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Education
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Wajid Abdul

Wajid Abdul

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic program management professional with extensive experience at Standard Chartered Bank, JP Morgan Chase, ANZ Bank excelling in financial analysis and strategic planning. Proven track record in managing a $150 million portfolio, enhancing project governance, and fostering stakeholder relationships. Adept at data analytics and vendor management, driving impactful business outcomes through effective decision-making and leadership.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead - PMO

Standard Chartered Bank
Bangalore
12.2019 - Current
  • Supported Programme Director in managing compliance with project governance policies and delivery frameworks.
  • Managed portfolio valued at USD 150 million, tracking financials against budgets.
  • Collaborated with Programme Director, ePMO, Finance, and PRC to uphold PMS adherence.
  • Established efficient operating rhythms for Programmes and Projects, maintaining clarity in data and plans.
  • Prepared high-quality materials for portfolio working groups to enhance objective tracking and decision-making.
  • Maintained effective relationships with PMOs across the portfolio, ensuring timely quality submissions of reports.
  • Ensured accuracy of data in Clarity, addressing quality issues with project managers.
  • Oversaw financial, cost, vendor, and resource management involving 42 vendors.

Vice President

JP Morgan Chase
Bangalore
09.2016 - 11.2019
  • Collaborated with global teams on headcount and budget planning across lines of business.
  • Facilitated recruitment drives to align with location strategy and hiring goals.
  • Conducted Bootcamp sessions for new hires, ensuring smooth onboarding across LOB.

Managed financial hygiene, including cost management, strategy implementation, and performance analysis.

  • Chaired monthly business review meetings, influencing senior leaders for performance improvement.
  • Tracked headcount and attrition metrics, providing monthly reports for management.
  • Participated in PMO community deliverables, contributing to global project governance initiatives.
  • Monitored project milestones, schedules, and resources to ensure successful delivery.

Manager - Business Management (PMO)

ANZ Banking Group
Bangalore
01.2016 - 07.2016
  • Oversaw enterprise services delivery for global operations, managing over 500 FTE across multiple functions.
  • Directed financial management and cost control processes to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Chaired monthly business review meetings to enhance performance metrics across balanced scorecard indicators.
  • Collaborated with finance partners to align annual budgeting with strategic priorities and monitor variances.
  • Led commercial analysis and reporting, focusing on unit costs, resource utilization, and process efficiency.
  • Implemented Balanced Scorecard metrics to track global business performance aligned with strategic goals.
  • Provided project governance support, ensuring timely reporting of risks and issues for medium-sized projects.
  • Managed vendor contracts and performance tracking to ensure compliance and deliverables.

Asst. Manager - Quality / Compliance

JunoSource Processing Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
12.2007 - 03.2009
  • Led Compliance, Quality, and MIS reporting team to ensure regulatory adherence.
  • Analyzed guidelines of various lenders and banks to identify optimal matches for borrower profiles.
  • Interacted with brokers and lenders to secure competitive interest rates for borrowers.
  • Conducted compliance audits for multiple brokers in accordance with US laws.

Team Lead - Mortgage Insurance

Ocwen Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
02.2005 - 12.2007
  • Led Mortgage Insurance team to ensure timely payment of premiums and accurate data upload to servicing system.
  • Created Escrow accounts and managed payments for Escrow and taxes.
  • Drafted and filed Insurance Claims in compliance with guidelines from Insurance companies.
  • Submitted all Insurance claims within due dates and conducted follow-ups with Insurance Companies.
  • Prepared monthly OPS reports using MS Excel and MS Access for data analysis.
  • Reported weekly to investors and Mortgage Insurance company regarding Loan statuses and Insurance Claims policies.

Senior Executive - Query Resolution Team

Bharti Cellular Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2003 - 02.2005
  • Responsible in handling Level 2 and Level 3 escalations (Billing issues).
  • Reconciliation and billing reworks.

Quality Analyst - Voice Process

Interactive Infonet Ltd.
Bangalore
06.2002 - 12.2003
  • Client support specialist (US Process)

Education

Master of Business Administration - IT Finance

C V Raman University
Bilaspur, India
03-2016

Bachelor of Computer Application - Information Technology

JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University
Rajasthan, India
02-2007

Diploma in Financial Trading - Banking And Finance

Academy Of Financial Trading
Online
08-2016

Premiership In Business Management - Business Management

ICTRD
Delhi, India
09-2021

Skills

  • Project and program management
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Portfolio governance
  • Financial management
  • Data analytics
  • Strategic planning
  • Business management
  • Vendor and contract management
  • Capacity planning

Professional Highlights

  • Independently organized Tech sessions like Big Data week, Boot Camps, Townhalls, and other training sessions across locations.
  • Streamlined Hiring process to reduce end to end cycle time by 35% (15 days)
  • Independently implemented 'Choice Seating' for ~900 staff
  • Independently Transitioned 124 business reports from Melbourne to Bangalore and Manila using Project Management Principles (Onsite business travel 2011-02-01 - Melbourne)
  • Driven multiple process initiative projects yielding huge hard / soft benefits to the organization.
  • Honoured with Take Charge and Recognition Award from Head of Operations for completion of Revenue leakage Project
  • Built a People tracker across ANZ Australia Operations (A central repository of 3000+ employee data)
  • Implemented automation Project: Enabled automation of 30% of the excel reports as part of process improvement across ANZ Australia Operations
  • Created various Dashboards for senior management using Business Objects tool - Xcelsius
  • Created employee opinion surveys at Organizational level using SharePoint

Additional Qualifications

  • Certified Customer Service Manager (CCSM), Australia
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 2015-01-01
  • ITIL, 2014-04-14

Tools Expertise

MS Project, Clarity, SharePoint, Confluence, BI tools, Tableau, SQL, Toad, Qlik View

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
  • Tamil
  • Kannada

Timeline

Lead - PMO

Standard Chartered Bank
12.2019 - Current

Vice President

JP Morgan Chase
09.2016 - 11.2019

Manager - Business Management (PMO)

ANZ Banking Group
01.2016 - 07.2016

Asst. Manager - Quality / Compliance

JunoSource Processing Pvt. Ltd
12.2007 - 03.2009

Team Lead - Mortgage Insurance

Ocwen Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
02.2005 - 12.2007

Senior Executive - Query Resolution Team

Bharti Cellular Ltd.
01.2003 - 02.2005

Quality Analyst - Voice Process

Interactive Infonet Ltd.
06.2002 - 12.2003

Master of Business Administration - IT Finance

C V Raman University

Bachelor of Computer Application - Information Technology

JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University

Diploma in Financial Trading - Banking And Finance

Academy Of Financial Trading

Premiership In Business Management - Business Management

ICTRD
Wajid Abdul