PROFILE SUMMARY:

• 8 years of Business Analysis experience with in - depth knowledge of business processes in investment banking industry in US. A thorough understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC - Using Waterfall and Agile Methodologies) including Requirements Gathering, analyzing, detailing and tracking requirements which helped in Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FRD) preparation.
• In-depth knowledge on Capital markets and Investment Banking workflow/concepts - 4 years’ experience working in Capital markets, Trade Processing platforms, Derivatives, Futures and OTC trades processing, Hedge Fund services, Transfer agency functions.
• Proficient in handling Business Object reports. Creating and scheduling reports on Business Objects which were used by the Operations for report reconciliation. The BO reporting was used as data federation tool, which was to maintain the master data of the Firm accounts, Customer accounts, Securities and Trade information for Operations.
• Possess a strong knowledge on Basic SQL, HTML and complex SQL joins which is essential for Data Analysis.
• Highly skillful at using MS Office tools. Expert in Pivot, Vlookup and other major Functions in MS Excel. Hands on experience in MS Word, Visio and PowerPoint presentation.
• Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer/Analyst with track record of successful QA delivery across web applications, client server applications, database for Hedge fund clients in Investment Banking domain.
• Experience in functional testing - capturing test-scenarios based on requirement analysis, design of test-cases ensuring thorough coverage of all test-scenarios, review of QA documents, execution of test-cases, defect management through JIRA, HP Quality Center (QC), design & maintenance of regression suite.
• Experience in handling teams across different geographic locations as BA in bridging Onsite and Offshore teams - consisting of technical analysts, technical writers & developers and also, handling team of functional, automation, performance testers in QA lead role.
• Experience in working in Agile/scrum, Waterfall environments.
• Strong experience in traditional Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specifications, User Stories, Product Roadmap, and defining Acceptance Criteria. Well versed with Agile/Scrum principles and practices like Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle SQL
• RDBMS
• Business Objects
• SDLC Methodologies
• MS Excel
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Visio
• Functional
• Integration & System Testing
• Banking Application Testing and User Acceptance testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating and reviewing business requirements document, functional specification document and test plans.
• Performed in depth Gap analysis with different business groups to ensure that system initiatives are met and prioritized them based on business needs.
• Extracted the Business Requirements during various sessions with business leads for Compliance reports.
• Managed OTC derivative department initiatives - broad based platform, Order Management System (OMS), straight thru processing (STP), cross-margining initiatives
• Supervised and managed the global hedge fund’s OTC derivative credit and portfolio risk
• Hands on experience processing Swift messages (ISO 15022 MT - MT304,MT 307,MT 202,MT 210 & ISO 20022) & processing payments on TLM(Transaction Lifecycle Management).
• Dealt with prime brokers operations, negotiated ISDA transaction documents, CSA agreements with respects to risks, collateral and margin calls, OTC trade model based valuations
• Designed and developed project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Took up the role of Product owner for the web application. Worked on creation of product roadmap, product backlog, helped define epics and themes and created user stories and defined acceptance criteria. Facilitated daily scrum/stand-up meetings, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective Conducted sessions with developers to explain user requirements and understand system changes required to facilitate them
• Helped the organization transition to Agile/Scrum methodology. Facilitated implementation of Agile/Scrum principles by playing the role of a Scrum Master
• Involved with generating UAT test Plan by analyzing document requirement specifications.
• Developed Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed effective and efficient solutions by researching/analyzing issues, defining opportunities for business process improvements and making recommendations within assigned area of responsibility. Analyze requirements in Business Requirement Document (BRD)/JIRA tickets during the design phase by verifying the workflow/function & initiate discussion with Business team and Developers to close the gaps.
• Data analysis using basic SQL queries and more complex SQL joins to arrive at logical conclusions to design an effective and accurate solution for the requirements by working with Product and Technology teams
• Proficient in Business Objects reporting tool. I was leading the team that was responsible to create and schedule Business Object reports for the Operations users. These reports were used in reconciliation, with the source systems like MSD (Master Security Data), CPI (Customer Profile Information) and Trades Database.
• Business requirements: Defined, documented and translated high-level business requirements into detailed function specifications as outlined by fellow BAs, QA team, developers or clients.
• Design, review and walk-through of Functional Requirements Document (FRD) that provides solution for requirements in BRD with corresponding workflows
• Low-level design document which provides holistic picture of outbound files vs DB table, columns vs source data with business rules/transformation logic
• Applications: Developed in-depth knowledge of applications and their interdependences.
• Estimate QA efforts required for the project and plan QA phase - including scope, resources, timelines and then Worked with QA team to test validity of Business Requirements and to resolve discrepancies in requirements.
• Design and review of QA documents like UAT test-plan, test-strategy which details about scope of QA testing, technique adopted, resources involved, milestones
• Design, review and execution of test-cases - including functional, non-functional (performance), integration cases i.e. downstream & upstream applications including verification of outbound files, database tables.
• Maintenance of testing processes like test strategy, test plan, test execution, daily and monthly tracking of per person efforts.
• Provide technical direction and knowledge sharing sessions with team members on application and domain concepts.
• Host technical discussions involving technology team and Product team to analyze BRD, track query log, FRD walk-through, track project deliverable, project status.
• Participating in Sprint Planning sessions by assigning values, sizing stories, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. Worked with the product owner to create the product roadmap and product backlog.
• Worked as Business Systems Analyst on the pilot Agile/Scrum project for development of a new portal for Events Management & Mastering for field operations from the scratch.
• Part of the Agile project team since its inception. Worked with business to fish out the Epics and Themes, business process modeling and documentation, Mock-ups for Dashboards & requirements for Reporting
• Analyzed Dodd Frank (DF) external business conduct standard requirements - including eligible counterparty, counterparty credit risk, scenario analysis, material conflict of interest, pre-trade mark, offer (if accepted) as a binding contract, counterparty’s right to clear trade through central counterparty clearing.
• Understanding the Volcker rule which restricts the ways banks can invest, limiting speculative trading and eliminating proprietary trading.
• Conducted workshops with senior stakeholders and created detailed ‘as-is’ business process flows for FX asset classes. trade execution and post trade phases.
• This is an improvised platform/application used by the Operations team to Onboard clients for Clearing and Intermediation business. The aim to have simple and efficient tool built for a smooth trade cycle.
• Automation of the daily manual reconciliation process.
• Various macros created as part of the process improvement project across the LOB which has resulted in FTE save.
• Worked on multiple cost reduction projects as part of the Project Synergy group

