Results-driven and detail-oriented business analyst with over 6 years of experience in business process analysis and improvement. Proficient in requirements gathering, stakeholder management, and project coordination, with a strong emphasis on delivering client-centric solutions.
Encompassing Business analysis, Product management, Stakeholder management, development, testing, consulting, and proficiency in implementing scaled agile methodologies.
Experience in requirement gathering, elicitation, project planning, monitoring and control, risk management, finalization of technical/functional specifications, resource administration and quality management of applications.
Strong background in end-to-end implementation of the payment life cycle, fintech, banking, finance, and wealth management domains.
Proficiency in parsing, validating, and processing SWIFT MT/ISO20022 messages, ensuring accurate and secure transmission of financial information across international borders.
Demonstrated expertise in mapping legacy message formats to ISO20022, facilitating interoperability and standardization across payment systems.
Collaborated closely with stakeholders, including banks, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies, to ensure compliance with ISO20022 messaging standards.
Experienced in requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation, as well as the preparation of high-level and low-level designs, process modeling, and sequence flow diagrams.
Proficient in working with various clearing and settlement systems (RAILS) to ensure the accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.
Handling treasury aspects such as FX Rates, FX Transfers, Liquidity Payments, PnL, Liquidity Management, Account, and ledger postings for account and wallet payments.
Well versed in requirements gathering, solution design and articulation, effort estimation and performing gap analysis.
Understands software lifecycle for development and support projects. Had worked on Iterative, Waterfall and Agile models.
Responsibilities include extensive client interaction to understand expectations, requirements, formulating solutions, designing the architecture, and developing the application.
Quickly adapt to new environments and to continuously learn and apply new technologies independently.
Excellent ability to grasp emerging technologies and interact smoothly and effectively with peers, senior management and clients.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
TECHWAVE CONSULTING INDIA PVT LTD
Hyderabad
02.2021 - 01.2023
Requirement Gathering with stakeholders to understand their needs and gather requirements for wealth management systems or tools
Documenting functional and non-functional requirements
Creating functional specifications, use cases, process flows, and other relevant documentation to guide the development and implementation of wealth management solutions
Analyze existing wealth management systems, processes, and workflows to propose solutions
Collaborate with technical teams to design and implement new systems that meet the needs of wealth management operations
Develop and maintain reports and dashboards for monitoring portfolio performance, client accounts and Recommend investment strategies
Assist in defining project scopes, creating project plans, monitoring progress, and managing stakeholder expectations
Collaborate with technical teams to integrate wealth management systems with other internal or external systems, such as trading platforms, custodian systems, or client relationship management (CRM) systems
Assist in project planning, tracking milestones, managing requirements, and communicating project status to stakeholders
Creating UI/UX Mockups using Figma
Visa payments limited
02.2021 - 12.2022
Requirements gathering, analysis and preparation of BRD’s and FRD’s
Preparation of high level and low-level design flows
Writing of User Stories, User Acceptance Criteria by following the Gherkin format and providing breakdown sessions to Dev and QA teams
Eliciting requirements, performing gap analysis, impact analysis, documentation, and designing and documenting APIs for the Send to Account (S2A) initiative
Managing the Single Sign-On (SSO) migration from Pirean to Visa Online by liaising with various stakeholders and security teams
Analyzing the business model of Visa Payments Limited and integrating it into the Volpay framework
Managing the integration and connectivity with various microservices and external applications using REST API, SOAP API, and SFTP
Performing data modeling and mapping in alignment with SWIFT MT, ISO20022, and proprietary message standards as required by network partners and payment aggregators
Implementing and integrating the FX feed through the Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) feed
Integrating compliance sanctions screening and AML feeds, Acuity bank reference data feeds, calendar data feeds, Language Module Adapter (LMA), and Real-time Payment processing (RTP) systems
Designing wireframes and mock-ups and preparing the user experience (UX) based on business scenarios
Creating a data dictionary and managing error codes
Handling SWIFT MT, MX/ISO20022, and proprietary message formats
Managing treasury functions including FX rates, FX transfers, liquidity payments, PnL, liquidity management, and account and ledger postings
Managing IAM (Identity and Access Management) and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) activities
Prioritization, Sprint Planning, Retrospective and Backlog grooming sessions
Following Agile methodology with Scrum
Sprint demos/product demos to business stake holders
Involved in the technical upliftment of the earthpot to VPL
Handling of integration and connectivity with different micro services and external applications using REST API
Created UI/UX Mockups for the VPL New UI using Figma
Optimization of user journey
Worked on data center migration and API Doc preperation
Business Analyst
Rain Bird
SanDiego
07.2018 - 01.2021
Analyzed business requirements, participated in technical design, development and testing of various modules assigned
Evaluate the gathered requirements to ensure they are complete, consistent, and aligned with the project objectives
Document the requirements using various techniques such as use cases, user stories and process flow diagrams
Played a key role in managing relationships with stakeholders by facilitating meetings, workshops, and interviews to elicit requirements and ensure effective communication between stakeholders
Manage expectations, address conflicts, and ensure stakeholder buy-in throughout the project lifecycle
Identify areas for process improvement by analyzing existing business processes, identify inefficiencies or bottlenecks, and propose recommendations for streamlining processes, reducing costs, and improving overall efficiency
Associate Business analyst
Verisight
Atlanta
04.2017 - 06.2018
Acted as a facilitator between Business and IT in understanding the business's needs and played a key role in the overall management and success of a project through the entire project lifecycle
Worked with User Experience and Information Architects in the definition of Customer Journeys and the production of wireframes and prototypes
Developed detailed business requirement documents and user stories post understanding customer requirements
Delivered high-quality documentation on current & future business processes requirements and associated process workflows in line with best practice industry standards
Education
Master of Science - Information Security
University of Cumberland
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science Engineering