PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Business Analyst with around 9 + years of experience in the areas of BFSI Domain specific to Capital Market. As a senior business analyst Worked with Large Investment Banks, Custodians and Asset Management companies in U.S.and other location and has worked exclusively on Functional, Process and Technology consulting in the areas: in Front/Middle Office across multiple asset class Good knowledge of Investment management operation, Client Data and compliance Technology .
• As a Product Owner, Business Analysis and Project Management experience across Agile & Waterfall models in Enterprise Systems within the financial services industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Analyst

Confidential, Charlotte NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the analysis, Creating User stories, design and implementation of all the onboarding components to support WF Security.
• As a Lead Business Analyst, interacting with client (Business User) and development team for requirements gathering, scope enhancement. Collaborate with LOBs Product Owners to create user stories
• Release management, Change Management, sprint Planning and other project management task. Lead the end to end planning and implementation of the project .
• Manage end to end User Acceptance Testing process, UAT testing and providing subject matter expertise to the teams performing these functions. completion of user acceptance testing (UAT) and Production validation with the different business teams, including coordinating testing of changes, gathering test scripts, and managing issue resolution through Quality Center and email
• Experience in working with Agile - Scrum project methodology and requirements management tool (e.g. JIRA, Quality Centre and Wire framing and mock up tool (Balsamiq)
• Partner with PMs across different work streams and LOBs to ensure project is delivered on schedule, within budget and within scope
• Experience in implementing knowledge of AML, KYC, FATCA / Dodd - Frank, EMIR, Volcker, BSA, FINRA/SEC and other regulatory initiatives for Risk
• Working with Customer/Client Data across enterprise level (FO/MO/BO). Lead the business analysis activities for one of the Enterprise-Wide KYC Technology Program work streams

Software & Tools used: JIRA, Quality Centre and Wire framing and mock up tool (Balsamiq),MS Visio, Salesforce, Proprietary Client and prospect Onboarding solution, CRM tools, Document Management(File net),SharePoint, SQL, SQL Server Reporting Services(SSRS). Pac2000 Change Management Application (BMC Remedy), Knowledge understanding of web-based and middleware technologies (.Net, J2EE, XML, TIBCO Messaging transmission)

Business Analyst

Confidential, Boston MA

Responsibilities:

• As a Lead Business Analyst, interacting with client (Business User) and development team for requirements gathering, scope enhancement,
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise in developing specifications for building Data Marts and other data warehousing infrastructure to support Client Reporting on Performance, Attribution, Risk and Characteristics
• Project Coordination between different stake holder and client relationship management . onsite and offshore coordination
• Monitor project progress on daily / weekly basis and status reporting,
• Worked on Functional and Business flow verification and validation of End to End Investment Management Service Suite which includes the following(Transaction Management, Trade Enrichments, Trade Settlement, Record Keeping, Client Reporting)
• Knowledge of trade capture, validation, confirmation, notification and settlement process
• Performing UAT for the different instrument types(Fixed income, equities, Derivatives and Mortgage Based Securities (MBS), FX Instruments) in various IMS suite applications
• Execution of various Business test cases and raising the defects in SharePoint accordingly.
• Knowledge of real-time EDW platform ESP
• Static data setups such as portfolio issues, bank accounts, Counterparty in GRS

Business object enterprise (BOE), and Security Master

Confidential, Irvine CA

Responsibilities:

• As a Lead Business Analyst, interacting with client (Business User) and development team for requirements gathering, scope enhancement, system study & analysis.
• Professional skills in business system documentation review, requirement gathering and documentations including BRD/FRD, meeting facilitations, Project Coordinator, JAD sessions, and client relationship management understanding AS-IS - TO-BE
• Integration Testing of Approximately 70+ Applications - Besides testing the application, testing will include one level of up-stream and one level of down-stream data flow and creation test repository
• Business UAT - along with the Business users to test the critical business flows across applications
• Project management, Conducting Reviews with Development teams on the issues raised
• Assisting in project plan’s formulation, ensuring project’s kick-offs and keeping track
• Supporting the PMO team, preparation of status reports, project status meetings, project tracking and implementing project plans within preset budgets and deadlines
• Writing Test Scenarios and Functional Specifications as per the requirements received
• Experience in developing QA test plan, test conditions, test case; ensuring adequate testing of software both before and after completion; conducting and documenting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Software & Tools used: - Smarts (Fund Accounting Application), TAPS (Security master). TMS (Trade enrichment application), Bloomberg, STP), CUP (Collateral Management), Prime OFAC, and Pricing applications. Business objects (BOE), SQL, SYBASE, JIRA, MS Visio and Quality Centre

