SUMMARY

• Over 8 years’ experience as a Business Analyst with extensive and diversified experience in the Financial and Insurance domains
• Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile, RUP and Waterfall
• Expertise in Requirement Analysis using Caliber RDM and Caliber RM
• Experience in Requirement gathering via conducting Joint Application Development (JAD), through interviews, leading workshops, and using surveys
• Well versed with creation of Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD) and Software Requirements Specification (SRS).
• Expertise in using UML for supplementing functional specifications. Recently worked on Use Case, Activity, Sequence and Stat - chart diagrams for modelling banking domain process
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Responsible, self-motivated and organized. Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities, mentored juniors
• Proficient in creating and managing Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for tracking and managing changes based on project’s evolving needs.
• Proficiency with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Acts regulatory standards for financial institutions.
• Expertise in using SQL for data analysis and certain UI based testing
• Created defect tracking using HP Quality Center and JIRA and reviewed them in subsequent iterations of the application development process.
• Well versed in creating test cases using HP QC and participated for UAT etc.,
• Experience on MiFID II, EMIR, CCAR, Basel II, Basel III, Dodd-Frank Regulatory Reporting FR Y-14 A/Q Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, FRY9-C, DFA 165, DFA 165E and others required for banks for compliance reporting to various regulatory agencies.
• Experience with Charles River Investment Management System.
• Created training manuals, help manuals and user guides to enable smooth deployment of applications.
• Strong understanding of financial valuation concepts and various capital market instruments and processes including Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives.
• Extensive experience in developing and enhancing applications for financial processes including Hedge Funds Pricing, Trade and Settlements operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile (SCRUM)

Business Modeling Tools: MS Visio

Requirement Management Tools: Caliber RDM, Caliber RM

Defect Tracking Tools: JIRA, HP QC, HP ALM

Databases: Oracle (8i), SQL Server, MS Access

Tools: MS PROJECT, SQL, SharePoint, MS Office, MS Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile methodology for the project.
• Led projects across different streams of the regulations like Trade and Transaction Reporting, Commission Management, Best Execution.
• Worked together with Legal and Compliance to elicit requirements from the business in the Fixed Income and Equity space to build a Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Managed user stories and tracked progress in Rally
• Defined the functional specifications for the regulations to capture data from systems like Charles River IMS, HiNet (Books of Records), and COIL (Derivative Ledger).
• Identified gaps in the Charles River IMS v 9.7 with respect to MiFID II and EMIR, and provided solutions for solving them by introducing new processes to capture the missing data.
• Created a new process using MS Visio to separate Commission charges from Research charges and introducing a trigger to notify when the separate charges for the account reaches the limit.
• Introduced a systematic process via SQL to capture data required for Top 5 venue reporting under Best Execution.
• Developed an extract definition for the Transaction Reporting space to be submitted to the Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM).
• Involved in drafting the Request for Proposal (RFP) for selecting the ARM vendor for Trade and Transaction Reporting.
• Used HP QC for user acceptance tests based on the test plans defined in the design phase.

Environment: Agile-Scrum, Rally, Charles River, MS Visio, MS Project Plan,SQL.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed waterfall approach of development for the project.
• Involved in different projects across work-streams from the initiation phase to understand the current business process via meetings with Subject Matter Experts and Product Managers.
• Elicited high level requirements from the traders on the client side, in the Derivatives department, to understand the process model and identified gaps
• Created a future state process flow using MS Visio and iGrafx based on the high-level requirements
• Reviewed and gathered requirements from the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Stakeholders using various elicitation techniques and produced Scope Management Documents, and Business Requirements Document (BRD)
• Created a new business process involving conversion of Client carried OTC derivatives into securities format for the proposed sub-ledger system
• Create various reports to source data for the DFA165e (Single Counterparty Limit) and CCAR mainly for Derivatives and SFT (Security Financing Transaction)
• Identified fields for redaction in the client database from Switzerland based on the Swiss privacy rules and regulations for accounts opened in the country
• Wrote SQL statements to extract data from the tables to validate data flow
• Captured the functional specifications from meetings with stakeholders and product owners across the enterprise and validated the same with the development team
• Participated in the user acceptance tests based on the test plans created during the design phase of the projects and tracked progress in HP QC

