Management Quality Assurance
Resume:
RameshKumar Seelam
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** * ******** ***
City: Boca Raton
State: FL
Zip: 33496
Country: USA
Phone: 240-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $187,000
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
Asset control C C++ Risk Analysis Sybase
Educational Background:
Masters Degree, Instrumentation
National Institute of Technology, 04/2000 - 04/2004
Warangal, India, India
Job History / Details:
SUMMARY
8.5 year career reflects experience in Financial Markets, Value at Risk, Reference & Market Data Management, Payment Gateways, Business Development, Project Supervision in the highly visible and publicly scrutinized utilities industries. Additional experience includes staff development, client relations, operations, quality assurance, facility utilization/expansion, regulatory relations, public relations, risk management, and Capacity planning.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Managed financial bookwork including all bank reconciliations mainly Fixed Income, Repo, FX/MM cash flow statements, VAR Methodology using Historical and Monte Carlo Simulation,FS/PV01/NOP/Stress measurements. Overcame existing system deficiencies in cash flow forecasting by developing a tool for management to capture accurate information on cash holdings that would aid future decision-making. Designed Excel spreadsheet that integrated with the legacy BusinessCraft system, identifying daycount issues, curve related issues, cash flow scenarios. Developed and reviewed financial reports for management like KPI's, FSA and MAS reports. Managed and directed up to twelve associates. Trained new hires on standard operations and ethical practices to ensure professional service.
Good Knowledge of Market Data products like Bloomberg (Back Office files/Per Security), Reuters, Markit (Composite Derivatives), and Sophis(Equity Derivatives). Analyzed and corrected complex Curve Calculations like Zero Curve, Implied Depo, BBG Interpolations and Extrapolations. Worked extensively on Asset Control Plus that includes the modules like AC Sql client, AC COM, Formula Engine, Price Consolidation,Validation Process. Employed consultative methods and emphasized a holistic approach to curve calculations using reference data/Market data.
EXPERIENCE
2012 to Present - Market Risk Analyst
Natsoft Corporation, Boca Raton,FL
2007 to 2012 - Product Specialist
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai,India
Asset Control:
Calculated, prepared and distributed all complex Curve Calculations like Zero Curve, Implied Depo, BBG Interpolations and Extrapolations. Conducted market feasibility studies. Provided the KPMG,FSA,MAS audit reports and performed analysis and compliance testing. Created adhoc reports and cash flow analyses for management. Acted as key contact for major customers, vendors and professional consultants. Adept in financial analysis, communications, auditing, banking operations, procedures, administration, problem solving, financial planning, and time-management. Assisted trustees and auditors with month and year-end audits. Designed, implemented and monitored scripts which are targeting more than 50 applications.
* Involved in Coding, Change implementation, Code walkthrough, Testing and UVT.
* Involved in Bloomberg Security/History setup.
* Mentoring the new joiners and providing the KT sessions to Team members.
* Generating and troubleshooting Historical Simulation (Histsim) Files for Stress and Non-Stress period.
* Analyzed and corrected complex Curve Calculations like Zero Curve, Implied Depo, BBG Interpolations and Extrapolations.
* Worked on Store back sets, EOD Suspect issues, Validation Process, Shred page,Force capture,Chain roll, Triarch, Query & Update Server, Holiday Maintanence, Cross Currency, Rebasing of existing currencies.
* Good understanding on AC Audit Trail and User Security profile.
* Make sure to generate the reval and calculated/derived rates to downstream systems like FEDS, Murex, Sophis, Opics etc.
* Worked on Outlier Reports, Audit All changes, Static Changes, Global Rate Book, Triarch, and Standard Deviation Reports.
* Basic understanding of credit risk modeling using Monte Carlo.
* Well versed in writing SQL, understanding business logic from stored procedures on Sybase/Oracle.
2004 to 2007 - Product Analyst
Cognizant Techology Solutions, Bangalore,India
Discover Gateways:
Worked in Payment and Authorization Gateways Project that gives indepth knowledge of the transaction flow between merchants and issuers.Played the key role in enchancing the application design, coding, troubleshooting and implementation.
* With automated scripts, user transactions were recovered from multiple servers at low latency.
Trained, mentored the 10 members team during knowledge transistion and setup the project at new offshore location.
* Assessed the daily transaction flow through built-in scripts to auto alert in case of issues.
* Supported management team through analysis of operations.
* Managed all aspects of network and data analysis on a daily basis
* Acted as liaison between the Business Team and the client
EDUCATION
2004 - Master of Science, Instrumentation
National Institute of Technology, Warangal,India
GPA: 7.3
SKILLS SUMMARY
* Computer Skills: C, C++, VB 6.0, Sybase, Oracle10g, DB2, Socket Programming, Linux, Shell/Perl Scripting, Mainframe, Network Protocols, OSSH, FTP/SFTP, WinScp, ISIS Message Queue, Cognos, Crystal Reports and Business Objects.
* Organization and Administrative Assessment and Resolution: ITIL Framework, ITRS Monitoring, BMC Alert Mechanism
* Asset Management: Reference/Market data, Asset Control
* Financial Modeling: VAR methodology using Historical Simulation, Monte Carlo Simulation and Specific Risk VAR calculation.
* Bank Reconciliation:Source wise recon reports generated to find the mismatches using PCT.
* Fixed Assets Analysis
* Portfolio Management:Worked on Portfolio Control Toolkit(PCT)
* Variance Analysis
* Internal/External Audits: Attained zero defects in internal and KPMG audits
* Business Analysis
* Financial Management / Analysis: Group Market Risk Modules (Limits, Portfolio Control, Risk Engine), End User compliance (EUC) Tools, VAST File Manager, BTS Converter, Bloomberg Toolkit.
* Financial Data/Graph Analysis: AC Contour, VAR measurement using tools using VAST.
* Financial Analysis and Controls: Limits Module
* Profit and Loss Analysis: PnL Calculations using Cashflows statements.
* Reporting / Documentation
* Financial Reporting
LICENSES
NSE Certified in Financial Markets module
National Stock Exchange, Chennai, India
2008 to 2010
TRAINING
Dotnet
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
2012
Market Risk Module
Standard Chartered, Chennai
2012
Advanced Shell Scripting
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
2010
Oracle
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
2009
Financial Markets
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
2008
Mainframe
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Bangalore
2007
Networking Protocols
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Bangalore
2007
HONORS
Best Performance Award
Received 5times SCB Well done Card.
Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
2007 to 2012
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