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing legacy system and document business-rules to be implemented in Test Data management tool
• Interaction with testing team to communicate business requirements and make them understand Asset management+ product functionalities
• Understand and analyze the client requirement as shared by the on-site BA team,
• Liaising with client’s Requirements engineering team in refining and documenting requirements specific to Asset management
• Prepare business rules to implement it in the automation testing tool,
• Provide domain support to the technical team members, and provide domain sessions to the technical team

Product Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working in product development division( Fund Management, PMS( Portfolio management), WMS (Wealth management), mutual funds, Insurance, Financial Planning, Capital market,
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of
• Implementation of PMS Back office, understanding clients requirement related to enhancements and writing functional specification document along with functional test script.
• Responsible for assisting the sales team to drive revenue by helping to qualify accounts, answer RFP/RFI preparing and delivering solution based product presentations, and delivering proof of concepts which meet customer business requirements
• Responsible for gathering functional requirements of the project and presales activity
• Closely working with project management team, Advise the engineering team on product changes and drive the product roadmap
• Work closely with both our Product Management and Engineering teams to ensure inclusion of enhancements requested by clients in the software and ensure release in stipulated time
• Responsible for helping the team to understand and clarify the functional requirements.
• Requirement gathering and Preparation System Requirement study document
• Impart functional / domain knowledge to the Development & Testing team by way of conducting

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of
• Responding to RFPs, RFIs and coordinate with sales team of different geographical location
• New feature development in Wealth Management and Asset management Product
• Market analysis and study trend in the industry
• Responsible for documenting client organization’s direction, structure, business processes and requirement
• Performed functional testing of software
• Impart functional / domain knowledge to the Development & Testing Team by way of conducting

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• New feature development in Wealth Management and Mutual Fund Product
• New feature development in Wealth Management and Treasury Product
• Responsible for helping the team to understand and clarify the functional requirements.
• Requirement Study and analysis
• Requirement gathering and Preparation System Requirement study document(BRD, FSD, Product note)
• Responsible for documenting client organization’s direction, structure, business processes and requirements
• Functional testing of software
• Impart functional / domain knowledge to the Development & Testing team by way of conducting s

Senior Relationship Manager /Investment Products

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Part of treasury department, wealth management services( WMS division), worked in product team
• Coordinating with software vendors for customizing the application, sign off after module testing.
• Investment advisory services & portfolio management services to corporate and institutional clients
• Coordinating with PR and advertising agencies
• Product Marketing Support, analysis of competitor's and different distribution channels
• Analyzing portfolio clients & risk appetite advise about different investment avenues
• Managing the MIS of clients, Preparing and tracking relevant MIS, monitoring product performance, client service
• Interface between AMC and clients
• Supervising a team of 10 people and motivating them for generation of new lead
• Arranging Internal sales and follow up s as part of knowledge up gradation
• Developing relations with existing clients and generating further business opportunities.
• Converting the Leads into productive ones through proper product explanation.

Relationship Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Part of Investment advisory services, part of operation team( products insurance, mutual funds, Equity Products
• Coordinating with software vendors, testing application
• Possess good understanding of front, and back office processing insurance and mutual fund and equity product
• Handling operation team, Managing the MIS of clients, Preparing and tracking relevant MIS, monitoring product performance, client service
• Appointing sub brokers and getting business from them
• Supervising a team of 10 people and motivating them.
• Developing relations with existing clients and generating further business opportunities.
• Converting the Leads into productive ones through proper product explanation.