SIVA KUMAR

Richmond Hill, ON, CA – L*B*S* – 416-***-**** 416-***-**** – adhix6@r.postjobfree.com – linkedin.com/in/shiv46

Director of Program/Portfolio Management

Program Governance & Delivery – Team Leadership - Stakeholder Management

Strategic Planning & Analysis

Project Lifecycle Management

Requirements Analysis

Change/Vendor Management

Resource/Risk Management

Business Transformation

Relationship Management

Merger & Acquisitions

Information/Cyber Security

Banking/Financials & Energy

Multi-certified, strategic business executive with 20+ years of success spearheading large-scale program/portfolio of multi-million-dollar within banking, finance, IT consulting, energy, and retail industries across North America, APAC, and Europe.

Recognized for end-to-end implementation of transformation programs within established constraints for top-notch companies, such as Federated Cooperatives, CIBC, RBC, Transamerica, Barclays Capital, RBS, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup.

Proven success in energy, investment banking, wealth management, finance, regulatory compliance, retail banking, capital markets, insurance, fraud, risk, tax, retail business, equities, derivatives, fixed income, commodities, currencies.

Consummate relationship builder with strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills; ability to mentor and lead teams in matrix environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FEDERATED COOPERATIVES LTD (FCL) Saskatoon, CA 2018-Present

Senior Energy Portfolio/ Program Director, Innovations

Led all aspects of energy portfolio and programs with budget of $30MM+ and team of direct reports of 10+ and over 30 members throughout LOBs. Develop and establish energy portfolio structure and governance approach, while implementing portfolio intake process regarding prioritization of programs and projects. Build and execute portfolio level plan, involving dependencies and in adherence to business requirements. Devise and outline target operating model, to be process, data management/migration strategies, analytics strategic requirements identification, scheduling, and target architecture, while overseeing resource management, Steer/SLT leadership meetings, stakeholders’ relations, and complete program / portfolio reporting.

Spearheaded multiple year energy portfolio transformation/modernization programs from legacy systems (Main frame) to latest ERP applications (OTC, Pricing, Asset Management, Financials), Fleet Card rollout program, IAM migration to Azure AD, digitalization program (carwash mobile, SSO, Customer digital profile, E-catalog), Master Data Management, and data migration to tera data/micro strategy/BI environment.

Created and executed portfolio reporting for SLT communicating reports of projects/programs regarding milestones, financial status, and risk/issues with associated stakeholders and management.

SK CONSULTING Toronto, CA 2013-2018

Senior Director, Professional Services

Administered end-to-end numerous portfolio and programs of $20MM - $50MM within banking and financial industry. Coordinated and guided teams for delivering E2E multiple transformation programs, such as cyber transformation, risk and compliance, finance, and M&A within time and budget requirements and included business, change/IT / Analytics Data Management components; mentored and trained teams of over 50 members. Controlled overall stakeholder management includes finance, compliance, and operations with IT leaders and executive leadership, such as CxO, Senior VP, and Directors.

Headed, governed, and delivered Information/ Cyber Security and Analytics related program/portfolio of $30M for ArcSight, Fireeye, Malware, Privileged ID, Securonix, Splunk and Identity Access Management-Cyber Ark across CIBC & TD LOBs in collaboration with team of 30-50 people as well as external vendors in matrix environment.

Delivered Cyber transformation Program for CIBC/ TD as per Audit / OSFI requirements which included the Current State – Advisory-Based Threat Awareness, Target State – Effective Threat intelligence, Thread Hunting, Security Monitoring, Vulnerability Management, Security Analytics requirements, Cyber Incident response, Threat Intelligence Reporting/ KPIs Framework (Strategic intelligence, Operational intelligence, Tactical Intelligence), Control, Data & Integrity Policies and Procedures for EDPP/ Big Data extraction and Migration

Key Programs:

Cyber Risk & Information Management Transformation Program Client: TD/ CIBC Budget: $25MM+ Team: 50+ Members

