Manish Agarwal
Business Analyst
Mumbai
Summary
Business Analyst/Product Manager with 11 years of experience in Financial Services, Capital Markets, and Global Risk Management. Adept at collaborating with team members, other departments and customers to produce relevant, high-quality products that drive company growth. Well-organized and proactive with excellent communication and planning abilities. Experienced in all aspects of product development, from concept to launch, with a focus on market research, strategy, and cross-functional team leadership.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Product Manager
Golden Source India Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - Current
- Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap, aligning them with business objectives and customer needs.
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to prioritize and deliver product features on time and within budget.
- Reviewed product development roadmaps, budgets, expenditures and research.
- Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers and internal teams.
- Led sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-up meetings in Agile development environment.
- Developed BUY side use cases and models like Fama French Investing, Black Litterman Model, Portfolio Back Testing, Efficient Frontier, Back testing, PCA and various others models in Python and integration of same for use in Quant Workbench (QWB) tool which acts as analytical tool for decision making and handling large data volumes.
- Familiar and well equipped with Golden Source Products such as GSO Mapper, Market Data Solutions, Security Master, Orchestrator, GSO Designer
- Create Simulated Data Historical Time Series for Equity, Interest Rates, FX, Bonds across region using Geometric Brownian Motion and perform analytics on same and compare with Market Vendors
- Perform Business Analysis on market data files for different vendors and create Vendor Mapping for vendors such as ICE, Bloomberg, Refinitiv for daily and historical data across asset class.
- Distinguished product issues and gathered information on customer experiences.
Lead Business Analyst
Synechron Technologies
07.2020 - 02.2021
- Collaborate with development team to implement various regulatory reporting including Pre/Post Trade Transparency, Best Ex, Trade Obligations, Threshold and MIFIR Reporting
- Worked with client UBS on Brexit Program and MIFID II
- Responsible for solving business queries on FCA and ESMA
- Working on tools like JIRA, Splunk, Excel for daily coverage and tracking of project
- Perform analysis of DROIT modules of all mandates and highlight gap to stake holders and consumers and provide solution to Business.
Product Manager
Morningstar India Pvt ltd
10.2019 - 07.2020
- Leading entire Product lifecycle of Global Retirement Solutions for different lines of business in Morningstar as only Product Manager from India
- Work along with Quant and DS group to create automated portfolio solutions using Python and Machine Learning using Agile Methodology and Define Product Roadmap and Feature Specifications
- Handling team of 10 people of Associate Product Managers, Software Engineers & Scrum Master
- Development and implementation of new strategies and performing end to end Business Analysis of requirement that help in product growth by writing User Stories in detail and grooming with team
- Multifunctional team collaboration to handle entire release process via JIRA.
Business Analyst Manager
Bank of America
11.2017 - 10.2019
- Leading entire Market Risk Migrations from Legacy to Python in Market Risk Technology team and provide support to Risk managers for EOD VAR as only Business Analyst from India
- Performed analysis of VAR (Value at Risk) and Exposure numbers of different products and assist Senior Risk Managers with appropriate commentary of differences observed
- Lead migrations individually for CPRT project which computes EOD VAR and Official Risk with different risk scenarios inclusive CCAR and FDSF testing scenarios for regulators like FED and PRA
- Work with regulators for changes related to regulations like MIFID II, FRTB, ESMA, BASEL 3 & BCBS 239.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
Risk Analyst, Global Risk Management
Nomura Services India Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 11.2017
- Transformed existing process to Basel III standard and subsequent production of documentation to support compliance for both Market Risk and Credit Risk
- Perform VAR Analysis and prepare regulatory reports for Market Risk and Credit Risk
- Implemented BCBS239 norms and business rules for automation of data quality process
- Lead Credit Derivatives Projects by running project from scratch and performing UAT to set process in frame with waterfall logic.
Business Analyst, Business Solution Group
Edelweiss
05.2014 - 10.2015
- Worked on Fixed Income Asset Class, Bonds, Swaps, CP, Equity, Futures & Options and Risk
- Regular interaction with stake holders for day-to-day business requirements to prepare BRS & FSD
- Build software system for dealing in Swap Asset Class, International Trade Recon, Debt markets and other Exchange products and preparation of Risk and P&L reports
- Implement ad-hoc / change request for pricing, logic models, valuation, risk numbers and other system interface and perform end to end testing of system and to execute test cases
- Followed Waterfall and Agile Methodology for Software Development.
Management Intern
01.2013 - 06.2013
- Worked as Management Intern in Business Solution Group as Business Analyst
- Converted Internship into Pre-Placement Offer for permanent role as Business Analyst.
Systems Associate, ITIL
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
10.2010 - 08.2011
- Providing support to clients in MIS under ITIL Operations and providing training on ITIL Foundation
- Responsible for maintenance of servers, MIS applications, testing programs and monitoring and supervising entire working of system
- Use technologies like RSA secure authentication, PGP Encryption, SMS software distribution, EARS tool.
Education
Masters in Data Science with Deep Learning -
Grey Atom School of Data Science
Mumbai 10.2018 - 11.2019
PGDM Finance -
ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
Mumbai 06.2012 - 06.2014
BCA (WBUT) - Computer And Information Sciences
NIMS
Kolkata 08.2007 - 07.2010
Skills
Financial Services Domainundefined
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 11/30/88
Timeline
Lead Product Manager
Golden Source India Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - Current
Lead Business Analyst
Synechron Technologies
07.2020 - 02.2021
Product Manager
Morningstar India Pvt ltd
10.2019 - 07.2020
Masters in Data Science with Deep Learning -
Grey Atom School of Data Science
10.2018 - 11.2019
Business Analyst Manager
Bank of America
11.2017 - 10.2019
Risk Analyst, Global Risk Management
Nomura Services India Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 11.2017
Business Analyst, Business Solution Group
Edelweiss
05.2014 - 10.2015
Management Intern
01.2013 - 06.2013
PGDM Finance -
ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
06.2012 - 06.2014
Systems Associate, ITIL
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
10.2010 - 08.2011
BCA (WBUT) - Computer And Information Sciences
NIMS
08.2007 - 07.2010
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