Praveen Kumar B S

Call: +91 9791238005

E-mail: praveenkumar3890@gmail.com
Objective

To work in an organization offering challenging opportunities, where I can leverage my skill to become a
highly skilled Business Analyst and develop an ability to adapt and contribute to today’s ever changing
technology driven environments and contribute towards the organization goal.

Professional Abridgement

Quality focused and accomplished professional with a commendable operations experience of 4.5 years
in Corporate Actions in Local Custody, Global Custody, Fund Accounting and Wealth Operations.
 Specialist in Process Transitions - Key team member for Process transitions from various locations
(Australia, New Zealand and Singapore)
 Specialist in Platform /App Migrations – Custody App (ACETP) and Wealth Business App (Avaloq)
 Specialist in UATesting in Asset Servicing/Investment Banking applications like Avaloq, Hiport,
Acetp and IGT-SWIFT.
 Key team member for Application change requirements working group – Custody App (ACETP) and
Wealth Business App (Avaloq), preparation of BRD and Test scripts.
 Creating VBA Macros for process enhancements (100+ enhancements)
 Specialist in Voluntary and Mandatory Corporate Actions – Instruction Processing, Pricing Scenarios,
Raising Entitlements and Payment processing.
 Specialist is writing SOP documents and designing process flow charts.
Work Experience
Current Employer: BNP Paribas India Solutions, Chennai (June 2016- till now)
Designation: Business Analyst
Position/Role: IT Business Analyst

Responsibilities: The purpose of the role is to act as HiPortfolio IT Business Analyst working within the
Fund Accounting and Middle Office (FAMO) Domain, focusing on projects and 3rd line support for the Fund
Accounting and Middle Office business lines. The role requires specialist knowledge and experience in the
Fund Accounting systems

 Liaise with internal stakeholders to verify business requirements and propose solutions.
 Delivering projects (full system life cycle)
 Perform in-depth technical / functional analysis
 Assist in producing detailed business requirements
 Work with the vendor to produce & validate the solution design
 Plan & execute System Integration Testing
 Assist users in designing and performing User Acceptance Testing.
 Diagnosis of technical issues & the implementation of their resolution
 Work with all IT/Eng stakeholders (Development, Engineering, Service Delivery, local and in other
locations) & operations to ensure Fund Accounting applications is integrated & used as efficiently /
effectively as possible.
 Employer: Barclays Shared Services, Chennai & Singapore (Sep 2014 - Jun 2016 )
Designation: Senior Analyst
Position/Role: Corporate Actions Business Analyst, Operations Analyst.

Teams Handled:
 Wealth Asset Servicing - Switzerland, Monaco and Jersey Business Units.
Voluntary and Mandatory Corporate Actions, and Income payments.

Responsibilities:
Primary:
 Identifying and analyzing process gaps in various Corporate Action teams across business units and
taking appropriate action for fixing the gaps.
 Organizing brainstorming sessions for application enhancements and process flows.
 Preparing Business Requirements Documents (BRD) for application enhancements and change
requirements.
 Logging QC for defects / bugs in applications.
 Preparing, running and validating test scripts.
 Project presentations to senior management.
 Regular catch-up with corporate action team members for understanding their requirements in
business application.
 Regular calls with IT / project teams for change requirements.
 Writing procedure documents and designing process flow charts.

Secondary:
 Validating diarized corporate actions announcements received from custodian / TA for Voluntary and
Mandatory Events daily and keeping good record of each event.
 Validating notifications to clients for Voluntary events.
 Validating the Mandatory and Voluntary events processed by Analysts.
 Validating Dividends, Redemption and Coupon payment processed by Analysts.
 Validating on entitlements rose for eligible positions on the effective date.
 Validating and accepting instructions and transmitting the instructions to the custodian via SWIFT,
Fax and Web portal prepared by the Analysts.
 Break management.
 Check and validate MIS prepared for mandatory and voluntary events on a weekly and monthly basis
and present them to senior management.

Employer: BNP Paribas Global Security Operations, Chennai (Jan 2012 – Sep 2014)
Designation: Senior Associate
Position/Role: Corporate Actions Business Analyst, Operations Officer.

