PL/SQL
Siddhant Harichandan
Pune
Summary
Experienced Business Analyst/Project Manager with 11 years of success leading crossfunctional teams and delivering strategic solutions. Skilled in translating business requirements into actionable plans, driving projects from conception to implementation. Proficient in stakeholder management, process optimization, Agile methodologies, and leveraging data-driven insights for business growth and operational efficiency
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Business Analyst
Barclays
06.2023 - Current
- Delivered high-quality results by setting performance metrics and monitoring progress against targets.
- Interface with stakeholders to thoroughly grasp change requests, new requirements, and bug reports, ensuring alignment with project objectives
- Oversaw the planning, execution, and monitoring of reconciliation projects to ensure they meet timelines and budget constraints
- Coordinate scrum planning meetings and backlog grooming sessions, collaborating with development teams to prioritize tasks and allocate resources effectively
- Utilize expertise in analyzing JIRA story points to estimate project timelines and resource requirements accurately
- Draft detailed specifications based on gathered user input, outlining clear directives for development and implementation phases
- Coordinate project allocation to developers, ensuring tasks are assigned based on skillsets and availability
- Utilize expertise in IntelliMATCH to develop reconciliations across multiple versions, optimizing functionality and performance
- As a Project Manager, oversee the implementation of IntelliMATCH enhancements, ensuring they meet project goals and stakeholder expectations
- Conduct rigorous testing of newly developed and enhanced reconciliations, employing systematic methodologies to identify and address any discrepancies
- Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure all issues are resolved before deployment
- Create comprehensive documentation for both team members and end-users, offering clear instructions on reconciliation processes to facilitate seamless adoption
- As a Project Manager, ensure documentation is up-to-date and accessible to all relevant stakeholders
- Improve existing reconciliations within IntelliMATCH, implementing enhancements to align with evolving business needs and industry standards
- Manage change requests and prioritize enhancements based on business impact and project timelines
- Address user queries effectively and ensure the availability of all reconciliations, including securities and positions, on a daily basis to maintain continuous operations
- Monitor reconciliation processes and proactively address any issues that may arise.
- Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Senior Business Analyst
Nasdaq
01.2022 - 06.2023
- Ensured adherence to regulatory requirements by staying abreast of industry standards and best practices.
- Engage extensively with cloud customers utilizing the Calypso system, ensuring seamless scoping, implementation, go-live, upgrade, and daily production usage of primarily front-office solutions
- Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment with project objectives
- Facilitate the migration of Calypso applications from V16 to V17 for multiple clients, actively resolving issues encountered on the V16 version
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including system integration teams, to configure and test systems and environments, ensuring they meet business requirements
- Work closely with customers to identify functional gaps within the core front-office product, translating requirements into detailed functional specifications
- Manage issues and track the timeline for bug resolution and development deliverables, providing regular updates to stakeholders and ensuring project milestones are met
- Play a pivotal role in the deployment of developments into SaaS client environments, including identifying key setup and configuration tasks, managing scope considerations, and coordinating timelines and resource requirements
- Utilize strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges and drive continuous improvement in project processes and deliverables
- Actively participate in project planning and prioritization meetings, ensuring that project activities are aligned with business goals and objectives.
Associate Consultant
Northern Trust
- Functioned as a Business Analyst and Subject Matter Expert (SME), while also serving as a Manager, overseeing the bank's Front Office Transfer Agency applications
- Provided comprehensive insights and analysis to guide strategic enhancements, while managing a team of analysts to ensure project success
- Led the design and execution of multiple critical business process enhancements, driving improvements in efficiency and effectiveness while overseeing project timelines and deliverables as a Project Manager and Manager
- Spearheaded initiatives to optimize business and engineering processes, utilizing expertise to streamline operations and foster innovation within the organization, while providing leadership and guidance to team members
- Identified necessary changes and liaised with relevant stakeholders to communicate and align project objectives, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and understanding, while providing leadership and direction to team members
- Conducted rigorous unit and functionality-based testing of systems in accordance with client specifications, ensuring adherence to quality standards and meeting user expectations while overseeing testing activities as a Manager
- Demonstrated proficiency in Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Release Management processes, ensuring seamless project execution and timely resolution of issues, while providing managerial oversight and support
- Managed vendor teams to ensure alignment with client expectations and deliver continuous value addition, overseeing vendor relationships and driving collaborative efforts to achieve project milestones while providing managerial guidance
- Facilitated productive team and client meetings, fostering open communication and collaboration to address project challenges and achieve desired outcomes, while providing managerial leadership and support
- Successfully implemented changes to minimize issues across multiple applications, leveraging proactive problem-solving strategies and continuous improvement initiatives to drive project success, while providing managerial oversight and direction.
