Anuja Banerjee
Pune
Summary
Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization which gives me a chance to thrive for excellence and utilize and enhance my professional skills and to express my values in an innovative and competitive world of software field.
Total experience- 15 years 8 months
Over 15 years 8 months of experience in industry and having hands on experience in Agile project management in the Banking and Financial services domain (BFS) for HSBC Technology India, Deutsche Bank-Investment Banking (DBOI) & Cognizant Technology Solutions. Currently playing the role of Agile lead in various Insurance project like Well+ (leading project in Insurance VS) and Sustain Core business area and managing end to end delivery starting with day-to-day Scrum Ceremonies to release management. Capable of managing both UI and Mobile Pods with equal efficiency.Taking care of Production support of the product delivered too. Some of the successful deliveries in 2023 are different Bonus Badges and ewelcome pack and SCE delivery with zero defects and delivered exactly on time according to business needs despite multiple challenges. Handling Delivery plans with stakeholders, resourcing and end to end deliveries and managing releases, Health checks and checking on dependent releases to have successful delivery Constantly trying to improve in delivery by setting right expectations and timelines with all stakeholders and planning ahead and calling it out aloud before time Engaged in improving resiliency of Digital team by helping team to adopt to Mode 2 , already received DO certificate for the Mobile application and Web application is in progress and target to complete by Q2 2024 Previously played the role of Agile Scrum master cum Delivery Manager for four PODs in Banking 2.0 team. Solely managing requirements from INM business and helping team to deliver projects in aggressive timelines and tight budget. Successfully delivered project BBPS Integration with Bill desk, HSBC Netbanking options for merchant payments, soft token Implementation for India to name a few. Worked in UPI On Mobile X project under real challenging circumstances. Prior experience of Agile (SAFE) scrum master in a feature team in DBOI and also working closely with product owners and Business analysts to understand the functional aspect of requirement in a cross function(XFT) team structure operational across diverse locations. Worked in the onsite (London) location (Deutsche Bank) to understand the application better and start the development in IPV (Independent Price verification) domain from scratch from June 2015 to July 2015 As an onsite co-coordinator and System Analyst role in a project (a reputed MNC Bank) in client location – UK(London) twice As a team lead responsible for Requirement gathering, Analysis, preparing Functional Requirement Document, Detailed Design Document, Coding, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing and Quality Review and Auditing at team level. Responsible for direct client communications and discussions regarding Requirement clarification, communicating and getting approval from business directly for FRD, UAT Testing, change request handling and final signoff. Working in close collaboration with Business Analysts and Product owners to help work out the requirement better and do a good feasibility study. Extensively worked in PnL systems and IPV methodologies in BFS domain. Worked as a Support System analyst and worked in Incident and change management systems and used to track incidents using Remedy software for a renowned MNC bank based in London, UK Worked in developing complex SQL Queries, designing packages, import stored procedures using PL/SQL. Have actively done performance tuning activities too. Multi-tasking Lead Consultant skilled in [Type of Skill] and well-learned in [Type of Technology]. A diverse professional pursuing an exciting position where honesty, agility and resourcefulness will be highly valued.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Lead Consultant Specialist
HSBC
03.2021 - Current
- Currently playing the role of Agile lead in various Insurance project like Well+ (leading project in Insurance VS) and Sustain Core business area and managing end to end delivery starting with day-to-day Scrum Ceremonies to release management
- Capable of managing both UI and Mobile Pods with equal efficiency.Taking care of Production support of the product delivered too
- Some of the successful deliveries in 2023 are different Bonus Badges and ewelcome pack and SCE delivery with zero defects and delivered exactly on time according to business needs despite multiple challenges
- Handling Delivery plans with stakeholders, resourcing and end to end deliveries and managing releases, Health checks and checking on dependent releases to have successful delivery
- Constantly trying to improve in delivery by setting right expectations and timelines with all stakeholders and planning ahead and calling it out aloud before time
- Engaged in improving resiliency of Digital team by helping team to adopt to Mode 2 , already received DO certificate for the Mobile application and Web application is in progress and target to complete by Q2 2024
- Previously played the role of Agile Scrum master cum Delivery Manager for four PODs in Banking 2.0 team
- Solely managing requirements from INM business and helping team to deliver projects in aggressive timelines and tight budget
- Successfully delivered project BBPS Integration with Bill desk, HSBC Netbanking options for merchant payments, soft token Implementation for India to name a few
- Worked in UPI On Mobile X project under real challenging circumstances
- Prior experience of Agile (SAFE) scrum master in a feature team in DBOI and also working closely with product owners and Business analysts to understand the functional aspect of requirement in a cross function(XFT) team structure operational across diverse locations
- Worked in the onsite (London) location (Deutsche Bank) to understand the application better and start the development in IPV (Independent Price verification) domain from scratch from June 2015 to July 2015
- As an onsite co-coordinator and System Analyst role in a project (a reputed MNC Bank) in client location – UK(London) twice
- As a team lead responsible for Requirement gathering, Analysis, preparing Functional Requirement Document, Detailed Design Document, Coding, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing and Quality Review and Auditing at team level
- Responsible for direct client communications and discussions regarding Requirement clarification, communicating and getting approval from business directly for FRD, UAT Testing, change request handling and final signoff
- Working in close collaboration with Business Analysts and Product owners to help work out the requirement better and do a good feasibility study
- Extensively worked in PnL systems and IPV methodologies in BFS domain
- Worked as a Support System analyst and worked in Incident and change management systems and used to track incidents using Remedy software for a renowned MNC bank based in London, UK
- Worked in developing complex SQL Queries, designing packages, import stored procedures using PL/SQL
- Have actively done performance tuning activities too.
- Developed custom solutions based upon clients' strict requirements.
- Determined areas for improvement and implemented processes to alleviate problems.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of project milestones and deliverables.
- Prepared project lifecycle documentation and project management plans.
- Assessed potential risks during project planning stages, developing contingency plans to mitigate negative impacts on deliverables.
- Developed custom solutions based upon clients' strict requirements
- Determined areas for improvement and implemented processes to alleviate problems
- Prepared project lifecycle documentation and project management plans
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of project milestones and deliverables
- Assessed potential risks during project planning stages, developing contingency plans to mitigate negative impacts on deliverables
Senior Consultant Specialist
HSBC
06.2021 - 02.2024
- Currently playing role of scrum master cum delivery manager for four pods for INM deliveries
- Helped team to deliver project with zero defects in production against aggressive timelines and tight budget
- Played scrum master role in SRE Team.
- Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects.
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates.
- Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause and coming up with effective solutions.
- Collaborated with internal teams to develop customized solutions that addressed unique client needs.
- Built strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and proactive problem-solving efforts.
- Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates
- Collaborated with internal teams to develop customized solutions that addressed unique client needs
- Built strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and proactive problem-solving efforts
- Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause and coming up with effective solutions
Assistant Vice President
Deutsche Bank
05.2015 - 09.2018
- Currently playing role of scrum master in a 10-member feature team
- Also, contributing as a database tech lead in designing solutions towards GVG business in IPV domain
- Have been involved in designing of IPV datamodel from scratch, database design of stored procedures to fetch data using the optimized techniques of using all index and partition pruning columns and all the technical modules to meet application demands and to cater to best performance of the existing application
- In the process, have had opportunity to work in table functions, Consumer APIs, Write APIs and Read APIs, stored procedures, functions
- Have worked closely with business analysts to understand requirement better which allowed me to propose and design optimum solutions
- Involved in developing end to end solutions as a Systems Analyst
- Successfully played the role of Scrum master by efficiently communicating between Product Owners (Business Analysts) and developers and thus maintained a healthy relation within the team
- Performed the duties of System Analyst by analyzing the whole system and proposing the best possible solution after involving in active discussion with users and delivering it upto implementation successfully within the stipulated time
- Have actively contributed to performance tuning techniques in existing application to give the users better experience in using the application
- Played the role of team lead and have guided the entire database team members to provide timely and bugfree deliveries apart from maintaining my quality deliverables in complex database design (Oracle)
- Got opportunity to visit the London office and get knowledge transition from the existing application developers which helped me to gain an insight and develop an in-depth knowledge
- Successfully mentored and trained the database team members at Deutsche bank
- Have actively worked in designing tables, control file, bat file, triggers, stored procedures, anonymous blocks whichever suitable for the purpose and also worked in monitoring overnight batch and have done extensive performance tuning activities and value -adds in my present project for a famous UK based Asset Servicing bank
- Designed datamodel for GVG business from scratch working closely with Business Analyst team so that the model can best cater to the needs of the user as well as perform efficiently in the application using access database
- Have worked in designing complex queries using SQL, built xls reports using underlying queries which fetches data to report
- In the same time have got opportunity to work in complex database design for v2 screen which works on an update checker basis
- Have built DDL scripts for table creation, DML scripts for performing insert, update, delete operations on different tables, designed bat files, sql files, control files
- Have been actively involved in developing functions, stored procedures, packages which embed complex business rules using PL/SQL
- Have experience in performance tuning of long running queries, generating SQL monitor report and performance analysis
- Have experience in working in production support system
- Have worked efficiently in incident management, incident tracking and closing incidents in short span of time
- Engaged in designing complex design embedding business logic using Oracle for dbPalace project in DBOI (Product Control) specially in IPV domain
- Contribution to building a prototype before suggesting a new framework VAS (v3 service) which refreshes automatically when the underlying back end data gets refreshed
- Involved in designing node queries and refresh logic for v3 service which is very important for trading and other online applications to give users a real time experience.
- Established a high-performance culture within the team by setting clear expectations and providing regular feedback on individual performance contributions.
- Optimized resource allocation by analyzing operational needs, reallocating resources as needed to maximize efficiency across all functions.
- Increased efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing new software tools for the team.
- Fostered strong relationships with key clients, leading to repeat business and a significant increase in customer satisfaction ratings.
- Communicated with leadership teams to assist with administrative initiatives and decisions and attended weekly meetings to support policy changes.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver successful projects on time and within budget, enhancing company reputation in the industry.
- Expanded market presence through targeted marketing campaigns, increasing brand awareness among prospective clients in key industries.
- Enhanced communication between departments by developing effective reporting structures and information-sharing platforms.
- Allocated work assignments and tasks to comprehensively manage administrative projects.
- Participated in organization re-branding and targeting of new markets and programs to attract and retain members.
- Managed risk effectively by implementing robust compliance procedures and conducting regular audits of internal controls.
- Drove innovation by encouraging creative problem-solving among team members and staying abreast of industry trends and best practices.
- Prepared and recorded meeting minutes and documented actions taken at board meetings, committee meetings and special sessions.
Associate-Projects
Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2008 - 04.2015
- Involved in developing end to end solutions as a Systems Analyst for a renowned MNC Bank based in UK and have been based out of client location in UK, London
- Successfully played the role of onsite co-coordinator by efficiently communicating between onsite and offshore and maintain a healthy relation within the team
- Performed the duties of System Analyst by analyzing the whole system and proposing the best possible solution after involving in active discussion with client and delivering it upto implementation successfully
- Played the role of team lead while at offshore for a renowned MNC Bank based in UK and have guided the team members to provide timely and bugfree deliveries apart from maintaining my quality deliverables in complex database design (Oracle)
- Have actively worked in designing tables, control file, bat file, triggers, stored procedures, anonymous blocks whichever suitable for the purpose and also worked in monitoring overnight batch and have done extensive performance tuning activities and value -adds in my present project for a famous UK based Asset Servicing bank
- Have worked in designing complex queries using SQL, built xls reports using underlying queries which fetches data to report
- Have built DDL scripts for table creation, DML scripts for performing insert, update, delete operations on different tables, designed bat files, sql files, control files
- Have been actively involved in developing functions, stored procedures, packages which embed complex business rules using PL/SQL
- Have experience in working in production support system
- Have worked efficiently in incident management, incident tracking and closing incidents in short span of time
- Engaged in designing complex design embedding business logic using Oracle for a renowned MNC Bank’s - International Private Banking Geneva Branch
- Contribution to Pre-Sales activities, through developing a prototype in the Investment Banking area for an Asia Pacific region based large MNC Bank
- Involved in designing a XML parser tool for a renowned MNC Bank.
- Implemented change management processes, addressing scope changes and their impact on overall project goals.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive successful project outcomes.
- Evaluated completed projects post-implementation to assess lessons learned and identify areas for potential future improvement.
- Conducted thorough risk assessments to identify potential issues and develop mitigation strategies.
- Enhanced project efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing time-saving strategies.
Education
B.TECH(Computer Science and Engineering) -
ST. THOMAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Higher Secondary Examination -
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Examination (SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL)
04.2001 - 04.2004
Madhyamik Pariksha - undefined
West Bengal Council of Secondary Examination (SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL)
Skills
Consulting
Certification
PSM-1 Certification completed in October 2020
Accomplishments
- Awarded Star Performer in 2023 and also got Circle of Excellence as Team award for successful and critical delivery of Well+ with zero defect
- Awarded 'Pat on the Back' in August 2020 in HSBC for INM deliveries
- Received multiple recognitions as AOB points from various stakeholders in HK
- Received multiple Recognitions from INM Business and INM IT teams for collaborative delivery with INM
- Selected as a Scrum Master as well as database lead in 10-member feature team at Deutsche Bank
- Acknowledged in Rewards and Recognition by paying Performance bonus in April 2017 at Deutsche Bank
- Rewarded in R & R at Cognizant Technology Solutions as a Star Performer in BFS vertical
Personal Information
- Location Preference: Pune
- Date of Birth: 01/09/86
- Marital Status: Married
Passportdetails
Z3010092
Timeline
Senior Consultant Specialist
HSBC
06.2021 - 02.2024
Lead Consultant Specialist
HSBC
03.2021 - Current
Assistant Vice President
Deutsche Bank
05.2015 - 09.2018
Associate-Projects
Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2008 - 04.2015
Higher Secondary Examination -
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Examination (SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL)
04.2001 - 04.2004
B.TECH(Computer Science and Engineering) -
ST. THOMAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Madhyamik Pariksha - undefined
West Bengal Council of Secondary Examination (SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL)
PSM-1 Certification completed in October 2020
Oracle 1Z0-051 Certfication
Sybase ASE 15.0 SQL Developer Professional certification
Sun Certified Java Programmer 5.0 certification
Internal Cognizant BFS-L0 certification
Agile Scrum Master Beginner Bronze badge in May 2024
attending Delivery Efficiency bootcamp June 2024
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