Data Management Financial Services

Nataliya Shnayder

Forest Hills, NY *****

917-***-**** **********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/nataliyashnayder

Professional Profile

Extensive financial services industry experience with expertise in securities data management and global operations.

Maintained enterprise-level Reference Data management / Security master and Market data platform, managing sourcing and distribution of vendors’ securities, pricing and issuer data across front, middle and back-office systems.

Provided product support and business analysis services, ensuring timely resolution of data access and quality issues, discrepancies and delays, liaising with data vendors, conducting data analysis and root cause investigations to troubleshoot and remediate data issues extensively using SQL. Oversaw multiple compliance initiatives and audit remediation efforts. Leveraging a strong understanding of business needs and securities data, acted as a liaison with business and technology teams to gather data requirements, review existing processes and models, define improvement projects, document user stories, develop test scenarios, and coordinate UAT. Managed production implementations for data management initiatives, adhering to Agile and ITIL frameworks as well as data governance, risk management policies, and compliance requirements.

Committed to continuous learning and operational excellence, eager to leverage a solid foundation in data management, analytical thinking and cross-functional collaboration experience to bring meaningful value to the team and support the success of the organization.

Technology Skills

SQL-Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, Unix/Linux/Windows, Cloud-IaaS, Power BI, Bloomberg Professional Service, Reuters, GitHub/RTC build, Agile, ITIL framework/ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Autosys, Microsoft Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word), SCRUM Master certification (CSM), Certified Product Owner (CSPO).

Work Experience

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, New York, NY 09/2008 – 02/2025

Assistant Vice President, Technical Product Support Analyst, Global Banking Modernization Program

Coordinated release management process with adherence to Agile methodology, managing code promotion, GitHub/RTC build, and cloud deployment to development and higher environments; performed post deployment validation.

Partnered with technical teams to participate in agile ceremonies-standups, sprint demos, retrospectives, sprint planning, backlog refinement.

Assistant Vice President, Application Support Analyst, Alternative Investment Services

Managed user and operational support for Reference Data Management (RDM) platform, serving hedge fund services clients with over $30B in AUM and supporting about 1,000 users worldwide. Addressed over 200 of user issues a month – facilitating operations responsible for sourcing, cleansing, storage and integration of Security master/Market/ Reference data across various internal systems and financial instruments to ensure data quality and reliability.

Successfully facilitated the implementation of automated data sourcing and robust controls to ensure data accuracy, completeness and timeliness, which resulted in the reduction of major incidents related to data access and quality by 90% across key functions including Operations, Accounting, Risk, and Regulatory Reporting.

Collaborated with business and technology stakeholders to gather data requirements based on customer needs, understand business processes, data structure and flows to identify and implement fixes and enhancement solutions to critical user needs across all data classes and ensuring the solutions are aligned with business and regulatory needs and data governance policies.

Managed backlog and worked closely with business and development teams to document and prioritize user stories, testing scenarios, and user acceptance criteria for new functionality to support agile delivery; performed pre-UAT testing and authored release notes with usage guidelines for business users. Planned and coordinated development releases with adherence to Agile methodology.

Coordinated UAT efforts by engaging internal users, assisting with testing and gathering feedback; facilitated change management for production releases, ensuring seamless user adoption.

Drafted and maintained knowledge base articles and SOP documentation to support production stability, reduce operational risk and coach junior team members.

Led issue management, major incidents response, problem management and change management processes in alignment with the ITIL framework.

Extensively leveraged SQL and log analysis to investigate and research data within enterprise databases and. Analyzed data quality and processing issues to pinpoint root causes of data discrepancies across reference and market data domains, that impacted downstream applications and reports. Served as a Subject Matter Expert leading troubleshooting efforts and driving resolution of data issues.

Managed vendor-sourced data files and ingestion processes, resolving issues to ensure accurate data sourcing, lineage tracking, and proper alignment of data elements. Maintained internal metadata dictionaries for Bloomberg back office and PSDL fields.

Maintained data access control and ensured compliance with audit standards and regulatory requirements during major releases and daily operations.

Supported ongoing compliance initiatives, audit preparedness, and remediation of critical audit findings. Developed a working knowledge and understanding of the company internal data governance policy, data quality management and industry data governance and risk regulations.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, New York, NY 02/2001 – 06/2008

Senior Securities Data Analyst/ Pricing and Indicative Data Specialist - Administrator

Provided timely and accurate securities data analysis for various types of instruments including corporate debt, asset backed securities, equity and derivatives such as interest rate and credit default SWAPS, OTC, and exchange traded options and futures. troubleshot and resolved database and client issues.

Set up and updated security records on the bank’s strategic Security Master Data Base (SMDB). Performed daily quality control, reconciliation, validation and vendor data verification to support reliable downstream processes, while facilitating compliance with audit requirements as mandated by the SEC and bank policies.

Maintained accounting records necessary to calculate daily NAV and end-of-day pricing of funds. Conducted fair valuation

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY

Master of Business Administration, Management of business information systems, Moscow State University of Economics Statistics and Informatics, Moscow, Russia

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