SNEHA PANDYA

Senior Test Manager | Business Transformation

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5 people recommend

Brussels, Belgium

Freelance

Skills

Event ManagementProject Management (PMO)

Languages

English

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About me

Intro

ISTQB Certified Test Manager with 14+ years in BFSI domain specializing in complex banking transformations and SAP implementations. Proven expertise managing end-to-end testing for major banks like ING, BNP Paribas, delivering critical migrations and compliance projects. Expert in payments testing, defect management, and leading multicultural teams across Europe.

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Work experience

SW ConsultancyFreelance

Aug 2023 - Present

3 years 3 months

Belgium · On-site

Test Manager

Aug 2023 - Present

3 years 3 months

Belgium · On-site

Health and well-being

Jul 2025 - Jul 2025

1 month

Leuven, Belgium

In April 2025 I had a bike accident. I took a brief long break. This time helped me heal, reflect, and return stronger with a deeper appreciation for resilience and balance in professional life.

Program E2E Test Manager

ING BelgiumFreelance

Dec 2024 - Jul 2025

8 months

Belgium · On-site

Test Manager

CredendoFreelance

Feb 2024 - Jul 2024

6 months

Brussels, Belgium

Test Manager for SAP4I implementation with Salesforce integration project - Implemented the Panaya test management tool - Managing the SIT, FIT & UAT testing phases and defect management with coordination of BAs Developers and business stack-holders teams - Preparing the weekly testing report

Project Test Manager

BNP Paribas FortisFreelance

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

6 months

Brussels Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Managed the test management of the BPOST bank technical migration go-live phase project and was part of the central 'Fold-in' migration delivery office, ensuring a comprehensive and consistent perspective on the current test plan. - Coordinated with BPOST bank stakeholder and planned the business transition testing phase - Coordinated the tracking of defects for all the functional tribes (MDM, Daily Banking, DH, Invest, Payments, Robotics) using Octane tool. - Raised/Collected mitigate transversal risks & issues. - Managing the scope across all the tribes' by engaging with key business individuals and various stakeholders. - Managing other side track projects Demand, CR’s end to end Project tracking and reporting. - Prepared and disseminated project-level tracking and testing progress reports on a weekly basis. - Managing the SIT, UAT & Performance testing tracks and defect management - Coordinating migration Operation war room activities and conducting the performance testing war rooms activities with stakeholders and disseminated the war room status report. - Prepared the RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix) for feature coverage across all the tribes. - During the technical migration, running the testing warroom and participating in operations and status warrooms for Go/No-Go meetings. - Managing and coordinating the production incident

IKEA

Mar 2020 - Jul 2023

3 years 5 months

Belgium, WI, USA

Business Transformation Project and Test Management

Jul 2021 - Jul 2023

2 years 1 month

Belgium, WI, USA

SAP Implementation Business Transformation Program & Acquirer Management

Payments Specialist; Project & Test Management

Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year 5 months

Belgium, WI, USA

 Responsible to Managed the Treasury automatized reconciliation solution on the GCP (Google Cloud Platform) for Backline reconciliation  Managed Acquirer relationship on a daily settlement reports & enabled automated submission channel via sFTP/Email/API  Managed & contributed to finalize the system architect of BOT Treasury End to End solution  Define & finalized the BOT Treasury requirement, prepared Business requirement Functional Document  Responsible for coordinating with Dev Team, System Architecture, Project stakeholders & third-party supporting team  Setup third partly testing team & Managed SIT/ UAT Testing  Responsible for coordinating with Dev Team, System Architecture & Project Manager to perform testing on the Production Environment  Managed third party UAT Queries & defects using JIRA & ServiceNow end to end incident management flow & connecting with Developers on the technical front queries  Setup JIRA solution for incident end to end management  Handling escalations, Risk evaluation, Coordinating with other support groups in a global setup.

Capgemini

Aug 2014 - Mar 2020

5 years 8 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nordic Banking Cards Test Lead

Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

1 year

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

- Understanding Cards Authorization Switch 24 System Architecture - Creation of ISO 8085 Messages Request and Response messages - Implemented VTS - Visa Simulator Tool from offshore - Designed Regression Test Suit - Designed And enabled Implementation of Automated end to end System using Robot Automation Framework - Built offshore Team - Coordinations with Offshore and Onshore Team - Finalising scope of the Regression Suit - Preparation of Function and Non Function Testing Document - Publishing weekly MIS Test Status Report with stakeholders

Transformation Project - Banking Test Lead

Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 1 month

Nottingham, UK

Implementation of GDPR Testing, Received knowledge Transfer on multiple core Banking Loan Applications and legacy system And setup Offshore Team successful

