Project Manager

SUMMARY

. ** years of extensive experience as a Business Analyst in Capital

Markets.

. In-depth knowledge of Equities, Fixed Income Securities (Treasuries,

Munis REPO's, CMOs. CDOs. CLOs, RMBS), FX, Derivatives, Options and

Futures.

. Strong understanding of Asset management, Portfolio Management/Risk

Management, Brokerage processing, Trading and Settlement, Hedge Funds and

Mutual Funds.

. Expert knowledge working with Red Alerts, eMoney, Fortigent, PNC Wealth

Insight, INC I-Link, Online Bill Pay Charles River Investment Management

System (CRIMS),

. Experienced in development of Web-based portfolio management system,

asset management, wealth management and financial software applications.

. Experience in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

. Strong knowledge working with Bloomberg Database, Advent Axys.

. Expertise in the entire phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

and Process modeling (Agile).

. Expertise in performing Business Process Re-engineering and GAP Analysis.

. Expertise in multiple system design and modeling methodologies such as

Rational Unified Process - RUP.

. In-depth experience with Requirement Elicitation, documenting Business

Requirements (BRD) and Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and

excellent Business writing skills in writing USE Case Specification.

. Expertise in translating business requirements and user expectations into

detailed specifications employing Unified Modeling Language (UML), with

Activity diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and State Diagrams, Swim Lane

Diagrams.

. Extensive experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD)

sessions.

. User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Defect Management, Performance testing,

Regression testing, Black Box testing, White Box testing, SWOT, to check

the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new

business requirements.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Operating System : Windows 7, Linux, UNIX

Database : Oracle 9i, MS SQL server 2005, MS Access, MySQL,

SYBASE

Microsoft tools : MS Office 2013, MS Project

Modeling : MS Visio 2013, Rational Rose, UML

Languages : HTML, XML, Visual Basic - 6.0, ASP, VBScript,

Java, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL

Testing tools : HP ALM 11, Win Runner, LoadRunner,

Other tools : Visual Studio, TOAD

EDUCATION:

. CFA Level 1 Candidate

. CAIA Level 1 Candidate

. MBA, Concentration in Finance, GPA 3.5

New York Institute Of Technology

. Bachelor of Commerce (Business), GPA 3.7

Maharaja Sayajirao University

. Diploma in Business Information Systems, GPA 3.9

Indian Institute of Management & Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project: RedAlerts RMS, Online Bill Pay, Vendor Applications

PNC Bank-AMG, Philadelphia, PA

Business System Analyst July 2013 -

May 2014

The Red Alerts RMS system is a network repository of information and

documents that automates the process of storing and managing documentation,

generating annual and periodic reports, and sharing information with the

Investment Advisor Research team.. The system categorizes the information

by symbol, sector, source, sentiment or type - making it simple for

investment professionals to locate the information they need to capitalize

on investment opportunities.

. Conducted comprehensive Business Analysis by working with end users and

other stake holders to identify the system, operational requirements and

proposed enhancements.

. Elicited business requirements from business users and subject matter

experts.

. Organized and moderated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions,

identified business and system use cases, wrote use case narratives and

used MS Visio to prepare the Use Case diagrams.

. Defined and documented requirements, wrote BRD, functional

specifications, and performed business analysis, data analysis and data

mapping.

. Created UI screen mockups as part of functional specifications.

. Performed GAP Analysis to ensure business needs will be met through

designed solutions.

. Worked closely with QA department to provide relevant test scenarios,

develop system regression test plans and scripts and ensure the test

results correspond to the business expectations.

. Managed the change document and ensured that the changes are implemented

correctly.

. Responsible for managing the data migration to the system.

. Provide functional walkthroughs with business users, development, and

testing teams.

. Created and executed test scripts in HP Quality Center for defect

tracking and effectively communicated the defects to the developer team.

. Production Support Lead for eMoney, Red Alerts.

Project: SPAN System

CME Group, Chicago, IL

Project Manager / Business System Analyst

Jan. 2012 - April 2013

The project dealt with determining performance bond/initial risk margin

utilizing the CME Group's proprietary margin system called SPAN (Standard

Portfolio Analysis of Risk). The SPAN system, a global industry standard,

monitors market activity, including large and concentrated positions and

manages risk through multi-lateral netting by customer and house account

per firm while assuring the segregation of customer assets from firm

assets.

. Interviewed SMEs and recorded requirements. Coordinated and prioritized

outstanding risks and enhancement requests based on business requirements

to ensure timely delivery. Designed and developed business requirement

collection approach based on the project scope, SDLC Methodology and the

client environment.

. Analyzed and documented system requirements and supplementary

requirements like complying with industry standards such as ISDA CFTC

(Commodity Futures Trading Commission) and NFA (National Futures

Association).

. Products included options, swaptions (caps, floors, digital and Bermudan

options) and exotic products (range

Project: ENCORE System

Options Clearing Corporation, Fort Worth, TX

Business Analyst / System Analyst Oct. 2010

- Dec. 2011

The multi-year project involved replacement of legacy system with a new

risk system called Encore Prices. It involved generated OFRA (Options

Futures Risk Array) files, simplified the risk array parameter file,

determined active scenario, calculated net delta, offset spreads, commodity

groupings and commodity redefinitions. Derivative products covered included

Futures Contracts, Intermediate and Long-Term Interest Rate Futures

Contracts, Stock Index Futures Contracts, Option Contracts, Options on

Futures, Financial Options, Equity Options and Equity Swaps.

