioritize & organize work in a team environment.
Insight is a Risk Measurement and Management Tool. My role and responsibilities are –
• Working with development team to design workflows for feed governance and development using Informatica. It requires testing and verification.
• Working with business for requirement analysis/elicitations.
• Analyzing multiple interfaces and assisting in designing a common data interface to map different source files from Collateral, Trade, Position, Sensitivities systems to Sybase server.
• Working with Exposure Calculation Team to analyze any production issue for any Customer Account.
• Understand the existing and proposed framework. Review gaps, if any and suggest means to fill them.
• Working on Informatica 9.5.1 for the trade feed and checking the difference between UAT and Production.
• Checking the credit risk for the collateral trades and sensitivity for each trade and sending the reports to CRM Team.
• Act as a nodal point between the operations, technology and branch team to understand and transform business objective.
• Provide support to the development team during the User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
A confident and smart working MBA, Science Graduate with more than 9 years of work experience on MIS, CRM, Operations in the field of Real Estate & BFSI, Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to excel, prioritize & organize work in a team environment.
1. Priyadarshi Saha
Email : priyadarshi.saha@rediffmail.com Mobile : +919051568676
PROFILE OVERVIEW
A banking and financial service professional ( MBA, Certified Project Management, Certified Six Sigma Black
Belt) with 20 years plus of experience in areas like Operations (retail liability, retail asset, Micro finance
operations, SME lending, Clearing/ATM/POS settlement , corporate banking operations, Treasury ,Branch
banking operations ), Process re-engineering , Project Management ,Branch Audit, Operational Risk etc.
KEY SKILL SETS
Operations Skill
• Have rich experience in both liability & asset operations of retail banking, microfinance ,and commercial
banking
• Have experience in building & operating back office operations (Regional & centralized ops) in Kolkata and
Mumbai ,covering areas like Customer on boarding, Payment & Settlement (RTGS/NEFT, ATM/POS
settlement ), Credit card operations, Cash management services, loan operations, forex operations ,Bank recon
etc
• Have run projects to seamlessly migrate branch operations like deposit account opening, clearing ,TDS,
loan account processing, loan disbursement, collection etc. to regional/centralized back office
• Have hands on experience in ideation, documentation of SOP ,flow chart & Risk Control Matrix for
processes & accounting of branch banking & centralized operations as well
Audit Skill
• Have hands on experience in Risk Based audits of branch banking , Regional Processing centres &
Centralized Operations covering processes ,compliance & transactions
• Have experience in managing internal, concurrent , statutory and RBI audit
• Have experience in liasioning with RBI audit & compliance issues
Project Management Skill
• Have rich experience in managing various IT operations projects projects involving implementation of
Core applications( Finacle , Finnone ,Ambit,Flexcube, Kastle,Oracle )
• Have experience in end to end project management starting from preparing Business Requirement
Document, liaison with stakeholders, managing user acceptance test & live deployment
• Have managed several projects to increase productivity and reduce TAT
Key projects handled
• Treasury System ,Disbursement Management System for centralized disbursement (SREI group)
• Set up of Micro finance operations (YES Bank),Financial inclusion projects – Aadhar based banking
transactions under ABPS & AEPS (ICICI Bank)
• Cheque Truncation ,Mobile wallet , Multi currency Travel card ,banking on FB ( ICICI Bank )
• Handled two big bank merger projects (Bank of Madura & Bank of Rajasthan with ICICI Bank )
CURRENT PROFILE
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2. Currently, working as Head – Process , Automation & Accounting Control in SREI , ( a leading NBFC in
Infrastructure Equipment & Project finance space in India ) for branches and central operationa ,since Aug2013
Key Responsibility Areas :
• Give assurance to management and auditors on operating effectiveness & control across organization
• Documentation/updation of existing/new process note ,process flow chart ,Risk Control Matrix – seek
buy-in of all stakeholders
• Conduct risk assessments and identify controls to mitigate identified risks in business processes
• Perform audit testing procedures to verify that controls are operating effectively, identify control gaps and
opportunities for Process improvement
• Lead project for Process automation
• Managing the quarterly/annual Statutory audit, and RBI audit
• Liasioning with RBI on audit & compliance issues
Had led the Project for implementation of ICFR framework (Internal Control over Financial reporting required
under section 143(3)(i) of Company’s Act 2013 in context of audit of financial statement .
Work Experience:
Organization Name No of years worked Areas where I worked
ICICI Bank 10 years Branch Banking,Risk based Branch Audit,Centralized
Operations,Process Re-engineering,IT Project Mgt, Accounts
Control, RBI liasoning, Operational Risk Management
Yes Bank 2 years Microfinance Operations ,Risk Based Audit, Operational
Risk Management,Project management
IndusInd Bank 2 years Branch Banking
Bank of Baroda 3 years Branch Banking
OTHER DETAILS
Academic Qualifications : Masters in Business Management , BSc (Physics Honours)
Professional Certifications : Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Professional
: Certified Project Management Professional
Date of Birth : 17th April 1969
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