Sandesh Padwal

About Sandesh Padwal

A dynamic professional with nearly 18 plus years of rich experience in Banking & Financial sectors. Handled RBI compliance desk. Supervised the accounting function relating to Accounts Payable activities, routine accounting work, controlling Suspense, Capital Advances & Prepaid expenses accounts. Supervised VISA, Bancs, Andhra bank & AEBL reconciliation, settlement & charge back activities. Efficient in designing systems / procedures for change management in diverse banking & financial operations entailing mapping business processes and studying workflow to design products (treasury, liquidity management, etc.) & solutions, ensuring business functionality adherence & enhancing competitive advantage. Proficient in payment systems like NEFT, RTGS, Net Banking & other channel base payments. Acquires a clear understanding of the Banking industry, technology & trends with the distinction of instituting new practices to achieve software product excellence at the lowest overall costs. Demonstrated excellence in deploying various methodologies to analyze various Banking & Financial processes, recommending modifications to minimize escalations, realize operational efficiencies, control variability, costs and reduce cycle-time. Successfully designed, implemented, tested & conducted UAT for Finacle Core Banking System. Proficiency in handling a gamut of banking operations (Retail Liabilities) including administrative, operational, credit & monitoring & and other allied activities. Managed process re-engineering, new process implementation & handled ISO Audit. Resourceful in managing various kinds of audits (RBI, Internal, Statutory, etc.) as well as ensuring timely updation of underlying documents to enable on time release of outstanding documentation reports. Expertise in completing consolidating & finalization of accounts within time budgets and calendar schedules while handling multiple tasks.

Experience

1. Director Product Testing

   Intellect Design Arena Ltd

   Sep 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Managing a team for Testing & implementation (Resource planning & P&L activity). • Reviewing FS, Test Strategy, Test Matrix, Test plan, Test cases, Test scenarios, Traceability Matrix, User manual, Training material & exit criteria documents. • Managing Test defect reporting, Root Cause analysis, Regression testing & defect closures. Managing Testing status reporting & Testing closure activity. • Preparing schedule for ST, SIT, UAT as well as delivery of the products. • Managing testing team to deliver best quality product by initiating new process.

Education

• M.L Dahanukar College of Commerce, University of Mumbai

  B.Com, Finance

  1988 — 1993

• Mumbai Educational Trust, University of Mumbai

  Masters, Financial Management

  2004 — 2007

• D.G. Ruparel Management Institute, University of Mumbai

  Diploma, Management Studies

  1998 — 2000