Neethu Raj
Summary
Qualified Business Intelligence Analyst versed in data mapping and user acceptance testing to solve complex problems in high-pressure environments with 15+ years of experiance. Activates strong analytical skills to investigate trends in large amounts of data and formulate conclusions based on findings. Excels at cultivating, managing and leveraging client relationships to foster extended engagements and business opportunities. Multinational experience and also resourceful in managing and driving projects and adept in stakeholder and vendor management. Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish. Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines. Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others. Team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback. Develop and deliver presentations on the various transition process and stages to Heads and Delivery Managers. Feasibility study on the requirement from user end along with validation of the requirements. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Dependable and Responsible Self-Directed with multitasking abilities Analytical Thinking and Decision making Good in interpersonal skills Working experience with LOAN IQ, IMEX, FINACLE, BANCs, TEMENOS TRANSACT, ALLTRA, DMN, Trade Manager, Trade Flow, OTL. Payment Interface: SWIFT, RTGS Domain Knowledge: Trade Finance (Corporate), Cash Management, Anti-Money Laundering, Loans, Accounting reconciliation, Wholesale lending operations, Operational proficiency: UCP600, URDG, URC, URR, ISBP and SWIFTs Analytical proficiency: Jira, MS Office, QC, Unity, Confluence, Viso Flowchart, SQL, Power BI.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst for Trade Finance products (Letter of Credits, Payments, Loans, Swift Messages, Cash management)
06.2014 - Current
- Accomplished, Self-motivated and goal driven Business Analyst offering almost 16 years of extensive experience in Trade sector
- Experienced in optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across team
- Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals
- Multinational experience and also resourceful in managing and driving projects and adept in stakeholder and vendor management
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others
- Team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback
- Develop and deliver presentations on the various transition process and stages to Heads and Delivery Managers
- Feasibility study on the requirement from user end along with validation of the requirements
- Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position
- Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Officer
Société Générale Global Solution Center Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 06.2014
- Working as Business Analyst for Trade Finance products (Letter of Credits, Payments, Loans, Swift Messages, Cash management)
- Expertise in Requirement gathering, Business Analysis and providing solutions
- Leading Teams for Data Analysis and Data Gathering
- Write and maintain business and functional requirements for different processes; Write Epics and User Stories
- Develop and deliver presentations on various transition process and stages to Heads and Delivery Managers
- Proactive in all communications and maintained strict deadline to complete deliverables
- Identify opportunities to simplify and streamline existing processes by making enhancements needed
- Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
Officer
Sutherland Global Services
12.2010 - 08.2011
- Compliance check of the parties involved in the Letter of credit while doing advising and confirmations
- Advising the Letter of Credit to Beneficiary or advising Bank after workability checks
- Prepared and submitted detailed reports regarding assignments and ongoing investigations
- Supervised, directed and evaluated assigned staff members and newly hired officers.
Officer
Barclays Shared Services
05.2007 - 06.2009
- Handle presentations and trainings to team members regarding trade and trade products within SLA
- Compliance checks for payment transactions to be handled
- Attended personnel meetings and training sessions to improve skills and learn new policies and procedures
- Recorded facts to prepare reports documenting incidents and activities
- Part of migration projects and handled the testing and supported the on-shore team in completing the projects
- Ensure all transactions adhere to Compliance and is delivered with quality within the specific TAT
- Train new staff, plan and assign the tasks to the team members by distributing the load equally
- Monitor the Productivity, Utilization and performance of 23 team members
- Identified and resolved process issues to drive optimal workflow and business growth
- Collaborated with team to define business requirements for organizational processes, achieve productivity standards, and adhere to accuracy standards
- Performed quality assurance checks on transactions and account actions to assess compliance with state and federal regulations
- Developed standard operating procedures and document workflows to drive current and future processes.
Education
Master in Business Administration -
Pondicherry University
Bachelors in Science -
Maharaja College for Women
Skills
- Requirement gathering
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Data Gathering
- Presentation
- Agile
- Scrum
- Risk Assessment
- Compliance
- User Stories
- Process Improvement
- Quality Assurance
- Workflow Analysis
- Gap analysis
- Staff Management
Languages
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Tamil
Certification
- Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS), 2009
- Trade skill Assessment I and II, 2012
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 13 staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 20 in the development of IMEX India and LIQ-IMEX Asia Migration
- Led team to meet 90% of SLAs by streamlining business processes and identifying areas for improvement.
Process Improvement ideas initiated
Automation of finance booking in HORUS application - Société Générale
Migration idea initiated for LIQ-IMEX for TRA products - South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore entities - Société Générale
Migration idea initiated for BANCS-TEMENOS for Cash management products for Hong Kong and Singapore - Société Générale
Projects Handled
Finacle to Temenos Project:Mumbai Cash Management
Finacle to IMEX Project:Mumbai Trade finance
Finacle to LIQ Project:- Mumbai Loan Management
Finacle Project:- China Loan Management
IMEX Project:- Sydney Trade finance
LIQ Project:- Sydney Loan Management
Guarantee process:Guarantee business migration
Projects being handled
Finacle to LIQ Project:- China Loan Management
LIQ to IMEX Project:- Asia Guarantee trade finance - Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea BANCS to TEMENOS Project:Singapore and Hong Kong Cash Management
Timeline
Business Analyst for Trade Finance products (Letter of Credits, Payments, Loans, Swift Messages, Cash management)
06.2014 - Current
Officer
Société Générale Global Solution Center Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 06.2014
Officer
Sutherland Global Services
12.2010 - 08.2011
Officer
Barclays Shared Services
05.2007 - 06.2009
Master in Business Administration -
Pondicherry University
Bachelors in Science -
Maharaja College for Women
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