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Vinitha Mary Joseph

Chennai

Summary

Dynamic Senior Business Analyst and Scrum Master with a proven track record at Royal Bank of Canada, excelling in regulatory compliance and data analytics. Recognized for driving process improvements and stakeholder management, I successfully led cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions, earning accolades for exceptional performance and enhancing project execution through Agile methodologies.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

2. Royal Bank of Canada - Banking – Retail Banking, Anti-Money Laundering
Chennai
11.2021 - 05.2024

Contributed to development of end-to-end automated tool for reporting Suspicious Transactions to FINTRAC.

Executed data analysis, reconciliation, remediation, and correction projects for anti-money laundering system.

Collaborated with product owner, AML and banking directors, and cross-functional teams to deliver timely solutions.

Facilitated Agile ceremonies and implemented best practices to enhance project execution.

Recognized with individual and team awards for exceptional performance.

Scrum Master/Program Manager

TCS-USAA - Insurance – P&C Claims
Chennai
07.2005 - 10.2021

Ø Over the course of the career, started as a developer, worked as module leader, project manager, scrum master, and Business System Analyst and program manager.

Ø Worked as developer for a claims migration project and later when the project was completed successfully on time without any prod issues, moved on to the maintenance team for claims systems.

Ø As part of maintenance team, worked as analyst/developer across corrective, preventive and enhancement tasks, always complying with the SLAs set by the customer.

Ø Took up leadership roles from 2010 and the defect backlog was brought down to all time low in the year 2013, and the prod tickets backlog was brought down to all time low in 2015, getting accolades and new business from the customer.

Ø As scrum master, successfully piloted the Kanban way of working for support teams.

Ø As program manager for maintenance and production support teams, was able to successfully implement the L2-L3 rotation for the team.

Ø Two key achievements in the above role were the successful implementation of 1) on-call support team from offshore and 2) setting up of third-party troubleshooter team from offshore.

Ø Championed operational rigor, process audits, and mentoring initiatives as well as recruitment activities.

· As part of the operational rigor initiative, successfully completed a 3-month long process assessment for the entire account (300+ applications) coordinating with TCS and customer leadership team as well as the corporate support teams.

· Process audits were conducted for 10+ accounts within TCS.

· Mentored 30+ associates and conducted exclusive mentoring sessions for new joinees and women associates.

· Participated in 100+ recruitment drives – both on-campus and off-campus.

Ø Facilitated Agile ceremonies and implemented best practices in project execution.

Ø Collaborated with cross-functional teams across geographies to deliver quality solutions on time.

Ø Consistently recognized with individual and team awards for excellence.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram
Palakkad
11-2004

Skills

  • Regulatory compliance
  • Agile methodologies
  • Stakeholder management
  • Process improvement
  • Project management
  • People management
  • Data analytics

Affiliations

  • HR Buddy
  • Safety champion
  • Internal process audits
  • Internal project management review
  • Rigor in operations champion
  • Resource recruitments
  • Associate mentoring

Accomplishments

  • Star of the Month Award
  • Star team Award
  • Best Team Award
  • On the Spot Award
  • Learning Achievement Award
  • Best Auditor Award
  • Applause for Team Award
  • Silver Certificate for Mentoring
  • (S)miles_Award
  • Special Initiatives Award

Certification

AINS21

AINS22

ITIL Foundation

Prince2 practitioner

Safe Agilist

Certified ChatGPT expert

Languages

Malayalam
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

2. Royal Bank of Canada - Banking – Retail Banking, Anti-Money Laundering
11.2021 - 05.2024

Scrum Master/Program Manager

TCS-USAA - Insurance – P&C Claims
07.2005 - 10.2021

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram
Vinitha Mary Joseph