PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Experienced Business Analyst professional with 8 years of experience in financial services industry with regards to developing Client-Server and Web-Based applications. Focused and result driven individual with quality experience in ideating, developing, presenting and implementing value added solutions at all levels of business, operations and systems. Highly detail and result oriented with excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to work in a fast paced and team oriented environment to achieve bottom line results.

• Strong experience in dealing with financial securities: Equities, Fixed Income, Money Market, Foreign Exchange, Futures, Forwards Options, Swaps, Credit Derivatives, Mortgage & Asset Backed Securities (MBS / ABS)
• Sound understanding of Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Trading and Settlement, Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds
• In depth understanding of risk analytics such as Value at Risk (VaR) and Greeks
• Expertise in conducting Formal Review and Requirement Elicitation Sessions with various stakeholders to help determine solutions to business problems
• Strong knowledge of various Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile Scrum, Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Proficient in all aspects of SDLC including but not limited to Requirements Gathering, Business System Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, Business Process Flows and Deployment
• Skilled in creating Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD/FSD), Systems Requirement Specifications (SRS), Interface Designs, Business Modeling Diagrams, Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Experience in performing Gap Analysis and facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) to align business requirement to technical specifications and monitoring project progress
• Proficient in analyzing and creating Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Class and Sequence Diagrams and Logical Data Modeling using MS Visio
• Good understanding of database / data warehouse schema such as Star Schema and Snowflake Schema
• Adept at assisting Quality Analyst team in creating Test Strategies, Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test Cases for Functional Testing.
• Expertise in PMO and Quality Assurance (QA) activities
• Well versed in performing various testing including System Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and conducting project end review session
• Strong experience in SQL and MS Excel for data retrieval, modeling, analysis and automation techniques
• Committed to highest ethical standards, experienced team player and leader with the desire to succeed in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced and team oriented environment

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Operating Systems:

Windows XP/2000, Windows 95/98/NT, Mac OSX, Linux, Unix

Database:

MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle 9i, MS Access, MySQL, Sybase

Modeling Tools:

MS Visio, UML, Rational Rose

Testing Tools:

Quality Center, Test Director, QTP, WinRunner, LoadRunner

Languages:

HTML, XML, VB, ASP, SQL, Java

Other Tools:

Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Rational Requisite Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Informatica, Erwin

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential New York, NY
Sr. Business Analyst Apr 2011 - Present

Confidential: The project comprised of designing and developing a data repository system to capture and store data for business functions like Prime Brokerage, Swaps, Stock Loan, and DMA across the globe. The objective of this system was to expand and enhance the underlying client data in the database, allow global data capture to identify and generate interactive reports on an individual client level and by region to help the strategic decision-making process.

Responsibilities:

• Extensively studied the inherent system to have a strong understanding of the business processes and associated system workflow
• Conducted Gap Analysis to identify the benefits of the new system v/s the existing system
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and actively participated in formal technical reviews and walkthroughs with end users, Subject Matter Experts (SME) and developers for better understanding and refining of requirements
• Conducted brainstorming sessions to understand the intricacies of the application and prioritized requirements appropriately
• Instrumented documentation of Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specifications Document (FSD) and Data Architecture document by using Rational Requisite Pro for Requirement Document preparation
• Extensively analyzed the requirements to create Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Field Mapping and Process Flow diagrams using MS Visio
• Provided strategic support in development of detailed project plans, work assignments and target dates
• Managed the project effectively by conducting comprehensive business analysis with the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology
• Conducted weekly meetings with the end users to review functional specifications and resolve open issues by recommending appropriate actions
• Arranged demo sessions as and when necessary and compiled feedbacks from end users and stake holders
• Interacted with the database team to resolve any issues with Data Mapping and Data modeling
• Assisted testing team in understanding the business rules and the system development to ensure complete coverage of requirements and help in developing Testing Strategies
• Supported the QA Team in developing Test Plans, Test Cases and actively participated in System Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Worked with the Production Support team in providing training and technical support to the users

Project Environment: Java, .NET 2.0, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Access, MS SQL Server 2005, UNIX, XML, JIRA, Oracle, Informatica, Erwin

Confidential New York, NY
Lead Business Analyst Oct 2009 Mar 2011

Risk Management System: The project involved implementing a proprietary Risk Management system to provide intuitive and dynamic characterization of asset returns with accurate Value at Risk (VaR)results both at an aggregate portfolio level and at the individual security level. Instruments covered include Equities, Fixed Income, Futures, Options, Foreign Exchange, Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), and OTC Derivatives. The objective of the system is to empower the business user with superior tools for measuring and managing risk across the firm.

