PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Result oriented IT Business Systems Analyst with 8 years of experience in Finance and Insurance industries.
• Experienced with Risk Management, Risk Ratings Systems, Credit Risk Valuation, Basel II/III Implementation, OTC Securities (Swaps, Options and Futures) Risk Analytics, Equity, Fixed Income Products like Treasury (Bonds, Notes, and Bill), Mortgaged Backed Securities (MBS), Municipal Bonds, Corporate Bonds etc.,
• Strong knowledge of trading life cycle, hedge fund strategies, securities accounting, financial products.
• Good understanding of (CCAR) - Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review and risk assessment
• Good understanding of Dodd-Frank Act supervisory stress testing
• Extensive Knowledge in Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Investment Banking, Mortgage, Financial Statement Analysis, Equity, Fixed Income, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, M&A, IPO etc.
• Strong understanding of risk control; including Value at Risk(VAR), Anti-Money Laundering(AML), Bank Secrecy Act(BSA), and Know Your Customer(KYC).
• Expertise in Agile and RUP methodologies of Software development
• Expertise in creating Business Requirement Document, Functional, User Stories and Non Functional Specifications.
• Extensive skills in Data Analysis, Requirement Analysis, Business Modeling, and use case developing using UML methodology including Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Class Diagrams, designing prototypes and documenting them using Microsoft Visio.
• Hands-on experience with ER Modeling, Data Modeling, Data Indexing, and Data Normalization.
• Proficient in Test driven development & testing methodologies for performing UAT, System Integration testing (SIT), Business Acceptance Testing (BAT) and documenting test results.
• Being actively involved with QA team in different phases of testing such as System testing, Functional testing, Regression testing and Integration testing for Quality Analysis.
• Expert in facilitating all levels of management, developers, QAs, stakeholders, business users and off-site teams in JADs, brainstorm sessions, white boarding by conferences and WebEx.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Design Methodologies: Unified Modeling Language, Use Case Development

Business Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Visual ParadigmRequirement Management Tools: SAP Power Designer 16.5, Caliber RM, Rational Rose

Defect Tracking Tools: Bugzilla, Silk Central, JIRA

Operating Systems: Windows 10,Vista, 7, Unix

RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server 2012, MS Access

Design Tool & Languages: C, C ++, Core JAVA,, Asp.Net, Just in Mind Prototyper, SmartDraw

Analytical Tools: IBM SPSS, Tableau, MS Excel- Statistical Functions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Brainstorming and JAD Session to gather Business Requirements from Market Risk Group, Risk Reporting Team and other stakeholders (PMEs, Compliance, etc.)
• Conduct Gap Analysis of the features and functionality of current platform version and new version to determine the new functions to be added in.
• Analyze the new regulatory requirements of Basel Accord of all Pillar 2 and 3 phases on Market Risk calculation, monitoring and reporting, and new implementation of Comprehensive Stress Testing.
• Design detailed FRD according to BRD and Basel regulatory requirements using PowerDesigner.
• Model the detailed design of the system using UML diagrams including Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Use Case, and Data Flow diagrams using SmartDraw.
• Facilitate meetings with Development Team and Testing Team to walk through the FRDs and discuss feasibility of each requirement.
• Identify and assess potential data source of Interest Rate, help the market data team to integrate data using ETL tools.
• Work with Quantitative Analysts to design and administrate new Stressed VaR model and Advanced Monte Carlo Simulation method
• Work with Risk Reporting team to generate new Standard Pillar 3 Reporting framework, distinguish firm-wide global standards within QRM and the unique requirements for US site.
• Review Test Plan and Test Cases provided by Testing Team.
• Conduct quick Smoke Test after each bill in testing.
• Involved in design and implementation of Progression and Regression Tests of the new functionalities added in QRM system.
• Manage bugs using Defect Tracking Tool like Silk Central, review each defect and assign development team to resolve problems.
• Generate User Manual and prepare Training Material of new QRM to internal users.
• Plan and Conduct User Acceptance Test (UAT).

