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Harish Kumar Ginkala

Summary

Seeking assignments in Banking, Financial Services and Health care domain where there is a drive to move into higher technology areas which provide a Co-operative and competitive environment and a chance to learn rapidly

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Business Analyst (Manager)

Standard chartered Bank Global Business Services Pvt ltd.

7 2023 - Current

Proficient in writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specifications Document (FSD), Systems Requirements and Use Case Specifications using MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and G Suite Applications (Docs, Sheets and Slides)
Experience in developing Business Processes and System Solutions, Software Application Designing, Development and implementation, involving hands-on knowledge design and development using Microsoft Technologies
Handled Project Management responsibilities for developing a comprehensive project plan that outlines the scope, objectives, timeline, budget, resources, and milestones
Specialized in developing and executing IT and business strategies in the capital market for Asset Management, Wealth Management, Trust Management, Risk Management, and Regulatory Reporting & Compliance exercised by ISDA
Excellent understanding of various financial securities such as Investment Grade Equity, Fixed Income instruments like ETF, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, US Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, and Derivatives including Options, Futures, Forwards, Swaps, Over-the counter derivatives etc
And have capability to understand and work on new financial products
Expertise with Trade activities, Trade Life Cycle, Trade execution, Trade Settlement T+1, Front office, middle office and back-office operations on OTC collateral activities
In-depth knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) – Business Requirement Gathering, Functional specifications, verification and validation, Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies used for the design, development, testing and maintenance of software
Prepared and delivered presentations to senior executives, communicating complex information in a clear and concise manner, along with data-driven insights, potential solutions, and the impact of proposed additions
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define data quality standards and establish best practices for data integrity within the finance domain
Hands-on experience with MS Visio and Use Case diagrams for creating data flow/process flow diagrams such as flowcharts, activity charts, sequence diagrams as per UML
Expertise in producing detailed stories in JIRA, prioritizing the stories with the product owner, managing product backlog and allocation of stories to sprints based on points estimation and capacity
Created and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and assisted QA team in preparing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts for conducting Functional Testing, User Acceptance Test (UAT) and Regression Testing
Develop and maintain data quality metrics, monitoring processes, and dashboards to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of financial data
Escalate critical data quality concerns to appropriate management levels and support the development of action plans to mitigate risks
Performed defect logging, tracking, prioritizing and generating defects summary reports
Developed risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans to address potential risks that could impact the project's timeline, budget, or quality of the project.

Seasonal Business Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions

09.2022 - 06.2023

Being a domain expert in the current process, got the opportunity to work as functional Business Analyst to gather the requirements
Worked with IT and development team to understand the user requirements
Documented in-scope document, Business requirement documents (BRD)
Worked in understanding the design of mapping financial products like, different types of options, swaps and forwards
Data Modelling of entities which was crucial part
API integration design document with custodians and Acadia soft
Played a key role in phase 06 of Regulatory Initial Margin Rules
Prepared use case diagram and use case specs for various scenarios using Microsoft Visio tool.

Team Lead

Broad ridge U.S & Global Financial services

09.2018 - 08.2022

Performing the SOD activities and ensuring that the margin calls are sent to clients without any issues
And ensure quality of processing is maintained as per SLA for VM and team of three associates for Regulatory initial margins (UMR)
Preparing and modifying SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), SLAs (Service Level Agreement) and getting the same approved by the client
Monitor volume inflow and ensure sufficient resources are available and workflow allocation in a justifiable manner, and creating adequate back-ups for all critical positions and assist other teams during contingencies (Staff shortage, high-volumes etc)
Acting as a technical operational expert for queries from the Clients/team members with the support from the IT
Ensuring strict adherence to internal and external process guidelines including compliance, legal and audit requirements so as to build and maintain robust control environment
Ensuring that the team follows the policies and procedures which are to be followed diligently without any deviation
Identifying operational risks proactively and mitigating appropriately and making team aware of the steps to be undertaken
Working very closely with the process owners/stakeholders and other clients to discuss on aged items and areas of improvements Representing team in Risk team meetings every week to provide detail information on aged breaks and working with team on resolution
Conducting trainings for team in regular intervals to make proper knowledge transfer in all process related activities
First point of escalation contacts for internal and external stakeholders.

Education

MBA -

Vidya Jyothi Institute Of Technology, JNTUH

BSc (Maths,Statistics and Computer Science) - undefined

Jagruti College, Osmania University

MEC - undefined

Avanti Junior College, Board of Intermediate

SSC - undefined

Bharathi Vidya Bhavan High School, Board of Secondary Education