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BusinessAnalyst

Pooja Sharma

Business Analyst
Bangalore

Summary

Business Analyst with over 8+ years of demonstrated success in the Investment Banking industry, I have honed my skills as a versatile Business Analyst. My expertise lies in the careful analysis of both business and system requirements, ensuring seamless alignment between technology solutions and strategic objectives.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Analyst

Ekaggata Technologies (Client - Societe Generale)
Bangalore
03.2023 - Current

1. IBOR Transition Expertise: Successfully served as a Business Analyst/Management Consultant within the IBOR transition program, facilitating the seamless migration of deals from "Forward Rates" to "Discounting Rates."

2. Operational Feasibility Analysis: Demonstrated expertise in determining operational feasibility by meticulously defining problems, conducting comprehensive requirement analyses, and evaluating proposed solutions.

3. Project Versatility: Effectively managed projects of varying lengths and complexities, consistently delivering high-quality work and adapting to evolving project needs.

4. Stakeholder Collaboration: Proactively coordinated with key stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering to formal sign-offs, ensuring alignment with project objectives.

5. Agile Workflow Utilization: Leveraged Agile methodologies by raising Jira tickets, creating User Stories, and actively engaging in iterative development processes while gathering requirements.

6. Requirements Specification: Skillfully crafted Use Cases and Test Cases to precisely define the functional requirements of the system, contributing to clear project documentation.

7. Thorough Testing: Conducted rigorous functional testing across downstream and upstream applications, encompassing comprehensive Front-to-Back chain testing to ensure system reliability.

8. UAT Management: Organized User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions for stakeholders, diligently validating all testing efforts and incorporating valuable feedback for refinement.

9. Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitated effective communication by arranging Operational Company (Opco) and Strategic Company (Sterco) meetings, fostering collaboration among Business Stakeholders and Management.

10. Project Roadmap and Milestone Tracking: Spearheaded the creation of a project "Road Map" and skillfully managed a "Milestone Tracker" to monitor and track project progress and milestones.

11. Customer-Centric Approach: Prioritized customer feedback and implemented changes to enhance the overall business direction, continually striving for improved customer satisfaction.

12. Gap Analysis and Risk Mitigation: Conducted thorough gap analysis to identify areas for improvement and collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives while executing risk analysis and devising risk mitigation strategies.

Business Analyst

Templegate Technologies & Services Private Limited
Bangalore
06.2018 - 02.2023
  • Facilitating Effective Stakeholder Engagement: Primarily focused on ensuring successful project stakeholder engagement and management.
  • Bridging Business-Technology Gap: Serving as a crucial liaison between the business and technology teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
  • Championing Agile Methodologies: Diligently adhering to Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles and actively participating in Agile ceremonies.
  • Synchronized Collaboration: Orchestrating seamless coordination among Product Owners, Development Teams, and Quality Assurance members to ensure timely project deliveries.
  • Project Vision and Oversight: Spearheading the establishment of project direction and providing vigilant oversight to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
  • Driving Requirement Gathering Initiatives: Leading comprehensive business requirement gathering sessions and meticulously documenting requirements for clarity and accuracy.
  • Crafting Precise Requirement Specifications: Proficiently creating Business Requirement Specification documents, ensuring they encapsulate all essential details.
  • Technical Support Collaboration: Collaborating closely with the technical team to address functional needs and provide valuable insights.

Analyst

Societe Generale
Bangalore
05.2016 - 01.2018
  • Hands-on experience in Trade Life Cycle activities
  • Expertise in Asset types such as Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives & Mutual Funds
  • Skilled in Capital Markets & Investment Management practices
  • Knowledge in database and SQL server.
  • Calculations of Nav for mutual funds i.e., daily, weekly and monthly funds
  • Reconciling the cash, account payable/ receivable on external system GDS
  • Position reconciliation through trade file and custodian file on GDS
  • Manual bookings of trades, prices and corporate actions
  • Working on different controls to avoid NAV error

Intern

Thomson Reuters
Bangalore
11.2015 - 05.2016
  • · Resolving client’s query
  • · Work with content team to resolve client’s query
  • · Knowledge about Thomson Reuters products
  • · Work and extract details from the products and database for client

Internship

Goldman Sachs
Bangalore
06.2015 - 09.2015
  • Filing all the economic details of counterparty confirms, Reviewing all counterparty and GS vanilla trades confirms

Sales Executive

Rudra Real Estate Lucknow
Lucknow
03.2014 - 05.2015
  • Meeting with clients and presenting new projects, Offering advice, Follow up sales team, Research for lands

Education

PGDM - Finance & Marketing

IILM AHL
Lucknow
04.2011 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Commerce -

NSM City College
Cuttack, Odisha
04.2008 - 03.2011

High School College -

Bhadrak Junior College
Bhadrak, Odisha
04.2006 - 03.2008

Secondary -

Happy Home School - I.C.S.E Board
Bhadrak
04.2005 - 03.2006

Skills

    Business Analysis

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Timeline

Business Analyst

Ekaggata Technologies (Client - Societe Generale)
03.2023 - Current

Business Analyst

Templegate Technologies & Services Private Limited
06.2018 - 02.2023

Analyst

Societe Generale
05.2016 - 01.2018

Intern

Thomson Reuters
11.2015 - 05.2016

Internship

Goldman Sachs
06.2015 - 09.2015

Sales Executive

Rudra Real Estate Lucknow
03.2014 - 05.2015

PGDM - Finance & Marketing

IILM AHL
04.2011 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Commerce -

NSM City College
04.2008 - 03.2011

High School College -

Bhadrak Junior College
04.2006 - 03.2008

Secondary -

Happy Home School - I.C.S.E Board
04.2005 - 03.2006
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