SPOM Test Manager

Dec 2018 - Dec 2018

1 month

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

SharePoint Online Migration Test Manager

UFT Automation Test Manager

Apr 2017 - Mar 2018

1 year

Helsinki, Finland

Client - Nordic Financial Services Company - Handled Multicultural teams of 10 people (Handled two teams located in Helsinki & London) - Preparing the Test Plan, Traceability Matrix - Coordinating with Stakeholders & Team Mates - ALM Management, Defect Tracking - Managing Team Performance - Preparing weekly MIS Report -Defect Delivery Plan

Payments Consultant

Jan 2016 - May 2017

1 year 5 months

Helsinki, Finland

Project : Nordic Bank Tools Used : HP ALM 11.5, JIRA, Bamboo,Bitbucket, Sharepoint Technology: Open Payment Framework (FIS Product) Robot Automation Framework, SQL, Python Description: -Working on Payments end to End flow. -Experience in Banking and Financial domain Messaging Formats including ISO Payment Standards, SEPA Standards, EDI formats and XML Message formats PAcs.008, Pain001,Pacs.004 , FOCRPacs.004,Camt.029.,camt.056. -Worked on Swift MT103, MT202, MT202Cov Messages. - Worked on ALM Solution implementation - Payments Screening solution Testing - Working on Robot Automation Framework. -Testing different payments and Testing for bank statements in various specified formats Responsibilities: Preparation of Test plan for every release and send it to the client for review / approval Preparing Test cases and Conditions. Preparing and executing the Test Scripts. Conducting process training for new recruits Created Process documents which helps new recruits to understand all the modules. Defect tracking and Management in QC & ALM. Automation of Scripts.

Consultant

Aug 2014 - Jan 2016

1 year 6 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Project Domain : Banking Client : Nordic Bank Tools Used : HP ALM QC 11.0, JIRA, Bamboo, Netbeans, Eclipse Description: Worked on FACTA Automation testing PoC. Worked on Teradata stages testing. Responsibilities: Preparing Test cases and Conditions. Preparing and executing the Test Scripts. Doing QA for other testers work execution. Prepares daily status reports to keep the Test coordinator/Test Managers informed of task accomplishment, issues and status. Project Domain : Insurance Client: Farmers Tools Used : HP ALM QC 11.0 Responsibilities: Preparing Test cases and Conditions. Preparing and executing the Test Scripts. Doing QA for other testers work execution. Prepares daily status reports to keep the Test coordinator/Test Managers informed of task accomplishment, issues and status.

Sr.Tech Associate

Tata Consultancy Services e-Serve ltd.

Jun 2010 - Jul 2014

4 years 2 months

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

ISTQB Certified Project Domain : Credit Cards, Payments (SEPA , Swift) Applications worked on : Single Collection Desktop (SCD Customer Service), Debt Restructure (DR), Application Processing Online Logic (APOLLO),DR (Debt Restructure),JWS,CitiDirect BE Mobile, CitiDirect, CFX Description: Both CitiDirect and CitiDirect BE Mobile provide new levels of visibility and control, together with new enhancements and features that create a state-of-the-art online banking experience. The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is a self-regulatory initiative of the banking sector of EuropeWithin the introduction of SEPA, bank, corporate and individual customers can make electronic euro payments across the 32 countries under the same basic rights and obligations. SCD is Client-Server technology used by the collectors in Citibank who deals with both bankcards and RPL. This GUI is also accompanied by two Mainframe interfaces FDR and Rumba. The information in GUI is retrieved from this FDR Mainframe interface. DR is a web application used by the collectors who deal with the customers with multiple accounts with different credit cards and have auto loans and mortgages. Information is displayed in this GUI from the Oracle tables. Tools Used : HP ALM QC 11.0 HP Quality Center 9.2 & 10 Rumba Mainframe display Citrix XenApp 11.1 TBed FTBed Arm Tool Smart TS Responsibilities: Preparing Test cases and Conditions. Preparing and executing the Test Scripts. Doing QA for other testers work execution. Prepares daily status reports to keep the Test coordinator/Test Managers informed of task accomplishment, issues and status. Interacting with the onsite StakeHolders on project basis and needs. Mobile Module Team Leader Preparing and executing the Test Scripts. Doing QA for other testers work execution. Worked on DCF Letter validations which are generated from Apollo.


Education

Mithibai College

Bsc.IT

2007 - Present

19 years 5 months

Nagindas Khandwala College

Msc.IT

2009 - Present

17 years 5 months

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