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MBA-IT

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

Led delivery and testing for the Finance System Transformation Programme under a bank wide EU Transformation programme, impacting ~ 150 Finance systems and uplifting a subset to HSBC’s Future State Architecture. 
Key Contributions:
•	Established and governed a unified delivery framework by segmenting program outcomes into 12 agile pods, significantly reducing delivery friction and improving end-to-end traceability.
•	Authored and governed the comprehensive Finance Test Strategy and Execution plan encompassing all constituent systems’ Functional/ Non-Function, End to End SIT, Regression Testing, UAT, Dry Runs, OAT, Security, Disaster Recovery Testing, standardizing quality gates across the massive transformation scope.
•	Directed program interlock with central programme to effectively manage complex upstream/downstream dependencies and sign-off critical upstream Value Stream test strategies.

DELIVERY AND TEST LEAD (EU TRANSFORMATION)

*. Perform a proof of concept of performance testing by evaluation of 4 performance testing tools, HP LoadRunner, Rational Performance Tester, Facilita Forecast & Scapa.
*. Analyse the scope and identify the key business processes as valid and high priority candidates for performance testing.
*. Create performance testing scripts, execution and result analysis.

Specialist Test Consultant

Accountable for the transformation of the Finance QA function, managing a team of 100+ resources and a budget of circa $3.8M. Focused on modernization, cost reduction, and enhancing effectiveness across Data Sourcing and Group Regulatory Reporting.
Key Contributions
•	Spearheaded the multi-stream Finance Change Delivery program, covering Liquidity, RWA, ECL, ESG, and Business Finance. Directed quality for a mixed technology stack including Google Cloud Platform and existing on-premise solutions.
•	Established greenfield testing capabilities for critical new Value Streams, including ESG Reporting and Strategic Reference Data, ensuring robust QA.
•	Transformed existing Value Streams by implementing a Shift-Left strategy, rolling out an in-house data regression test framework, and strengthening release governance. This significantly enhanced testing efficacy and efficiency across the portfolio.
Key Achievements
•	Raised data-layer test coverage from 25% to 90% in two quarters by deliverin

Head of Testing, Finance Change Delivery

Promoted to lead testing for AFRT value stream, spanning Google Cloud, on-premise, and AS/400 platforms. Directed testing across a mix of green-field and legacy programmes.
Key Contributions
•	Defined and implemented end-to-end test strategy across IFRS9, IFRS17, Ledger, Financial Reporting and Tax programmes.
•	Built and scaled test teams; mentored test managers; strengthened governance and delivery.
•	Implemented automation enabling high-volume validation across modern and legacy stacks.
•	Established robust test governance across multiple programmes, improving predictability and quality.

Head of Testing : Accounting, Finanancial Reporting & Tax

Automation Testing of QuarkXpress
*. Creation, maintenance of frame files of Silk Test for automation of QuarkXpress.
*. Execution of automated test cases on daily (Smoke) and weekly (Regression) builds.
*. Beginning with being a member of the Automation testing team I lead the automation team of Quark Express Japanese (2 byte application) with support of Unicode.

Member, Quality Engineering Group

•	Reported to Director of Engineering with responsibility of testing multiple ongoing projects within the Enterprise Engineering program.
•	Developed test strategy, roadmap and test automation framework at two layers of the application: Backend (REST API Testing in Java, Selenium and SOAPUI) and UI automation using SeeTest and QTP, alongside the ever-growing list of supported mobile devices. 
•	Liaised with product owners, product architecture heads and Development Managers for project prioritisation and defect resolutions.

Programme Test Manager / Test Architect

*. Coordinate a team of 5 engineers for end to end testing of GOSPL web portal.
*. Prepare test plans, test strategies and acceptance test criteria.
*. Perform Software Requirement Specification (SRS) reviews.
*. Created automation framework and then scripts for the regression test pack.
*. Perform Memory Usage Analysis and Code Coverage reporting.

Software Engineer

•	Designed, implemented and guided Testing Teams based in US, Russia and Hong Kong to adopt best test automation practices; reducing ongoing maintenance cost and bringing in 40% cost savings for testing. The tools chosen were QTP and Selenium.

