Payal Patel Email & Phone Number

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Implemented Agile methodology by using the full scrum framework and scrum events for my development team
• Product Owner for active projects involving the commercial loan system (ACBS - Advance Commercial Banking System) and the mainframe loan systems
• Collaborate with the stakeholders regarding ACBS or mainframe projects to communicate information back to the development team and adjust the backlog accordingly to prevent overcommitting man hours
• Team lead in the testing of new functionality for the commercial loan system upgrade (ACBS) including extract testing for the data warehouse system and general ledger updates so that downstream processes are not.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Aided project teams, project managers, and various departments to implement Agile methodology as the company reorganized its structure to better facilitate this new concept by preventing individuals from working on.
• Adopted scrum events as the company adopted the Agile methodology so that the development team would have an easier transition
• Project Lead to provide technological services and loan systems to a bank from another Farm Credit district
• Collaborated with the Farm Credit district bank to create and deploy interface files to prevent manual data entry and save approximately eight hours a week in general ledger entry creation
• Assisted the bank with data cleanup and regulatory compliance prior to conversion to our loan systems
• Configured a new program to transfer data elements from staging databases to the commercial (ACBS) and mainframe loan systems so that no manual keying was required during conversion weekend

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Configured and tested a software module to allow for investor accounting and automated data transfer within the commercial loan system (ACBS) for all district banks which prevented dual processing and saved time for.
• Coordinated the transfer of loans from a mainframe system to the commercial loan system (ACBS) using an automated payoff code for the mainframe loans to prevent data entry errors to assist with reconciliation within.
• Provided specs to the ACBS technical team to write code for various functionalities such as a lease capitalization program, funding program, and automated notifications for investor accounting to prevent manual entries.
• Updated the journal generation program code and verified the general ledger mapping and journal entries
• Tested and verified loan system extracts using SAP Business Objects XI & SQL for the data warehouse
• Trained 19 banks within the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank district to use various modules within the commercial loan system

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Configured a new learning management system with Cornerstone on Demand titled "Career Café" that entitled all 19 banks within the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank district to have access to various eCourses, live training and.
• Project Lead to implement the succession planning and annual performance review modules within Cornerstone on Demand which allowed executives to easily view employee qualifications across each individual bank to assist.
• Communicated with each bank’s trainer regarding their progress on implementing the "Career Café"
• Led on-boarding of new employees, including New Hire Orientation and the New Employee curricula to assist with integrating new employees to the company
• Compiled training materials, recorded videos and PowerPoint tutorials, and monitored employee progress
• Created training eCourses using Camtasia, Adobe Captivate and Lectora software

Master Of Science - Ms, Food And Resource Economics, Agribusiness

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Food And Resource Economics