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Deepak Narayan Mantri

Bengaluru Urban

Summary

Strategic and Dynamic Leader, Business Analyst and Data Product Consultant with 15+ years of experience in financial services, IT, and banking. Proven at guiding organizations to build, scale, and govern data-driven end to end product transformations- concept to launch, migrations—combining data strategy, product management, AI innovation, and Agile delivery. Expert at translating complex business needs into roadmaps, defining data governance standards, and delivering cross-functional solutions with measurable ROI. Experienced in leading development and implementation of advanced analytics and AI solutions to improve operational insights. Skilled in translating business needs into data-driven strategies, , and enhancing enterprise risk controls and compliance operations. Bringing expertise in Agile methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and data visualization, Trends in Data, Strategically collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, architects and mid-level to senior managers to ensure data product solutions are built for optimal performance and design analytics applications across multiple platform. Serve as a strategic liaison between data management, product teams, data engineering, and architecture teams throughout the data product life cycle Mentor Agile members across Line of Business I bridge the gap between vision and execution—empowering teams through innovation, precision, and deep data insight. Key strengths include: data product lifecycle management, metadata management & lineage, Generative/Agentic AI automation, cloud & ETL architecture, BI & visualization, Agile leadership, and stakeholder consulting.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Business Analyst

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
11.2020 - Current
  • Led enterprise data-product initiatives, acting as strategic consultant across business, data management, engineering, and architecture teams.
  • Proposed and scaled AI-enabled Agile tooling in JIRA—integrating Generative/Agentic AI for sprint planning, velocity forecasting, capacity planning, skills based and auto-ticketing—saving 975 MDs & €390K (6 months), and 1,950 MDs & €780K (12 months).
  • End-to-End Delivery: Spearheaded the Nexxus team in designing and launching digital products—including Allocated Cost Report and Worldwide Accounting Package—that combine robust financial processes with innovation saving over 1000MD’s.
  • Pioneered Transformation programs enhancing enterprise risk controls, and global payment, third party AI enabled filtering and screening processes aligned with Sanctions, AML, and ESG compliance requirements. Daily monitoring, governance, oversight and regulatory reporting activities in coordination with the Architects, Compliance, Control team saving over 300-500K of third party licence costs by building in-house application
  • Defined data-product roadmaps, intake prioritization, and specification templates; set governance standards for metadata, lineage, and security.
  • Designed cloud-centric ETL pipelines on Azure/GCP, enabling near-real-time data availability for analytics, reporting, and machine-learning.
  • Delivered Power BI dashboards embedded with predictive analytics and AI-infused KPIs, reducing manual reporting effort by 70% and driving a €300K reduction in licensing costs.
  • Consulted with mid- to senior-level stakeholders to align product initiatives with customer needs and business goals; led Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos).
  • Conducted root-cause analysis to resolve data quality issues; reduced time-to-insight for new features by 50%.

Senior Business Systems Analyst

FIS Global
06.2015 - 11.2020
  • Managed full migration from legacy system and lifecycle of large-scale data solutions in SEPA payments, loan origination & servicing; translated complex multi-source requirements into scalable data models and ETL workflows.
  • Spearheaded metadata management framework and data-lineage processes, ensuring consistent definitions and regulatory compliance across global platforms.
  • Drove migration from on-premise to cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), boosting transaction throughput by 30% and improving data access for analytics teams.
  • Partnered with product owners to prioritize feature backlog, define roadmaps, and measure KPIs—accelerating delivery cadence by 40%.

Business Analyst

Ideal Invent Technologies
03.2012 - 06.2015
  • Collaborated with offshore teams (Philippines, Norway) to transform legacy core-banking systems into agile, cloud-enabled platforms.
  • Authored functional specifications, process flows, and test plans; optimized teller/non-teller workflows to reduce manual errors by 25% and cut onboarding time by 20%.
  • Facilitated stakeholder workshops and UAT cycles, ensuring smooth change adoption and minimal business disruption.

Client Account Management

HCL Infosystems
08.2010 - 02.2012
  • Employed data analysis to interpret market trends and customize IT solutions aligning with client needs.

Team Member

JP Morgan Chase India Pvt Ltd
05.2009 - 08.2010
  • Coordinated equities settlements and executed corporate action trades with keen attention to analytical detail, ensuring zero compliance issues.

Education

MSc - International Business & Management

De Montfort University
01.2008

BSc (Bachelor of Science) - undefined

Bangalore University
01.2005

Skills

  • Data Product Strategy & Road-mapping
  • Data Governance, Metadata & Lineage
  • Business Analysis, Data Analytics Multi-Platform BI (Power BI), Management reporting
  • SQL (Microsoft-SQL, DbWeaver, MySql) & Python
  • Cloud Data Solutions (AWS, Azure)
  • ETL & Data Pipeline Design (Alteryx, SSIS)
  • Innovation, AI- GenAI and Agentic AI /ML Trends, LLM & Predictive Analytics
  • Agile Project Management (Scrum/Kanban, JIRA)
  • Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Consulting
  • Root-Cause Analysis & Data Quality Remediation

Certification

  • Generative AI for Project Managers (University of Glasgow)
  • Agile Project Management (Google)
  • AI for Everyone (DeepLearning.AI)
  • Introduction to Data Analytics (IBM)
  • Agile Product Owner Foundations (LinkedIn)
  • Business Analysis Certificate (Google)
  • Pluralsight AI Tools Workshop (Be10x)

Timeline

Lead Business Analyst

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
11.2020 - Current

Senior Business Systems Analyst

FIS Global
06.2015 - 11.2020

Business Analyst

Ideal Invent Technologies
03.2012 - 06.2015

Client Account Management

HCL Infosystems
08.2010 - 02.2012

Team Member

JP Morgan Chase India Pvt Ltd
05.2009 - 08.2010

BSc (Bachelor of Science) - undefined

Bangalore University

MSc - International Business & Management

De Montfort University

Awards

Spot Award, Société Générale | Make a Difference Award, FIS, President, Maheshwari Yuva Sangh (MYS) – Leading a 19-member team in ESG-focused community projects (education, health camps, sustainability) along with Cultural and Sports events at local, state and national levels using data-first and innovative approaches. Key decision maker and also manage Budgeting, Forecasting and Actuals financials of the committee.

Hobbies and Passion

Gardening, Reading, Travel, Community Service, Music and Sports

Deepak Narayan Mantri