Confidential

Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a Tax Analyst I have been responsible for obtaining documentation from the clients to support an effective Tax Reclaim purposes.
• Responsible for monitoring the client investment activity to ensure documentation to secure upfront tax exemptions/tax deduction at source for various markets
• Responsible to review the data received from each country and ensure that the correct tax treatment is obtained for each client.
• Responsible for reclaiming additional tax paid by clients to Tax Authorities on their dividend earnings.
• Responsible for running daily, weekly and monthly MIS Reports
• Hands on experience processing Swift messages (MT 202 & MT 210) & processing payments on TLM.
• Responsible for preparing and sending the income breakdowns to the sub-custodians,
• Gather change requirements for Processes
• Analyze, define and change business and financial processes. Recognized as a point of contact between the Business and technical teams.
• Present and get approval for the changes across teams
• Following the SDLC methodology while executing projects.
• User Acceptance Test (UAT) scripting covering all test scenarios and providing the test result proofs.
• Regression test scripting and testing to get regression test validations.
• Implement and support the changes
• Responsible for creation of Business Analyses for changes and projects on the Trading, Transaction processing and Data management processes and systems.
• Work with the (investment) analysts, risk managers, architects, designers and developers to assess current capabilities and identify high-level user requirements.
• Participate in transitioning the requirements and use cases to the designers/developers and ensure a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.
• Assist in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Participate in quality management reviews, in particular reviews of the designs, prototypes, and other work products to ensure they fulfill the requirements.
• Serve as a liaison to the business community. Participate in a user and task analysis to represent the business community's perspective.
• Create business process manual, business impact analysis and align on deliverables with stakeholders.
• Perform operational and business readiness activities, such as creation of training materials/work instructions and provide training.
• This is an improved common Global Tax operating platform to serve the banking clients with minimum tax fees and maximize client satisfaction and retention

Confidential

Developer and Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Application Development - Understand Business scope, Analyze and Define Requirements, Design system features and its operations, Development, System Integration and Testing, User Acceptance and Approval, Implementation and Post Release support.
• Provided Cost Benefit to Client in terms of various automated tools created to reduce the daily manual activities.
• Trades Processing Application is a Middle Office system (MO) receiving trades from various front ends. I gained proficiency in Database extraction which was used for analyzing 90% of application scope and data movement.
• Was part of the Integration team which handled end to end project activities, from requirements gathering to code deployment and post production support.