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Akul Bajaj

Associate Vice President - Data Platforms

Greater Bengaluru Area

11+ years of work experience

HSBC
Aug 20251 yrPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Standard Chartered
May 20232 yrs 4 mosAug 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Strategized on mapping the performance of various functions across the bank for Retail Banking which in turn resulted in defining, tracking and establishing a pipeline of over 30 metrics for CIO council. • Led in-depth analysis of over 80,000 customer complaints to identify patterns and drive improvements by establishing relationships among various metrics and analyzing their interconnected impact through Tableau dashboard. • Designed, developed, and managed end-to-end dashboarding solutions across 5 strategic pillars of Financial performance, Risk, People, Productivity and Sustainability. Led data gathering, pipeline development, dashboard creation, and implementation of security and access management, ensuring seamless data visualization and accessibility. • Partnered with the Incident Management team to identify customer impact for over 500 key incidents on a MoM basis and derive actionable insights. • Performed comprehensive analysis on service level agreements (SLAs) to identify and implement key process SLAs, driving enhancements and efficiency improvements for the Strategy 25 metric.
Dell Technologies
Oct 20193 yrs 8 mosMay 2023

Greater Bengaluru Area

Journal Entry Insights tool: • Led and developed a tool for Executive Leadership Team which provided insights into how the individual team performed in terms of Automation vs Manual effort. • The tool worked on 1 quarter worth of information (30 million rows data) and provided valuable insights on areas for improvement specific to each leader. • The tool also gave users the ability to drill down to Journal entry level by applying certain filters to analyze the pattern of Journal entries made and how to reduce manual intervention in it. Revenue Walk Dashboard: • Worked as lead developer on a dashboard which queried multiple data sources to create a flow of data which helped Accounting team in closing the books for every quarter and checking for anomalies. • The dashboard provided a wholistic idea of revenue coming from various streams with outliers highlighted. Drilling capability was provided to check line level details for anomalies in figures. Datalake Dashboards: • Developed a Power BI dashboard highlighting differences across various metrics in various data sources (Datalake, Teradata and SAP HANA) aiding in data migration, data quality checks and support for the IT team. • The dashboard eliminated manual intervention of data quality team for querying various data sources and establishing integrity of data. FX Analysis • Created a Tableau Dashboard which highlighted difference between Foreign exchange rates and effective exchange rates for each transaction within a specific quarter to aid Forex team in analyzing and identifying erroneous entries.
Dell Technologies
Jan 20181 yr 10 mosOct 2019

Greater Bengaluru Area

Federal • Worked on development of infrastructure to support orders coming from Federal sources. • UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Coordinator for deployment of changes in Dell infrastructure in relation to Federal Project. Unified Cost Management: • Worked on changing data flow from between multiple systems. The project was aimed at improving the reporting structure of databases for faster response times and lower latency across various systems. • UAT Coordinator and liaison between EBI IT and Business users using all the 17 systems covered under the project. Development of cross-database reports • Created Tie Out reports in Power BI by importing data from HANA, Teradata and TOLAP over Sales Domain and matching data across the entire grain of the dataset. • Similar reports were created in SSRS by passing parameters to regulate the data coming from the sources. • These reports helped in identifying root causes of mismatches in revenue and other related streams.
Dell Technologies
Jul 20161 yr 7 mosJan 2018

Greater Bengaluru Area

Report Performance Optimization • Worked on a design change implementation on basic functional queries. The redesign focused on merging major queries across different grains to improve the efficiency of the reporting system on SAP Business Objects. This impacted the End Users significantly as it reduced the report loading and processing time by up to 60%. Database Hierarchy Modification • Worked extensively on data structuring in SAP HANA and modified the calculation views of various data sets to improve the performance of data retrieval on various platforms built over SAP HANA. Developing HANA Calculation Views using XML Manipulation • Reworked the process of implementing changes in HANA calculation views by exporting a copy of Calculation view as XML, altering the XML code and feeding it back to HANA. • This rework reduced the time taken to implement one week’s worth changes in one hour. TOLAP Development • Recreated the data and design structure of Dell Sales Domain in TOLAP environment. • This implementation was done with some structural design changes over the already existing Teradata and HANA environments in order to improve the efficiency of the reporting and subscription system built over these environments.
IFB Industries Ltd
Jun 20157 mosDec 2015

India

• Developed a brand-new product from the scratch by utilizing inputs from customers. • To get accurate information, team conducted personal interviews at houses of people and came up with the results. • These results were later analyzed and brainstorming sessions were held to generate a final solution and prototype it.
Global Autotech Ltd
May 20133 mosJul 2013

Greater Noida

Worked as an intern and completed a project on improving the efficiency of production lines by identifying the current problem and suggesting means and methods to rectify it.

