SUMMARY

• 5 years of experience in Business, Systems, Data Analysis and Development of Investment Applications.
• Proficient in all phases of teh Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
• Accountable for high profile projects across various lines of business such as Fixed Income, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Asset & Wealth management and Retail Banking.
• Function as an end to end business analyst producing documents using BA standards/Tools, such as Business requirements document (BRD), Functional/Technical Specifications (FSD/FRD), GAP analysis, Workflows and Interface prototypes.
• Created algorithmic equations for capturing arbitrage opportunities wifin Foreign Exchange currency market, through Meta - Trader Platform.
• Worked wif market data from Bloomberg and Reuters.
• Using python captured Bond market data to calculate randomness of prices and possible trading strategies.
• Proven track record of completing projects to specifications while dealing wif challenges such as cross-team dependencies, changing schedules, and constantly evolving requirements.
• Experience wif trade processing interfaces including SWIFT, Straight Through Processing (STP), FIX protocol, XML, data modelling and data mapping.
• Proficiency in analyzing complex and voluminous data using SQL, creating extracts and presenting a well-versed analysis to project stakeholders.
• Proficiency in analyzing complex and voluminous trade data to conduct Performance and Trade analysis.
• Develop and execute Test Plans and test cases that thoroughly exercise and validate program logic and ensure business requirements has been met.
• Extensive experience and success in conducting User Acceptance testing (UAT) and Integration testing wif both internal and external end users and vendors.
• Possesses teh ability to create complex SQL scripts on teh fly and execute on databases to create reports and extracts for data analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Business Domain: Foreign Exchange (FX), Asset & Wealth Management Service, Fixed Income & Equities, Portfolio Analytics.

Functional Skills: SDLC Methodologies (Agile & Waterfall), Business Requirements Gathering, Use Case and Test Plan Creation, Defect Management, Data Warehousing Applications, Production Support and Release Management.

Technical Skills: MS Visio, Quality Center, XML Spy, SQL Server, Cute FTP, MQ Series, SWIFT, FIX Protocol, Python, MQL4, .NET, PHP, MATLAB, C#; C; .NET, JSON, R, Visual Studio, API, Excel Macros, MS Project, MS SharePoint.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Boston

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gatheird business requirements for custom implementations for Proprietary SWIFT trade message conversions for Foreign Exchange Currency.
• Created custom mapping specifications for developers to convert Proprietary Trade Messages to Standard SWIFT messages.
• Created currency valuation models for resell to third party vendors for BBH.
• Created thesis for a Mergers and Acquisitions project to bid on new startup which specialized in creating new financial networking technologies
• Self-Started data initiative to garner sentiment from trade databases to better establish asset pricing models.
• Modeled financial climate into executable algorithmic strategies to create a long term goal of engineering a neural network.
• Assisted Fixed Income team by validating data coming through third party sources as well as internal sources.
• Managed complete end to end testing for implementation of OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) regulations for scanning of trade messages for possibility of fraudulent behavior based on upon intelligence of previous target behavior using but not limited to tools and theories such as semantic intelligence.
• Participate in end to end SDLC and seeing through every aspect of teh project life cycles from teh initial requirements to production implementation, support and documentation.
• Maintain all associated materials wifin a project SPR (System Programming Request) including BRD, Change Request forms, Mapping specs, Test scripts, Test Data and Actions/Issues log.
• Analyze and clarify client specific custom logic and data enrichment requirements for trade, FX, Swaps, Corporate Actions, Reconciliation and Cash Messaging.
• Use SQL to analyze message path builds as all rules info are held on many SQL tables in both DB2 and Oracle servers. Many messages arrive in very large XML format and has to be deciphered into other SWIFT XML types.
• Develop UAT test plans, test scenarios, test conditions and test cases based on business requirements and functional/technical specifications.
• Lead BRD reviews, test strategy meetings wif teh business groups, addressing risks, issues and concerns.
• Responsible for managing teh Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) which halps manage numerous artifacts produced by teh teams across all deliverables for a project.
• Analyzed bugs / defects and interacted wif development team members in fixing teh issues; and presented teh fixes to teh client during UAT.
• Prepare migration documentation and Release Notes in preparation for deployment, and User Documentation as necessary for end users and Production Support Teams.
• Proactively communicate wif business and technical communities in understanding issues and formulating resolutions and participate wif regression tests utilizing Test cases and parallel testing to insure data integrity.

Confidential, Westwood, MA

Business/Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Primary liaison between multiple facets of teh IT project team, Sales & Marketing team, and respective clients’ Relationship managers, Financial advisors, Traders and IT teams.
• Implemented teh agile methodology to adapt to changing requirements, allow continuous development and identify early bug fixes. Used TFS to track stories.
• Involved in teh automation of a wealth management software that creates heat maps of based on equity valuation models to drive customized percentage of invest-able cash. Also combined in teh software is a data aggregation property from international custodians that automatically extracts financial statements to create normalized views.
• Developed a middle office interface for clearing and matching of credit card transactions for Confidential . Teh UI allowed Confidential to automate its release and control process for transactions in bulk.
• Constructed ontologies to drive Real Time Intelligence platform to gather financial information from various web sources as well as social media to provide overview of individual companies.
• Implemented Black Litterman Asset Allocation method.
• Create user stories, acceptance criterion, give client demos at teh end of sprint and manage client feedback.
• Prioritize work wif halp of Product owners and provide user and post production support.
• Created wire frames for clients requesting new applications built into financial mainframes.
• Serve as teh subject matter expert (SME) on new product offering to expand services offered to clients.
• Testing - Developed Test Plans and Test Cases, tracked Quality Assurance (QA) defects on Quality Center and Prepare Change Release documents.
• Coordinated business User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Integration Testing and Functional Testing phases.
• Vendor Management - Worked wif Business Owners and Relationship Managers for external vendors and off-shore resources.
• Production Support, Enhancements and Deployment - Implemented Pilot Testing and Group of users for teh newly developed application. Developed Business Continuity Documents Support Procedures Handover and Operation.

Confidential, New York, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely wif asset management advisors, trade management team, and trade support to gather requirements.
• Decomposing complex details/concepts into business and functional requirements that can be understood by teh stakeholders (i.e. end users, developers, testers, etc.
• Liaise wif development and SME’s for delivery of enhancements, requirement walkthroughs, technical design review and defect triage during system testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Constructed rules for data extractions tools to filter meta data results from API’s
• Researched new ways to drive Real Time Intelligence platform towards opening different lines of business.
• Conducted JAD sessions to solicit requirements from program sponsors and development managers.
• Analysis of dashboard reports and consolidated positions.
• Automated Reporting for Project and Process Improvement - Used MS Excel Macro’s to create project summary dashboards for reporting
• Manage internal, external and offshore communications wif stakeholders, BA teams and SQA teams to ensure requirements align wif teh current scope and to manage expectation of business partners.
• Experienced in managing Change requests
• Used SQL queries to analyze data in stage, reject and core tables, and extract fields relevant to reporting and mapping specifications.
• Providing reports of exception and halp in project tracking, status reporting & communication to stakeholders and post implementation support.

Environment: Portfolio Construction, Fixed Income securities

Confidential

Research Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Authored company reports to establish trends in various sectors of teh Indian economy. Reports were based various company metrics including market value, stock price,
• Herfindahl Index, and Assets under Management. Research was published in monthly publications, which were retailed to financial institutions.