PROFILE SUMMARY

. *+ years of Experience in BFSI Domain with focus on Corporate Banking

and Business Analysis.

. Strong Educational background with MBA in Marketing and B.E. in

Computer Science with excellent grades.

. Extensive Knowledge in the various facets of Corporate Banking -

Payments (SEPA, SWIFT), Liquidity Management (Cash Concentration,

Sweeping, Notional Pooling), Core Banking, Check Truncation etc

. Proven expertise in Business Analysis (gap analysis, solution design,

authoring requirement documents and supporting SIT/UAT) with rich

experience with Tier 1 Global bank and CMMi Level 5 BFSI Solution

Vendor

. Extensive stakeholder management experience as SPOC for functional

aspects of the solution and for managing the review and sign off

process.

. Account Management Experience in London, UK for a Global Hedge Fund

Client. Ensured steady revenue through good relationship management,

onsite/offshore project coordination and account mining skills.

. Expertise as Pre Sales Consultant for Liquidity Management, Internet

Banking, and Trade Finance domains. Efficiently supported the

organization's sales teams across geographies by preparing RFP

responses, client specific sales collaterals, conducting product

demonstrations and delivering presentations.

. Strong analytical and problem solving skills to breakdown complex

ideas into manageable pieces of work with ability to drive decision

making across multiple technical, financial and business teams.

. Excellent client relationship management skills enabling synergistic

growth.

Education:

. Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing

April 2005

Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, GPA: 3.2 / 4.0

. Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

July 2003

University of Rajasthan, Mody College of Engineering, India, First

Class (Hons.) 72%

Work Experience:

Royal Bank of Scotland, Mumbai, India

November 2011 - Present

Business Analyst

. Managing business requirements for multiple projects in Global

Transaction Services (GTS)

o Working on projects in the Payments domain with focus on

Crossborder and SEPA Payments.

o Working on global implementation of strategic SEPA solution

covering SCT, SDD schemes and global client migrations.

o Extensive functional knowledge of Payment Systems like MTS and

Clear to Pay.

o Managed Implementation of Remote Check Scanning solution for

Corporate customers

. Collaborating with cross portfolio teams for eliciting requirements

and preparing Requirement Documents - BRDs, Change Requests, Gap

documents

. Providing functional SME support to vendor for solution design and

delivery.

. Supporting SIT, UAT and ensuring timely delivery of end user

acceptable solution.

. Providing Functional Training for internal Testing and Application

Support teams.

. Ensuring Process Compliance and adherence to Corporate Security

Guidelines throughout project lifecycle.

Polaris Software Lab. Mumbai, India

April 2010 - November 2011

Senior Consultant

. Leading requirement management activities for global rollout of

Liquidity Management application for a Tier 1 bank.

o Eliciting Requirements through analyzing documents (BRDs, Gap

Documents), conducting requirement sessions, business scenario

analysis and workflow analysis.

o Proactively collaborating with internal teams to analyze functional

requirements and conceptualize the solution involving screen

design, workflow design, and interface design.

o Active involvement with Project Managers for project planning,

scheduling and estimation.

o Preparing Functional Specifications and documenting the expected

system behavior in various business scenarios.

o Conducting Solution walkthrough sessions with the client and

managing the sign off process.

o Providing functional support during the development and testing

phases - Preparing Business Scenarios, Reviewing Test

Scenarios/Cases

o Preparing Training material (User Manuals, Help Documents) and

conducting user training sessions

o Ongoing interaction and expectation management for multiple

stakeholders at client end - Product, Operations,

Technology, QA, UAT teams

. Supporting Pre sales activities in the capacity of a SME in area of

Liquidity Management - Preparing Solution artifacts, delivering

presentations, conducting product demonstrations

. Conducting Functional Training/ Knowledge Sharing Sessions for various

internal teams

Polaris Software Lab, London, UK

November 2006 - November 2007

Account Manager

. Managed a key Client Account and ensured steady revenue

growth from the account

o Successfully established and maintained Valuable

Relationships with Stakeholders and Decision Makers.

o Continually mined the account to identify New Opportunities

for Software Services and IT Resource Staffing.

o Coordinated with onsite and offshore delivery teams to ensure

Project Stability and Client Satisfaction by Managing Resources,

Adhering to Deadlines and Resolving Customer Escalations.

o Managed the day to day Operational Activities for efficient

management of the Client Relationship; Handled Account Financials,

Organized Contracts and Legal Documents, Monitored Invoices,

Tracked Collections, Prepared Dashboard Reports for Senior

Management

. Led the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial

Telecommunication) Trade Finance Initiative through interactions with

various member banks in UK/ Europe and with the Partner Solutions

Group at SWIFT.

. Delivered presentations and demos to Prospects/Clients and

represented the organization at various Industry Forums.

. Developed partnerships with Third Party vendors and created

synergized offerings for specific Client Requirements.

. Generated New Leads and Prospects through Cold Calling, Market

Research, Trend Spotting and Competitor Analysis

Polaris Software Lab, Chennai, India

June 2005 - Oct 2006

Business Analyst, Corporate Banking Solutions Group

. Conceptualized and designed functionality rich software for Cash

Management and Trade Finance solutions.

. Conducted extensive study of Cash Management and Trade Finance domain

to define scope/ functional specifications.

. Facilitated and participated in JAD (Joint Application Development)

sessions for requirement gathering, analysis and design that helped in

authoring functional specifications, writing use cases and creating

screen prototypes

. Reviewed system-testing results and facilitated User Acceptance

Testing (UAT) for stakeholders.

Pre Sales Consultant, Corporate Banking Solutions Group

. Conducted extensive research and information analysis to develop

focused Sales Collaterals for global client banks.

. Contributed to various RFP/RFI responses in the Corporate Banking

domain.

. Created presentations, whitepapers, prototypes etc to effectively

showcase the product/ solution capabilities.

. Delivered presentations/demonstration to senior client representatives

from global banks at various industry forums.

Synovate Inc., Mumbai

April 2004 - June 2004

Market Research Intern

. Conducted an Extensive Research Study on Impact of Product Packaging

on Consumer Behavior in Retail Market Space

. Conducted Field Market Research on Relative Effectiveness of Pictorial

Scales v/s Verbal Scale to elicit accurate response in the area of

Kids Research

Computer Proficiency / Skills

. Operating System: Windows NT/9X/2K,UNIX

. Programming Languages: C, C++, Visual Basic, Java

. Tools: Dreamweaver, UML, MS Office, MS Project, Oracle, PL/SQL

. Web Technologies: HTML, XML

Achievements

. Awarded for excellence in Business Analysis at Polaris Software Lab

. Graduated in Top 3 of the MBA Batch

Personal Information

. Full Name : Nimisha Srivastava

. Date of Birth : 9th September 1980

. Gender : Female

. Marital Status : Married

. Citizenship : Indian

. Passport No. : F0838143

. Email : aboe50@r.postjobfree.com

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