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Neelanjan Bandopadhyay

Neelanjan Bandopadhyay

Project & Systems Manager
Puchong

Summary

  • An energetic, enthusiastic, positive, self-motivated person with proven program and project management skills embodied with analytical mindset and problem solving attitude
  • Passionate to deliver outstanding results through consistent hard work, innovative leadership, efficient teamwork supported by effective communication, developing interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
  • Ability to quickly adapt as per situational changes and develop rapport with stakeholders by being open, honest & dependable and committed to meet targets and deadlines
  • Keeping abreast with the latest technological advancements in the industry/market and ability to learn new techniques with a steep learning curve

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Collection Systems & Project Manager

HSBC EDP Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
2016.10 - Current
  • Leading Regional Collections Transformation & Streamlining Programs, viz. C48 Collection Systems Transformation, C26 Offer Management Program incorporating Strategic & Tactical Solutions by adopting Agile Methodology for key AP Markets
  • Managing E2E Program & Project Life Cycles to align w Values Stream Budgets, Timelines, Change Management, Plan Delivery by Internal IT & External IT Vendors
  • Actively Monitor Progress & Spend vis-a-vis Plan & Apply Checks as & when necessary
  • Engage w Sponsors & Stakeholders to Mitigate Risks, Issues & Dependencies, Obtain Approvals, Progress Updates, Contingency Planning, Escalate as per requirement
  • Coordinating AP Collection VS IT Delivery for BAU Enhancements, QBR Prioritization & Backlog Pipeline Management
  • Leading Proof of Concept for Digital Collections for AP by engaging 3rd Party Cloud based SaaS
  • Leading Initiatives for Automation & Digital Customer Communication Channels for Collections in multiple AP Markets to improve Collection Performance & Reduce Cost of Collections
  • Inculcate Best Practice sharing to promote commonality of approach, methods and tools across different business & IT delivery teams to ensure timely resolution & avoid re-occurrence of production related issues
  • Adopting a "Together We Can" approach, Challenging Status Quo & Asking the 5 Ys to understand the issue & formulate an acceptable solution

Operations Transformation & Process Excellence

HSBC Global Services
Kuala Lumpur
2016.05 - 2017.10
  • Coordinating the Fast Start Initiative for HOST EAST (ASP & MENA countries) and the International Market Program for ASP countries by supporting delivery of streamlining projects/initiatives in all markets and ensuring Nil variance in POAP, PST & Pipeline and negotiating roadblocks
  • RePM lead for RBWM Operations streamlining - Wealth & Insurance Business Services globally and lead the country RePM teams to achieve the POAP commitments
  • POC for Wealth & Insurance related matters and report the progress on a monthly basis to the senior leadership whilst managing the WIBS related projects, highlight appropriate risks and recommend contingency measures
  • Lead the HSBC Mauritius RBWM (Mortgage & related products) End-to-End Re-engineering involving 4 key interventions (e-Workflow deployment, e-Channel enhancement, elimination of multi-layered reconciliations & automation using EUCs or Lite Automation tools) to realize sustainable savings through efficiency gains, reduce TAT and improve customer (external & internal) experience
  • Collaborate and co-ordinate with cross-functional teams (Risk/IT/HR/Finance/COO) to ensure successful delivery of re-engineering initiatives

Re-Engineering & Production Management

HSBC Global Service Centre
Kolkata
2015.01 - 2015.05
  • Facilitating streamlining agenda for GSC Operations (Global HOST & Functions) and supporting execution of streamlining initiatives for various business services in GSC Kolkata
  • Desktop analysis of current process/operations involving MI analysis to identify key lever based re-engineering strategies to achieve sustainable saves and improve customer experience
  • Working with key stakeholders & end users to understand current issues and problems from the viewpoint of business, financial and operational improvements of the process, backed up w MI generation and documentation of baseline measurements (viz. Volume, Processing Time, Work Rate, Production Availability & Process Efficiency)
  • Managing and coordinating end-to-end review of global business service processes and workflow, document and communicate process changes, enhancements and modifications to stakeholders and end users to ensure effective
    implementation of solutions
  • Design, develop & deploy EUC based on VBA (Excel based macro with or w/o MS Access/SQL Server) for various business services (HSS, Credit Services, Wealth BS, Mortgage BS)

Strategic Business Transformation Support

HSBC Global Service Centre
Kolkata
2013.01 - 2014.12
  • Managed various work structures for 3 key projects (US RBWM & CMB)
  • Working with various business groups to facilitate regional implementation of new or improved business processes and products
  • Develop, standardize and maintain new or improved processes/products based on findings and analysis
  • Capture inventory of current business processes and process mapping to define current business activities for the
    development of enhanced procedures and models
  • Planning implementation tollgates and ensure adherence to agreed timelines
  • Responsible for tracking, reporting and governance activities of the streamlining initiatives
  • Key Projects - i) US RBWM Security Device Rollout
    ii) US CMB Client Remediation
    iii) US RBWM Kana Rollout

AM, Work Force Management

HSBC Global Service Centre
Kolkata
2009.07 - 2012.12
  • Intraday resource allocation based on forecasting and resource schedule management for a ~1000 FTE contact centre
  • Generation and maintenance of all business unit reporting and governance
  • Data mining and analysis for trend, forecasting and gap analysis
  • Co-ordination with HR & LnD for recruitment and pre-process training activities
  • Managing attrition based on early warning system and providing feedback to process senior management
  • Key Projects - i) Leave Management System
    ii) Wrap/Idle Time Reduction

Assistant Manager - US Card Operations

HSBC Global Service Centre
Kolkata
2007.05 - 2009.06
  • Manage team of up to 24 CSEs handling queries/issues/concerns of US credit card accounts holders
  • Ensure exceptional customer service is provided ensuring first call resolution, appropriate ownership, empathy and optimal cross-selling opportunities are utilized in each and every interaction by the team
  • Quality adherence monitoring and action plan based performance management
  • Prepare analytical reports for span on key SLAs, viz. AHT, FCR, C-SAT, Offer & Sales Rate, Fee Waiver, etc.
  • Ensure achieving and improving process SLAs for span by adopting the monitor, coach & develop model
  • Interacting with business partner and senior management for delivery of process change and improvement
    initiatives
  • Key Projects - i) Sales Run Rate Improvement
    ii) Fee Waiver Variance Reduction
    iii) CSAT/FCR Improvement

Education

MBA - Public Systems Management

IISWBM
Kolkata
1998.01 - 2000.12

Six Sigma Green Belt Trained -

Warwick University
2001.04 -

Project Management Professional Trained -

PMI
2001.04 -

Skills

    Program / Project Planning & Management

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Software

SQL / Oracle

VBA / Macro

Clarity

Jira & Confluence

Timeline

Collection Systems & Project Manager

HSBC EDP Malaysia
2016.10 - Current

Operations Transformation & Process Excellence

HSBC Global Services
2016.05 - 2017.10

Re-Engineering & Production Management

HSBC Global Service Centre
2015.01 - 2015.05

Strategic Business Transformation Support

HSBC Global Service Centre
2013.01 - 2014.12

AM, Work Force Management

HSBC Global Service Centre
2009.07 - 2012.12

Assistant Manager - US Card Operations

HSBC Global Service Centre
2007.05 - 2009.06

Six Sigma Green Belt Trained -

Warwick University
2001.04 -

Project Management Professional Trained -

PMI
2001.04 -

MBA - Public Systems Management

IISWBM
1998.01 - 2000.12
Neelanjan BandopadhyayProject & Systems Manager