Rudra Desai

Collected wholesale lending requirements with business and technology teams for Citi.

• Conducted gap analysis for data in Citi wholesale lending applications to identify areas for improvement.
• Created process and data flow diagrams for Citi wholesale lending application states.
• Documented functional specifications and system requirements using BRDs and FRDs.
• Led user acceptance testing by developing test scenarios and coordinating QA.
• Developed UAT scenarios and coordinated with QA teams to validate solutions.
• Facilitated cross-functional meetings with business, technology, and operations teams to pinpoint data-quality issues and drive collaborative solutions.
• Visualised current and future states using draw.io and Visio tools.
• Created process and data flow diagrams for existing and future application states.

Resolved discrepancies by correcting mismatches across existing systems and applications.

• Investigated reconciliation breaks through root-cause analysis, coordinating resolutions to enhance data integrity.
• Built and monitored reconciliation processes for GRU governance data quality.
• Monitored daily and periodic reconciliations to flag mismatches and discrepancies.
• Tracked reconciliation exceptions and maintained issue logs for stakeholders.
• Logged and followed up defects from reconciliation and validation activities.
• Re-ran reconciliation checks and validated fixes after impact analysis.

Conducted interviews and workshops to gather and document clear requirements

• Collaborated across departments to define information needs for HKMA compliance.
• Analysed HKMA regulatory requirements for banks and NBFCs to ensure compliance
• Conducted research on industry best practices and regulatory requirements to ensure that the solution meets the needs of the bank and complies with their regulations.
• Worked with the solution development team to ensure that the requirements were translated into a functional and technical design that met the needs of the stakeholders.
• Coordinated delivery of solutions to meet deadlines and budget constraints