Vijayashankar Yayathi

Manager at Scope International - Standard Chartered Bank - India

• India - Chennai
• My current job since August 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STANDARD CHARTERED GBS Chennai, India

Manager CPBB (TW Country Finance Business Partner, FP&A) 05/2022-Present

Led the process transition from SCB Taiwan CPBB Finance Team and introduced 2 additional FTE positions, thereby creating wider opportunities for the GBS Team (offshore) and contributing towards cost efficiency targets of the Bank.

• Over ~3000 man hours of processes migrated to GBS covering over 100 activities which include performance packs, Daily/monthly reports, Products & Segment Decks, Biz Commentaries, Flash, Early view reports etc.
• Close to 500 hours of efficiency achieved through lean process reengineering and VBA automation.
• Work closely with SCB Taiwan CPBB Finance Head and other Stakeholders in understanding and delivering various Business requirements.
• Analyzing actual position against Budget, Forecast, and Outlook numbers.
• Examination of the $7bn Balance sheet assets for new bookings, attritions and P&L analysis for rate impacts.
• High quality presentation materials for MBR, ExCo, Strawman and other Ad hoc reviews.
• Deep dive into the $350mn Income statement across GII, FTP, NII, Fees (Incl Contra NFI) and commissions.
• Analysis of cost allocation methodologies to ensure reasonable recharges across products and segments.
• Monitoring over $200mn of annual expenses, cost centre wise, for efficiencies.
• Identify material movements over $0.5mn and fix incorrect/delayed bookings (if any).
• ~ 12% productivity achieved during Corporate plan (AOP) season.

STANDARD CHARTERED GBS Chennai, India

Associate Manager CPBB (TW Country Finance Business Partner, FP&A) 12/2020-04/2022

Spearheaded the major transition initiative under the FTOM project, covering ~1500 hours of annual processes covering over ~50 activities which include:

• 30+ Critical Month-end book close activities which includes Income Accruals, Department Reclassification entries, Expenses/ Recharges entries etc.
• Weekly analysis of the Priority Banking customer base (NTB/NTS), Personal loans New bookings and Attritions, and Wealth Product performance including Daily NFI, along with Run rates and business justifications.
• Publication of monthly financials monitoring the performance across products and segments monitoring Interest & Fee income, Impairments, Costs, Operating profit, NIM's (Margins), Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), Cost Income Ratio (CIR), Return on Assets (RoA), Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE), Economic Value Added (EVA), Return on Risk Weighted Assets (RoRWA), Assets under Management (AUM) and Balance sheet positions.





STANDARD CHARTERED GBS Chennai, India

Specialist CPBB (Group CPBB Finance Business Partner, FP&A) 02/2019-12/2020

• Publication of the CPBB Group performance decks weekly / monthly basis.
• Working closely with the senior management and ensuring timely support on various Business requests.
• Creating efficiencies of ~150 Hours through de commission of redundant packs with a single deck.
• Analyze the Group Income, Costs, Impairments, Cards Loyalty costs, Product profitability, Interest Margins, and Balance Sheet positions of various products.
• Analysis of critical KPI’s like New Cards, Attritions, and Drawdown across the Global Markets.
• Analysis and publication of product reports under various Transacted currencies.
• Circulation of Group Flash reports with business justifications for material variances.
• UAT / UVT with critical observations during change management initiatives in downstream systems.
• Data upload into the Hyperion planning tool during corporate plan seasons (AOP).