Business Analyst

Siddharth John Mathai

Address: **** ***** ****, *** ***, Charlotte, NC 28203

Contact: Email – **********@*****.***

Phone: +1-980-***-****

SUMMARY:

5+ years experience as a Product Owner

12+ years industry experience as a Business Systems Analyst.

Strong Financial Industry expertise

Adept in SDLC, Agile and Scrum

Expertise in identifying, developing and managing business and functional requirements Specifications.

Strong implementation experience of ITIL and PMI standards and processes

Knowledge about API, SQL, MTEX, JSON technology.

Proficient in creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Gantt Charts, Process Flow diagrams etc.

Organized interviews, workshops, JAD and requirement elicitation sessions.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Extensively worked with business users as well as senior management.

Extensive experience to analyze and document business requirements and system functional specifications including use cases.

Expertise in evaluating complex Financial structures, Portfolios, Front office trading desk and integrating technological upgrades with asset management.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s of Science, Major in Accountancy, Bentley University, Massachusetts

SKILLS:

Financial: Fixed Income, Mutual Funds, Asset Backed Securities, Mortgage Backed Securities, Bank Loans, Credit Default Swaps, Cross Currency Swaps, Futures, Music Rights, Insurance Bonds, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Private Real Estate, Market Risk Space (CVA, DVA, Counterparty Credit Risk)

Languages Environment

JSON, HTML, XML, SQL

BA Tools

MS Project, Visio, JIRA, Confluence

Databases

SQL

Agile Methodology

Ready, Done, INVEST concepts

Acceptance Criteria, Automated testing, Performance improvement, Value add, Story sizing.

Velocity, Burndown, Burnup Charts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Apex Systems - Product Owner/Scrum Master

Feb 2020-Present Charlotte, North Carolina (Contractor)

Project - Wells Fargo

Business Focus: Counterparty Credit Risk exposure related stress testing: 14QL regulatory reporting.

Products: Derivatives and Structured Finance Products.

Risk Space Knowledge: CVA, DVA, recovery rates, credit shifts, credit curves, wrong way risk, netting agreements, collateral agreements (enforceability), Greeks

Requirements gathering-new regulatory requirements, new system enhancements, back end, interim & front-end processes, new GUI builds, report builds including templates and run book automation

Creation of Business Requirements Documents

Creation of Functional Specifications Documents

Creation of Process Flow Diagrams

Systems Integration

Systems Architectural Design

Tech Workshops for system development and design

Requirements gathering meetings with key stakeholders

Regular cadence with management and key stakeholders

Product Roadmap

Product Backlog

Presentations-Demos, Process Flows, Requirement gathering sessions etc.

Project Management - Initiation, Planning, Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt Charts, Milestones, Key Business Decisions, Risks, Issues, Dependencies, daily scrum, scrum retrospective, story points estimation, burndown charts, burnup charts, tracking impediments, product/sprint grooming etc.

Tools:

SQL – Writing Queries for report creation (selection, joins etc.), Testing, Data Research.

Visio - Flowcharting for Systems Design.

JIRA - User stories, requirements documentation.

Confluence – Project Collaboration Tool.

UI-Angular, CSharp, Wireframe, Mockups.

MS Powerpoint-Presentation Decks, Flowcharts, Gantt Charts etc.

State Street Corporation – Product Owner

Nov 2017 to July 2019 Singapore - AVP

Nov 2014 to Nov 2017 Boston – Officer

Business Focus: Private Equity, Real Estate and Real Assets cash management and performance reporting.

Products: Private Equity, Real Estate and Real Assets

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of 2-3 direct reports – performance reviews, bonus allocation and merit increases.

Global Strategic Client – Escalation point, quarterly service reviews, new business/project lead.

Spear headed major projects related to Financial Investment solutions and asset management

Worked closely with Investment department to gather requirements on Capital Calls, Distributions-investor accounting treatment, Master/Feeder structures, Management fees and Performance fees, management fee rebates/waivers, subsequent close interest, Partner Capital Statements and MV fluctuation analysis/research, Unfunded Commitment balance tracking, Waterfall calculations, IRRs calcs, multiples, TWR.

Managing custody & banking services for clients.

Technically evaluate automation of rates (FX rates etc.) for cash projections and assessing impact.

Managed all levels of software development life cycle (SDLC).

Partnered with Project Sponsors and Project Manager to build schedule and project plan.

Worked as a cross functional liaison business, operations, IT and various other stakeholders.

BRDs, system design & architecture, UAT scripts, problem solving, solutioning & testing.

Conducted proof-of-concept client demos of Private equity systems usage for capital call/wire approvals, market value updates & performance calculations.

Show-cased to other business units on how system is used internally with centralized data sharing systems for multi asset classes. This technology was also later subscribed by several North American, Australian & APAC clients.

Technically evaluate the sourcing & automation of benchmark updates for incentive fee calculations (hurdles & high water marks) for PE/Hedge Funds (limited partners/general partners) including assessing impact to clients.

Enhanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to deliver data and documents per client’s needs. State Street developed new chargeable fee transparency & document gathering and delivery services based on these enhancements.

Regulatory Reporting (K1s) for private clients and assessing tax/regulatory impact.

