SUMMARY

• Senior Business Analyst with over 8 years’ experience in the Banking and Financial Services domain.
• Proficient knowledge of the various methodologies and phases of the SDLC - Software Development Life Cycle (Waterfall, RUP, and Agile).
• Possess strong experience in capturing/analyzing system business processes re-engineering, Object-Oriented Design/ Modeling, Service Oriented Architecture and Project Management.
• Excellent team player, good communication, problem solving, analytical and leadership skills.
• Excellent knowledge of the banking and financial services industry (Private banking, Retail banking, Portfolio management, Investment banking, Wealth management, Asset management).
• Excellent understanding of financial instruments and requirements of Banking and Regulatory Compliances. Anti-Money Laundering, Basel Accords, Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Dodd Frank Act, OFAC and Customer Identification Program (KYC/CIP), etc.
• Conversant with Risk Management (BASEL - Credit, Market, operational), Sarbanes Oxley (SOX); Portfolio Risk (Credit Risk; Market risk across all assets, Obligor Risk Rating, Facility Risk Rating, Statement Forecasting, Stress Testing, PD) Trading - Order Entry, Trade Execution, Settlement and messaging concepts (Trade lifecycle, Straight through Processing and SWIFT).
• Expert knowledge in various capital market instruments and securities including Equities, Fixed Income Instruments, Risk Management (Credit and Market Risk), Mutual Funds, Derivatives (OTC market, F&O), Hedge Funds, ETF’s, Securitization, Mortgage backed securities and Asset backed securities.
• Extensive experience as a business system analyst in various functions including risk management, regulatory standards and reporting.
• Expert in using Actimize to build and extend solutions in order to meet evolving regulatory and business needs
• Very good knowledge of Corporate Finance, Quantitative analysis, P&L and Balance sheet analysis, Derivatives, Fixed income securities, Equity, Financial modeling, Data forecast and Sensitivity analysis.
• Strong experience in authoring Business Requirement Documents (BRD) by gathering Business Requirements and Expectations from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and defining business processes, identifying risks, performing Gap Analysis and Impact analysis.
• Proficient in preparing Business and System Use Cases and supporting all the documents with UML Diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Process Flows (Business and System) using UML modeling tools such as MS Visio and Enterprise Architect.
• Strong Knowledge in the ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) of data into a data ware house/data mart, Data modelling, Business Intelligence (BI) tools and OLTP/OLAP systems.
• Working knowledge in writing SQL queries and store procedure using TSQL in SQL server and PL/SQL in Oracle.
• Proficient in designing, reviewing and documenting System Test Plans, Defining Test Procedures and Creating Test Cases on the basis of product release features, client’s requirements and related technical documents.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills with particular emphasis on clear, detailed Business requirements and Functional specifications.
• Creative and innovative thinker, team player, result-oriented, excellent communication skills, fast learner with strong research capabilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• MS Suite (Excel
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Project
• Access
• Publisher
• Outlook)
• MS Visio
• UML
• SQL
• SSIS
• SSRS
• QC
• Rally
• Rational Suite (Rose
• Requisite Pro
• Clear Quest)
• ERWIN
• QC
• JIRA
• Market pricing data
• Actimize
• Mantas AML. AML Research Tools: LexisNexis
• Factiva
• World-Check
• Subversion (SVN).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Boston, MA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the trading and financial analysis team to understand the business requirements needed to in corporate the features they wanted working in the system.
• Carried out an “As is” and To Be” analysis and documentation on the Bank’s current Information and Investment Management System.
• Gathered user andbusiness/regulatoryrequirements through interviews, surveys, and observing from portfolio managers and UI (User Interface).
• Worked with the different business units (Investment Banking, Fixed Income, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Clearing & Execution) within the bank to understand the current business flow
• Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to resolve urgent issues relating to requirement that were scheduled for the next release.
• Used Rally to assign issues to users, manage sprint planning, and track project status for teams whose stories would affect the project.
• Facilitated all aspects of the scrum framework, including sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming sessions, daily scrums, product demos, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
• Provided support to product owner in developing, maintaining and grooming product backlog.
• Involved in maintaining the capacity plan, iteration board, sprint backlog, velocity charts and burn down charts.
• Involved in identifying and bottlenecks affecting the success of the sprint by working with all members of the team.
• Worked withbusinessusers to prepare and updatethe BusinessRequirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD) and Business process flow documents.
• Used UML to create Use Case diagrams for requirements.
• Scheduled meetings with developers, SAs (SystemAnalyst) and testers to collaborate resource allocation and project completion using MS Project.
• Conducted process improvements and project status meetings.
• Facilitated and completed data mapping for the segments to facilitate the conversion of client assets.
• Expertise in using Bug Tracking Tool like Bugzilla and Jira.
• Reviewed current data models and recommended optimization for data architecture and implementation using SSIS.
• Worked with SQL to extract data using SSIS and understood data schemas and relational data tables in data warehouse.
• Conducted UAT and Coordinated with the QA Team in the sign-off process before deployment. Also, assisted the Project Manager in creating the Lessons learned document.
• Created Ad-Hoc reports for the topmanagementusing Rally.

