Summary

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst with ** years of experience in Software Testing, Development and Business Analysis, including all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle. I possess 18 years of experience in Financial and Brokerage Industry with a strong knowledge of different trading applications and financial instruments.

Areas of Knowledge & Expertise

Trading/Vendor Systems: Fidessa Trading application, xTrader, Alpha Trading System, DSTS Fixed Income Mid-Office application, IBM Back office, Mutual Funds Order/Data Management System, Etrade Retail Trading application, WSS trading system, Murex trading platform, Calypso, Summit, Candeal, TradeWeb, etc.

Asset Classes: Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, Mutual Funds

Communication Protocols: FIX, STAMP, EMAPI

Testing tools: VeryFIX, Jira, HP Quality Center, FIX Flyer Ignition, Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager

Database Tools: SSMS, SQuirreL SQL Client Version, DB Visualizer, Sybase, MS Access

Programming languages: MS Visual Basic, VBScript, SQL, XML

Working Experience

CIBC Capital Markets

Senior QA LEAD

Dec 2018 – Present

Working on complex OMS Replacement Project (FIDESSA):

Creating Test Plan, Traceability Matrix and Test Cases to insure the coverage

Testing Manual orders flow:

Executions via different venues (CAD, US, SOR, etc.)

Client and Market facing orders

Allocations

House fills

FX trades

Crosses

Sweeps

ALGO orders (STRIKE, TWAP, VWAP, POV, etc)

Testing Electronic order flow (VeriFIX)

Validating FIX messages, tags and values for Client flow

Performance testing

Testing Inbound/Outbound orders from/to other desks/systems

Validating FIX messages

Validating orders visibility entitlements

Testing Post Trade Ticketing:

Validating FIX Drop copies

Validating Broadridge daily Reports

Testing Regulatory Reports for US clients (CATNMS, OATS, 606, EBS, Short Sell, etc.)

Preparing sign-off packages including Test evidences and artifacts documentation

RBC Capital Markets

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Aug 2016 – Dec 2018

Testing FIX orders flow:

Create/maintain/execute FIX automated regression scripts (VeryFIX)

Analyzing results/FIX logs

Testing different instrument types (FUT, Rates, Options)

Testing different Order types (DMA/CARE – Outrights, Spreads)

Testing different venues (CME/ICE/EUR/etc.)

ALGO orders testing (IS, POV, TWAP, VWAP)

Testing FIX session rules

Testing MiFid requirements for Futures

Testing Risk Parameters User/Client/Account level (Order size/Pos size/Sprd Pos size/etc.)

Testing in-house ALGO container

Testing Exchange Executions Drop Copy flow

Validating User/Group entitlements

Testing Fidessa trading application (new functionality and regression – FUT, Rates)

RBC Capital Markets

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

May 2015 – May 2016

Testing Pricing Application for CAD, US and HK clients:

Different instrument types (Bonds, Bills, Tips, FUT, etc.)

Different pricing models (Manual, Spread, Curve)

Price/Spread/Yield calculations

Different Trade types (Single leg, multi-leg, quick ticket)

Trade Blotter (trade data, cancels, amendments)

Strips (Coupons and Residuals)

Testing e-Trading application for CAD, US and HK clients:

Manual /AQ trades

Price Source preferences

Trade negotiation messages

Bid/Offer skews based on Client Tier Settings

Trades from external clients (Candeal, TradeWeb)

Different pricing models (Manual, Spread, Curve)

Creating test cases based on the Business Requirements

Validating User/Group entitlements

Documenting, tracking and verifying defects using JIRA Project Management Tool

Creating Traceability Matrix to insure complete coverage

CIBC Wholesale Banking

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Sept 2013 – Oct 2014

Testing xTrader (Global Derivatives and Strategic Risks front-office cross-asset derivatives application)

Leading a project for Hedge Effectiveness Module (Structured Notes)

Generating feeds for different downstream teams

Analyzing feed files using (in-house) AutoQA tool

Test Data preparation using SQL Server Management Studio

Test Environments setup (packages deployment, configurations settings, stored procedures, etc.)

Coordinating SIT/UAT testing with different Downstream teams and Business groups

Writing Test Strategy/Test Plan documentation

Creating test cases based on the Business and System Requirements

Organizing/maintaining Test Cases in HP Quality Center

Documenting, tracking and verifying defects using JIRA Project Management Tool

Creating Traceability Matrix to insure complete coverage

Preparing Release management packages for approval by Request Manager team

TD Securities

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

February 2013 – August 2013

Coordinating BAT/UAT testing for Dodd Frank regulatory project for Equity, Fixed Income, Rates and Credits derivatives asset classes

Coordinating SIT testing with different Source Systems (Summit, Calypso, Murex, WSS) and Business groups

Writing Test Strategy/ Test Plan documentation

Assisting in scoping the testing effort and time estimation

Creating test cases based on the Business Requirements for different source systems

Organizing Test Cases in HP Quality Center

Creating Traceability Matrix to insure complete coverage and for audit purposes

Writing Test Cases/ Test Documentation Methodology

Working with different groups (business and operational teams, business /systems analysts, technical leads) to review and assess all defects

Executing End to End Test Cases for different trading source systems

Testing Pre-Processor functionality and analyzing TDML (XML) and FPML files

Creating test data and executing test cases through database, using SQuirreL SQL Client and DB Visualizer.

