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Shravan Gobburi

Summary

Accomplished Senior Finance Manager with 15+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis. Demonstrated expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and strategic planning.

Proven track record of driving financial performance through data-driven insights and analytics.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, Affluent

Standard Chartered Bank
12.2020 - Current

Global role in Affluent & Private Bank Business Finance focusing on Financial Planning & Analysis and partnering with business on strategic growth initiatives with a view to drive income growth while ensuring optimal and efficient management of balance sheet & RWA to maximize returns


Key Responsibilities:


  • Lead delivery of monthly Private Banking Financial reporting including collaboration with Country and Group business finance teams to provide quality management information to senior management Manage Corporate plan / Budgeting process including forecasting of income, balance sheet, NIMs & RWA
  • Translate financial data into impactful presentations which help create focus around key performance drivers
  • Work closely with various stakeholders and design MI to support Monthly Business Review meetings with focus on Income drivers and Returns metrics like EVA, RoTE and RoRWA
  • Drive business analytics initiatives to assist business in profits optimization. Provide value-add analytics for business including key performance indicators to improve overall business performance

Senior Manager, Business Finance, CCIB

Standard Chartered Bank
10.2014 - 11.2020

Delivered insightful Business Performance analytics for Corporate & Institutional Banking Segment by providing high quality actionable business information to Global/Regional business heads using multiple lens (Client, Product, Geographies) across Financial & Non-Financial ambit (Income, Balance Sheet, RWA, RoTE, Market Penetration, Product Cross sell, etc.) aimed at driving stakeholder's value


  • Effectively managed forecast & budgeting process in consultation with Global/Regional Business Heads and Finance heads
  • Attended to requests from Investor relations, Group Performance and Strategy teams by providing crisp insights into underlying segment performance to support key external reporting events
  • Supported business by drilling down on cost metrics, analyzing trends and partnered with cross functional teams to identify cost opportunities
  • Identified, analyzed and extracted relevant competitor's data from available public sources to provide insightful competitive analytics and benchmarking for key metrics
  • Managed CB RM Scorecards and supported business in developing standard and measurable metrics aligned to strategic initiatives
  • Engaged with Finance Systems in enhancing strategic Performance management Reporting infrastructure and automated manual reports using Tableau to improve efficiency

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
09.2011 - 09.2014

Responsible for developing and managing the Performance Management reports for Corporate & Institutional Clients


  • Designed and developed reports on key business performance indicators using reporting tools like OBIEE, which aid in strategic planning, development and management of business
  • Gathering high level business requirements and translating them into detailed, unambiguous functional requirements
  • Take ownership of delivery from requirement gathering through development, testing and deployment phases
  • Reviewing test cases, closing out open issues & managing change requests
  • Maintained standard data definition dictionary, business rules and logic to ensure consistency in derivation of business performance metrics across all business streams
  • Analyzed requirements and provided value added suggestions to assist business stakeholders in seeking out best possible solutions to their business management information needs
  • Identified and where feasible, automated performance management reports to minimize manual intervention and improve timeliness and quality of data

Senior Business Analyst

Royal Bank Of Scotland, RBS
04.2011 - 09.2011

As a Business Analyst in the Multi Channel Sales initiative, worked closely with Change Management team & business on requirement gathering, requirement finalization and sign off

  • Lead requirement gathering sessions with cross functional teams and stakeholders to ensure development of comprehensive business requirements
  • Imparted functional knowledge to the build & test teams
  • Conducted gap analyses to identify discrepancies between current and desired states, leading to actionable recommendations.

Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
12.2006 - 03.2011
  • Understanding business requirements and be primary point of contact with client for functional clarification
  • Responsible for Analysis & Sourcing of Data from Core Banking, Payment, Clearing and General Ledger Systems
  • Prepared ETL Functional Specifications and was primary point of contact for development and testing team for functional clarifications
  • Studied existing business processes with view to identify and resolve inefficiencies / issues
  • Maintained high quality documentation for reference by all concerned in the project
  • Worked on Scenario Analyzer, Revenue & Capital forecasting tool. Configured and run scenarios to analyze impact of changes in Credit ratings /Sovereign Ratings / collateral / FX Shifts on RWA
  • Responsible for maintaining Reference / Master Data across Strategic Information Management (SIM) infrastructure for both Risk and Performance reporting


Assistant Manager

American Express Bank
12.2004 - 11.2006
  • Advising, negotiating and discounting of Letters of Credit
  • Handling Banking Payment back office processes like Funds Transfer, investigation, and process automations
  • Verify that incoming payment instructions are authenticated correct and complete, repair them when necessary so that they meet payment system standards
  • Checking and proposing payment instructions for L Cs, Stand-by Letter of Credits
  • Handling Refinance, Acceptance and Reimbursement Undertakings
  • Formulating MIS reports to track volumes, errors, etc


Senior Officer

IDBI Bank
10.2002 - 11.2004
  • Overseeing branch banking operations viz. Retail Banking operations, tracking investments, increasing incremental assets, as well as budgeting and promotional events
  • Handling banking operations like Account Opening, Clearing, Cash Management, etc.
  • Ensuring compliance of various statutory requirements as per audit guidelines as well as regulations laid down by various acts governing banking operations
  • Ensured that Nostro Account is tallied at the end of the day, smooth control over day-to-day operations and handling customer queries and complaints so that service standards are achieved

Education

MBA - Finance

Sri Venkateswara University
India
06.2001

Skills

    Financial Planning & Analysis

    Budgeting & Forecasting

    Business Partnering

    Data Analytics

    Business Analysis

    SQL & BI Tools

    Project & Change Management

    Communication & Presentation

Timeline

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, Affluent

Standard Chartered Bank
12.2020 - Current

Senior Manager, Business Finance, CCIB

Standard Chartered Bank
10.2014 - 11.2020

Senior Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
09.2011 - 09.2014

Senior Business Analyst

Royal Bank Of Scotland, RBS
04.2011 - 09.2011

Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
12.2006 - 03.2011

Assistant Manager

American Express Bank
12.2004 - 11.2006

Senior Officer

IDBI Bank
10.2002 - 11.2004

MBA - Finance

Sri Venkateswara University
Shravan Gobburi