PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced as Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager, Business Process engineering, Product Management / Solutions Engineering, Strategic Planning, and Business Process Modeling with business/design client rules (14 years).
• Experienced with software development life cycle phases (SDLC) (inception, elaboration, construction & implementation to transition phase).
• Experienced in budget management, resource planning, release planning, risk mitigation, product reviews, internal and external client interviews.
• Experienced with planning, execution, monitoring, tracking large - scale technology projects using traditional Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
• Experienced with managing project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Experienced in leading business systems requirements gathering, conducting research and analysis in order to create business process models.
• Experienced in providing technical solution design for external and internal clients.
• Expertise in using MS-Visio, UML, Mercury, Rational tools for defect tracking and monitoring the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology in all areas of software development life cycle (SDLC). Expertise in facilitating and coordinating result oriented Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions.
• Experienced in facilitating a collaborative technology solution in order resolve product issues or problems that impact the organization.
• Experienced in delivering projects on-time and on-budget.
• Experienced in performing gap analysis with subject-matter experts.
• Experienced in using different project management methodologies like Agile (Scrum), RUP, Waterfall, Fidelity FSDM (blend of Agile Scrum and Waterfall), and other iterative methodologies Experienced with project implementation in different matrix environments.
• Expertise in working with various relational databases (Oracle, SQL server, MS- Access, Sybase), Business intelligence products (crystal reports, business objects) and web based applications such as (sales, finance, brokerage, front office trading, Swift Receive Payments, and dividend processing)
• Experienced in project implementation with best practices in different matrix environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MA

Project Manager

Methodology: Agile/Waterfall

Responsibilities:

• Developed project plan (MS-Project) with detailed road map of tasks for all releases including dependencies for critical path.
• Developed and communicated the project ARIADD, risk mitigation plan, joint work stream PMO dashboard with key milestones, issues and timelines.
• Provided project status reports to the JHI and STT PMO teams.
• Supporting the OTC (derivatives different product types) and Bank loans testing scenarios for CUAT
• Managing the OTC and ESP post trade secondary events reconciliation issues.
• Managing the trade capture issues for bank loans ( via swift and manual)
• Managing issues with trade data mapping, transaction cash purpose codes mapping.
• Managing Fx rate issues, dividend loading scenarios, Fixed Income accrued income Price RECON scenarios.
• Citi/MCH Extracts vs Confidential RKS extract known difference scenarios.
• Responsible for reconciliation of RKS ( Record keeping) vs Citi trade extracts and identifying breaks and resolving the breaks (caused due to units /decimals/timing) issues.

Confidential, MA

Project Manager

Methodology: Agile/Waterfall

Responsibilities:

• Managed project scope, end-to-end planning of multiple projects that span across multiple cross-functional business units, project deliverables and timelines.
• Developed project plan (MS-Project) with detailed tasks for all releases including dependencies for critical path.
• Developed and communicated the project ARIADD, risk mitigation plan, joint work stream PMO dashboard with key milestones, issues and timelines.
• Provided project status and cost center expense report to the ORI PMO team.
• Confidential audit for all the 2016 projects (tools used RTC, Clear Quest)
• Reviewed issues and expected resolution timelines (daily scrum meetings)
• Performed BUAT regression tests, Unit tests