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master's degree, Mathematics

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20115 yrs2016
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20115 yrs2016

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Headline

Associate Vice President - Data Platforms

About

9 years of experience in Digital Transformation, Corporate Communication, BI & Analytics and BFSI domain. I specialize in leveraging my expertise to engage effectively with senior leadership teams. Adept at developing innovative solutions tailored to client needs, leveraging strong analytical skills and industry expertise. I bring a unique blend of analytical prowess and a knack for clear, impactful communication, ensuring that strategic insights resonate powerfully with stakeholders.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

Work experience

Associate Vice President - Data Platforms at HSBC, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manager - Performance Analytics and Management at Standard Chartered, May 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Strategized on mapping the performance of various functions across the bank for Retail Banking which in turn resulted in defining, tracking and establishing a pipeline of over 30 metrics for CIO council. • Led in-depth analysis of over 80,000 customer complaints to identify patterns and drive improvements by establishing relationships among various metrics and analyzing their interconnected impact through Tableau dashboard. • Designed, developed, and managed end-to-end dashboarding solutions across 5 strategic pillars of Financial performance, Risk, People, Productivity and Sustainability. Led data gathering, pipeline development, dashboard creation, and implementation of security and access management, ensuring seamless data visualization and accessibility. • Partnered with the Incident Management team to identify customer impact for over 500 key incidents on a MoM basis and derive actionable insights. • Performed comprehensive analysis on service level agreements (SLAs) to identify and implement key process SLAs, driving enhancements and efficiency improvements for the Strategy 25 metric.

Business Advisor at Dell Technologies, Oct 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Journal Entry Insights tool: • Led and developed a tool for Executive Leadership Team which provided insights into how the individual team performed in terms of Automation vs Manual effort. • The tool worked on 1 quarter worth of information (30 million rows data) and provided valuable insights on areas for improvement specific to each leader. • The tool also gave users the ability to drill down to Journal entry level by applying certain filters to analyze the pattern of Journal entries made and how to reduce manual intervention in it. Revenue Walk Dashboard: • Worked as lead developer on a dashboard which queried multiple data sources to create a flow of data which helped Accounting team in closing the books for every quarter and checking for anomalies. • The dashboard provided a wholistic idea of revenue coming from various streams with outliers highlighted. Drilling capability was provided to check line level details for anomalies in figures. Datalake Dashboards: • Developed a Power BI dashboard highlighting differences across various metrics in various data sources (Datalake, Teradata and SAP HANA) aiding in data migration, data quality checks and support for the IT team. • The dashboard eliminated manual intervention of data quality team for querying various data sources and establishing integrity of data. FX Analysis • Created a Tableau Dashboard which highlighted difference between Foreign exchange rates and effective exchange rates for each transaction within a specific quarter to aid Forex team in analyzing and identifying erroneous entries.

Senior Business Analyst at Dell Technologies, Jan 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Federal • Worked on development of infrastructure to support orders coming from Federal sources. • UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Coordinator for deployment of changes in Dell infrastructure in relation to Federal Project. Unified Cost Management: • Worked on changing data flow from between multiple systems. The project was aimed at improving the reporting structure of databases for faster response times and lower latency across various systems. • UAT Coordinator and liaison between EBI IT and Business users using all the 17 systems covered under the project. Development of cross-database reports • Created Tie Out reports in Power BI by importing data from HANA, Teradata and TOLAP over Sales Domain and matching data across the entire grain of the dataset. • Similar reports were created in SSRS by passing parameters to regulate the data coming from the sources. • These reports helped in identifying root causes of mismatches in revenue and other related streams.

Business Analyst at Dell Technologies, Jul 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Report Performance Optimization • Worked on a design change implementation on basic functional queries. The redesign focused on merging major queries across different grains to improve the efficiency of the reporting system on SAP Business Objects. This impacted the End Users significantly as it reduced the report loading and processing time by up to 60%. Database Hierarchy Modification • Worked extensively on data structuring in SAP HANA and modified the calculation views of various data sets to improve the performance of data retrieval on various platforms built over SAP HANA. Developing HANA Calculation Views using XML Manipulation • Reworked the process of implementing changes in HANA calculation views by exporting a copy of Calculation view as XML, altering the XML code and feeding it back to HANA. • This rework reduced the time taken to implement one week’s worth changes in one hour. TOLAP Development • Recreated the data and design structure of Dell Sales Domain in TOLAP environment. • This implementation was done with some structural design changes over the already existing Teradata and HANA environments in order to improve the efficiency of the reporting and subscription system built over these environments.

Intern at IFB Industries Ltd, Jun 2015 - Dec 2015 · 7 mos, India, • Developed a brand-new product from the scratch by utilizing inputs from customers. • To get accurate information, team conducted personal interviews at houses of people and came up with the results. • These results were later analyzed and brainstorming sessions were held to generate a final solution and prototype it.

Trainee at Global Autotech Ltd, May 2013 - Jul 2013 · 3 mos, Greater Noida, Worked as an intern and completed a project on improving the efficiency of production lines by identifying the current problem and suggesting means and methods to rectify it.

Education

Master's degree, Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani