Gomathi Sankar Ramakrishnan
Assistant Director at Eastspring Investments- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Credentials
-
PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER I
Scrum.orgJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Project Management InstituteJun, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
MicrosoftMay, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Claritas Investment Foundation
CFA Institute
Experience
-
Eastspring Investments
-
Singapore
-
Financial Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Assistant Director
-
Apr 2020 - Present
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities➢ Lead “Technical Business Analysis” stream which is part of IT Product Delivery team➢ Responsible for managing application changes and enhancements according to business requirements, validating the requirements and running the scrum ceremonies, such as capacity planning for the upcoming sprint and backlog grooming sessions➢ Solution delivery manager for IT initiatives, managing the product backlog and prioritization, run scrum ceremonies, overseeing all the stages of initiatives and ensuring governance and policy compliance➢ Consulting, advising, and delivering application related topics on several scales of change projects ranging from local region continuous improvement to enterprise-wide transformation initiatives➢ Responsible for ensuring the team adheres to relevant IT policies and procedures➢ To participate in respective internal/external audits representing the team and ensure no significant audit observation by complying internal and regulators policies=> Achievements• Exception management in data management platform which brought down the overall exception count from 3 million to 3 thousand and daily exception count from 3000 to 100 which was manageable by enterprise data operations team.• Migrated 260 jobs from various job schedulers to strategic job scheduler and decommissioned 50+ unused jobs and other job schedulers which resulted in cost savings of SGD 150000 per annum
-
-
Senior Manager
-
Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities➢ As a Business System Analyst played a prominent role in the design and implementation of Target Operating Model a large-scale project that integrates Aladdin (trading system), Golden Source (EDM), BNP (trade settlement/accounting) ➢ Interfaced directly with the business to understand the business problem statement and design solution that increase operations productivity.➢ Conducted gap analysis of existing processes to identify improvement opportunities ➢ Engaged with stakeholders to ensure that the offering meets the user needs (including simplicity and usability of design) and supports the business objectives of strategic growth, revenue uplift, enhanced client experience and operational efficiency➢ Ensured that project deliverables achieve synergy with business processes, which includes re- defining business processes, where applicable.➢ Managed and communicated with key stakeholders on project status, key risks and issues=> Achievements• In my new role of Business System Analyst, played a prominent role in the design of Target Operation Model project which brought down the no. of applications across LBU’s from 34 to 3 key applications which was a centralized solution. • All the satellite applications built in across various LBU’s decommissioned through this centralized solution • This project brought down operation team size, application support team size, server maintenance and saved a huge operating cost for the company.
-
-
Manager
-
Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities➢ Managed 32-bit to 64-bit application migration projects ➢ Managed Substantial Shareholding Disclosure project for Compliance team➢ Managed automation of trade matching and settlement system for Equity and Fixed Income asset class using OMGEO➢ Managed non-technology aspects of assigned projects which includes business requirements gathering and documentation, functional specification review and sign-off, user test strategy and test case definition, user acceptance testing and sign off coordination as well as user change management/go-live activities (e.g. communications and training)➢ Ensured that project deliverables achieve synergy with business processes, which includes re-defining business processes, wherever applicable➢ Engaged with stakeholders to ensure that the offering meets the user needs (including simplicity and usability of design) and supports the business objectives of strategic growth, revenue uplift, enhanced client experience and operational efficiency➢ Worked collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders, managed and communicated with key stakeholders on project status, key risks and issues=> Achievements• Substantial Shareholding project was a regulatory requirement and there a tight deadline. We delivered this project on time with no major issues.• Automated matching and settlement process for Equity and Fixed Income using OMGEO which Middle Office Operations team was previously doing it manually through excel, email and fax. This brought down Middle Office Operations Equity/Fixed Income team size from 7 members to 4 members.• Automated trade matching and settlement system got extended to other LBU’s as well who were also doing this manually earlier.
-
-
Assistant Manager
-
Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities➢ Lead the BAU IT Development Team➢ Organized weekly meeting with various application users to discuss on the BAU issues and prioritize it for development team➢ Conducted gap analysis in the existing processes to identify improvement opportunities in the system=> Achievements• I took this lead role when the key SME left the company who was leading all the front-office, middle-office applications in BAU. In a short span without any prior KT, understood all the applications functionality by getting into the regular BAU issues, doing some hands on it and solving out the issues. • Initially BAU team members was segregated by applications. Mentored the team members, provided knowledge sharing session on all the applications across all the team members. So that any team member can solve any application issue. This lifted the team value and there was no major issues and no escalations.
-
-
Senior Technical Analyst
-
Apr 2011 - Mar 2013
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities ➢ Designed and developed trade matching and settlement system for FX using SWIFT communication. ➢ Lead the development team, involved in requirement gathering, designing the data model (DB Design), project architecture for the above.=> Achievements• Automated matching and settlement process for FX using SWIFT which Middle Office Operations team was previously doing it manually through excel, email and fax. This brought down Middle Office Operations FX team size from 3 to 2.
-
-
-
Mphasis
-
India
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Senior Software Engineer
-
Jul 2007 - Apr 2011
=> Key Roles and Responsibilities ➢ Played Onsite ((Melbourne) Coordinator role, gathering requirements and leading the development team in design and development ➢ Designed and Developed ETL components and Reports ➢ Designed and Developed UI screens ➢ Coding and Unit testing ➢ Writing SQL Function/Procedure/View in Oracle => Achievements • Involved in a project which was in Red status where the technology (ETL/BO Reporting) is not my core skills. Taken ownership of the project and driven that to completion status. Conferred with ‘Mphasis Best Employee Award’ in the same year (Sep’2009) • Played Onsite Coordinator role. Worked with the client for requirements, coordinated and lead the offshore development team and delivered the project on time with zero defects. Conferred with ‘Mphasis Best Employee Award’ in the same year (Oct’2010)
-
-
-
FinEng Solutions Pvt.Ltd
-
Mumbai Area, India
-
Software Engineer
-
Jun 2005 - Jun 2007
=>Key Roles and Responsibilities ➢ Designed and Developed UI and Reports ➢ Coding and Unit testing ➢ Writing SQL Function/Procedure/View in Oracle =>Achievements • Played a key role in the development of wealth management system product =>Key Roles and Responsibilities ➢ Designed and Developed UI and Reports ➢ Coding and Unit testing ➢ Writing SQL Function/Procedure/View in Oracle =>Achievements • Played a key role in the development of wealth management system product
-
-
Education
-
2003 - 2005
St.Xavier's College Autonomous
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science -
2007 - 2009
University of Madras, Institute Of Distance Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General -
RoseMary Matriculation Hr.Sec. School
Community