Environment: : RUP, Windows 7, Microsoft SQL Server, PowerDesigner, MS Office, Silk Central, SmartDraw

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Business Requirements, defined the scope of the project, analyze and prioritized requirements, developed customized business strategies, and identified high potential business opportunities
• Automated the generation of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhance Due Diligence (EDD) reports in compliance with AML regulation.
• Conducted JAD sessions, met with client and end users in order to accelerate the design of IT solutions and also depict the user s view of the business needs and to jointly develop a solution
• Created burn down chart of the whole project and also each sprint while conducting daily scrum meetings with developers.
• Involved in making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and tasking
• Involved in Scrum Sprint Planning Sessions, Backlog Grooming Sizing, Sprint Retrospectives & Reviews, Daily Stand ups, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Developed UML diagrams (use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, and class diagrams) in order to validate entity reference data and verification of the customer records: legal name, address, business purpose legitimacy and analysis of transaction activity)
• Designed and implemented basic SQL queries for data warehouse, and did data profiling
• Created wireframes in order to help developers build the application in Visual Basic and held data modeling sessions by developing DFD
• Implemented layouts for Suspicious Activity and Pattern analysis under AML regulations
• Issued the Test Plan Document, Test Planning, Test Design and Test Execution and was involved in the Testing Process which verified and validated all the defined business requirements and associated functionalities
• Lead the UAT effort and was single point of contact for all the User Testing issues and Change Management.
• Created the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in order to project the life cycle activities and work products to the project requirements
• Coordinated System Integration Testing (SIT), and Regression testing for the project implementation.
• Effectively led the effort and implementation of the Business User Acceptance Testing.
• Worked closely with Change Management team and attended Change Advisory Board meetings.

Environment: Agile, Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, MS Visio, MS Project, SQL, UNIX

Confidential, Secaucus, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the Business Requirement Document (BRD) and User Stories for the system.
• Collaborated with Project Manager for creating, analyzing and reviewing business requirements, System specifications and project schedule documentation.
• Perform reverse engineering to gather requirements from various existing tools designed using Macro based Excels, Web and windows, which the firm used globally to perform calculation for margin modelling and data records.
• For GTT and MMT was involved with extensive data mining and data mapping using SPSS and running SQL queries.
• Conducted Business Requirements walkthrough & finalization sessions with the business owners as well as the Technical team for requirement Sign-Off.
• Worked with the technical and quality assurance teams to assist in the development, documentation, and analysis of functional requirements.
• Used Microsoft Visio and Enterprise Architect to create UML diagrams. Created workflow diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagram.
• Designed and Developed User Interface Mock-ups using Microsoft Visio and Just in Mind prototyper for initial prototyping of web application user interface and review with stakeholders and user group leaders globally.
• Involved with QA to design and review test cases to verify various modelling scenarios and complex calculation equations. Participate in Test plan creation and Companion Guide starting from development stage to production, including both internal and external requirements.
• Standardized the Nomenclature used to define the same data by users from different business units.

Environment: Agile scrum, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite 360, Enterprise Architecture, UML, SQL Server, SPSS, Bugzilla

Confidential, New Orleans, Louisiana

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business stakeholders and project leaders to gather business requirements and worked with other business analysts to created functional requirements.
• Gathered and documented the business requirements into detailed business requirements document.
• Used the As-is business process maps to identify the gaps in the existing system.
• Created the To-be business process maps to figure out the solutions to all the teams and gain the approval from the SEMs and business management team.
• Created application prototypes and User Interface mock-ups.
• Developed UML Diagrams such as Use Case and Data Flow Diagrams with development and testing teams in order to claim the processing methods.
• Worked with other business analysts to created, brainstormed and redesigned User Interface.
• Conducted Requirement Walkthroughs with the development and testing teams to ensure the requirements are clarified and accurate before the development and testing started.
• Involved in Defect Life Cycle to validated and monitored all documented defects and progress.
• Worked with QA teams to create and approved the test plan and test cases.
• Created the Users Acceptance Testing plans with several business scenarios to ensure the functionality and features are reach the requirements and correct.
• Assisted and coordinated with testing teams to monitor bugs to ensure the system quality meets business standards and users requirements.

Environment: Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology, Windows XP/Vista, DLC, UAT, SnagIt, CaliberRM