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REENA VERMA

Pune

Summary

Senior Business Analyst/Consultant with 17+ years of IT experience, specializing in Capital Markets. Skilled in requirements elicitation, stakeholder management, documentation, and technical architecture. Known for a strong analytical mindset and structured problem-solving approach, with a proven ability to deliver complex projects efficiently.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director

UBS
02.2024 - 09.2024

Responsibilities


  • Planning with the Product Management team and other senior stakeholders to define scope and create plans
  • Requirements management in Git - Breaking down requirements into EPICs, features and stories
  • Mentoring new Business Analysts and managing requirement deliverables (user stories, acceptance criteria, Test Plans etc.)
  • Defining and prioritizing requirement backlog for the team, Participating in (and accepting) team estimations
  • Creating user stories, Conducting the grooming & planning sessions for the team, reviewing team deliverables
  • Conducting domain training for the local crew

Assistant Vice President

Credit Suisse
09.2020 - 02.2024

Responsibilities


  • Planning with senior stakeholders on enhancement demands, high level estimations, timelines & delivery schedules, periodic status reviews
  • Detailed requirement analysis and drafting BRD/FSDs for stakeholder reviews, breaking the requirements into user stories for agile delivery
  • Defining and prioritizing requirement backlog for the team, Participating in (and accepting) team estimations
  • Creating user stories & acceptance criteria, Conducting the grooming & planning sessions for the team
  • Reviewing team deliverables, conducting demos for the stakeholders
  • Mentoring junior staff members, providing guidance on professional development opportunities and career progression paths within the company.

Sr. Consultant

Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2005 - 06.2016

Responsibilities


  • Use case modeling and reviews as part of the product management team
  • Mentoring application teams with functional knowledge of Settlements processing
  • Iteration Planning with the Product Managers and other client analysts
  • Defining and prioritizing requirement backlog for the team, Participating in (and
    accepting) team estimations
  • Creating user stories, Conducting the grooming & planning sessions for the team
  • Reviewing team deliverables, accepting the technical and test deliverables

Software Engineer

Infosys Technology Solutions
01.2003 - 02.2005

Software Engineer

Legato Systems Inc.
01.2001 - 11.2001

Education

User experience design -

Studio Incubator Pune
01.2020

Bachelors of Information Science - Comp Sc.

University of Delhi
01.2001

Skills

  • Requirements Management
  • Agile & SAFE
  • Post Trade - Securities Settlements, Corporate actions, Reconciliations, SWIFT messaging (MT54x, MT56x)
  • Methodologies - Waterfall, Iterative, Prototyping
  • JIRA, Github
  • MS Office
  • Visual Source Safe
  • PL SQL
  • Java , C , PERL, PowerBuilder
  • Knowledge of automation test tools

Career Overview

  • Capital Markets Expertise: Extensive experience in securities back-office processing and SWIFT messaging.
  • Techno-Functional Skills: Strong functional analysis and business process optimization.
  • Project Delivery & Management: Proven track record in technology project delivery and application ownership.
  • Post-Implementation Support: Expertise in troubleshooting, user training, and mentoring teams.
  • Transformation Leadership: Led transformational programs as a Product Owner in scaled agile environments.
  • Stakeholder Management: Effective leadership and stakeholder management across diverse teams.
  • International Experience: Worked across UK and Europe with global custodians, investment banks, and market data vendors.

Accomplishments

    SmartStream Certification in Reconciliations

    Sun Certified Java Professional

    Excellence in Consultancy by JPMC UK

Languages

Hindi
English
Punjabi
French (Elementary)
German (Elementary)

Skillshighlight

  • Requirement elicitation
  • Creating requirement documentation (Business requirement document, Functional specification document, Process flows, Business rules, Use case specification, User stories, Test scenarios & acceptance Criteria),
  • Requirements change management
  • Securities settlements, Corporate actions, Reconciliations, SWIFT messaging
  • Scaled Agile Framework, Waterfall, Iterative, Prototyping
  • JIRA, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & MS Visio)
  • PL SQL
  • Java, C++, PERL, PowerBuilder

Hobbies and Interests

  • Interior Design
  • Singing
  • Doodling
  • Crafts

Timeline

Associate Director

UBS
02.2024 - 09.2024

Assistant Vice President

Credit Suisse
09.2020 - 02.2024

Sr. Consultant

Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2005 - 06.2016

Software Engineer

Infosys Technology Solutions
01.2003 - 02.2005

Software Engineer

Legato Systems Inc.
01.2001 - 11.2001

Bachelors of Information Science - Comp Sc.

University of Delhi

User experience design -

Studio Incubator Pune
REENA VERMA