Ramya Ratnam Arinivas

Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, with more than 15 years of banking experience spread over all facets of Trade Finance Operations, including digitization, risk and compliance. With a career break of 3 years, I am looking forward to resume my career where I can transfer my knowledge and skill set in Trade Finance for the growth and benefit of the organization.

Academic Credentials

• Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) from Institute of Financial Services, UK (IFS) • Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Madras, Chennai • Executive PG Diploma in HR Management (EPGDHRM) from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai • Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from University of Madras, Chennai

Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, with more than 15 years of banking experience spread over all facets of Trade Finance Operations, including digitization, risk and compliance. With a career break of 3 years, I am looking forward to resume my career where I can transfer my knowledge and skill set in Trade Finance for the growth and benefit of the organization.

Key Skills

Trade Finance - Letter of Credit, Documentary Collections, and Trade Finance Loans

Risk and Compliance

ICC Rules –UCP, URR, URC and ISBP

SWIFT

Trade Finance Training

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Banking Softwares

• Eximbills Enterprise
• Finacle
• Swift Alliance
• Safewatch

Profile Summary

• Spearheaded the team in facing the internal audit, which was a great success
• Involved in automation of Export LC advising and Export payments
• Implemented new controls and processes to mitigate various risks identified in the different trade finance processed and operations
• Part of team workflow management automation project
• Managed the project to automate the reconciliation of asset and liability balances between Eximbills and Finacle
• Handled UAT for banking projects of varied nature and size such as Implementation of Eximbills Enterprise, various enhancements on trade finance applications; Implementation of Core banking, and merger of paper based and image based banking operations.
• Lead the project to automate the alerts and advice sent to customers mobile and email address, on the status of various trade finance transactions
• Planned and managed the entire training program on Trade Finance as part of skill development activity of fresh joiners

Academic Credentials

• Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) from Institute of Financial Services, UK (IFS) • Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Madras, Chennai • Executive PG Diploma in HR Management (EPGDHRM) from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai • Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from University of Madras, Chennai