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Divya Poulose

Vice President - Global Regulatory Reports

Summary

Accomplished leader in Change Management with over 14 years of expertise in Finance regulatory reporting. Expert in strategy implementation, stakeholder management, and successful program delivery. Proven track record of securing new programs, leading cross-functional teams, and achieving organizational goals through impactful project execution. Skilled in team recruitment, development, and leadership within dynamic, cost-conscious environments. Proficient in devising effective product training strategies and executing adoption plans for sustainable business change.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President

Deutsche Bank A.G.
12.2017 - Current
  • Leading the US and global local regulatory reporting functional architecture and design
  • Implementation and service delivery lead for Bank Regulatory reporting Leading the US and Global delivery of regulatory reports on Controller View (Axiom SL) Preparation and submission of the IHC Regulatory Reports including but not limited to the following: FR Y - 9C, FR Y-15, FR Y-10, FFIEC 009 & other Global regulatory reports Perform research on changes on new regulatory reporting requirements and ensure that regulatory reporting requirements are properly addressed on all levels
  • Implementation of the new Regulatory Reporting ; including performing system testing and UAT reporting and continuing automation effort
  • Leading the business requirements and implementation of the ecosystem : data ingestion, data transformation, exceptions management, adjustments services, analytics and data attestation Partner in engaging internal groups for business process adoption
  • Managing training plans and client review and feedback framework
  • Chairing Governance, Opco, SteerCo meetings Monthly
  • RAG updates and Risk mitigation plans.Track delivery progress,risk,issues & dependencies
  • Responsible for managing a SAFE Agile environment. Involved as a product owner in the Program Incremental planning sessions , backlog refinement & end-to-end iteration deliveries
  • Managing a cross-location team (internals & contractors) spanning across Americas & India
  • Recruited, built and managed a large team across EMEA for simultaneous implementation across multiple countries
  • Successfully managed risk, issues and dependencies through effective communication with CFOs and implementation partners
  • Led Front to Back implementation application simplification Project across US & EMEA regions for regulatory applications resulting in the decommissioning of 3 legacy applications
  • Built high-performance teams through effective recruitment practices focused on competency alignment coupled with ongoing performance management processes.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, regulators, and community leaders to promote collaboration and long-term success.
  • Leveraged technology to automate workflows and streamline processes, resulting in increased productivity and cost savings across the organization.

Lead Functional Consultant

HCL Tech
10.2017 - 11.2017
  • Worked as a senior consultant for multiple institutions at different occasions on a wide variety of projects including regulatory reporting tools , fixed income securities etc Experience in the creation, management and maintenance of business requirements for large and complex financial analysis applications and products
  • Worked closely with technology and business on both tactical and strategic solutions and responsible for implementation, and delivery
  • Worked on agile methodology and wrote high level docs.– do involve in prioritizing product backlog items as well as provide estimates to the scrum master
  • Refine Stories with the team to ensure there are ready stories to load the sprints Collaborated closely with business owners, cross functional groups, stakeholders of all geographies to prioritize the requirement in sprint planning
  • In-depth understanding of processes involved in the SDLC Coordinated demos with business users as well the securing UAT sign off backed by post production support
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully execute complex projects within scope, budget, and timeline constraints.
  • Coordinated with IT teams to design and implement custom applications tailored to specific business needs, resulting in increased efficiency and effectiveness of workflows.

Senior Business Analyst

Prime Soft Inc
08.2010 - 09.2017
  • Team liaison with business unit management, IT development, external vendors for business unit projects, and Project manage redevelopment of the mapping application
  • Partnered with business teams and IT personnel to align project goals with business strategy and define project milestones
  • Created reports and presentations detailing business development activities.
  • Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.
  • Enabled data-driven decision making with advanced analytics tools, generating valuable insights for the organization.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.


2006 till 2010 with Natek s.r.o

International experience in India and Bulgaria as Programme manager



Education

Bachelors of Business Administration
05.2001 -

Diploma in HR Management
05.2001 -

Safe Agilist Certification

Skills

Execution and Leadership Functional

Technical architecture

Stakeholder management

Multi-year Book-of-work management

Program and Deadline management

Stakeholder management

IT Strategy Alignment

Product Lifecycle Management

Analytical Thinking

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Service Delivery Oversight

Agile Frameworks

Accomplishments

  • Directly led the implementation team & service delivery for regulatory projects providing management & oversight of strategy, capacity planning, budgeting & forecasting.
  • Review FRB taxonomy to ensure related regulatory reporting requirements are put in place before launching to production.
  • Created a high performance culture focused on continuous improvement to maximize efficiency & reduce risk.
  • Ensured proper internal control framework for financial Reg reporting for US & EMEA operations.
  • Responsible for overall leadership in managing implementation of proprietary and partner products.
  • Strong understanding of AxiomSL Reg reporting tool, design & maintained data models for reporting requirements, ensured AxiomSL configurations remain compliant with Reg requirements.
  • Maintained complete control on project schedule, risks & issues.
  • Expanded the services provided to the strategic clients (internal) and initiated cross-selling of services across regional and global business groups
  • Eliminated all customer and partner escalations through identifications of bottlenecks and introduction of best practices in handling issues
  • Worked with other internal senior management in enhancement of service delivery lifecycle and cost-effectiveness through off-shoring and capacity planning.
  • Actively participated in Steerco and Opco meetings, contributing strategic decision making and Operational planning.
  • Front to back platform implementation for Application Decommission project across EMEA region for the regulatory applications
  • Reduction of cost by decommissioning vendor reporting tools and building inhouse tools to meet business needs globally.Evaluated and assessed 10 plus global applications for decommissioning. Leading to $2M potential savings per annum.

Timeline

Vice President

Deutsche Bank A.G.
12.2017 - Current

Lead Functional Consultant

HCL Tech
10.2017 - 11.2017

Senior Business Analyst

Prime Soft Inc
08.2010 - 09.2017

Bachelors of Business Administration
05.2001 -

Diploma in HR Management
05.2001 -

Safe Agilist Certification
Divya PouloseVice President - Global Regulatory Reports