Environment: Agile Scrum, Basel Accords, MS Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Publisher, Outlook), MS Visio, SharePoint, UML, SQL, SSIS, Rally, Jira, Market pricing data, Factiva, Subversion (SVN).

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified project stakeholders and their roles.
• Collected business requirements for the project and recognized major deliverables.
• Interacted with the system analyst, compliance officers and the Actimize team to analyze the current customer risk profiling system and to understand the constraints and areas of improvement for the new system
• Worked with the system architect to analyze the design of the customer risk architecture, identify weaknesses and create solutions that align with client’s goals.
• Worked with senior management to get approval on project charter and budget estimates.
• Involved in the training of staff with the Actimize solution providers
• Strong Business and implementation skills in building compliance models spanning Fraud (Payments) and Client On-Boarding compliance platforms.
• Assisted in identifying BSA/AML/OFAC compliance risk and ensured that proper controls, procedures, processes are in place to mitigate these risks.
• Studied the existing KYC/CIP system and prepared the test data for the CDD and EDD based on the inputs.
• Worked with client using Actimize to build and extend solutions in order to meet evolving regulatory and business needs
• Established guidelines using Actimize to ensure that the Customer Identification Program and related KYC Procedures and forms used by the Client On-Boarding Specialist (“COBS”) team are consistent with current and emerging requirements.
• Established guidelines and parameters for the system based on currency and foreign transaction regulations like, BSA, USA PATRIOT act, OFAC, SDN etc.
• Structured the “Risk Profiling Module” project into phases to impose management control using high-level user stories, test scenarios, Dimension modeling, Data Mapping, ETL etc.
• Utilized NICE Actimize product in areas of Suspicious Activities Monitoring, Watch List Filters, and Transaction & Customer Risk Management
• Ensured end-to-end integration of Actimize technology with the Bank’s current systems across the various lines of business.
• Involved in Object oriented designing using UML (sequence, activity diagram), Translate business abstractions to object-oriented class representations in UML 2 notation.
• Conducted risk assessment of the project and trade surveillance for regulatory purposes.
• Analyzed the AML trade surveillance compliance requirements by interacting with the compliance department and SME experts within the laws/act of compliances.
• Performed testing to ensure optimal solution performance and detection accuracy of the Actimize solutions
• Conducted review meetings to continuously assess the status of project with regard to project plan and controlled iterations of the deliverables in conjunction with UAT’s bugs or revisions.
• Delivered presentations on prototypes of application to different groups in organization.
• Measured project performance, scheduling and budget as per the project plan.
• Maintenance of high customer satisfaction through the delivery of comprehensive solutions to customer problem
• Prepared and monitored release plans.
• Managed the software configuration changes for managing for code/ requirements/ design/ versions.
• Developed an IT Recovery Plan, process integration and governance model for all changes.
• Managed project performance and reporting through project scorecards and milestone reports.
• Verified deliverables for each phase with project stakeholders, by executing the test scenarios.
• Delivered project documentation related to application design, testing of the Actimize solutions and operating procedures for the application.
• Provided technical and procedural support for User Acceptance Testing. Tracked testing issues, maintained test matrix, ran daily status meetings, and met the exit criteria for UAT.

Environment: Agile Scrum, Basel Accords, MS Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Publisher, Outlook), MS Visio, UML, SQL, SSIS, Rally,Factiva, Actimize.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively with financial instruments, including equities, fixed income products and derivatives and understood their trading life cycles.
• Worked with business users, mortgage agents, technical team, QA and PMO to scope and prioritize functional requirements and development releases.
• Focused on the interactions with TDS’ clients in managing specific exchange related client queries, gathering and assessing development needs for exchange data across all of TDS’ products.
• Led the JAD sessions with stakeholders, SMEs and business owners to discuss the project scope and gather business requirements
• Established the business case (success criteria, risk assessment, estimate of the resources needed, planned the major milestones) for the system and defined the project scope
• Created the vision document and the initial use case of the project
• Developed the project plan, analyzed the problem domain, and eliminated the highest risk elements of the projects
• Identified all actors of the use case and developed majority of the use case description
• Documented use cases, workflows, class and sequence diagrams according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models
• Issued a Software Architecture Description along with an executable prototype design and a revised risk list and business case
• Created a development plan for the overall project, including the coarse-gained project plan, showing iterations and evaluation criteria for each iteration
• Created an updated development case specifying the process to be used along with a preliminary user manual
• Analyzed the Business requirement obtained from the client and created the BRD
• Designed security privileges and authentication features of the application for mortgage broker access
• Documented functional specifications for reporting module that handled credit and customer risk management services
• Analyzed business requirements for Black Box testing, performed Regression testing
• Maintained documents for change request and implemented procedures for testing changes
• Maintained Traceability Matrix for the current business processes and proposed changes
• Involved with reviewing defects for Beta testing efforts, analyzed the root cause and took actions based on the findings
• Conducted training sessions to make the users comfortable with the functionality
• Expertise in using Bug Tracking Tool like IBM clear quest

