SUMMARY

• Accomplished Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience in gathering, analyzing & presenting requirements for Portfolio Management, Securities Trade Life Cycle Management, Wealth Management & Regulatory Reporting IT systems
• Extensive experience in gathering requirements using waterfall/agile methodologies, writing Business Requirements (BRD) /Functional Requirements Document (FRD), articulating User Stories on Rally/JIRA, writing SQL queries, designing & executing test cases including Integration & User Acceptance Test cases, providing support across securities trade life cycle & regulatory compliance reporting, change management & automating business processes using VBA/SQL
• Core BFSI/Wealth Management/Investment Management/Capital Market domain expertise with experience of working in the role of a Research Lead/ Senior Research Analyst building and updating Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) & Relative Valuation financial models for companies under coverage, analyzing performance of mutual funds and SMAs for listing on advisory platform and conducting manager due diligence for some of the largest US based Financial Institutions
• Strong academic background with MBA in Finance from Tier - 1 Institute, Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Telecommunication engineering and passed 3 levels of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams conducted by CFA Institute, VA, USA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Skillset: Business System Analyst Business Consulting, Requirement Gathering, Wealth Management, Articulating User Stories, Gap Analysis, Business analysis, Agile Methodology, Manual Testing, CFA, Writing Business Requirements Document (BRD)/ Functional Requirements Document (FRD),Creating Use Cases, Change Management, Investment Banking, Capital Market, Mutual Fund Performance Analysis, Fund Research, Wealth Management Research, Industry Research, Equity Research, Portfolio Analytics, Credit Analysis, Financial Modelling, Merger & Acquisition Valuation, Valuation (DCF & Relative Valuation), Financial Analyst, Business Consulting, Financial Consulting, Manager Research & Due Diligence, Capital Market Consulting

Database Skills: Morningstar Direct, Bloomberg, FACTSET, MYSQL, Oracle 13i

IT Skills: SQL, RALLY, JIRA, SOAP & REST API Testing, Oracle Database, VBA Programming, Unix, Object Oriented Programming using C++, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Advanced Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Access, Confluence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in new client implementation process with focus on identifying, verifying and documenting data mapping requirements from client to wealth management platform
• Liaised with development & testing project teams including offshore teams with regards to creating user stories on Rally, developing quality assurance end-to-end test cases, understanding acceptance criteria and providing support during product rollout
• Supported execution of data conversion and/or configuration, including data trials and model office activities using end-to-end functional test scenarios
• Supported Scrum Masters, Product Owners and senior level analysts on various projects to document & communicate key decisions, address open issues, understand workflow and address functional requirements.
• Drove Quality Assurance with creation and execution of functional test cases on Rally as needed
• Executed API Web Service scenarios using REST & SOAP Web Service to validate that requirements are incorporated
• Utilized industry experience to understand requirements for Wealth Management Platform and address functional queries of development & testing teams
• Developed SQL queries and executed them to cross validate understanding of data flow
• Promoted from individual contributor role to team management role within 6 months of joining

BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements from business users and analyzed requirements to assess the delta between current state & desired state
• Prepared Business Requirements Document (BRD) & Functional Requirement Document (FRD) specifying the requirements and highlighting execution related risks/issues as appropriate
• Conducted requirement walkthrough and knowledge sharing sessions for application development and quality assurance teams
• Utilized asset management industry experience and knowledge of various asset classes such as equities, fixed income, equity derivatives and options to address relevant queries of the application development and quality assurance teams
• Studied regulations related to reporting of Tax Straddles, MIFID II and assisted client side analysts in developing test cases for calculation of relevant Tax Amount, which resulted in additional ~800 hours of client billable application development/ quality assurance work
• Liaised with application development and testing teams to ensure synchronization with regard to business requirements, time lines and resource requirements
• Developed SQL queries and executed them to cross validate understanding of data flow
• Received Insta Award at Confidential as a token of appreciation for the timeliness and quality of deliverables

SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built & Updated Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)/Relative Valuation models for earnings & events of companies under coverage
• Created and executed financial analyses in support of the investment thesis (e.g. financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, sensitivity analysis, peer valuation analysis) and structured brief notes summarizing the investment rationale
• Screened companies from small & mid cap space in India Geo using client’s proprietary models for further analysis
• Prepared sector specific presentations taking into account the competitive intensity in the industry, macro-factors affecting the industry and growth expectations
• Participated in investment diligence including calls/meetings with management teams, research analysts and industry experts
• Extracted relevant data points from Bloomberg Database and analyzed large datasets using Microsoft Excel to locate meaningful patterns
• Adjudged Employee of the Month in July 2015 at Confidential having achieved the highest client satisfaction score

RESEARCH LEAD

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Screened managers for inclusion on the client’s advisory platform using an established combination of qualitative and quantitative criteria
• Conducted in-depth due diligence of managers including performance analysis, manager response to due diligence questionnaire and notes from analyst’s meeting with manager to assess a manager’s competitive advantage versus its relevant peers
• Analyzed manager portfolios to understand drivers of risk and return, alpha composition and the robustness of the strategy in various market environments and prepared power point presentations summarizing the findings
• Performed holding based style analysis, return based style analysis and performance attribution analysis on manager portfolios using Morningstar Direct database
• Automated the process of collecting rationale from underperforming managers and the quarterly underperforming managers identification process using VBA/SQL code
• Exceptional performance at Confidential resulted in promotion to the Research Lead position within 15 months of joining
• Conducted performance appraisal activities including goal setting and annual evaluation exercise of 5 offshore analysts in the research team
• Adjudged Employee of the Year in FY 2013 at Confidential for exceptional contribution
• Received PAT on the Back Award at Confidential for improving operational efficiency of Client's processes using VBA

ASSISTANT SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared System Design Document by inferring requirements from Functional Requirements Document
• Designed software code using C++/SQL Programming on UNIX Platform to achieve the desired functionality in the IVRS
• Performed unit testing of developed code to ensure that the code execution meets the intended requirements
• Successfully delivered an initiative on integration of Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) of two US based banks
• Work Quality Appreciated by Client as well as Project Manager