Sasmita Lenka
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished Project Manager with a proven track record at Synechron, leading high-visibility banking projects and excelling in stakeholder engagement. Expert in Azure DevOps and MS Project Plan, demonstrating exceptional project leadership and banking domain expertise. Successfully delivered complex solutions, enhancing operational efficiency and client satisfaction.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Synechron
Hyderabad
07.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Project – Arab Financial Services
- Client – Multiple Middle East Banks
- In AFS, we undertake several projects for different Middle East banks including small to large scale changes for the cards product
- We take responsibility of providing and implementing solution for every requirement of Bank
- Project Management: Oversaw multiple concurrent projects across various banks in different geographical locations, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with business objectives
- Stakeholder Management: Effectively managed and coordinated a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and successful project outcomes
- High-Visibility Project Delivery: Led the successful execution of a complex, high-profile project for Sharjah Islamic Bank, managing multiple stakeholders within a tight timeframe, while maintaining a focus on quality and precision
- Tokenization Projects: Spearheaded multiple tokenization initiatives, coordinating between key stakeholders, including Visa, MasterCard, the bank, internal teams (Middleware, Network, Postilion, and Acquire teams), and external vendors such as the VisionPLUS team
- Project Monitoring: Utilized Azure DevOps and Microsoft Project Plan to closely monitor project execution, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project milestones and goals
- Project – Arab Financial Services
- Client – Multiple Middle East Banks
Manager Software Development
Finsol Consultancy
Vishakhapatnam
04.2015 - 04.2019
- Company Overview: Project: Mastercard Paypass, Visa checkout & Mastercard 2series BIN
- Client: GE Money India
- GE Money has been operational in India since twelve years offering retail finance solutions to the market
- Their main products include Credit Cards (primarily bankcards) and Loan products
- We use the core VisionPLUS accounts receivables system for the same
- Scope and Requirements Management: Collaborated closely with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment and a shared understanding of project goals
- End-to-End Project Delivery: Managed the full project lifecycle for the Mastercard 2-Series BIN implementation, overseeing everything from requirements gathering and system design to testing and user acceptance, ensuring successful delivery
- Project: Mastercard Paypass, Visa checkout & Mastercard 2series BIN
- Client: GE Money India
Global Risk and Compliance Team Leader
HSBC Global Technology
Hyderabad
01.2011 - 04.2012
- Company Overview: As Global Compliance and Risk, we undertake the task of assessing the customer behaviour for their application processing, credit limit assignment and transaction authorization
- Credit Limit Strategy Design: Played a key role in the TRIAD space by designing and implementing credit limit assignment strategies for new and existing customers, ensuring robust risk assessment and accurate credit scoring
- Team Leadership & Development: Built and led a specialized team at HSBC GLT focused on risk application, driving internal capabilities and reducing dependency on external vendors for global risk management solutions
- Production Support Ownership: Took charge of Level 2/3 support for production defects, actively diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving critical issues to ensure the stability and integrity of risk application systems
- Project Management & Execution: Led cross-functional teams in the successful execution of CTA (collections) projects, with a focus on data enrichment from the Pre-CTA file sourced from the HUB (core banking system)
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Worked closely with stakeholders to identify and integrate additional fields for customer demographic data, enhancing the accuracy and relevance of collections processes
- Technical Communication: Simplified complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of project goals, requirements, and outcomes
- Adaptability in Dynamic Environments: Demonstrated strong multitasking abilities, effectively balancing responsibilities related to credit limit adjustments, risk application enhancements, defect resolution, and data enrichment
- As Global Compliance and Risk, we undertake the task of assessing the customer behaviour for their application processing, credit limit assignment and transaction authorization
Business Analyst
Satyam Computer Services
Hyderabad
11.2009 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: Client – First Data International
- Role: Senior Software Engineer
- FDI processes credit card processing for customer residing in different countries
- As a team we did several enhancements
