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Minal Bhandari

Product Manager | Goldman Sachs | AWM Portfolio and Client Service | Ex - JPMC, Dell

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

Goldman Sachs
Jul 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Acting as Product Manager for portfolio servicing products supporting the post-trade lifecycle within Asset & Wealth Management Leading a vendor elimination initiative to insource transaction booking and reconciliation for a category of funds, resulting in direct annual vendor-fee savings and improved data accuracy Serving as co-product lead for a centralized exception management platform to triage and resolve exceptions across trade lifecycle of various asset classes, reducing manual touchpoints and improving operational turnaround time Partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Client Implementations, and UX teams to define user journeys, prioritize backlog, and ensure seamless execution of product roadmaps Driving monthly Steering Committee governance with Managing Directors to align priorities, communicate status, and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and change impacts across stakeholders
JPMorganChase
Jan 20257 mosJul 2025

Bengaluru

Acted as product lead of the global reconciliation platform of merchant acquiring business, processing payment transactions worth $1 trillion volume annually (in 2023) Proven track record of leading product lifecycle initiatives from requirements gathering to go-to-market strategies, focused on improving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction Successfulaly led the development of a comprehensive dashboard that provided critical finance metrics, improving operational visibility by 95% and reducing manual efforts by 90% Saved ~1000 hours of FTE capacity by automating the debit cards acquiring process, including booking the receivable and payable positions in the ledger and reconciling settlement from network
JPMorganChase
Apr 20249 mosDec 2024

Bengaluru

Skilled in leveraging advanced technologies to onboard new initiatives and payment brands on the ever-evolving JPMC’s in-house reconciliation tool, processing ~60 million transactions daily with 99% settlement accuracy Successfully led the development of a comprehensive dashboard that provided critical finance metrics, improving operational visibility by 95% and reducing manual efforts by 90%
JPMorganChase
May 20221 yr 11 mosMar 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Responsible for leading various projects end-to-end through project governance framework and diverse stakeholder management across finance, business, tech and compliance teams - Actively involved in project planning, project scheduling, project tracking, project monitoring, testing and project execution with increased efficiency, streamlined delivery and cost reduction - Responsible for preparing the Business Requirement Document (BRD), Project Charter, Statement of Work, Project Scorecard or Project Roadmap to define the project requirements, project objective, project scope and project milestones - Proactively using project management/tracking tools like RAID tracker, RACI matrix, JIRA, Confluence to keep the project on track and identify & mitigate risks - Ensuring transparency by providing regular and open communication to all the stakeholders regarding project status and impediments - Selected to be a part of the DEI pillar of global projects team. Responsible for maintaining team’s internal DEI website (using HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript) to share communication regarding DEI events
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Apr 20213 mosJun 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Gained comprehensive understanding of Securities Services and its key revenue drivers - Performed trend analysis of the earnings of JPMC Securities Services business and conducted its competitor analysis against its top industry peers using SWOT and PESTEL analysis
Dell
Jul 20181 yr 11 mosMay 2020

Bengaluru Area, India

- Worked on the unified inventory management and procurement application that supports the supply chain of Dell - Performed manual end-to-end testing of inventory movement and order management systems by performing data analysis using SQL - Developed test scripts on par with user stories, tracked & investigated defects and submitted detailed test reports to the stakeholders - Saved few hours of work by automating test scripts using C# and Selenium - Partnered with cross-functional teams to seek inputs on process improvement and boost performance - Selected to be a part of the core team of IT Development Program for organizing mentoring, networking, and CSR events for new hires from campus
Dell
Jan 20185 mosMay 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Worked with Customer Database Management Team to improve customer experience - Learnt the agile mindset and scrum framework and actively contributed to daily scrum - Performed automation testing for one of the web application using C# and Selenium

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Education

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru

20202 yrs2022

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

Manipal University, Jaipur

20144 yrs2018

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Headline

Product Manager | Goldman Sachs | AWM Portfolio and Client Service | Ex - JPMC, Dell

About

Product Manager with 5+ years of experience executing end-to-end product lifecycle initiatives within global financial institutions, specializing in portfolio servicing, reconciliation, and financial reporting products. Demonstrated ability to drive digital transformation programs that enhance operational efficiency, eliminate manual processes, reduce costs, and improve financial data accuracy. Specialties: Product Owner, Product Management, Business Value, Stakeholder Management, Agile, Scrum, Product Requirements, Product Vision, Sprint Planning, Product Backlog Refinement, Backlog Prioritization

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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ChatGPT

Work experience

Associate Product Manager at Goldman Sachs, Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Acting as Product Manager for portfolio servicing products supporting the post-trade lifecycle within Asset & Wealth Management Leading a vendor elimination initiative to insource transaction booking and reconciliation for a category of funds, resulting in direct annual vendor-fee savings and improved data accuracy Serving as co-product lead for a centralized exception management platform to triage and resolve exceptions across trade lifecycle of various asset classes, reducing manual touchpoints and improving operational turnaround time Partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Client Implementations, and UX teams to define user journeys, prioritize backlog, and ensure seamless execution of product roadmaps Driving monthly Steering Committee governance with Managing Directors to align priorities, communicate status, and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and change impacts across stakeholders

Product Associate at JPMorganChase, Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Acted as product lead of the global reconciliation platform of merchant acquiring business, processing payment transactions worth $1 trillion volume annually (in 2023) Proven track record of leading product lifecycle initiatives from requirements gathering to go-to-market strategies, focused on improving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction Successfulaly led the development of a comprehensive dashboard that provided critical finance metrics, improving operational visibility by 95% and reducing manual efforts by 90% Saved ~1000 hours of FTE capacity by automating the debit cards acquiring process, including booking the receivable and payable positions in the ledger and reconciling settlement from network

Product Analyst at JPMorganChase, Apr 2024 - Dec 2024 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Skilled in leveraging advanced technologies to onboard new initiatives and payment brands on the ever-evolving JPMC’s in-house reconciliation tool, processing ~60 million transactions daily with 99% settlement accuracy Successfully led the development of a comprehensive dashboard that provided critical finance metrics, improving operational visibility by 95% and reducing manual efforts by 90%

Global Finance and Business Management Analyst at JPMorganChase, May 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Responsible for leading various projects end-to-end through project governance framework and diverse stakeholder management across finance, business, tech and compliance teams - Actively involved in project planning, project scheduling, project tracking, project monitoring, testing and project execution with increased efficiency, streamlined delivery and cost reduction - Responsible for preparing the Business Requirement Document (BRD), Project Charter, Statement of Work, Project Scorecard or Project Roadmap to define the project requirements, project objective, project scope and project milestones - Proactively using project management/tracking tools like RAID tracker, RACI matrix, JIRA, Confluence to keep the project on track and identify & mitigate risks - Ensuring transparency by providing regular and open communication to all the stakeholders regarding project status and impediments - Selected to be a part of the DEI pillar of global projects team. Responsible for maintaining team’s internal DEI website (using HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript) to share communication regarding DEI events

Summer Intern at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Apr 2021 - Jun 2021 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Gained comprehensive understanding of Securities Services and its key revenue drivers - Performed trend analysis of the earnings of JPMC Securities Services business and conducted its competitor analysis against its top industry peers using SWOT and PESTEL analysis

Software Engineer 1 at Dell, Jul 2018 - May 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, - Worked on the unified inventory management and procurement application that supports the supply chain of Dell - Performed manual end-to-end testing of inventory movement and order management systems by performing data analysis using SQL - Developed test scripts on par with user stories, tracked & investigated defects and submitted detailed test reports to the stakeholders - Saved few hours of work by automating test scripts using C# and Selenium - Partnered with cross-functional teams to seek inputs on process improvement and boost performance - Selected to be a part of the core team of IT Development Program for organizing mentoring, networking, and CSR events for new hires from campus

Intern at Dell, Jan 2018 - May 2018 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Worked with Customer Database Management Team to improve customer experience - Learnt the agile mindset and scrum framework and actively contributed to daily scrum - Performed automation testing for one of the web application using C# and Selenium

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, Manipal University, Jaipur