Oct 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Crew Lead - Quality Engineering | Investment Bank

Oct 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Global Head of Testing and Quality Engineering - Operations Technology
• 1. Driving QA Transformation within Ops Tech - Automation, KPIs/Metrics, DevOps Adoption
• 2. Leading QA Agile Transformation and Delivery Model
• 3. Program Test Director for Firmwide Regulatory Programs - ISO20022, T+1 Settlements, Payments
• 4. People, Talent and Culture
• 5. Mentoring

Jul 2017 – Oct 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

• Current Role - QA & Testing Portfolio Manager for multiyear Finance program covering all finance areas - Data sourcing, Sub ledger and Ledger (SAP). Ownership of Testing across Cost and Revenue stream for the program, bringing in test efficiency and automation with agile delivery and devops.
• Previous Roles- DB
• 1. Finance Technology : Project Manager / Scrum Master for Subledger Delivery (Transaction Accounting) across multiple projects - Daily Close and DARENext.
• 2. HR Technology - Techno Functional Delivery Manager for HR Transformation - Interface Migration Program, to build integrations from Strategic Employee Data store to Downstream system (CIO and HR).

Apr 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• 1. Heading Quality Assurance, Impact Analysis and P3M Governance- ICB Delivery for Risk Solutions
• 2. Heading Automation COE for Risk Solutions
• Test Automation for Business Towers - Retail Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Capital and Risk Reporting and Whole Sale Credit Risk.

Dec 2010 – Mar 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• 1. Running QA Horizontal across Compliance Market Surveillance Projects (Strategic Trade surveillance, Voice Surveillance and Communication Surveillance)
• 2. Running Cross QA Horizontal with different Business Unit - delivering Anti Money Laundering Programme for RBS.
• Correspondent Banking program supporting UK and EMEA business region and monitoring accounts/transactions using Actimize 8.2.2 Solution enabling Correspondent Banking Models and Rules.
• Enhancements to Correspondent Banking High Risk Account Review Tool (CHART) supporting UK and EMEA business region and monitoring accounts/transactions for that region.
• Continuous Improvements program for Actimize SAM 3.6 version supporting AML rules for Market Clients.
• 3. Technical Delivery Head for Communication Surveillance for Markets division (looking after both development and testing teams), supporting UK and EMEA business and enabling monitoring across communications.
• 4. Testing Delivery for Voice Surveillance.
• Key Skills -
• Test Management / Project Management
• Process Optimization / Automation Tool Adoption
• Dealing with Compliance Officers - Regulators
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Manager
• Handling External auditors, for AML regulations
• Global Stake holder management
• Test/Release planning and estimation.
• Functional and business knowledge on AML, Compliance Surveillance
• Expertise on Actimize Risk Case Manager (SAM 3.6) - Suspicious Activity Monitoring
• Expertise in Correspondent Banking Data review.
• Actimize 8.2 solution - Correspondent Banking Models and Rules
• Vendor Management
• People management
• Hiring SPOC for resourcing - Risk IT
• Associated with RBS Graduate Program
• Certified Interviewer from Hemsley Fraser group

Dec 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr

• Handled Functional Testing of Risk Based Application for Equities and Derivatives group for UBS bank, US and UK Geography.
• Roles and Responsibilities:
• 1. Started the test design from scratch for creating functional test scripts for the application.
• 2. Worked closely with Business analysts in understanding requirements for each builds.
• 3. Complete ownership of creating functional test scripts for all new requirements in the application.
• 4. Direct interaction with Client on daily basis in terms of testing status updates.
• 5. Been at Client location for 3 months knowledge transition.
• 6. Involved in defining new QA processes and initiatives to enhance testing activities.
• 7. Handled the complete functional testing from offshore without a slippage.

Sep 2004 – Nov 2009 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• Project : Motorola
• Project involves testing the application developed for Public Safety Domain in United States used by Public Sector application 911.
• Roles and Responsibilities:
• Was working as Test Lead and leading Team of 6 people.
• Worked in Agile Methodology.
• Preparation of Test Plan for all the Modules.
• Client Interaction on daily basis w.r.t Status reporting of daily testing activities.
• Been on Client Location (Denver) for a month to understand their processes.
• Involved in Elaboration meetings with Business analyst and UI designer to work on new features.
• Preparing Weekly status report for the Client.
• Worked on Tools: QC, QTP and BPT.
• Preparation of Test outline for the testers.
• Review of Test cases prepared by the team.
• Involved in presenting the Pre-Release review session to the Client.
• Involved in Estimation for every resource allocation for every new Sprint.
• Helping the team members to perform the task efficiently.
• Conducted training sessions for new joiners to understand the application.
• Project: OKI
• OKI’s vision is to become a major contributor to the “e-society”, where everyone has access to personalized services anywhere, anytime, seamlessly and securely.
• Roles and Responsibilities:
• 1. Worked as Test Lead.
• 2. Preparation of Test Plan for all the Modules.
• 3. Mentoring the new joiners in the project for faster ramp up in the testing.
• 4. Preparation of High Level Test scenarios document.
• 5. Preparation of Test case design document.
• 6. Review of all the testing related documents.
• 7. Worked as a key member for performing API testing in JAVA language.
• 8.Prepared stubs and drivers using the Eclipse framework.
• 9.Experience on SOAP UI Tool for testing the Web Services.
• 10.Performed automation using Rational Functional Tester for automating user interface.
•  Involved in Estimation for the resource allocation of new phase of the project (Agile).
•  Helping the team members to perform the task efficiently.