
ABHIJIT CHATTERJEE
Senior Consultant |Data Governance | Banking
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Paris, France
Mobility: Luxembourg, France, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
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About me
Intro
Strategic Data Governance and risk management professional with 10+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide data governance, quality, and compliance programs in global environments. Proven ability to define data strategies, operational models, credit risk and AI governance frameworks aligned with DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, and GDPR. Strong expertise in data quality management, metadata, Data catalog implementation, organizational change management and risk management
Work experience
Senior/Lead Consultant- Data Governance
InHouseFreelance
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
1 year
Remote
• Designed and implemented Master Data Management framework including enterprise data models by aligning ERP and CRM datasets, enabling standardized definitions and cross-system consistency. • Coordinated with Legal, Data Security, and Compliance teams to map PII data and define data sensitivity classifications in line with GDPR requirements. • Translated business use cases into conceptual and logical data models in collaboration with business and product teams. • Led the selection and deployment of Data tools, defining KPIs, governance requirements, and onboarding strategy for metadata, glossary, and lineage. • Partnered with technical teams to migrate datasets, integrate data models, and operationalize metadata governance processes.
Senior Consultant
AEKIDEN
Jan 2023 - Aug 2024
1 year 8 months
Paris, France
• Defined and implemented data governance framework with multi-disciplinary teams across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France reduced governance gaps by 30% and improved maturity scores by 40%. • Designed target operating models to clarify roles between Data Owners, Stewards, and business teams. • Designed and implemented conceptual & logical data models to harmonize data fields, standardize business language, semantics, glossary across teams, ensuring data integrity and regulatory adherence. • Deployed Collibra Data Catalog and Data Hub in collaboration with IT to centralize data models, glossary, metadata, achieving 35% reduction in data duplication and 25% improvement in quality scores. • Implemented data lineage tracking for regulatory reporting (Basel III, IFRS9), enhancing traceability and auditability across Finance and Risk domains. • Mentored junior consultants, facilitating knowledge sharing and best practices.
Consultant- Data Governance
SmartPaveFreelance
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
7 months
Remote
• Led a data mapping initiative to align source systems, data models, and reporting layers, ensuring consistent definitions and traceability across BI tools. • Improved business intelligence reliability by embedding data governance principles (ownership, quality rules, and lineage) into reporting and analytics workflows. • Collaborated with business, risk, and finance teams to understand reporting requirements and translate them into governed datasets and KPIs. • Established metadata documentation and lineage mapping to support transparency between source systems and BI consumption layers. • Enabled faster and more reliable decision-making by reducing data discrepancies and improving reporting turnaround times.
Assistant Vice President- Risk and Data
Protium
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 7 months
36012 Asiago, Province of Vicenza, Italy
• Designed and implemented enterprise data governance framework, improving regulatory compliance (Basel, IFRS9) and enabling more accurate portfolio-level risk reporting. • Spearheaded master data management (MDM) initiative, enhancing data accuracy and consistency across 3 core systems reduced reporting discrepancies by 40%. • Built risk data models that improved credit decision accuracy by 18%, strengthening risk appetite alignment and loan underwriting quality. • Collaborated with C-suite on data strategy roadmap, resulting in improved governance maturity and adoption across business units. • Led & mentored multiple teams.
Senior Manager- Risk and Data
IDFC FIRST Bank/Reliance
Jul 2014 - Mar 2020
5 years 9 months
Indianapolis, IN, USA
• Delivered a data-driven risk management program improving SME portfolio monitoring efficiency by 25%. • Implemented data lineage mapping for credit risk reporting, ensuring full traceability and regulatory compliance (Basel, IFRS9). • Developed credit analytics dashboards to track exposure, delinquency, and credit performance, enabling faster decision-making. • Collaborated with IT and Compliance teams to strengthen data control frameworks for credit risk and regulatory submissions. • Automated loan risk data ingestion pipelines, enhancing consistency and traceability of business-critical datasets. • Designed and managed KPI dashboards that enhanced transparency and supported management decisions. • Led & mentored the performance of teams.
Education
IÉSEG School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA (Triple Accredited AMBA, International Business and Data
2021 - 2023
1 year 10 months
IBS Mumbai
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance
Calcutta Institute Of Engineering And Management
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communication Engineering
Licenses & certifications
Machine Learning (Python and R)
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Zeenea Data Catalog
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Collibra Data Catalog
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