SIDHARTH RANGA
Morganville,Nj
Summary
- Over 22 years of progressive experience as a Group Manger, Program Manager, Application Development Manager, Project Leader, Analyst, and an Engineer.
- Managed and groomed multiple Global development teams across various areas such as Client reporting, Performance analytics, Reference Data, Trust, Banking & Lending, and Risk Reporting. Setup the ETL Center of excellence for Citi Private Bank in Pune, India.
- Specialize in Leadership and Team development, Global Project Delivery, Vendor management, Budgeting and Financial Planning. Expertise in, Process automation, ETL, Data Analytics, and Data reconciliation, with hands-on experience on ETL, data analytics & data visualization tools such as Ab initio, Tableau, Paxata and QlikView.
- Experience managing Java app development and integration with a variety of data processing and persistence technologies.
- Understanding of Web service implementation such as REST, SOAP, and OpenAI.
- Application management experience for a Lending platform and global document management application used by over 1000 Financial analysts and Bankers across NAM, EMEA and APAC.
- Experience with innovative technologies such as NLP (Natural Language Processing), AI and Machine Learning.
- Strong knowledge of Fixed Income, Equities, and Credit Derivatives, Futures & Options (Equities, US Treasury, Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange, and Commodities etc.).
- Experience in Basel & Risk domain (Credit, Market & Operational). Experience in Life Cycle and processes development for Alternative investments (Structured Products, Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Real Estate).
- Expertise in Reference Data from vendors such as Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Application Development Group Manager
Citigroup Private Bank
Jersey City, NJ
01.2023 - Current
- Managed Credit Applications: Oversaw the end-to-end process of lending platforms, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
- Banking & Lending Budgeting and Project Fitment: Spearheaded budgeting initiatives for banking and lending projects, optimizing resource allocation. Successfully aligned projects with organizational goals, ensuring efficient utilization of funds.
- Cross-Functional Teams' Management: - Led cross-functional teams comprised of 78 members from diverse departments. Fostered collaboration, resulting in the successful delivery of projects within established timelines.
- Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Managed relationships with vendors, negotiating contracts to optimize cost-efficiency.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to understand requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Automated the loan payments processing system, dramatically increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs by 35%.
- Digitized the Book Keeping and Disbursement process reducing 20,000 Manual Touchpoints and 283 hours of manual effort every month.
- Contributed to strategic planning and development of operations transformation roadmap as key member of executive team.
- Turned low-performing department into success after 10 months through effective restructuring plan.
- Hired, trained and mentored the staff members to maximize productivity.
- Collaborated with senior management on long-term planning initiatives that aligned with corporate goals.
Application Development Senior Manager
Citigroup Private Bank
New York
11.2012 - 12.2022
- Projects: ProjectOne (ETL - Data Warehousing Project), RDH (Reference Data Hub), Corporate Reporting (CPB TRUST), Syndication Payments Automation, CAA (Credit Approval Accelerator), Business Analytics Platform
Project Manager/Business Analyst
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jersey City
11.2010 - 11.2012
- Project: ARCTIC (Architecture for Regulatory, Credit, and Treasury Information Consolidation)
Project Manager
Polaris Softwares Lab
New York
10.2009 - 11.2010
Programmer Analyst
Infosys Technologies
Bangalore/Singapore/New York
09.2001 - 10.2009
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
National Institute of Technology
Skills
- Java, PL/SQL, T-SQL, Python
- Ab Initio (Data Warehousing Tool), EME (Enterprise Meta Environment), Data Profiler, Trillium (Data Cleansing Tool), Informatica, Quality Center (HP - QC), PLSQL Developer, TOAD, Tableau, Paxata, Celonis and QlikView
- Windows, Unix
- Oracle 8i/9i, DB2, SQL Server, Teradata, Sybase, Mongo DB, Apache HBase
- Visual Source Safe (VSS), CVS
- Unix Shell Scripting, Python & Scala
- Data Warehousing, Data analytics, Process mining and Process Automation
- Microsoft Project, JIRA
- Banking & Capital Markets: Equities, Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives
- Private Banking and Wealth Management
- Strategic Planning
- Team Leadership
- Product Management
- Data-driven Decision Making
- Regulatory Compliance
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Innovation and Change Management
Certificates Training
- Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 2 candidate
- Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Certifications in Fundamentals of Banking and Fundamentals of Securities
- Trained on Open Systems Technologies (C, UNIX)
- Trained on AbInitio (Data warehousing tool)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Accomplishments
- Consistently ranked top performer in the group
- Awarded the distinguished Client Excellence Award multiple times by Private Bank in recognition of consistently delivering exceptional service and fostering strong client relationships.
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 2 candidate
- Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
- Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Certifications in Fundamentals of Banking and Fundamentals of Securities
- Trained on Open Systems Technologies (C, UNIX)
- Trained on AbInitio (Data warehousing tool)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Application Development Group Manager
Citigroup Private Bank
01.2023 - Current
Application Development Senior Manager
Citigroup Private Bank
11.2012 - 12.2022
Project Manager/Business Analyst
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
11.2010 - 11.2012
Project Manager
Polaris Softwares Lab
10.2009 - 11.2010
Programmer Analyst
Infosys Technologies
09.2001 - 10.2009
Bachelor of Engineering -
National Institute of Technology
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