Business Analyst
Resume:
GOPINATH SAMBANDAM, FRM
**-*,***,****** *****, Kolathur, Chennai-99,India
M: +91(0)917-***-****. Email: ****.*******@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
FRM Certified– Financial Risk Manager- Certification – GARP, USA – May 2019.
Professional Certificate in Data Science by IBM on Coursera – December 2019.
Extensive knowledge in Banking and Financial Services industry- Investment Banking/ Capital Markets
Hands-on experience in Business Analysis and Data Analysis in the Banking domain.
Advanced PC skills in spreadsheet, database management and relational database applications.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
MBA-Business Finance & Management.
Graduated with distinction and class topper.
Awarded the “Best Student-[2007-08]-MBA-Business Finance”.
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sep, 2007-Dec, 2008.
ANNA UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering
Chennai, India
Aug, 1998-May, 2002.
Graduated with a CGPA of 8.3 on a scale of 10 [ Top 15% of the class].
Captain of the Cricket Team.
WORK EXPERIENCE
BA CONTINUUM, BANK OF AMERICA
Chennai,India
Lead Analyst
May, 2016- Present.
Application Domain: Financial Markets – Securities, Operational Risk – Liquidity Risk, Stress Modelling.
Technology: Python
Responsibilities: Techno-Functional Business Analyst. Act as an interface between the business and technology & operations.
Know-how: Technical Specifications Documentation, SBE [ Specifications by Example], Data Analysis
Skills Acquired:
Financial Model development for Scenario Analysis pertaining to Internal Liquidity Stress Testing [ ILST].
Collateral Management for Asset Traceability.
Data Analysis using Python and MS Excel.
SCOPE INTERNATIONAL, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Chennai,India
Senior Business Analyst
May, 2010- Apr,2016
Application Domain: Financial Markets – Foreign Exchange & Derivatives, Payments, SWIFT, Reference Data Management [ Counterparty & SSI – Standard Settlement Instructions]
Responsibilities: Responsible for analyzing the business needs and helping solve business problems by proposing relevant, innovative solutions. Act as an interface between the business and technology & operations. Plan and manage projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
Know-how: Requirement Gathering, Functional Specification & Documentation, Stakeholder Management, Project Management.
Skills Acquired:
Techniques to plan, document, analyze, trace and manage requirements. Testing, verification & validation.
Requirements Risk Assessment & Management, Business Process improvement & Reengineering.
Working knowledge in FX-Connect, OLT3– Front end FX e-trading platform. FX modules of FEDS – Sungard Treasury Application product, OPICS – Misys Treasury Management solution.
Cognizant of SWIFT Settlement and Confirmation messages.
WIPRO TEHNOLOGIES LTD
Chennai,India
Senior Software Engineer
May, 2009- May,2010.
Technology: C,C++,UNIX, SQL,PLSQL, ORACLE,SYBASE
Application Domain: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance – Investment Banking/ Capital Markets
Responsibilities: Business Analysis and Application Support for OASYS. It is an Over-the-counter [OTC] Derivatives back office platform for CITIGROUP. It is a software application that supports the operational activities of global OTC derivatives business.
Know-how: Documentation of Business Requirements and Specifications [BRD], Tools and Techniques for Requirement Gathering
Skills Acquired:
Working with teams across geographies and Client/User facing experience.
Clear understanding of Software Development Life Cycle [SDLC].
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Chennai, India
Software Engineer
Jan,2005-Aug,2007
Technology: C,C++,UNIX, SQL,PLSQL, ORACLE,SYBASE
Application Domain: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance – Investment Banking/ Capital Markets
Responsibilities: Manage sub-teams in a project, schedule, allocate and monitor tasks. Manage Technical issues, coding and configuration to ensure delivery of module/project for a Universal Banking software product- FINACLE-TREASURY.. It is an integrated yet modular front, middle and back office solution for Investment Banks.
Know-how: Business requirements, IT Architecture
Skills Acquired:
Acquired knowledge on Banking and Financial services industry.
Ability to use the technology within the function to improve the business performance.
Achievements:
Managed a team of 4 Software engineers. Team has produced 3 modules for a major Bank project with 0% defect.
Achieved 83% in the ‘Treasury Functional Certification’ and 92% in the ‘Treasury Technical Certification’, which are internal certifications from Infosys.
Awarded the “Young Achiever Award” as recognition for my superior performance.
CEAT TYRES LTD
Chennai, India
Consultant
May, 2002-Sep,2004
Responsibilities: Managed an Outsourcing unit with 25 employees doing job work for the main plant. Handled Production Planning, Inventory Control, Dispatch and Quality Control of the Outsourcing unit.
Know-how: Business Analysis, Project Management
Skills Acquired:
Documentation of system/reporting requirements.
Ability to analyze the business process and establish quality control checks into the processes and thereby provided recommendations, consultation, and advice on process improvements.
Gained financial acumen, in a manufacturing environment.
Achievements:
Awarded the “Best Outsourcing unit” among 8 units for two consecutive years 2003 and 2004 on the basis of quality.
Achieved a target of 22 tons production per day for a year 2003-2004 against 17 tons production per day from other units.
Awarded “Gem of the year-2004” for maximum output of 250 tons production and for generating a revenue of INR 500,000 from the scrap items.
AWARDS
“Best Student Award” for being the ‘School Topper’ in X class Board Exam.
Secured ‘State Third’ mark in English in the XII Board Examination and received “Best Outgoing Student Award”.
EXTRA – CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
‘Treasurer’ of the ‘Cultural Society’ during the third year of my undergraduate course. Raised funds and conducted an inter-college cultural event during the third and final year of my undergraduate course.
Captain of the cricket team at school level. Represented my undergraduate college cricket team at various inter-college cricket competitions. Also, represented the Infosys- Mahindra City cricket team at various corporate level and league matches.
Represented my school volleyball team at inter-zone matches and my college volleyball team at intra-college matches.
Cadet and a “B” certificate holder at the NCC [ National Cadet Corps] during my undergraduate course.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages: Python, Unix, C, C++, HTML, PLSQL, SQL. Database: Oracle, SQL Server. MS Office Applications.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
FRM Certified– Financial Risk Management [GARP, USA]– May 2019.
Financial Engineering and Risk Management – Online Certificate course from ‘Coursera’ by ‘Columbia University’.
Professional Certificate in Data Science by IBM on Coursera – December 2019.
Level I candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst [ CFA] program.
Member of the CMI [ Chartered Management Institute] since Sep 2007.
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