KIRAN VISHWANATH KARANGUTKAR

Vice president at Kotak Mahindra Bank

• India - Mumbai
• My current job since June 2006

 Essayed a stellar role in business process management, ensuring compliance to organizational and statutory requirements for clearing and branch expansion.
 Crafted strategies, policies, operating plans and internal controls to ensure defined targets were achieved in a profitable manner.
 Periodically audited processes to identify & mitigate financial and compliance risks. Identified & implemented initiatives aimed at rationalizing costs and enhancing process efficiency.
 Prepared and shared various MIS and dashboards to evaluate process performance and assist management decision making.
 Keenly observed competition and fine-tuned strategies to stay ahead of the curve.
 Fostered collaborative relations with industry experts to resolve legal, financial and regulatory issues.
 Recruited, coached and mentored high performing teams across functions. Build team capability through objective performance management and focused training efforts.

Business Process Manager at Kotak Mahindra Bank

• India - Mumbai
• My current job since June 2006

Manager at ICICI Bank Ltd

• India - Surat
• February 2004 to June 2006

 Provided leadership and direction to front and back office teams to drive service excellence.
 Led a six member team to achieve defined revenue and productivity targets. Achieved INR 4L revenue in life insurance and INR 1L in sale of gold coins and bars.
 Crafted and implemented operating plans and strategies to drive growth in assigned branches. Promoted a wide range of products including mutual funds, life insurance, gold, forex, GOI bonds and IPO.
 Fostered collaborative relations with key individual & institutional investors to expand & maintain client base.
 Audited systems and processes to identify & rectify gaps and strengthen systems and processes.

Manager at Bajaj Capital Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• February 2001 to February 2004

Handlig sales & Marketing of mutual funds Insurance & back office operations

Branch Head at Matrix Financial Services Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• August 2000 to January 2001

Branch Head

Manager – Business Development at India InfoLine

• India - Mumbai
• August 1996 to August 2000

Manager - Business Development

Professional Service Representative at Wockhardt Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• November 1992 to July 1996

Professional Service Representative

Medical Representative at Bombay Tablets

• India - Mumbai
• August 1992 to October 1992

Medical Representative