Shrabanee Das
Senior BCM Associate
Berlin
Summary
Senior BCM associate with proficiency in completing risk impact assessments and utilizing collected information to devise effective plans and business structures. Competent in readying employees with use of exercises and training programs, documenting feedback and adjusting plans to account for changing conditions.
Demonstrated success in working with fintech (N26) and traditional financial service providers. ( Deutsche Bank)
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Business Continuity Management Associate
N26 Bank AG
Berlin
09.2022 - Current
- Policy management and governance: Defining the scope, roles and responsibilities within a 3 LoD framework, and supporting its implementation through consulting especially with the 1st LoD
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining BCM governance by setting up steering committee agendas, creating Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and writing management reports
- Adapting BCM to reflect existing and upcoming regulatory requirements
- Embedding BCM – Raising awareness of BCM throughout the company
- Providing training to employees at all levels and with different BCM roles
- Maintaining BCM's portion of the third party assessment process to ensure service levels of outsourced providers services align with Recovery Time Objective (RTO) requirements
- Analysis – Conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Impact Analysis (RIA) to determine processes, protective measures, recovery requirements and identify risks
- Partnering with IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) function to align with IT regarding technology backup and recovery requirements from the BIA’s
- Planning – Assisting the 1st LOD to design and evaluate recovery strategies based on output from BIA’s
- Enabling for the 1st LoD the BCM planning process that documents recovery strategies, identifying key assets and resources, and outlining actions to be taken to recover business processes
- Testing – Designing, developing and coordinating the testing and exercising program for Business Continuity Plans and outsourced service providers
- Emergency Management – Implementing and maintaining the emergency response framework.
- Facilitating training and exercises of the emergency and crisis units
- Demonstrated success in designing effective IT business continuity strategies, plans and procedures to ensure sustainable protection against disasters and timely recovery in the event of a disaster.
Business Continuity Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Frankfurt
07.2015 - 07.2022
- Proven success working with various Business Line/Department to assess, review and provide guidance on the preparation of BIA’s, Recovery Gap Analysis reporting periodically to Business Heads and to prepare all staff’s readiness to respond in case of any crisis/disaster.
- Coordinated tabletop exercises simulating emergency scenarios to validate effectiveness of established plans.
- Streamlined crisis management processes through development of an easy-to-follow incident response framework.
- Supported stakeholder communication during incidents, maintaining transparency throughout the process for effective decisionmaking.
- Optimized resources allocation during emergencies by designing a prioritization matrix for critical business functions restoration efforts.
- Reduced downtime during incidents by creating efficient emergency response procedures and communication protocols.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of business continuity practices into daily operations.
- Increased employee awareness on business continuity by providing regular training sessions and workshops.
- Instrumental in achieving regulatory compliance related to business continuity standards through diligent policy enforcement.
- Wrote reports to summarize testing activities and describe goals and recommendations.
- Ensured timely recovery of critical business functions with the establishment of effective disaster recovery plans.
Project Management Officer
Tata Consultancy Services
Bengaluru, India
07.2015 - 07.2022
- Responsible for planning customer specific engagements, managing the business requirements and ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies and project road blocks
- Tracking of Purchase Orders, ensuring accurate billing, coordination with finance team for raising invoices, MIS reporting etc
- Prepare various Business review decks
- Responsible for operational activities like Compliance management, backup planning, maintaining risk register, project metrics, margin calculations, PI ideas, on boarding & off boarding of resources, co-ordination on various adhoc HR activities, conducting interviews, RGS id creation etc
- Experience in working in Agile environment and exposure to PM tools such as Confluence, JIRA and Service now
- Influence, engage and build collaborative relationships with sponsors and stakeholders to define scope and manage risks, ensuring successful project delivery.
- Managed risk effectively by identifying potential issues early on and developing mitigation strategies accordingly.
- Earned recognition for outstanding project management skills, receiving positive feedback from both internal and external stakeholders.
Risk Management Specialist
Tata Consultancy Services
Bengaluru, India
07.2015 - 04.2018
- Active support to all tasks & activities of Service Relationship Owner w.r.t Vendor Risk Management & Intra Group Outsourcing
- Follow up with vendors involved in the engagement on behalf of initial stage gate assessment process in order to close findings and get the transactions moved through various stages smoothly
- Prepare and submit SG0 to the Vendor Relationship Manager of respective division in order to verify whether a particular engagement is VRM relevant or not
- On time communication with all stakeholders on issues, risks and mitigation plans.
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General - undefined
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
01.2013 - 04.2015
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering - undefined
Gandhi Institute Of Technology And Management
01.2008 - 04.2012
Skills
Business Continuity Management
Third Party Vendor Risk Management
Project Management Office (PMO)
Atlassian tool ( Jira and confluence)
ITIL
Active Listening
Planning and Coordination
Excellent Communication
Disaster Recovery Planning
Business impact analysis
Certification
CBCI Qualification Training - Expires 05/2027 https://www.credly.com/badges/4d112e18-3310-41c4-848d-0eda64a729b3/linked_in?t=seaf1m
Disclaimer
I hereby declare above information is true and to the best of my knowledge
Timeline
CBCI Qualification Training - Expires 05/2027 https://www.credly.com/badges/4d112e18-3310-41c4-848d-0eda64a729b3/linked_in?t=seaf1m
05-2024
Senior Business Continuity Management Associate
N26 Bank AG
09.2022 - Current
Business Continuity Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2015 - 07.2022
Project Management Officer
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2015 - 07.2022
Risk Management Specialist
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2015 - 04.2018
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General - undefined
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
01.2013 - 04.2015
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering - undefined
Gandhi Institute Of Technology And Management
01.2008 - 04.2012