- For us the scope was to create to the technical work product & test the same within the time frame
- Technical Specification & Development: As a Business Analyst within the FDI IT Development team, crafted detailed technical specifications and played an active role in the development and testing of complex systems to ensure quality and accuracy
- Module Development Leadership: Led the development of the Purge Processing module, driving the project from initial concept through to successful implementation
- Regulatory Compliance Projects: Contributed significantly to the design and development of the Italian compliance DD/DC Process, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements
- System Design Enhancement: Played a key role in a major design modification for CAIS2007, focusing on Quasi cash transactions to improve system functionality and performance
- Client – First Data International
- Role: Senior Software Engineer
Business Analyst
Satyam Computer Services
Hyderabad
06.2007 - 10.2009
- Company Overview: Client – GE India
- Role: Module Lead
- GE Money has been operational in India since twelve years offering retail finance solutions to the market
- Their main products include Credit Cards (primarily bankcards) and Loan products
- We use the core VisionPLUS accounts receivables system for the same
- End-to-End Project Involvement: As a Cards Business Analyst, played a key role across all phases of project development, from comprehensive requirement gathering through to seamless implementation
- Card Embossing & ASM Notepad Transformations: Led essential modifications to card embossing processes and managed ASM notepad transformations, ensuring efficient updates and compliance with project requirements
- Probe Report Verification: Conducted thorough verifications of Probe reports to ensure accuracy and alignment with business objectives
- ACH Modifications: Orchestrated intricate ACH (Automated Clearing House) modifications, contributing to the successful enhancement of transaction processing systems
- Client – GE India
- Role: Module Lead
Consultant
Kanbay Software Ltd.
Hyderabad
02.2004 - 06.2007
- Company Overview: Client – HSBC
- Role: Onsite Coordinator
- TRIAD is a sophisticated tool that lets you quantify the risk posed by an account and based on that your actions on that risk
- TRIAD is a system which provides a way to group similar accounts and treat them strategically in different decision areas to help reduce loses, increase revenues and take advantage of promotional opportunities
- TRIAD deals with Loan system as well as Credit Cards
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Led and mentored teams through the coding and testing phases, providing guidance and support to ensure successful project execution
- Authored detailed functional and technical specifications, aligning project objectives with deliverables
- Developed and executed comprehensive test cases to enhance solution robustness
- VisionPLUS Expertise: Leveraged extensive familiarity with the VisionPLUS life cycle, significantly contributing to the team’s success in delivering high-quality solutions
- Onboarding & Production Support: Facilitated the seamless integration of new team members and effectively managed production support activities
- Monitored task progress, tracked team efforts, and ensured accurate project management
- Promoted efficiency by emphasizing the importance of capturing actual effort during project tasks
- Onsite Coordination & Client Collaboration: Acted as the primary onsite coordinator, fostering strong client relationships and ensuring timely escalation and resolution of issues
- Delivered valuable support to clients and users, addressing concerns and optimizing project outcomes
- Cross-Team Communication: Ensured clear communication between offshore teams and clients, streamlining processes and fostering transparency
- Managed task and project billing, ensuring fiscal responsibility and efficient budget management in collaboration with clients
- Client – HSBC
- Role: Onsite Coordinator
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Utkal University
Master of Computer Application -
College of Engineering and Technology, BPUT
Skills
- MVS
- Windows
- COBOL
- JCL
- DB2
- IBM Mainframes
- Project Leadership
- Product and Change Delivery
- Banking Domain Expertise
- Project Management tools such as JIRA
- MS Project Plan
- Azure Devops
- Stakeholder Engagement
- End-to-End Software Delivery
- Risk and Issue Management
Profile Link
https://bold.pro/my/sasmita%2Dlenka%2D240926011620/226r
Timeline
Project Manager
Synechron
07.2023 - Current
Manager Software Development
Finsol Consultancy
04.2015 - 04.2019
Global Risk and Compliance Team Leader
HSBC Global Technology
01.2011 - 04.2012
Business Analyst
Satyam Computer Services
11.2009 - 01.2011
Business Analyst
Satyam Computer Services
06.2007 - 10.2009
Consultant
Kanbay Software Ltd.
02.2004 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Science -
Utkal University
Master of Computer Application -
College of Engineering and Technology, BPUT
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