A proficient Business Analyst with over 8+ years of Information Technology experience in the Financial Services Industry, with in depth knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (Waterfall, RUP, Agile) in capturing/analyzing Business, IT & Functional Requirements, Business Process Re - engineering, Object-Oriented Design/ Modeling, Service Oriented Architecture and Project Management.
Strong Fixed Income and Financial Derivatives exposure while working in top bulge bracket banks and financial firms.
Highly experienced in financial instruments within investment banking and brokerage(Derivatives, Fixed Income, Hedge Funds, Capital Markets, Energy trading, FX, Futures, Options, Commodities, Debt, Equity and Structured Products, Mutual Funds, Swaps, Asset Backed Securities) and wealth management environments.
Well versed 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 (Trade lifecycle, Straight through Processing and SWIFT) concepts.
Multi-discipline experience spanning Project/Program Management, multiple areas in Compliance and Risk domain, strong database and application development skills.
Strong Business and implementation skills in building compliance models spanning Trade Surveillance, Fraud (Payments) and Client On-Boarding compliance platforms.
Assisted in identifying BSA/AML/OFAC compliance risk and ensures that proper controls, procedures, processes and training are in place to mitigate these risks.
Strong writing skills in preparing Business Requirement Documents (BRD), System Requirement Specifications (SRS), Software Requirement Specifications (SRS),Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FSD),Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Technical Design Document (TDD).
Defined project plans then translated business requirements/user expectations into detailed specifications like Use case diagrams, flow charts, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, use case document, test plans, and test case documents employing UML.
Proficient in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), verifying performance, reliability, and fault tolerance issues.
Familiar with testing tools (QC) to design as well as generate test plans and test scripts and their execution.
Moderate to high proficiency in SQL Queries and MS Excel.
A highly motivated, detail oriented and aggressive self-starter with integrative thinking & problem solving skills, capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive working relationships in an internal, external, independent, and team environment.