Testing and analyzing End of Day process and Analytics

IIROC (Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada)

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

April 2009 – December 2012

Coordination of the testing financial communication protocol between IIROC and marketplaces

Interacting with different marketplaces to analyze their system functionality to identify specific needs

Documenting customized process report for each marketplace

Analyzing and documenting business rules for in-house Validator tool.

Leading FIX Certification Testing with Marketplaces

Creating Test cases for FIX Application Level and Session Level Certification testing

Creating FIX Test Data using FIX Flyer Ignition application for internal regression testing

Creating Test Documentation including Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Strategy, etc.

Performing an internal FIX Gateway testing

Analyzing FIX logs received from marketplaces

Testing and analyzing reference data from marketplaces (Member, Trader, Securities, etc.)

Creating and executing System and Data Recovery Test cases

Analyzing Business Requirements to create functional test cases for real-time surveillance application, alerts and reports

Alpha Trading Systems

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

January 2008 – April 2009

Testing a new Alternative Trading System (ATS) with Trade Through Management (TTM) service (routing function that allows transmitting Orders to Other Marketplaces)

Analyzing Functional Requirements to create detailed test cases

Creating XML scripts for automated testing

Creating Data files to be used in automation

Testing Private and Public messages flow through the EMAPI (External Messaging Application Programming Interface) protocol

Performing Functional testing of the different order types (Market/Limit, Short Sells, AON, Fill or Kill, etc.)

Insert amendment and cancelation of orders during different trading phases based on business requirement and rules

Opening and Closing Auction (COP/CCP price rules)

Post-Trade Management (Trade Report, Trade Cancelation and Correction)

TD Securities

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

March 2007 – December 2007

Developing and constantly updating comprehensive functional, integration, performance and regression test cases for complex Fixed Income system – FrontEnd application (web based)/MidOffice (DSTS)/BackOffice (IBM)

Analyzing Business and System Requirements to insure the Test Coverage

Ensuring that quality assurance process deliverables meet specified business, functional, and association mandatory regulations and schedules as negotiated with Product Manager

Implement processes and tools as necessary to provide QA metrics in order to improve the overall quality of the application

Creating an end-to-end Testing infrastructure using Mercury Quality Center (Requirements - Test Plan/Cases - Test Lab – Defects

Preparing and communicating test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management

Develop User Requirements documentation

Bank of Montreal

Senior Business/QA Analyst

June 2006 – March 2007

Analyzing and testing the end-to-end workflows among the Front and Back Offices for the Fixed Income web-based application

Conversion and Parallel testing of the system and database

Corporate Actions, Collections batches and Interest payments testing and analysis

Client Accounts and House Accounts balances

Security payment cycles and Client statements testing

Back Office and operations/settlements processing and workflows

End of day processing and reports

Reconciliation processes and adjustments

FIS (Fidelity National Information Services)

Test Lead

March 2005– June 2006

Testing web-based, client-server and XML applications for Mutual Funds order/data management and trading system

Analyzing System Requirements documents to identify test strategy

Creating Test Plans and Test Cases for new and existing applications

Preparing Time Estimates for new projects to identify project budget

Distributing workload among other team members

Helping Business Analysts to write an On-line help for a new web-based application

Providing an input into new product features

Creating progress reports to ensure appropriate test coverage and results

Analyzing Database to verify test results

E*TRADE Canada

Quality Assurance Software Engineer

July 2002 – March 2005

Testing web-based trading application for retail clients for the following products:

Equities, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Options, Fixed Income, Money Market

Designing, modifying and executing Automated Test Scripts, including GUI and VU scripts using Rational Robot/Test Manager

Executing Load, Stress, Performance and Functional Tests of web-based application

Analyzing web application performance using Rational SiteCheck

Assisting in designing/improving Graphical User Interface

MobileQ, Inc

Test Engineer

November 2000 – November 2001

Providing QA support for development of enterprise mobility applications using both manual and automated test methodologies

Brightspark

August 2000 – November 2000

Quality Assurance Analyst

VoxData

April 2000 – August 2000

Quality Assurance Analyst/Programmer Analyst

Visual Accounting Systems Corp Feb. 1999 – March 2000

Visual Basic Programmer

First Choice Computers Sept 1997 –Feb. 1999

Software Tester Analyst

Education

Software Quality Assurance and Testing: SoftHawkWay Ltd.

Business Computer System Diploma: Seneca College (Graduated with Honours)

References: available upon request.

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