Shyam Singh, Operations Associate Manager

Shyam Singh

Operations Associate Manager

Standard Chartered

Location
India - Delhi
Education
High school or equivalent, International Trade Finance
Experience
5 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :5 years, 9 Months

Operations Associate Manager at Standard Chartered
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since June 2023

Global Trade Services
Role:
• Monitoring and leading a team of 10 Trade Finance Officers; scrutinizing import, non-import and export transaction
• Allotting daily jobs and workload; tracking daily transactions as well as BOD and EOD pending items
• Ensuring zero miss outs on processing and reconciliation of unprocessed transactions
• Updation and part of incoming requests of transactions, mails, SWIFTs as and when required by bringing to notice of higher
management
• Addressing & resolving customers or RM complaints, or any escalations of serious nature; adhering to timely communication with
all stakeholders
• Assessing process and identifying the gaps
• Tracking various inward / outward remittances including letter of credit, import bills, export bills, remittances, SWIFT operations,
monthly ECGC premium & r-returns
• Undertaking extensive scrutiny of retail Forex documents such as TTs, DDs, FX documents, outward remittances & FX cash
transactions; communicating discrepancies under L/C documents as per UCP guidelines
• Recognising / sorting all International trade finance documents like letters of credit, bills of exchange, collection of invoices and re-
imbursement of instructions; submitting export / import statement and export credit outstanding statement
• Performing scrutiny of documents and authorisation & liquidation of Clean Bills Discounting, Inland LCs, Import LCs, Booking Bills
under LCs, LC Advising & Discounting, Booking Bills and Inland & Foreign BGs
• Evaluating cash flows, ensuring that funds are arranged in the most cost-effective manner and that there is no shortage of cash in
hand; monitoring accounts, payables, overheads and achieving maximum cost effectiveness
• Preparing MIS reports and other statements to provide feedback to top management on financial performance entailing fund
management, credit control and profitability
• Implementing competent strategies with a view to penetrate new accounts and expand existing ones for a wide range of Banking
/ Trade Finance products; coordinating between customers & relationship managers for resolving transactional issues
• Leading & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual and group
targets; imparting on-the-job trainings to the staff on operations of Trade products for enhancing their productivity & skills
• Managing trade transactions pertaining to key clients of the bank and foreign inward guarantees of banks; ensuring delivery of the
product within the scheduled time
• Imparting trainings & coaching to the staff and identified potential staff for succession and key operational functions
Highlights:
• Acquired in-depth knowledge about the pricing of credit FOREX proposals, different intricacies of foreign exchange transactions,
their implications and various aspects of foreign exchange management act
• Gained expertise in how to construct a product, customize it and convince the customer which helped in retaining existing
customers as well as acquiring new clients

Deputy Manager at AU Small Finance Bank
  • India
  • March 2022 to July 2022

Trade Operations
Role:
• Worked as an Authorizer for wholesale banking products
• Led day-to-day processing of wholesale banking products and managed customer service desk
• scrutiny all export and import transaction and forward to AD1 bank for processing
• we have closed pending EDPMS and IDPMS pending from more than 3 years, regular follow-up with client for bill of entry and
shipping bill

Deputy Manager at HDFC Bank Ltd
  • India
  • August 2021 to March 2022

Trade Operations
Role:
• Part of trade finance operation team; Performing scrutiny of documents and authorisation & liquidation of Clean Bills Discounting,
Inland LCs, Import LCs, Export LCs Booking Bills under LCs, LC Advising & Discounting, Booking Bills and Inland & Foreign BGs

Assistant Manager at Axis Bank Ltd
  • India
  • June 2020 to July 2021

Trade Desk Operations

Officer - Trade at Yes Bank Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 2017 to June 2020

Education

High school or equivalent, International Trade Finance
  • at Indian Institute of Banking and FinanceIndian Institute of Banking and Finance
  • January 2023

courses: Certificate Course in Foreign Exchange - Foreign Exchange Operation

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at Vinoba Bhave UniversityThe London Institute of Banking & Finance
  • January 2015

courses: Certified Documentary Credit Specialist- CDCS

Specialties & Skills

Import Export
Customer Service
Trade Finance
Letter of Credit
BANKING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
SHIPPING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified documentry credit specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2023

Hobbies

  • Swimming