Responsibilities:

• Conducted feasibility analysis and gathered requirements by leading JAD sessions
• Analyzed the requirements and prepared the Business Requirements Document (BRD) which was transformed into Functional Specifications Document (FSD)
• Developed Use Cases, Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams in MS Visio to support the development team for better understanding of data flow and processes
• Created Data Mapping sheets of various fields from source database that were required to prepare reports
• Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to gather business requirements and understand the environment necessary to build the application
• Performed Gap Analysis to understand the inherent system and documented gaps for process enhancement
• Assisted Project Manager (PM) with developing project plan and project milestones while managing the system life cycle in MS Project
• Developed report prototypes to get business users approval during design phase of the project
• Worked on different fields of the report to facilitate various reports like industry, performance, exposure to risks and holdings of securities
• Used Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) software technology while using Business Objects and Crystal Reports to enable business users to gain insight into data and access to a wide variety of reports
• Performed various SQL queries to make sure that right reports were generated through Crystal Reports
• Supported database team by providing all the information about complexity of data, data sources and the time sensitive behavior of data
• Assisted the QA team in developing Test Plan and Test Cases to perform various functional and system testing of the application
• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to develop end-to-end connection from requirements to test cases to meet expected results on time

Project Environment: .NET, C/C#, Java, Visual Basic, Oracle 9i, SQL, XML, Crystal Reports, FIX, FXall, Autosys

Confidential New York, NY
Business Analyst Sept 2007 Sept 2008

Fixed Income Trading System:The project involved developing a front office web-based trading system for securities like Corporate Bonds, Government Bonds, Asset Backed Securities with limit and risk management capabilities integrated within the system. The back office included operations such as Settlements, Confirmation Matching, Position Management, Accounting and Reporting that were configured in the system

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile Methodology to build the system at fast pace in the global context
• Performed Functional Analysis to design and map business work flows
• Conducted meetings and walk throughs with process owners, mapped process flows, prepared documentation (BRD) and flow charts using MS Visio
• Worked with the technical team to translate business requirements into technical design using UML
• Ensured that all deliverables and artifacts are in compliance with the SDLC procedures
• Analyzed the requirements and created Use Case Models, Use Case Diagrams and Activity Diagrams
• Wrote SQL queries for data retrieval and analysis
• Created User Acceptance Test Cases
• Tested Trade Authorization, Recording, Confirmation, Settlements, Pricing, Reconciliation, and Securities Master File (SMF) set up enhancements
• Conducted project end review sessions with the developer team and presented to the management for discussion and suggestion

Project Environment: MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Access, SQL, Java, UML, Oracle, Windows

Confidential Jersey City, NJ
Business Analyst Sept 2006 Aug 2007

Document Management: This project involved the development of a web-based system for document processing including capturing, scanning, approving, and archiving for faster execution. The different stages were document capturing, document processing and document tracking with status transparency with the ability to generate reports that include processing statistics, volumes and reject reports on a monthly and daily basis.

Responsibilities:

• Conducted meetings with product management team to brainstorm product features
• Led process walk throughs and JAD Sessions with process owners to document business needs
• Documented the life cycle of document processing using UML, MS Visio
• Worked on the documentation for Business Requirements Document, System Requirements, System Interface Layouts, database changes along with user guide and manuals
• Interacted with stakeholders such as Custodians, Clearing and Settlement team members to present the proposed changes
• Helped in developing QA Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Script and participated in System Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Arranged demo sessions as and when necessary and compiled feed backs from the business users
• Worked with the Production Support team in providing training and technical support to the users.
• Conducted project end review sessions with the developer team and presented to senior management for discussion and suggestion

Project Environment: MS Visio, MS Office Suite, SQL, XML, HTML, C/C++

Confidential Chennai, INDIA
Jr. Business Analyst Jan 2005 Jun 2006

Portfolio Analysis and Reporting: Worked on a client reporting application of the bank that facilitates generation of securities lending portfolio and performance related reports for various clients of the bank. The project involved enhancing the application a uniform level of functionality for an additional lending platform and facilitation of client reports for that platform using, using Agile methodology and Gap Analysis

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Formal Technical Reviews and Walkthroughs with end users, developers, managers and other stakeholders
• Defined scope of the project by conducting JAD Sessions with the Portfolio Management Team
• Created Use Cases, Process Flow Diagrams and Class Diagrams using MS Visio
• Wrote functional specifications by interviewing portfolio management, operations and compliance teams
• Created report layout and model prototype using advanced excel
• Translated Business Requirements into Technical Design and modeling using UML
• Facilitated feedback loops between portfolio management and IT team
• Conducted project end review sessions with the developer team and presented to upper management for discussion and suggestion

EDUCATION:

• M.S. (Integrated Marketing), Confidential,University, NY
• B.E. (Electronics & Communication), Confidential,College