Designed reporting specifications for Hyperion Reports and cube structures

Applied core concepts of ITIL and PMI on project requirements documentation

Worked with third-party vendors on RFP (Request for Proposal) process: system demos, system capability discussions, accounting treatment discussions, reporting capability discussions, fee proposals, rate cards, head count allocation based on services requested.

Defined and created business architecture for System developments, testing of State Street Proprietary systems as well as interfacing technology with client systems using API technology (JSON/XML)

Holding regular service review meetings, due diligence visits & new business pitches.

Resolving private equity system issues with clients & escalations.

Service Level Agreement write ups and reviews.

Participate in weekend system checkout activity and provide go/no go decisions on assigned testing.

Liaise with technical staff, end users and program managers to determine new system architecture & testing strategy.

Provide feedback after testing to propose new iterations/improvements

Performance evaluations, Salary, promotion, merit increases & bonus allocations

Conflict resolution, performance improvement plans & internal transfers, New Hire interviews.

Head Count reviews/reallocations with upper management, offshore groups and peer alternative investment groups.

Environment: API/JSON.

Bank of New York Mellon (June 2013 – November 2014)

Business Analyst

Investor Accounting & Reporting for a large hedge fund client.

Regulatory Reporting (K1s) for private clients and assessing tax/regulatory impact.

Management/Incentive fee/NAV calcs (tiered structures, hurdles, clawbacks, loss carry forwards, crystallization, Waterfall allocations, unfunded commitment)

Master/Feeder Structures

Project related work: helped in creating a daily reporting model from a monthly reporting model for P&L, management & incentive fees at fund level & investor level

Technically evaluate the sourcing & automation of benchmark updates for incentive fee calculations (hurdles & high water marks) for PE/Hedge Funds (limited partners/general partners)

APG Asset Management US Inc, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK Apr2009 – Oct2012

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Technically evaluate Fixed Income, Bonds and Bond Trading Cycle, Pricing, Equities, Portfolio Management, Sales and Marketing

Technically evaluate Pricing and Benchmark feeds (Libor/Euribor) via various pricing feeds (Reuters, Bloomberg) for fixed income & alternatives (Mortgage & Asset Backs)

Conduct user interviews, gathering and analyzing requirements using RequisitePro – RUP.

Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML

Identify research, realize, investigate, analyze, define and document business processes and Use Case Scenarios.

Developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place

Responsible for identifying and documenting business rules and creating detailed Use Case.

Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Worked with development and testing teams to accomplish timely release objectives.

Using detailed knowledge of application features and functions assess scope and impact of business needs throughout analysis and completion of all enhancement specifications

Act as a resource in understanding how IS carry out business functions and assists in ensuring the timely and effective implementation.

Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and resources to successful completion.

Liaison for projects with other corporate departments, including Executive, Legal and Information Services as well as vendor relationships.

Responsible for maintaining project documentations.

Created templates for SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) & DNB (Dutch National Bank, Netherlands) Regulatory Reporting.

Environment: Cognos, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio.

Capital Advisors Group, Fairfield, New Jersey Apr 2006 – Nov 2008

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Technically evaluate Pricing, Coupon & Benchmark feeds (Libor/Euribor) via various pricing feeds (Reuters, Bloomberg) for fixed income (Commericial Paper & Asset Backs)

Involved in all phases of Project Life Cycle.

Analysis of business requirements and system requirements

Analyzed the Business and System Requirements of the application.

Interacted with user groups to derive the functional requirements.

Performed System Analysis and Design using UML.

Involved in documentation during various phases of development life cycle.

Developed Use case, Functional, Object diagrams using Rational Rose. Developed the Test plans for quality assurance based on functional requirements.

Involved in the documentation of the complete testing process.

Performed User Acceptance Testing.

Interacting with the development and testing teams to improve overall quality of the software.

Involved in creating periodic status reports.

Followed Rational Unified Change Management Process.

Used Rational Clear Case and Clear Quest as Configuration Management and Change control tools.

Environment: Cognos, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio.

State Street Corp, Princeton, New Jersey Apr2005– Apr 2006 Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Technically evaluate Pricing, Coupon & Benchmark feeds (Libor/Euribor) via various pricing feeds (Reuters, Bloomberg) for fixed income (Mutual Funds)

Was responsible for creating and reviewing business requirements, functional specifications, project schedules, documentation and test plans.

Worked with production staff to identify and map detailed current processes, gaps and failure points, perform root cause analysis and develop functional requirements that supported overall strategy, goals and objectives.

Acted as a liaison between the technical staff and the users (staff and management).

Also was responsible for communications between Project Team and other related departments.

Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements and analyzed business case

Identified, researched, investigated, analyzed, defined and documented business processes.

Performed System Analysis and Design using UML. Involved in documentation during various phases of development life cycle.

Using detailed knowledge of application features and functions, assessed scope and impact of business needs throughout analysis and completion of all enhancement specifications.

Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and resources to successful completion.

Assisted the Project Manager in setting realistic project expectations, in evaluating the impact of changes on the organization and plans accordingly, and conducted project related presentations.

Created templates for Schedule D tax filings/Regulatory Reporting.

Environment: Cognos, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio.

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