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Rakshith R Ganiga

Rakshith R Ganiga

Bengaluru

Summary

Focused Product Owner/Scrum Master with 15 years of experience in leading large-scale technology projects from design through implementation. Skilled in dissecting complex problems, devising iterative processes, and driving end-to-end change management. Strong expertise in people and stakeholder management, with a solid background as an Application Business Owner and a deep understanding of the banking domain. Currently serving as a Product Owner for a Banking Application, eager to take on an exciting and challenging opportunity to showcase my abilities and expand my knowledge.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Business Analyst /Scrum Master

BNP Paribas
Bangalore
11.2023 - Current

BNP Paribas as a Lead Business Analyst in Bangalore. In my role, I am responsible for managing the upgrade of LoanIQ, implementing interface changes, and working with the Software Development Kit (SDK). Handling 8 people team of Business Analyst and Testers.

  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and backlog refinement sessions to drive team alignment and accountability.
  • Developed and maintained project documentation including business requirements, process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure thorough understanding and traceability.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and key deliverables ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.
  • Implemented strategies to improve team performance and productivity, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and open communication.
  • Mentored junior analysts and supported their growth through regular performance feedback and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Managed the upgrade of LoanIQ by leading cross-team collaboration, ensuring seamless integration of new interface changes while adhering to project timelines.
  • Oversaw a team of 8 Business Analysts and Testers, mentoring them to enhance their skills and promote agile project delivery.
  • Analyzed stakeholder feedback and performance metrics to assess delivered solutions, ensuring they met defined business requirements and led to optimal user satisfaction.

Senior Technology Business Consultant (Application Owner from Offshore Team)

Wells Fargo
Bangalore
09.2022 - Current
  • SME for Business Process and Defining requirements
  • Managing Product Backlog and defining priorities for each sprint
  • Managing the Offshore teams and mentor the India business team
  • Responsible for Managing and Creating a detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities and solutions for a business
  • Responsible for Defining business requirements and reporting them back to stakeholders
  • Responsible for Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions
  • Responsible for Performing requirements analysis and mocking up the data
  • Handling project calls and maintaining DSR

Lead Business Analyst & Team Manager

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
03.2020 - 09.2022
  • Directed the team to accomplish the rewrite of a legacy application of Equity capital market with microservice architecture which improved the time to market by 90%
  • Pioneered the innovation project for investor profiling in debt capital market which directly impacted the user experience using ML
  • Led the team to invent and establish software platform for Merger and acquisition and syndication fee management in two months
  • Contributed by designing and delivering the counter party management for loan structuring of loan studio during the technical re-write
  • Hands on experience on investment banking and the related perimeters especially on Loan origination, structuring and syndication, Debt capital market, Equity capital market

Team Leader Operations -Loan ops for Agented deal

Bank Of America Continuum Solutions
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • As a Credit Service Representative (CSR) in Large Corporate Loan Servicing Dept I handle agented deals, Primary assignment, (Trade) and Wire matching team
  • Managing team of 12 people and allocating work
  • Supporting Non agented deals whenever team needs assistance
  • Migrated the process from Renaissance Application (ACBS) to LIQ (Misys)
  • Responsible for handling Large Corporate Loan Services, US - USD/US Loans and FX Loans portfolio
  • In the Renaissance application (ACBS) as well as LIQ (Misys)

Operations Analyst -Loan ops non-Agented deals

J P Morgan Chase & Co
Bangalore
05.2010 - 04.2016
  • To prepare Audit confirmations by running queries in internal JPM Systems as per JPM's Books and Records for all Investment products (ACB'S, VLS, Syndicated and Bilateral Business Loans) and DDA, Checking account information
  • Booking Loan on ACBS (Advanced Commercial Banking System) System Wherein, I validate customer profiles, securities, prevailing interest rates (LIBOR) and the borrowing amount; this also involves checking of facility expiry date, collateral verification and receiving lender
  • Implemented Loan IQ and replaced from ACBS system
  • Migrated the process from Renaissance Application (ACBS) to LIQ (Misys)
  • LDIC to PBC rewrite
  • Migrated the process from LDIC to PBC

Education

PGDM - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Bangalore
01.2016

MBA - Finance

Sikkim Manipal University
04-2014

B.Com -

Bangalore University
01.2010

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Loan IQ
  • Business Analysis
  • Testing
  • SQL DBA
  • Teradata SQL
  • Investment banking
  • Loan operations
  • Techno functional
  • Syndicated Loans
  • Product Management
  • Loan Servicing

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/20/89
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married

Certification

  • Business Analyst Level 1 & 2
  • PMP Trained
  • SAFe Agile Trained
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: AZ-900
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)

Social Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakshith-r-ganiga0891a848/

Timeline

Lead Business Analyst /Scrum Master

BNP Paribas
11.2023 - Current

Senior Technology Business Consultant (Application Owner from Offshore Team)

Wells Fargo
09.2022 - Current

Lead Business Analyst & Team Manager

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
03.2020 - 09.2022

Team Leader Operations -Loan ops for Agented deal

Bank Of America Continuum Solutions
05.2016 - 09.2017

Operations Analyst -Loan ops non-Agented deals

J P Morgan Chase & Co
05.2010 - 04.2016

PGDM - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Indira Gandhi National Open University

MBA - Finance

Sikkim Manipal University

B.Com -

Bangalore University
Rakshith R Ganiga