Senior Associate
BNP Paribas
- Functioned as both a Business Analyst, overseeing the bank's Global Equity and Commodity Derivatives (GECD) as well as Fixed Income (FI) businesses, with a focus on the IntelliMatch Reconciliation application
- Collaborated with the Development Team to enhance reconciliation processes, tailoring solutions to meet specific client requirements, while also managing project timelines and deliverables
- Managed multiple reconciliations across various financial products and regions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, while providing analytical insights and recommendations
- Provided dedicated application support to clients, promptly analyzing and resolving issues to maintain seamless operations, while also coordinating with stakeholders and managing client expectations
- Assisted middle office and back-office teams with tasks such as static data management, corporate actions, and front-to-back trade Straight-Through Processing (STP) for listed derivatives, while also conducting business analysis to identify areas for process improvement
- Regularly liaised with market data providers, exchanges, and clearing brokers to investigate discrepancies in trade economics, initial margins, positions, static data, and portfolios, while also overseeing communication and coordination efforts
- Designed and implemented new reconciliations to manage cash, position, and margin breaks in accounting feeds using IntelliMatch 8.2 version, while also managing project implementation and stakeholder communication
- Contributed to the design and implementation of numerous enhancements aimed at improving operational efficiency, particularly in breaks management and other complex processes, while also managing project resources and ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
- Oversaw the development and meticulous management of daily reconciliations and reports, ensuring accuracy and timeliness to support informed decision-making for stakeholders
- Actively participated in all aspects of project management, including release cycles, maintenance activities, and deployment processes, contributing to the successful execution of project milestones and alignment with strategic objectives
- Conducted multiple reconciliations across diverse financial products and regions, maintaining a keen focus on detail and adherence to regulatory standards
- Provided expert support at L2 level, prioritizing and resolving issues promptly to meet stringent client SLAs and uphold service excellence, while also coordinating closely with business users to address any operational disruptions
- Managed escalations to L3 support and collaborated with users to resolve complex issues, maintaining open communication channels and providing regular updates to higher management
- Engaged with users to comprehensively understand change requests, new requirements, and bugs, facilitating alignment and effective decision-making
- Responsively addressed user queries and delivered reconciliation reports within SLAs, ensuring client satisfaction and operational efficiency were consistently maintained
- Collaborated closely with the design and development team, providing insights from reconciliation processes to inform customization efforts and drive continuous improvement in meeting specific client needs.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
Institute of Technical Education And Research
Bhubaneshwar 04.2001 -
Skills
Data Warehousing
KPI Tracking
Requirements Gathering
Life cycle Management
Data Analysis
Certification
ITIL Foundation Level
Accomplishments
- Earned the prestigious BNP Paribas "Bravo Achiever" Award for Outstanding Performance in Q4 2017.
- Played a key role in successfully transitioning business operations from BNP Paribas HK to India.
- Recognized with the TCS "On the Spot" award for exceptional contributions to the Derivatives Project Transition under Royal Bank of Canada from the previous vendor.
- Received accolades from various stakeholders at Barclays Singapore Operations for effectively optimizing existing processes, resulting in substantial time savings and cost efficiencies for the bank.
Software
Microsoft Office
Kanban
CALYPSO
JIRA
SalesForce
IntelliMatch
Timeline
Business Analyst
Barclays
06.2023 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
Nasdaq
01.2022 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Technology -
Institute of Technical Education And Research
04.2001 -
Associate Consultant
Northern Trust
Senior Associate
BNP Paribas
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services