Bijal Tandel

• Collaborated with ABSA, a leading bank in Mauritius, to complete long-pending projects (1.5–2 years), delivering impactful solutions in Voice Banking, Digitizing Loan Journey, VPC Migration, and Performance Optimization for Retail, SME, Corporate, Wealth, and Digi Loan products.
• Delivered innovative banking projects such as Digi Kids (kids' bank account opening) and Cheque Scan (digital check reading and deposit).
• Executed critical third-party integrations for the banking platform, including EMI deductions for non-ABSA clients.
• Worked with external vendors on advanced solutions, like Glib AI ML for document reading and loan detail analysis.
  Integradoc for form management and workflow automation.
  Web Engage for site analytics, lead management, and actionable insights.
• Developed and enhanced face recognition modules in-house for liveliness detection.
• Contributed to audits, and prepared essential reports to ensure compliance and quality standards.
• Spearheaded budgeting, planning, and project execution definitions for ABSA, ensuring timely delivery.
• I supported a South African client by building a chatbot for an insurance company.
• Stepped in as Support Lead, introducing insightful reports, improving team efficiency, and ensuring effective client communication.
• Earned recognition for contributions in all three quarters, and received appreciation from clients.
• Managed a small team to successfully deliver projects on time, with high-quality standards.

• Managed financial operations, overseeing budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis activities.
• Oversaw human resources functions such as recruitment, employee relations, training and benefits administration.
• Managed project teams of up to 20 members, delegating tasks and monitoring progress.
• Conducted code reviews to ensure quality of software applications.
• Involved in development of .Net Core APIs, front end application in .NET MVC and mobile apps using Ionic 6
• Provided guidance and leadership to team members, ensuring their understanding of the project requirements and expectations.
• Monitored progress against milestones and provided regular updates on performance metrics such as cost, schedule, quality and risk.
• Implemented process improvements based on feedback from stakeholders or analysis of existing processes.

• Involved in development and planning of products such as Mutual Funds, IPO, Stock Basket, T-Bills, Offer For Buyback, Offer For Sell, NCD, SGB, EKYC and Trading level enhancements and various circular level changes.
• Have lead a private cloud migration from physical servers of all existing applications with challenges of legacy application with old framework
• Managed a team of 10+ employees by providing guidance, setting goals and objectives, delegating tasks, monitoring performance and appraisals.
• Coordinated with internal departments to ensure successful execution of projects according to timeline and budget constraints.
• Created detailed reports on project progress for senior management review.
• Participated in recruitment initiatives by interviewing 85+ potential candidates and selecting suitable hires.
• Was Involved in Sprint Planning and conducting daily scrum meetings.
• Handled hosting for .Net application and version management of existing applications
• Handled daily issues reported by customer service desk and ensured issue resolution in single day.
• Planned and executed Resource training and up-skilling for technologies like .Net Core and Ionic
• Handled maintenance of application in Ionic, Asp.Net and VB.Net
• Handled Third Party integration communication &implementation with companies like Billdesk Payment Gateway, Digio (Digilocker & Penny Drop), Signzy (In person Verification), InvestWell (Mutual Fund Reports), NSDL (ESign), Trackwizz (CKYC) , Equence (SMS Service Provider) and NJ (Mutual Fund BackOffice)
• Have upgraded legacy application developed in VB & Asp.Net
• Handled server SEBI Circular centric developments in Trading and EKYC application.

• I have worked with frameworks like CodeIgniter for developing and maintaining web applications for US based clients.
• Have been involved in maintaining leading sites like :

1. ContractRecruit (UK’s leading Job Portal)

2. Scapersoft (Lawn Management System)

3. Autogrammer (Social Media Post Scheduling App)

4. FlyerCo(Online Flyer Creation App)

5. Emphatic (Online Content Writing Portal involved with publishing contents for business on various social media platforms)

6. WordPress GLogin Plugin(Providing support and modifying code on WordPress upgrade)

7. WordPress PDF Embedder Plugin (Providing support and modifying code on WordPress upgrade)