Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product Owner
Morgan Stanley:CAT Regulatory Reporting
04.2021 - Current
Review the regulatory risk of open issues raised by FINRA and accordingly prioritizing fixes for each issue
Managed and owned back reporting-tooling solution for CAT reporting
Develop solutions for remediation issues by understanding the regulatory requirement and reviewing the reporting system and the current business processes to ensure they are in line with the requirements
Managing new Tech Spec/FAQ Finra requirements
Liaising with front office business unit to assess business enablement requirements and incorporating the change in CAT reporting system
Raise requirements for controls in upstream and downstream applications to ensure completeness and accuracy in regulatory reporting for CAT
Training the BA squad about the regulation and the current reporting system build to help them independently work on open issues.
Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
Business Analyst
Morgan Stanley:CAT Regulatory Reporting
08.2019 - 04.2021
Analysis of requirements for the regulation, reviewing regulatory language with Compliance, documenting details in user stories and grooming stories with the business and tech teams
Controls for CAT Phase 2a/2b, this involved understanding the requirements from FINRA for CAT phase 2a and 2b and applying controls in the reporting process to reduce the risk of underreporting and misreporting
Front to Back testing and Industry testing of the reporting system along with timely raising of issues with the system to ensure the reports submitted to the regulator are accurate
Remediation of open issues by analysing issues raised by the operations team.
Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.
Implemented business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency.
Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
Associate
Morgan Stanley:Trading Ops DPTO - OTC Equity Confirmations
05.2015 - 07.2019
Drafting of Vanilla and Structured OTC equity derivative confirmations and managing electronic confirmation submission
Managed project for developing web based electronic confirmation platform (Coast) to enhance STP percentage
Liaising with key stakeholders like Middle Office, Front Office, Legal and Vendor team to ensure accurate and timely dispatch of confirmations.
Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.
Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
Education
MBA -
Liverpool John Moores University
01.2010 - 04.2012
B.Com -
Mumbai University
01.2005 - 04.2008
Skills
Technical Skills: SQL, Ms Office, Atlassian JIRA,Alteryx
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Accomplishments
CAT regulation reporting: Delivered the core build,industry testing,cat exception of CAT phase 2a/2b and delivered the same before the industry prod go live with 99.91% compliance ack rate.
OTC Confirmation:Delivered end to end project for STP electronic confirmation on markitwire leading to efficiency and cost save.
Timeline
Product Owner
Morgan Stanley:CAT Regulatory Reporting
04.2021 - Current
Business Analyst
Morgan Stanley:CAT Regulatory Reporting
08.2019 - 04.2021
Associate
Morgan Stanley:Trading Ops DPTO - OTC Equity Confirmations