Finance Technology & Compliance – M&A Program Client: CIBC Budget: $25MM Team: 30-40 Members

Risk & Compliance Transformation Program Client: Transamerica Insurance & ATB Budget: $15MM Team: 50+ Members

RBC Toronto, CA 2011-2013

Senior Program Manager Consultant, Compliance Program

Governed and led programs on multi-year strategic $100M FATCA tax/compliance business program initiative in alliance with team 100+ members and external vendors, such as KPMG, E&Y, Unitrax, Ingenium, Broadridge, Pega, and Temenos spanning enterprise wide business platforms of RBC. Executed FATCA compliance initiatives throughout enterprise for capital markets, wealth management, Canadian banking, international banking, and insurance via AML/KYC on-boarding application. Oversaw professional relations with senior level stakeholders, involving VPs, Senior Directors and Business/IT Program/Project Managers, and Business Leads.

Formulated and delivered best-in-class solution, including 50+ systems across various LOB and vendor products, such as Pega, Unitrax, CDR, Actimize, Goldtier, Broadridge, SunGard, Oracle BI/Treasury, Temenos T24, and BI tools.

Directed portfolio of more than 30 projects across all enterprise LOBs with budget size of $25MM costs/year; project scope includes client onboarding, withholding payments, and reporting.

BARCLAYS CAPITAL Singapore 2010

Vice President, Finance Business Transformation

Directed strategic global capital market Finance transformation program initiative to standardize Finance Business Operating Model. Led global finance program for Fixed Income, FX business with £15M budget and team of 30-50 members located across globe in HK, Tokyo, London, and Singapore. Oversaw budget P&L of over £15MM+ and 10+ direct reports includes (PMO, BA, SMEs). Drove overall portfolio level reporting regarding status, risk, and issues details to senior management. Managed Global Stakeholder management (SVP, Cxo level), Governance, and Steer meeting

Deployed and integrated innovative internal Finance Target Operating model (MOTIF) for Fixed income business regarding bonds, futures, and FX derivatives products with various upstream/downstream systems (EDI), that automated existing manual and STP process, optimized operation controls, and slashed expense by about £2MM yearly through process technology automation and resource reduction.

Launched solution in various geographical location, such as HK, Tokyo, London, and Singapore on time and budget.

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS) Singapore 2009-2010

Program Manager - Consultant

Administered change projects regarding Front/Middle office capital market confirmations and settlement (Swaps wire) by leading regional/international team of 20-30 members within budget of $10M in Equities Derivatives and FX group. Monitored program level reporting for communicating status, risk, issues, budget, and milestone with global stakeholders and business. Oversaw program governance, executive steer meetings, and global stakeholder management.

Completed project within time and budget constraints in multiple geographical locations, such as London, HK, and NY by accomplishing process automation objective, involving STP/EDI process between Swaps Wire, Trade capture system, Risk management system, Confirmation (Finesse), Settlement/ Payment (Gloss), and Documentation system.

Additional Experience

AVP, Program Director at Merrill Lynch, Hong Kong Senior Program Manager Consultant, Citigroup, Japan Sr Project Lead, COLT, Japan Senior Team Lead, Intel, Japan Project Lead, IMR Global, Japan Sr Manager Systems, Global Trust Bank, India

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master’s in Business Administration in Finance

EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, Scotland, UK

Bachelor of Science, Physics

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, Chennai, IN

Advanced Diploma in Systems Management

NIIT, Chennai, IN

Certifications

Scrum Product Owner Certification (CSPO)

Scrum Master Certification (CSM)

Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt)

ITIL Foundations Certification

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Specialization in Oracle Financials (ERP)

Technical Proficiencies

Distributed Technologies, Cloud Solutions, SAAS/ PAAS, Information / Cyber Securities, IAM, ERP, CRM, Master Data Management, Data Governance, Analytics/ Business Intelligence

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