. Performed analysis of business and system requirements and data to

develop functional and non-functional specifications, user interfaces and

reports. Created design document that included UML Diagrams, scheduling

and batch process control, graphical user interface layouts, report

layouts and technical analysis plan.

. Provided hands on support for all test phases working with QA team.

Assisted the national operations team working with Bloomberg and Thomson

Reuters terminal. Used FPML/XML for processing OTC derivative flow.

Project: Aladdin System

BlackRock, NY, NY

Business Analyst Aug. 09 -

Sept. 2010

Assisted with the build out of a fixed income trading platform. Traded

products covered bonds, TBAs, mortgage-backed securities, asset backed

securities and money market securities. Functionality supported includes

order creation, trade execution and portfolio management.

. Interacted with traders and portfolio managers to understand and document

business requirements. Analyzed requirements and developed

specifications. Created and executed detailed test plans, verified bug

fixes. Performed SWOT and GAP analysis for new functionality requirements

as well as prioritized them based on actual business needs. Created MS

Excel spread sheets for calculating pricing and analytics for fixed

income securities and repos.

. Analyzed, documented and tested the clearing and settlement module.

Developed understanding of FICC's settlement guarantee and risk

management protections that provide maximum safety for the general

collateral REPO market place which eliminates intra-day counterparty

credit risk.

. Designed and implemented basic SQL queries for QA testing and report/data

validation. Tested full trade lifecycle for the various products

validating STP between front, middle and back.

. Presented demo's to prospective and existing clients about product

features. Hands on experience with Omgeo CTM, OASYS Tradematch, Oasys

Trade Suite, DTCC GCF Repo, Eagle PACE, Princeton Financial Systems -

PAM, Crystal Reports, Bondedge, Yieldbook, 15022 Swift Messages, FIX

Allocations, Advent Axys.

Project: Charles River Equity & FX trading system

Merrill Lynch, NY, NY

Business Analyst Oct. 2008 -

June 2009

The system using Charles River product was developed for trading and

managing the equities and foreign currencies (buy-side) positions. It

covered order customization according to market needs, pre-trade and post-

execution compliance monitoring, what-if scenarios and integration with

accounting and downstream reporting.

. Gathered business requirements by interviewing users and subject matter

experts (SME), assigned priorities and established traceability. Analyzed

current business process gaps and established improvements. Developed and

documented use cases, modeled processes using UML and Visio.

. Analyzed the existing SQL queries for the performance and wrote new SQL

scripts for back end testing and data validation.

. Involved in change request management and impact analysis for the

proposed changes. Developed and maintained the issue / defect matrix and

provided the status reports.

Project: Axys System

Deutsche Bank, NY, NY

Business Systems Analyst

July 2006 - August 2008

The system was developed to store all customization settings and

preferences related to clients, their portfolios and securities that drove

client reporting, accounting and performance reporting.

. Performed pre-analysis of the user requirements, assigned priorities and

translated the requirements to functional specifications and mapped the

requirements to appropriate business rules. Assisted with QA and UAT.

Project: Global Client Profitability Datawarehouse

Client: Merrill Lynch, NY, NY

Title: Business Analyst July 2005 -

June 2006

The project was to develop a global data warehouse for client profitability

reporting for Prime Brokerage, Swaps, Stock loan and DMA. It covered global

data capture, local report delivery, changes to data sources and data

infrastructure, additional feed expansion and customization of the

profitability measures on a regional basis.

. Performed the initial analysis by going through the existing documents.

Analyzed the current system and proposed system to come with the GAP

analysis.

. Interviewed the business users across Americas, UK and Asia Pac to

collect the requirements. Conducted the JAD sessions with the users to

collect the information about true data sources, the data feed format for

input data file and built BRD and traceability matrix. Assisted the DBA's

in resolving any issues with data mapping and data modeling. Interacted

with off shore team of developers to resolve any issues.

Project: Mortgage financing

Client: ICICI Bank, India

Title: Business Analyst May 2003 -

June 2005

The project involved Mortgage Financing Application. The firm's

representative submits customer's application in a fronted top view and the

lender can view the information of the customer. The loan-underwriting

engine is used for the lender to make the decision whether to approve a

loan or not. When lenders submit their loan data into the system, the

system is run-through regression and Statistical analysis. Decisions are

based on the result of the analysis. Web based user-friendly portal.

Personalized information of the customer and categorizing into Risk, High

Risk and Low Risk.

. Participated in requirement gathering and business modeling along with

the SME's, business team, development team and testing teams.

. Prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirements

Document (FRD).

. Determined project scope, risks, deliverables, task delegation, and

implementation timeline.

. Utilized Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) in MS Visio and Power Point to

graphically define and document data processes, data flow and data

exchanges.

. Assisted QA during testing and users during User Acceptance testing.

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