Teams Handled:
 Fund Accounting, Middle office operations, Local Custody and Global Custody.
Voluntary and Mandatory Corporate Actions, and Income payments.
Responsibilities:
 Performing UATesing in Hiport Application for achieving the result as per test scripts and raise
defects accordingly (Transaction Types:- Corporate Actions – accrual and payment, Dividends -
accrual and payment, Sales and Purchases, Coupons – accrual and payment, Auto batch, Auto
settlement, File upload for transaction generation, Report generation, SIR)
  Receive corporate actions announcements from Exchanges, Custodian Banks and Depositories and
take proper actions for different entitlements.
 Diarize corporate actions announcements for Voluntary and Mandatory Events daily and keep good
record of each event.
 Corporate Action Processing -Validate Corporate Actions, confirm its impact & subsequent changes
in market value.
 Redemption and Coupon payment Processing.
 Notify IM/Clients the corporate actions events with details and impact.
 Raising entitlements for eligible positions on the effective date.
 Processing payment upon the receipt of payment from the registry/company.
 Accepting instructions, replicating and transmitting the instructions to the custodian via SWIFT, Fax
and Web portal.
 Reconciliation of cash and asset positions.
 Reporting on reconciliation items, providing detailed analysis of outstanding items.
 Answer and manage ad hoc queries from IM/Clients.
 Provide pricing scenarios for different types of securities as per pricing policy.
 Identify, analyze & justify/resolve material variances.
 Problem identification & resolution.
 Interaction & regular communication with onsite partners for clarifications.
 Ensure adherence to defined procedures.
 Ensure adherence to time schedules & quality standards.
 Check and validate MIS prepared for mandatory and voluntary events on a daily basis.
 Provide other administrative support for the department.
 Handle ad hoc projects as assigned (672 Processing, Proxy Voting and IM Contact Database)

Business Applications and Technical Forte:

Core Applications:  IGT /Biveroni
 Hiport  SWIFT EX
 ACETP  Plasma
 NCS  TLM
 Avaloq  Intellimatch
 Trade Flow  2S Track
 HP - Quality Center

Technical Forte:
Ad-Hoc:  VBA Macros
 SWIFT (MT-56X,54X,599,202,210,103)  Excel - expert
 Bloomberg  Typing (35 WPM)
 Interactive Data  SAP
 Reuters  MS Office - expert
 Eventis  MS Visio
 Telecus  MS Project - beginner

Other Applications:
Accolades
 Six Sigma White Belt and Yellow Belt - In recognition of cost efficient process enhancement at
Barclays, Chennai.
 Travelled to Singapore (6 months) for migrating Switzerland, Monaco and Jersey Asset Servicing
business to Barclays, Chennai.
 Part of team that is being awarded with Team of the Quarter Award (June 2014) – In recognition of
outstanding achievement and tireless efforts , BNP Paribas GSO, Chennai.
 Spot Award (June 2014) -In recognition of Special Contribution at work, BNP Paribas GSO,
Chennai.
 Golden Star of the Quarter Award (Dec 2012) - In appreciation for consistent and outstanding
performance, BNP Paribas GSO, Chennai.
 Mail appreciations from clients, internal teams and senior management for clients servicing, process
enhancements, and creating VBA macros.
 Special mail appreciations for effective instruction handling in Voluntary Events from various
location heads.
 Organized MMA (Madras Management Association) seminar at Hosur for Titan Employees and
received appreciation for the same from senior management of Titan Industries, Hosur.
 Achieved certificates of merit in Quiz competitions - Level 1st and 2nd in school and college.

Educational Credentials
Post Graduation, 2010-2012 (7.77 CGPA)
Master of Business Administration.
Specialization: Finance, Marketing and ERP.
SRM School of Management,
SRM University, Chennai.
Under Graduation, 2007-2010 (65 Pct)
Bachelor of Commerce with Computer Application,
Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Other Educational And Technical Credentials

Diploma in Business Accounting Application, 2010

Genesis House of Accountants, Coimbatore.
Typewriting English, 2010 (Distinction)
Department Of Government Technical Examinations, Chennai.
Diploma in Business Law, 2010
Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
Diploma in Office Automation and Accounting Software, 2008
Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Project Executed In Post Graduation

Company Name : Titan Industries Limited, Hosur
Synopsis : The project is entitled as “A Study on Financial Performance” the
main objective of this project is to analyze the financial position, liquidity position, earning
capacity and profitability of the company using ratio analysis as a tool.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 03rd August 1990

Marital Status : Single
Languages Known : Telugu, Tamil and English
Passport Number : K0046254 (valid till 27th December 2021)
Address for Communication : No 5, AP-481, 24th Street, 5th Sector, K.K. Nagar, Chennai-600 078.

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above stated information is true to the best of my knowledge.

Date:
Place: Chennai Praveen Kumar B S