Environment: Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest, RUP, UML, Windows, Unix, Java/J2EE, XML, HTML, QC, SQL.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Business Unit leaders; from Treasury, Corporate Development, Finance and Sales to gather business requirements.
• Worked on all aspects of the project from interacting with directors and senior business partners for requirements, interacting with upstream/downstream data consumers and PMs, creating test plans and test cases, post-implementation checks and future enhancements.
• Developed and enhanced process flows for static data resolution, counterparty limits calculations and reporting.
• Identified and communicated dependencies and potential risks to the completion of the sprints including resources, costs and systems.
• The credit batch components included components for trade valuations, deal generation, netting id mappings and collateral recognition.
• Communicated project changes and status to the stakeholders on a daily basis, ensuring each proposed change goes through a systematic project impact analysis.
• Tracked and ensured visibility of the team metrics and progress of the iteration and release.
• Worked with the team to produce solutions that meet established standards, procedures and practices, address issues, risks and mitigation plans.
• Assisted the team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and tasking.
• Proactively identified and removed blockers and shared metrics to identify and implement improvements.
• Provided coaching on Agile values and practice to other teams within the company.
• Involved in Scrum Sprint Planning Sessions, Backlog Grooming, Sizing, Sprint Retrospectives & Reviews, Daily Standups, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.
• Managed over 300 feeds from various systems of records. Meticulously addressed every detail to ensure a successful end-to-end business process.
• Created enterprise level flows, demonstrating system architecture, connectivity, trade flows and timelines to identify gaps and develop requirements.
• Worked extensively with the development teams and tracked their progress through various tollgates over the life of the project. Managed overnight releases working alongside release managers
• Tracked post-deployment progress, identified improvements and proposed resolutions to existing issues. Coordinated UAT with business partners, helped identify relevant test data and reporting metrics

Environment: Agile Scrum, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio), Quality Center, UML, Net, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Rally.

Confidential, Kingston, OH

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performedpre-analysis of the user requirements,assignedpriorities andtranslated the requirements to functional specificationsandmapped the requirementsto appropriatebusinessrules.
• Created the detailed requirements document for entering and retrieving portfolio data.
• Assisted in loading the parameters and creating portfolio order through manager workbench.
• Planning, updating and maintaining the project plans/charters and project progress reports.
• Involved in defining project scope, project plans and time lines & communicating the same to project and technical team members throughout the project life cycle.
• Managed the change requests and requirements successfully at all phases of theSDLC.
• Performed extensive requirement analysisincluding DataanalysisandGap analysis.
• Prepared activity diagrams usingRational Roseaccording toUML methodology.
• Maintained various versions of the documents generated during the project and managed them by incorporating the change request modifications
• Closely worked withQAtesters to develop and execute system test plans and test cases
• Extensively carried outUser Acceptance testing (UAT)by closely working with users and developers
• Performed theclient reportingand updating of the project on a regular basis
• Involved indeploymentandproduction testing
• Assisted the project manager and PMO office forproject managementincluding the budget
• Prepareduser training manualsand conducteduser training sessions

Environment: Windows XP/2000,MS Visio,SQL server, NET programming, Visual studio 2005, MS SQL Server 2000/2005, HTML

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Jr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the coordination of JAD sessions withbusinessusers for the analysis of the current ECM architecture, application requirements, server specifications, application life-cycle, document and present the requirements specifications.
• Analyzed “As is” and “To Be” state for the bank’s processes and documented same for Filenet p8.
• Achieved final approval and validations ofbusinessrules and processes with users and management.
• Worked with the business users, stakeholders, analysts at various levels and different stages of the SDLC to explain the requirements and resolve issues
• Performed data analysis of financial transactions with centralized billing analytic, data conversion and performance reporting, repo and other fixed income financial products (Repo, Sell Buy backs, Coupons, etc.).
• Documented User Requirements with MS Word as the editing tool to develop the use cases.

Environment: Agile Scrum, Basel Accords, SharePoint, MS Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Publisher, Outlook), MS Visio, UML, SQL, XML, HTML, SSIS.