ANIRBAN BASU
Milton,India
Summary
QA Manager / Senior QA Lead (SAFe Certified (SAFE 6) Agilist and Scrum Master) with more than 14 years of experience in Banking domain (Web based and Desktop platform) with a strong knowledge of Wealth Management domain, Payments and Security Trades, test documentation and efficient status reporting. Worked on large Wealth and Performance management projects involving complex financial calculations and cutting-edge technology. Worked on regulatory SWIFT Releases and major enterprise wide programs having In-depth quality assurance knowledge, strong analytical and problem-solving skills to efficiently handle complex projects. Involved in test estimation, resource planning, and coordination within onshore and offshore teams, client meetings presentations. I have been worked for Bank of America as a Consultant for 9 years 4 months, Royal Bank of Canada for more than 5 years and aspire to take up more challenging projects in future.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Manager
TCS CANADA (Client - Royal Bank Of Canada)
2021.10 - Current
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features and functionalities.
- Led successful adoption of Agile methodologies within the QA team, improving collaboration between departments.
- Increased customer satisfaction with products by ensuring consistent quality across all platforms and devices.
- Worked extensively on Wire Payments and Security instructions on new Angular UI
- Promoted continuous testing within the QA department through Helios CI CD (DevOps)
Sr QA Lead
TCS CANADA (Client - Royal Bank Of Canada)
2019.06 - 2021.09
- Conducted root cause analysis on recurring issues, leading to long-term solutions and improved software stability.
- Streamlined communication channels between QA analysts and developers, expediting issue resolution times significantly.
- Enhanced team performance by providing guidance and mentorship to junior QA engineers.
- Effectively communicated with stakeholders at all levels to ensure alignment on project requirements and expectations.
- Prepared Daily status Reports and Weekly status reports to the senior management
QA Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank Of America – Merrill Lynch)
2013.01 - 2019.05
- Client Review Center (CRC) is an efficient, user-friendly, reporting engine that gives access to a robust library of Merrill Lynch approved exhibits – including information on performance, holdings, and asset allocation
- The result is an easy-to-read professional report package that will help strengthen the client relationships
- Client Review Center (CRC) offers brokerage advice as part of the Merrill Lynch offering of financial services
- A variety of brokerage reports are available through the Wealth Management Process.
QA Lead / Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2010.04 - 2019.02
- Leading and managing a high performing team that provides end-to-end support for state-of-the art Wealth Management applications (desktop & web based), involving complex financial calculations and cutting-edge technology
- The program comprises of implementation of complex and large-scale IT projects to deploy the industry leading performance and wealth management applications with state-of-the-art features for financial planning and performance reporting
- These applications are vital for the business of 25,000+ Financial Advisers to help their ultra-high net worth and high net worth clients in various stages of the wealth management.
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2018.05 - 2019.02
- The Analytics Dashboard was developed in support of the Client Experience Standard (CES) Disciplined Wealth and Investment Management Process to assist FAs in evaluating investment discipline at the book level
- This tool provides financial advisors with client profile information, asset class allocation data, volatility and performance metrics (Standard Deviation/Sharpe Ratio) to support investment discipline across their entire book
- The Analytics Dashboard will support the household and account views.
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2017.08 - 2018.04
- The objective of this project is to establish an on-demand process to have users (Portfolio Strategist and Analyst) select the account or group of accounts they want to analyze in Morningstar using an internal user interface, have the historical performance for the aggregate accounts calculated using standard firm methodology, have historical holdings for the aggregate accounts and put this data into files to be transferred to Morningstar.
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2016.09 - 2017.07
- The scope of this project was to add reporting capability on CRC to send Annual Client Review (ACR) and Quarterly Disclosure Reports (QDL) to the client based on the Review provided by the FA
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2016.03 - 2016.08
- The scope of this project was to add an Additional Sector: Real Estate to all the Client Facing Reports and Views.
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2015.11 - 2016.02
- Currently the 529 Portfolios are reflected in the “Other” bucket on Wealth Management Workstation (“WMW”) tools (CRC and Client 360)
- In addition, clients’ 529 statements do not show the specific asset classification.
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2015.02 - 2015.10
- The Allocation Dashboard is an efficient, user-friendly way to view the allocation of your entire book at asset class, size & style, and sector levels.
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2014.07 - 2015.01
- Performance Dashboard provides the Users (Financial Advisors) the rate of return across their entire book along with current and historical snapshot of each client’s specific performance.
QA Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2013.02 - 2014.06
- Prior to this initiative, the Financial Advisers had to manually create and periodically update client’s external accounts for planning purposes.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Netaji Subhas Engineering College
Kolkata, INDIA08.2009
Skills
- MS Office, Visual studio 2008, SQL Client IBM Data Studio, HP ALM and Rally Agile Central
- Wealth Management, Performance Measurement and Asset Management
- JIRA, HPALM, qTest
- Mural for Sprint Retros
- Oracle Developer
- AS400
Roles
Analyst Testing in Banking & Financial Services (BFS) – Quality Assurance Lead
Certification
- ISTQB Foundation Level, 05/03/17, 1.0
- SAFe Agilist, 06/04/18, 4.1
- SAFe Scrum Master, 09/03/18, 4.5
Responsibility
Involvement in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle from the requirement gathering till Rollout of the projects to production. Perform the Requirement and Impact Analysis, Design and Development Reviews, Testing and Implementation of System Changes and Enhancements for the upcoming projects at onsite. Coordination with the offshore teams for the status of work items identified and offloaded to them. Worked closely with the business partners and end users and help them in solving problems. Responsible for process control, change control using HP ALM 12.20. Responsible for senior management reporting using artifacts like Program Management dashboard, Testing Dashboard, Status report, Program / project Quarterly Metrics, Open items, Issues/ Risks log etc. Responsible for creating Test Plan and Test Scripts. Responsible for conducting Test Plan and Test Scripts review meetings with technology and business partners and get the necessary approvals. Responsible for test execution of Wealth Management applications on Desktop and Mobile platforms. Responsible for conducting defect review meetings with technology and business partners and get to resolution of the software issues at the earliest.
Tcs Experience
Bank of America, 9 years 3 Months, 04/30/10, 02/28/19, Tester, Team Lead, Test Lead and Onshore Test Co-coordinator, UAT
Personal Details
330383, India, TCS – Mumbai
References
Available on request.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
QA Manager
TCS CANADA (Client - Royal Bank Of Canada)
2021.10 - Current
Sr QA Lead
TCS CANADA (Client - Royal Bank Of Canada)
2019.06 - 2021.09
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2018.05 - 2019.02
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2017.08 - 2018.04
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2016.09 - 2017.07
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2016.03 - 2016.08
QA Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2015.11 - 2016.02
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2015.02 - 2015.10
QA Lead Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2014.07 - 2015.01
QA Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2013.02 - 2014.06
QA Lead
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank Of America – Merrill Lynch)
2013.01 - 2019.05
QA Lead / Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Client: Bank of America – Merrill Lynch)
2010.04 - 2019.02
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Netaji Subhas Engineering College
- ISTQB Foundation Level, 05/03/17, 1.0
- SAFe Agilist, 06/04/18, 4.1
- SAFe Scrum Master, 09/03/18, 4.5
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