Confidential, MA

Senior Business Analyst - PM

Methodology: Waterfall/Agile

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sizing the project with appropriate technology resource estimates.
• Managed a team of software engineers, tech leads and team QA leads.
• Managed the resources and cost ramifications. (Via RPS and ATRACK tool).
• Responsible for business requirement gathering, business analysis, systems analysis, high-level business use cases, and system use cases and high-level business test scenarios.
• Managed the project deliverables documents such as - estimates/PIR/BFSD/TSD/wireframes/deployment plans for multiple releases, overall product Visio and training power point documents)
• Modelling and analyzing current state processes, identifying gaps, facilitate process changes to address those gaps for future processes
• Responsible for drafting the high level Cash liquidity management flow for multiple investment vehicles for different asset classes.
• Work collaboratively with the leads of DML (loan booking system), SLE2/SLE1 (transaction systems for Auto-borrows, trade reallocations, trade adjustments and Fixed income accruals, trade instruction settlement to SMAC and GSMAC),SSGA( US and Canada Reinvestment) Trading floor, FAD (Financial Accounting Desk),Risk and Compliance.
• Built partnership within with internal clients and external vendors (Stonewain Spire).
• Responsible for drafting the high level ‘DML-lending’ flow based on client availability.
• Responsible for the conversion of legacy system application to Stonewain Spire.
• Responsible for investment vehicle reconciliation research via SQL queries using Access, Oracle and Excel(pivots).
• Worked extensively with SLE2(Instruction processing and Settlement US and Canada), SLE1(Non US), DML (official book of records, the lending system)
• Worked extensively as a SME project lead with on shore and offshore resources.
• Managed a team of analysts, SQA and developers for multiple subsystems within the project.
• Responsible for product implementation that span across multiple business units.
• Responsible for business case development, ROI analysis and planning for Securities Finance cash management project.
• Responsible for developing the BUAT scenarios for negative, positive earnings reinvestment for US and non US assets.
• Responsible for developing the business cases and high-level test scenarios for negative, positive earnings Vs Confidential reinvestment for US and non US.
• Responsible for developing the BUAT scenarios for VCP (duration assets), comingled and floating rate NAV investment vehicles.
• Responsible for developing the BUAT scenarios for accruals, accrued rebate and commission payments, daily reinvestment, daily earnings and accrued earnings.
• Responsible for developing BUAT scenarios for price adjustments, share quantity adjustments, client account transfers and reallocations, future dated forecasts and back dated open loan adjustments.
• Responsible for developing the business test scenarios multi-allocated loans with different client accounts with the same collateral currency and settle currency.
• Responsible for developing the business test scenarios for end of day cash balances for USD, GBP, and EUR investment vehicles.
• Responsible for creating aggregated view of RISK fund performance metrics across all portfolio benchmarks.
• Responsible for regression testing the fund data across all asset classes using RADAR and SQL.

Confidential, MA

Senior Business Analyst/PM/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managed and determined the project deliverables, timelines, and scope of work after analysis sessions with the end client.
• Managed a team of Business Analysts, Qa Leads, Risk Analysts and Tech Leads.
• Analyzed feasibility and cost ramifications using HP- PPMC .Managed all projects as a liaison between the business vendor, IT and DTC.
• Developed business use cases and user specific functional specifications. After research and analysis created business (BRD) and system requirement documents and use cases (ARL, SRA, SDS, TSD) via FSDM waterfall methodology.
• Provided subject matter power point presentations to different groups.
• Translated business requirements to product requirements and technical requirements.
• Documented trade exceptions use case and resolution scenarios which would trigger alerts to the different systems
• Provided product coordination for the project with several moving components from order entry to trade confirmation.
• Provided system support, problem resolution as needed to ensure that internal and external customers receive prompt, efficient service abiding by the SEC regulations and policies.
• Assisted the team with DB2/Oracle/SQL Server data mapping, data extraction and night data feed batch cycle design
• Worked with multiple applications associated to different departments /subsystems to understand the interdepartmental activities associated to the project.
• Managed project Product Backlog Grooming for multiple projects
• Responsible for facilitating all Agile ceremonies (sprint release planning, sprint reviews, daily scrums, weekly scrum of scrums, retrospectives, SME meetings for current state analysis)
• Developed sprint road map and user stories for all sprints (future state analysis).
• Performed functional unit test to validate the business system developments via ad-hoc query functions.
• Provided the QA group with high-level test scenarios and QA verification use cases.
• Resolved complex issues and determined the root cause and designs solution.
• Functional unit test were performed to validate the business system developments via ad-hoc query functions.
• Gathered business cases for UAT and product implementation and deployment
• Provided system and functional decomposition Visio process flows.
• Managed the end to end QA test strategy, test plan and overall QA coordination and validation of the different products.(Tools such as QC, RQM were used)
• Provided user documentation, training materials, technical training and user support to business groups.
• Developed communication plans and related activities. Communicated with both internal and external customers on project status, e.g. vendors, business partners, and information technology.