Project & Program Management / Banking Transformation / Account Mgt
Resume:
Sunil J Bhandarkar
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Contact : +1-201-***-**** E-mail : ***************@*****.*** LinkedIN : http://ae.linkedin.com/pub/sunil-bhandarkar/16/286/13 US Employment Authorization : Available - visa sponsorship not required. Availability : Immediate Project/Program Management, Banking Transformation Expert, Account Management, Service Delivery, PMO 20 years of experience in IT Project/Program
Management & Service Delivery in the Banking and
Financial Services domain following PMBOK principles Managed 21 advanced technology projects of value
ranging from $2M to $15M and a team size of 10 to 50 in 16 leading banks across the world.
Experience in overseeing multiple parallel projects. Managed PMO Office for Projects & Programs
Experience in managing Software Development using
SDLC process adopting Waterfall and Agile
methodologies.
Comprehensive understanding of Project Management
Lifecycle with accountability for driving operations and architecture of new projects from bid stage to post live. Achieved “Oracle Project Manager Accreditation – Level 4”. Inducted into Oracle’s Global Consulting Project Management Office Certified Project manager team.
Recognised skills in proactively driving Service Level Management to exceed quality of service commitments. Excellent client relationship skills. Represented Oracle in client’s Steering Committee and Working Group meetings Expertise in managing Complex Data Migrations. Rich mix of business and technical skills to handle all aspects of data migration. Deep knowledge of Corporate, Retail, Treasury and Core Banking operations.
Managed P&L for projects, Controlled costs, maximized revenue. Achieved margins of 30%-40% on projects.
Ability to generate additional revenue by mining for opportunities and cross selling
Strong strategic thinking, communication and people management skills. An aspiring mentor and coach.
Extensive international travel, living and work experience with a strong multicultural mind set.
Career highlights
Last position: Director, Middle East Consulting, Oracle Financial Services (“Oracle”). Last role: Managing upgrade project at Ahli United Bank, Kuwait.- received critical recognition within Oracle. Previous role
Program/ Project/ Service Delivery Manager
Previous role
Senior Technical Consultant
Bank Country Solution Bank Country Solution
Ahli United Bank Kuwait Trade Implementation Prudent Bank Nigeria Core Banking Dubai Islamic
Bank
U.A.E o Treasury with
Bloomberg;
o Trade Implementation;
o Core Banking - Islamic
AKBank Netherlands Corporate Banking
Mashreq Bank U.A.E o Run The Bank – Service
Delivery, other projects
o Core Banking
Development
Bank of
Singapore
China
Core Banking
Barclays Bank U.A.E Core Banking & Treasury
with Kondor+
Karur Vysya
Bank
India Core Banking
Canara Bank India o Core Banking
o Treasury with Kondor+
Bank of
Baroda
USA
India
o Core Banking
o Treasury with Kondor+
Samesch Bank Austria Corporate Banking Juniper Bank USA Retail Banking Diamond Bank
Ltd
Nigeria Core Banking International
Monetary Fund
USA Corporate Banking
Union Bank of
Nigeria
Nigeria Core Banking Syndicate
Bank
India Core Banking
Awards and recognition
Award: “Best Implementation Award” for the projects carried out for Diamond Bank Limited, Development Bank of Singapore and twice for Canara Bank. Award: Certificate for completion of 10 years of distinguished service in Oracle in 2009. Recognition: Ahli United Bank project was featured in the Portfolio Review for consulting projects Sep 2018 by Oracle’s Global Business Unit PMO as the “Top Success and Profiled Projects” in Financial Services Global Business Unit. Key projects and achievements
Canara Bank Core Banking project Aug 2005 to Dec 2006 One of the largest and oldest nationalized bank in India having over 3000 branches that celebrated 100 years of operation in 2006 when it went live with FLEXCUBE for its core banking.
Project value $4M
Managed Onsite & Offsite team of 15.
Mashreq Bank Core Banking project Jan 2010 to Aug 2012 One of the largest banks in UAE with operations across 5 countries and high volume of transactions. Numerous satellite systems were replaced by FLEXCUBE – remittances, PDC, Trade, Loans, Limits. Over 90+ branches and 3 separate legal entities – Mashreq Bank, Mashreq Al Islami and Osool Finance.
Migration Stream Project value $4M (total value $15M)
Managed Onsite & Offshore team of 10
Enabled migration stream for 5 countries with data consolidation from multiple legacy systems
Stringent version control - over 30K+ PD of customizations delivered in tranches. Detailed status reporting.
Strict quality control – All Retail and Corporate banking modules, multiple countries and multiple versions
Stakeholder management across various businesses, countries and vendors
On track live cutover – Migration stream received critical acclaim from all parties. Mashreq Bank Run the Bank Sep 2012 to Aug 2015
Managing Run the Bank support services in the role of Service Delivery Manager for FLEXCUBE Core Banking and infrastructure across 5 countries. This was first of its kind for Oracle.
Project value $15M+ fixed price (RTB + Customization)
Managed L0, L1 and L2 support for Core Banking and Infrastructure support for Database and Weblogic
Established numerous standards and process for the RTB engagement
Managed 24x7x365 support for 5 countries with team across UAE and India
Managed Onsite & Offshore team of 40+
Tight control and monitoring of project economics
Ensured 99.7% system up time as per contract
Devised detailed monitoring and evaluation framework for RTB. Dubai Islamic Bank Treasury & Trade project Jan 2017 to April 2018 Mix of Fixed Price and Time & Material engagement. Treasury portfolio of 84 Billion Dirhams.
Project value $2M+
Managed Onsite & Offshore team of 15
FLEXCUBE Treasury back office solution interfaced with Bloomberg front office for the 1st time
Generated 80% additional revenue by mining for opportunities. Core technical skill sets
IT Strategy & Planning
Vendor Management
Service Delivery
Disaster Recovery Management
Transition Management
Program/Project Management
Testing Management
Business Continuity Planning
Systems Performance /Tuning
Data Migration & Reconciliation
Software Development - SDLC
Business Process Re-engineering
Database Administration / Oracle PLSQL
Pre-sales support / Product Walkthrough
Team Management
Work experience
Jan 2019 – to present : On a study break. Currently pursuing PMP and SMP certifications Oct 2012 – Dec 2018 : Consulting Practice Director May 1999 – Sep 2012 : Consulting Practice Manager
Oracle, India and UAE
Joined Oracle in May 1999 formerly known as Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd, later i-flex Solutions Ltd May 1998 – Apr 1999 : Technical Lead - Datacons Software Limited, Bangalore. India Deputed to Oracle for 1 year through Datacons Software Limited, Oracle’s prime vendor for testing and development in Bangalore, prior to induction into Oracle in May 1999 Oct 1997 – Apr 1998 : Project Trainee at Oracle (then Citicorp Information Technology Industries Limited) Worked as a trainee, in partial requirement of completion of post-graduation course, Master of Computer Application Education
Masters - Post Graduation - 1997 – Master of Computer Application - B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore. India Bachelors - Graduation - 1994 – Bachelor of Commerce - Seshadripuram College, Bangalore. India Certification – Currently pursuing PMP & Scrum Master Professional Sunil Bhandarkar
Program / Project Management / Delivery
Account Management / Senior IT Professional
/ Banking Transformation Expert / PMO
57 Huntington rd, Basking Ridge
New Jersey 07920
T : +1-201-***-****
E : ***************@*****.***
Profile : https://ae.linkedin.com/in/sunil-bhandarkar- 01328616
Hi,
As a brief note on my professional background, I have specialized in banking transformation / implementation, delivery, project & program management, account management and service delivery. I was associated with Oracle's consulting practice from May 1999 to Dec 2018. I was a Consulting Practice Manager from May 1999 to Sep 2012. I was promoted in Oct 2012 as a Consulting Practice Director in Oracle’s Middle East Consulting practice which is part of Oracle’s Financial Services Global Business Unit (FSGBU).
Over the last 20 years, I have had the opportunity of managing and delivering 21 high visibility multimillion dollar technology projects of value ranging from $2M to $15M and a team size of 10 to 50 in 16 leading banks across the world. I am experienced in overseeing multiple parallel projects and have onsite experience managing T&M and FP projects in 8 countries - Nigeria, China, India, Austria, Netherlands, USA, U.A.E and Kuwait. Projects managed have been across various banking domains – Treasury, Trade, Islamic Banking, Corporate Banking and Core Banking. During the last 12 years, while I was based in Dubai, UAE, I managed some of the largest banking transformation projects in the region, both in terms of value and complexity. I have delivered several referenceable projects while successfully achieving the triple constraints of schedule, cost and scope and ensuring return to both customer and Oracle.