Test Manager (Automation)

•	Fulfilled Treasury function consisting of multi-layer applications, primarily categorised into Data Sourcing (Legacy & Strategic Platforms), Data Aggregation layer that sources in data from data sourcing layer and standardises/normalises the data, and the reporting layer that creates reports of multiple regulatory bodies; overall objective of the framework is to collate the positions from all front offices, calculate liquidity position/ exposure of the bank and report to US, EU and other regulators.
•	Tested all the Treasury applications and front-to-back projects across the programme, specifically Treasury Data Hub & Data Mart (Data Sourcing Layers), Saturn (Data Aggregation Layer), QlikView, Funds Transfer Pricing, Asset & Liability Management, Issuances, Portfolio Management, and EBA & US Liquidity Coverage Ratio spanning the whole lifecycle of applications to include Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Pre-UAT/ IFT, SIT, UAT & Dry Run).

Programme Test Manager

Setup of test automation within BBC iPlayer for a broad category of platforms.

Project: SAM (Single Access Management), Sky.com OBU
*. Verification of databases and backend processes for testing of Single Access Management System.
*. Testing around integration of Third Party API (Google) in Agile environment
*. Testing of HitBox and Vignette Content Management System.
*. Creation of Automated Smoke and Regression Test packs.
*. Additionally, I proposed best practices for Quality Center.
*. I proposed enhancements for best practices of Testing Life Cycle.

I conducted a proof of concept on automation testing of their trading platform (developed in OpenLink Endur, hosted on Citrix and presentation layer developed in HCL Presenter).
*. WinRunner & QTP were chosen as tool of choice for Proof of Concept
*. I overcame the challenges imposed by presentation layer of application so that tools can work on GUI objects.
*. I calculated Return on Investment and performed effort estimations for automation activity.
*. Additionally, I setup guidelines for integration of automation scripts with Test Director (Quality Center) and derive benefits of integration.

Specialist Test Consultant)

Successfully delivered the testing projects for 3 bank-wide change programmes.
•	Manage the testing of the changes mandated by the programme within the scope of Risk Analytics. 
•	Liaise with external teams including Credit Risk, Market Risk and Finance for impact assessment and co-ordination of integration test cycles.
•	Create high-level test strategy, test plans and integration test plans with upstream and downstream components.
•	Co-ordinate with IA (Impact Assessment) / UAT Team to understand any changes in deviation of numbers (P&L, exposures) and satisfy the consumers of Risk Analytics with regards to such deviations.
•	Mentor Test Leads who are responsible for individual components, familiarise them with organisational wide objectives while ensuring that key impact areas and integration points are identified and satisfactorily tested.

Test Manager

Manage automation activities of testing projects within Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE)
*. Calculate Return on Investment and prioritized the projects for automation.
*. Formulation automation test plans and test strategy.
*. Creation automation frameworks using QTP & Winrunner based on functional decomposition and keyword based approach.
*. Worked on automation of regression test packs of client-server, Mainframe Terminal Emulator, AS 400 and Web applications.
*. Administered Test Director which had about 2000 active user’s worldwide and hosted 50+ projects in different domains and then implement the plan to migrate to Quality Centre, created workflows, customized projects.
*. Train and mentor other team members.

Senior Test Analyst

Established and led the end-to-end testing function for complex regulatory IFRS9 programme, ensuring compliance and accuracy for the Impairment Calculation Engine (ICE). Given the presence of HSBC in 48 geographies, this was the largest implementation of IFRS9 in the world.
Key Contributions
•	Developed the comprehensive program-level test strategy, owning SIT, Non-Functional Testing, UAT coordination, Environment Management, and Release Governance.
•	Successfully managed stringent audit requirements (external and internal), facilitating seamless interaction between Senior Stakeholders, Finance Teams, and Cross-Functional Delivery partners.
Key Achievements
•	Reduced functional defect leakage from 100% to 0.01% in just 8 months.
•	Accelerated Time-to-Market (TTM) and cut regression effort by ~80% through automation and optimisation.
•	Delivered 35+ major projects alongside BAU ICE releases, establishing strong governance and oversight across complex offshore–onsite delivery models.
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Programme Test Manager (IFRS9)

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