SUMMARY:

• Versatile, seasoned, Project Manager, Sr. Business Analyst and Data Analyst, with over twelve (12) years of experience, and a proven track record of implementing impactful projects that deliver operational efficiency while meeting schedule & cost constraints and regulatory objectives. A career demonstrating exceptional leadership in Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Know Your Customer (KYC) space and CAMS certified. Will travel and relocate for the right position. Core competencies include:
• Process Re - Engineering
• Monitoring Dashboard
• Executive Metrics Reporting
• Data analytics
• Big Data Analysis
• Process Automation
• Program Governance
• Integrated Program Planning
• Application Development
• Agile, Scrum, Kanban
• Requirement Gathering
• Global Delivery Management
• AML KYC CDD EDD
• AML Investigator
• AML Control Testing
• Risk & Issue Management
• Finance Management
• Team Building/ Recruitment

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Data Analytics: Oracle, SQL, Hadoop, Hue, Hive, Paxata, QlikView, Business Object, Cognos, SAS, Tableau

Project Mgmt.: Waterfall SDLC (Including SRS, FRD, RTM, BPM, DFD), Agile, Kanban, HPQC, Confluence

Development: Python, VBA, JavaScript, ABAP, Java, Java Struts (IDE Eclipse)

MS Tools: Excel, Access, Visio, Project, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

AML: Mantas, Actimize, USA PATRIOT Act, BSA Regulations, CDD, EDD, FCB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of experienced SVPs while identifying opportunities to leverage data/analytics to improve the effectiveness of Citi AML controls
• Developed AML Monitoring Dashboard for continuous AML processes monitoring & testing
• Utilized Big Data tools - Hadoop/Hue/Hive and Paxata to analyze and provide solutions

Tools: Hadoop, Hue, Hive, Paxata, Python, QlikView, MS Access, VBA, SQL, SAS, Confluence, SharePoint, Excel, Mantas, Actimize

Confidential

Global Data, Metric & Analytics Manager

Responsibilities:

• Established and led diverse 18 member global team building out global KYC metrics and analytics program
• Migrated manual reporting process to efficient and reliable Citi enterprise platform with Business Intelligence tool (SAP Business Object) eliminating 70% of the manual efforts
• Centralized reporting, reducing the metrics reconciliation time. Senior management, Citi country heads and global reporting units received the consistent metrics that enabled them to take informed decisions
• Reviewed AML KYC exemption criteria globally for ~21,000 institutional relationships
• Generated Operational and Senior Management reports e.g. KYC Global Scorecard
• Identified valid institutional relationships globally and confirming KYC Ownership
• Validated upstream data sources and addressing global audit requests
• Provided critical analytics to senior management e.g. capacity planning, forecasting etc.

Tools: MS Project, Visio, HP Quality Center, Business Object, Access, VBA, Oracle, SharePoint, Tableau, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Agile Methodology, Cognos

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided Mantas scenario effectiveness evaluation during the development of AML monitoring framework that improved alert accuracy by 10%
• Investigated and identified true negatives (non-alerting) scenarios as well

Tools: Mantas, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint

Confidential, NY

Senior AML KYC Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed Process Flow diagrams, detailed MS Project Plan, Test Case template and Defect Tracking process
• Extensively planned and managed the Functional Testing of the Know Your Customer tool
• Successfully managed the client UAT and issue resolution process, this included Functional, Data and Environmental issues
• Trained UAT and Pilot users, at multiple locations, about the functionality of the tool
• Generated comprehensive weekly Project Status reports

Tools: MS Project, Visio, HP Quality Center, SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Confidential Consulting, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements, and validated the various functionalities
• Managed and tracked project activities on Kanban for Agile Software Development Life Cycle. This resulted in timely completion of software development, and helped the client in expediting product launch
• Trained client’s software development team on Agile Kanban software development methodology

Tools: Kanban Tracker, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Java

Confidential, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Mapped and remodeled the KYC Business Processes, extensively used MS Visio to create the Business Process Modeling Diagrams
• Gathered requirements and developed Database Prototype, this working model was the proof of concept, that led to the enhanced business process and development of enterprise software solutions
• Managed and Conducted a Global UAT for electronic Customer Acquisitions and Due Diligence (CADD) system, that involved business users from Asia-Pac, Europe, Middle East and Americas
• Documented the “As-Is” and “To-Be” processes. Identified test scenarios and created test cases along with prerequisite data. Coordinated with several teams to collect and validate global data feeds
• Trained client executives to perform data analysis based on the compliance guidelines

Tools: MS Access, VBA, SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Confidential, NY

Strategy Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Proposed a strategy to merge and roll out SAP platform across the globe
• Assisted very experienced Confidential strategy consulting executives in brainstorming the most pragmatic global rollout strategy for SAP
• Gained insight about cost estimation and utilized my past SAP development experience

Tools: Excel, PowerPoint

Confidential, New York, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Automate the manual process (using Java and VBA Excel) to reduce the regression testing time from 2 days to 5 minutes, developed an engine to simulate Fixed Income and Forex trades for regression analysis
• Generated bulk test trades (Fx, Futures & Swaps) to trading system and computed the expected system output
• Developed VBA (excel) utilities to identify EOD positions and check data consistency

Tools: Java, Excel, VBA

Confidential

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and supported Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) version 5.1 software product. Established an innovative Core Interface to ensure the data consistency within Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and SCM
• Conducted sessions for customers and new team members, explained the process of creating optimal planned/production orders using SAP Advance Planner and Optimizer
• Led a team of 2 personnel to analyze and research production campaign for manufacturing industry
• Employed the complete Software Development Life Cycle to developed an efficient and scalable product
• Provided Level 3 support to the customers and helped them in customizing the SAP SCM configuration
• Handled customer issues, provided solutions, s and created technical documentation

Tools: ABAP

Confidential

Software Developer 

Responsibilities:

• Automated loan approval workflow for Fifth Third Bank that streamlined the loan authorization and interest rate estimation
• Redesigned the loan approval process based on client’s history and industry sector
• Identified the “As-Is” processes, conducted a gap analysis and developed “To-Be” processes
• Prototyped the customized software solution (using JAVA Struts) to streamline the loan authorization and interest rate estimation workflows. Later it was implemented in Fifth Third bank

Tools: Java, Java Struts (IDE Eclipse), JavaScript