As a Practice Director I managed a hybrid of roles of a Project/Program Manager and a Delivery/Account Manager. was involved right from project inception - which is the Bid Transition stage until successful Go Live and Post Live support These aspects included - a) Bid Transition, b) Project plan preparation, c) Project Management Plan preparation, d) Resource onboarding, e) Project Kickoff with Client, f) Stakeholder Analysis & management, g) Weekly status reporting to Client, h) Monthly status reporting internally, i) Tracking Effort, Expenses, Revenue, Signoffs, j) Representing Oracle at Client SteerCo meetings & Working Group meetings, k) Coordinate with Offshore delivery for customizations, l) Negotiate cost with client for additional customizations, additional efforts, m) Team Management & Mentoring, n) Coordinate with other teams - License, Development, Support, Sales, o) Manage customer escalations, p) Identify Risks, Incidents and Problems and develop mitigation plans, q) Submit periodic revenue forecast, staffing forecast, r) Proactively identify pipeline opportunities & repeat sales, s) Maintaining project repository as per Oracle's Unified Methodology." I am an experienced account manager who has excellent client relationship skills. All projects managed have been major contributors to the revenue stream. I have had the distinction of generating 80% additional revenue in one of my recent projects at Oracle. I have a comprehensive understanding of Project Management Lifecycle with accountability of driving operations & architecture of new projects. While at Oracle, I achieved “Oracle Project Manager Accreditation – Level 4” and was inducted into Oracle’s Global Consulting PMO Certified Project managers’ team. All the projects were managed using Oracle’s Unified Methodology for Project and Program Management which is on the same lines as PMBOK Principles and covers all the knowledge areas and processes groups prescribed by PMBOK/PMI. As a Practice Director, I ran the Project Management Office (PMO) for the projects and programs that were managed by me. All PMO processes were established in line with PMBOK principles and Oracle’s Unified Methodology. I created periodic management reports (weekly, fortnightly, monthly) for both Oracle’s management as well as Bank’s management. I represented Oracle at Steering Committee meetings were I presented these reports to the steering committee members. Project governance was established and enforced. As a Practice Director, I was also responsible for the P&L of the projects. I was successfully in achieving margins of 30%-40% in all my projects by controlling costs and maximizing revenue. I have the distinction of achieving a margin of around 60% in one of my last projects at Oracle which lead to the project being featured in the Portfolio Review for Oracle Consulting projects Sep 2018 by Oracle’s Global Business Unit PMO as the “Top Success and Profiled Projects” in Financial Services Global Business Unit.
I have expertise in managing Complex Data Migrations - Rich mix of business and technical skills to handle all aspects of data migration. I had managed a highly complex migration stream for 5 countries at Mashreq Bank which is one of the largest banks in the Middle East. The migration stream was responsible for consolidation and migration of data from multiple applications into a single core banking system. I spearheaded the migration discussions with both the business users and the technical teams. I had the distinction of creating a very detailed migration strategy document. I designed the migration utility and tuned the utility for optimum performance. Each of the countries followed a big bang migration approach. The migration was very successful with a smooth cutover and in the process we had set new records for migration timing. The migration stream received critical acclaim from the senior management of Mashreq Bank and Oracle.
I have managed Treasury Implementations of Oracle’s flagship product FLEXCUBE in 3 leading banks having very large Treasury portfolios (Canara Bank - India, Dubai Islamic Bank – Dubai and Barclays Bank – Dubai) where it was interfaced with Reuters and Bloomberg front office systems. I have managed Software Engineering projects covering software development / customization delivery as per the SDLC process using both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies. I have created both HLD (High Level Design) and LLD (Low Level Design) documents for the change as also ISD (Interface Specification Documents) for interfaces / integration related development. I have managed development of customization migration utilities to handle migrations. I have also managed development of both online and batch Data Extractions for Data warehouse systems. I have provided technical guidance to the development team and also handled Performance Tuning. I have had the distinction of managing Oracle's first RTB (Run The Bank) arrangement as Service Delivery Manager for Core Banking support (L0, L1, L2 support) and Infrastructure support
(Database, Operating System, Weblogic) at Mashreq Bank, one of the largest banks in the UAE,. I managed this arrangement for 5 countries spanning 3 years which covered Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Capacity, Service Continuity Management and Testing. I had the distinction of achieving 99.7% system uptime as per the service level agreement. I have a valid US Employment authorization which enables me to work for any employer in the US. I will not need a visa sponsorship now or in the future. I would be interested in delivery, project/program management, account management or similar roles. I am open to discussing other roles that will help me grow professionally. I can join immediately. Yours Sincerely
Sunil Bhandarkar
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