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Ankita Makwana

Ankita Makwana

Ahmedabad

Summary

Experienced Information Technology Manager well-versed in infrastructure, security planning and daily operations management. Forward-thinking and strategic leader with 10 years of experience in Banking Industry. Recognized for cost-effective system improvements, operational streamlining and positive leadership style.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Manager

Indian Overseas Bank
Chennai, TamilNadu
10.2019 - Current

Department -NPA(Non Performing Assets)-ITD

Duration : Oct 2019 to Dec 2020

Roles and Responsibilities

Data Extraction and Data Analysis related to daily NPA of Bank

Experience in testing the Functionality,Regression Testing and Re-Testing of NPA related projects

Department - GBM(government Business Module) ITD.

Durations: Jan 2020 to Dec 2022

  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Handling Government business Module Schemes such as PPF SCSS, SSY , Bonds and etc.
  • Coordinated IT operations activities to deliver smooth flow of daily business needs.
  • Understood key product management roadmap objectives and requirements to develop product technology strategy.
  • Ensure that project delivery as per the timeline defined to be strictly adhere to.
  • Ensure that response by successful bidder fro solution managed and develop a fair understanding of the technical , functional requirements and project timelines.
  • Manage the correspondence with relevant user department for activities like business requirement , functional testing , UAT sign off , collation of required data points and closing pending open action items.
  • Manage the correspondence with external consultants, solution provider and other stakeholder as required to ensure smooth progress of the project.
  • Quality and functional testing of project developed in finacle and application by core team and vendor team.

Department DCOE (Digital Center of Excellence )

Project Name : Implementation of Collection and Recovery Management System

Skills

  • Experience in testing the Functionality,Regression Testing and Re-Testing.
  • Experience in Handling multiple Projects at a time.
  • Good understanding of System Development Life Cycle(SDLC).
  • Test cases Preparations and Executing Test Cases Manually.
  • Data extraction and data analysis related to NPA and SMA Accounts of Bank
  • Having enough understanding in collection follow up application, Dialer Integration(Call Center Integration ) , Collection Agency and Payment Aggregator Integration in Collection Module.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Reported regularly on project data and kept leadership informed of progress.
  • Identified ,addressed and either resolved escalated project issues.
  • Manage correspondence with the info-security department for activities like architecture review of the solution , security clearances.
  • Manage the correspondence with internal tracks in ITD like testing center of excellence for testing activities , in-house development team like API dev teams ,CBS maintenance team for establishing the interfaces between application, co ordination with SADBA team and vendors for periodic patching and upgrades as per the banks guidelines.
  • Lead for anchoring discussion to gather business requirement , review documents provided for sign off like software requirement specification , business parameter etc. review business parameter , liaise for technological infra set up, configuration and testing activities .
  • Ensure compliance with IT general controls like access control, user access reviews , clear account ownership, enabling audit trails,SIEM integration , periodic back up, periodic restoration test practices, authorize changes , periodic patch and release management , password policies vulnerability remediation and compliance . responsibility for the implementation and end user support of the product assigned .

Branch Banking Officer

Indian Overseas Bank
Ahmedabad
05.2013 - 09.2019

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  • Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.
  • Resolved various issues impacting sales management and business operations.
  • Examined customer loan applications for loan approvals and denials.
  • Consulted customers to boost product sales and services.
  • Submitted loan applications to underwriter for verification and recommendation.
  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Managing all types of advamces and retails loans including Housing Loan, Vehicle Loan, Education Loan and Personal Loan, MSME and Corporate Loan.
  • Comply with RBI Statutory Audit, Revenue Audit and Credt Compliance audit.
  • Ensure an accurate and high level of customer data integrity.
  • Compliance handling and reporting og high value transaction ,ledger entries for Monthly , Quarterly and Yearly Closure Activity..
  • Develop and perform Financial and Risk analysis that addresses concern and issues and the ability to present them to management
  • Managing the trade fiance (Bank Guarantee)
  • Processing of Foreign Remittance through AD Branches
  • Managing Cash Credit facilities (against Stocks, Properties , Deposit) of customers.
  • Managing Bank Guarantee ,ATM Management , Complete Cheque Truncation System(CTS) clearing.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Engineering

Kalol Institute of Management
Gujarat
06.2013

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Information Technology

K S School of Business Management
Ahmedabad
06.2010

Skills

  • Team Collaboration
  • Operational Cost Reductions
  • Managing Service Level Agreements
  • Quality Assurance
  • New Technology Innovation
  • Bug Fixes
  • Deployment Monitoring
  • Managing Multiple Projects
  • Leading Projects
  • Team Meetings
  • Project LifeCycle Management
  • Scope Definition

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
Gujarati
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

IT Manager

Indian Overseas Bank
10.2019 - Current

Branch Banking Officer

Indian Overseas Bank
05.2013 - 09.2019

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Engineering

Kalol Institute of Management

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Information Technology

K S School of Business Management
Ankita Makwana