Savithri Senevirathne
Kelaniya,Sri Lanka
Summary
Performance-oriented and responsive, with a solid record of accomplishment in the data management industry spanning a 21-year career. I adeptly handle day-to-day needs and special projects by leveraging top-notch leadership, problem-solving, and project management abilities. I specialize in Business Intelligence and the implementation of Data-Centric Culture, with a history of delivering high-value insights to improve business processes, increase efficiency, and boost the bottom line. I skillfully collect, review, and model data to understand problems and devise creative solutions. Additionally, I excel in managing assets and evaluating trends
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Professional Services Consultant
Alex Solutions
Australia, Remote Working
07.2022 - Current
- Member of the Adoption Services Team, handling customer queries and trainings
- Consulting on metadata management, data governance, data quality and data security for organizations
- Leading initiatives to establish a data-centric culture using the Alex Solution Platform
- Consulted with business professionals to offer guidance on best practices on data management and data operations.
Senior Manager - Business Intelligence
Seylan Bank PLC
08.2019 - 06.2022
- Headed the BI function, overseeing data culture implementation
- Provided data-centric business solutions to management for strategy implementation
- Implemented Tableau
- Completed technical assessments to provide management decision support solutions
- Worked with developers to define, score and optimize data streams.
Lead Consultant - Enterprise Information Management
Virtusa Corporation
01.2017 - 07.2019
- Led and consulted on information management projects in healthcare, insurance, and financial services.
Senior Consultant- Enterprise Information Management
Virtusa Corporation
06.2014 - 12.2016
- Provided consultation and leadership on information management projects.
Manager Business Analysis
Pan Asia Bank
02.2010 - 05.2014
- Introduced MIS and business analysis function
- Provided business analysis for all technological project implementations.
IT Help Desk Manager
Nations Trust Bank
10.2008 - 01.2010
- Led the application support team in the IT department
- Monitoring L1 and L2 support tickets
- Conducting user trainings to enhance the technical knowledge
- Testing system fixes and patches
- Representing IT on customer service enhancement forums.
Business Solutions Manager
07.2007 - 09.2008
Business Solutions Manager
Nations Trust Bank
07.2007 - 09.2008
- Bridging the gap between internal users and IT department
- Evaluating user requirements and proposing the best fitted and most cost effective solution.
Assistant Manager- Application Support
Nations Trust Bank
03.2005 - 06.2007
- Supported end-system users on their technological issues
- Handling L1 and L2 issues.
Senior Banking Assistant
Nations Trust Bank
10.2004 - 02.2005
- Handled supervisory banking functions.
Banking Assistant
Nations Trust Bank
07.2002 - 09.2004
- Handled general branch banking duties.
Education
Skills
- Business Intelligence
- Enterprise Information Management
- Visualization tools - (Tableau/Power BI/SAP BO)
- RDBMS Concepts and Data Bases - Oracle/ DB2/ SQL Server/ MySQL
- SQL/TSQ/LR/Python
- ETL Tools - SSIS/SAP BODS/Informatic/Talend/Tableau Prep
- Data Governance
- Metadata and Master Data Management
- Data Security
- Strategic Planning
- Project Leadership
- Business Analysis
References
- Mr. Lasith Nanayakkara, Chief Transformation Officer, Nations Trust Bank PLC, lasithnw@gmail.com, +94 77 771 2611
- Mr. Harendra Samarasinghe, Senior Director, Asia Delivery Head, Virtusa Corporation, hsamarasinghe@virtusa.com, +94 77 361 3580
Projects
Improving meta data extraction on Power BI to provide better meta data management and data cataloging Implementing an Early Warning System using bank internal data to improve credit decisions in the bank Implementation of Tableau in Seylan Bank Implementation of Reporting in the Core System - A Leading US Healthcare Provider Implementation of Business Intelligence Process Evaluation of Core Banking Solutions
Languages
Fluent, Native proficiency
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Senior Professional Services Consultant
Alex Solutions
07.2022 - Current
Senior Manager - Business Intelligence
Seylan Bank PLC
08.2019 - 06.2022
Lead Consultant - Enterprise Information Management
Virtusa Corporation
01.2017 - 07.2019
Senior Consultant- Enterprise Information Management
Virtusa Corporation
06.2014 - 12.2016
Manager Business Analysis
Pan Asia Bank
02.2010 - 05.2014
IT Help Desk Manager
Nations Trust Bank
10.2008 - 01.2010
Business Solutions Manager
07.2007 - 09.2008
Business Solutions Manager
Nations Trust Bank
07.2007 - 09.2008
Assistant Manager- Application Support
Nations Trust Bank
03.2005 - 06.2007
Senior Banking Assistant
Nations Trust Bank
10.2004 - 02.2005
Banking Assistant
Nations Trust Bank
07.2002 - 09.2004