Environment: Windows 7, MS Visio, MS Project Plan, MS Office Suite, Quality Center, SQL.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile approach of development throughout the project
• Acted as the primary Intermediary between the Subject Matter Experts such as Credit Risk Managers, Market Risk Managers, Portfolio Managers and relationship managers to understand and identify the Business Needs, Business Rules, Business Processes and Interface Specifications.
• Developing internal policies relating to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) within the organization and over seeing their implementation.
• Handled end-to-end implementation of Actimize Intelligent Server (AIS) detection platform.
• Gather CCAR PPNR and supplementary metrics (FRY-14) forecast from different business units.
• Track agency obligations and expenditures using the automated Comprehensive Cost and Requirements (CCAR) System.
• Review documentation to prevent fraud, money laundering, and identity theft losses.
• Analyzed data regarding credit derivative instruments
• Conducted GAP analysis using AS-IS and TO-BE business process, SWOT analysis and cost/benefit analysis to develop a target process flow model to track collateral linkages and hypothecation details with regard to client using MS Visio
• Coordinated daily scrum meetings
• Detailed the Functional requirements specifications, user stories and other core materials
• Conducted data modeling activities to map products (Equity, Bonds, Loans, etc) with the existing processes.
• Involved in developing and executing system and UAT test plans; developed and maintained the test scripts with the necessary screenshots for reporting purpose

Environment: Windows XP, SQL, MS Visio, MS Project Plan, MS Office Suite, Caliber RM, Quality Center.

Confidential - Weehawken, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project initiation meetings with Purchase & Sales division and the middle office teams that coordinate with broker-to-broker traders.
• Documented the workflow and activities of the existing broker-to-broker trade and confirmation process using MS Visio.
• Worked extensively with trade middle office teams to gather the trade blotter details for various financial instruments and created detailed mapping diagram to link them to the new system.
• Involved in the creation of use case scenarios like the need for the middle or back office user to view and remark about deviations in trade between brokers.
• Conducted multiple gap analysis against Basel II, II.5 and III rules. Validated Basel II framework, including internal rating systems (PD, LGD, EAD models) and RWA calculation.
• Involved in Sprint planning meetings to identify and prioritize product backlogs that included the development of SQL based database for collecting trade information, algorithm to compare internal trade details with the counter-party trade details.
• Worked on business requirement documentation for Basel IIIimplementation including specific risk rating systems, wrong way risk trades, risk capital charge, asset value correlation factor, Montecarlo Simulation, counterparty ratings, collateralized counterparties
• Managed the project flow, backlogs, requirements and test traceability matrix using VersionOne.
• Coordinated with the development and testing team to conduct white-box testing on the new application and database systems using HP QC and LoadRunner.
• Involved with middle office and back office teams to conduct UAT test on the new Purchase & Sales application for broker-to-broker trade confirmation.

Environment: MS Office Suite, MS Visio, IBM Mainframes, VersionOne, HP QC, LoadRunner.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in meetings with product managers of Fidelity Advisory services to understand the existing platforms and the scope and criticality of the new business needs.
• Gathered and documented business requirements by conducting Joint Application Development meetings with the portfolio advisory experts (SMEs) and development team. The business requirements were further refined in consultation with product managers of the Fidelity Personalized Portfolio team.
• Maintaining cases based on the agreed Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies and incorporated the same with the use cases.
• Creating Use Cases for conducting investigations, using Actimize, to detect covert transactions and identify criminal or suspicious financial activities.
• Created UML diagrams including activity and workflow diagrams using MS Visio and created wireframe prototypes to include the new Equity investment sleeves.
• Coordinated with the development team and database administrators to identify the affected modules in the existing portfolio management systems and the functional and non-functional impact of the new requirements.
• As part of the unified development process coordinated with analysis, design and development team to iteratively refine the design, identify and mitigate risks.
• Coordinated with the portfolio advisory team to conduct User Acceptance Test to ensure that the managed account sleeves are enhanced as per business requirements.

Environment: MS Visio, MS Office Suite, Quality Centre, SQL Server, Caliber RDM.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in project scope meetings with GSM-Pricing manager to understand pricing flow and business requirements for new application.
• Involved in Joint Application Development sessions with SMEs and development teams and documented functional business requirements as product backlogs using JIRA Agile.
• Performed business process analysis including Data Mapping and GAP analysis of the existing legacy pricing system and the proposed new GSM pricing system.
• Created UML diagrams including pricing data flow diagrams, activity diagrams and application wireframe prototypes using MS Visio.
• Coordinated with the development team and database administrators to create the required pricing data structure in SQL database platform.
• Assisted the Project Manager in setting project expectations and evaluating the impact of changes on other related pricing systems.
• Coordinated with development team to conduct daily scrum meetings and Sprint planning meetings, which involved creating user stories and epics for chosen sprint backlogs.
• Maintained a Traceability Matrix to ensure that all Functional Requirements for the pricing application are addressed at the Use Case Level as well as the Test Case Level.
• Conducted Project status meetings to apprise the product owners and other stakeholders about the project’s progress and roadmap.
• Performed Functional and GUI Testing to ensure that the user acceptance criteria are met. Created User training materials and carried out the User acceptance testing (UAT) in coordination with the SMEs to make sure that all the Business Requirements are addressed in the new GSM pricing application.

Environment: MS Visio, SQL, MS Suite, SharePoint, JIRA, HQ QC, Load Runner, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC.