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SREELAKSHMI SURENDRAN

Summary

Qualified Professional with 9+ years of Professional experience in the IT Industry. BA professional with extensive experience in the Capital Market Industry specifically in Risk Management , Regulatory compliance and reporting, Clearing and Settlement and Reconciliation. Track record in successfully leading cross-functional teams through inception to delivery of comprehensive solutions that enhance business operations. Demonstrated expertise in requirement gathering, process optimization and stakeholder management.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Business Analyst

Accenture
09.2023 - Current
  • Working as a Lead business analyst in the implementation of Basel 4 regulations for a UK based banking client.
  • Supporting the migration from on-premise systems to AWS cloud for new risk management tools and reporting dashboards to meet Basel 4 Requirements.
  • Leading the analysis, design, and implementation of Basel 4 compliance initiatives, including liquidity, capital adequacy, and risk-weighted assets (RWA) management.
  • Collaborated closely with senior stakeholders across risk, finance, and technology teams to ensure that regulatory requirements are met and integrated into business operations.
  • Delivering end-to-end business process solutions, from requirements gathering to system testing and deployment, ensuring minimal disruption during transitions.
  • Produced comprehensive documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, and use cases, to ensure clear communication and alignment between business and IT teams.
  • Led workshops and training sessions for stakeholders on Basel 4 regulations and the impact on financial reporting, risk management, and internal controls


Team Lead/Business Analyst

Accenture
04.2023 - 08.2023
  • Team lead and business Analyst for the POC/Implementation of a reconciliation engine (based on Xceptor) for Future/ Options brokerage settlement to help reduce the manual effort and minimize the operational risks for the client.
  • Responsible right from requirement gathering phase to elicitation, documentation, solution design and testing.
  • Was successfully able to hand over a proof of concept of the reconciliation system to the client
  • Hands on experience in data transformation and reconciliation with Xceptor Tool.

Lead Business Analyst

Accenture
06.2018 - 04.2023
  • Team Lead and Business analyst for the global rollout of major enhancements & Transformation for a leading European Investment bank client
  • Experience in requirement management including requirement gathering, elicitation, solution design, forecasts, estimation, prioritization, maintaining and final delivery of the enhancement/change
  • Expertise in the Back Office functions like deal validation/enrichment process, global stock position & discrepancy system, reconciliation, SWIFT messaging, market, and reference data systems
  • Worked as lead BA in the transformation program ('Change the Bank') from legacy system to target (GLOSS) for the Bank
  • Worked collaboratively with Product Owners, Users, developers, testers, and other upstream and downstream cross functional teams as part of stakeholder management to ensure business and technological alignment
  • Prepared Functional specification and Business Requirement Documents (BRD) including Gap Analysis with Client Requirement and existing business System
  • Skilled at conducting Business Process Modelling and generating applicable scenarios for the technology functionality testing team
  • Participated in Testing activities including preparation of functional test cases, system integration testing and UAT

Senior Business Analyst

Accenture
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Business Analyst for MUREX (Back-Office) platform for a Netherlands based Investment Banking Client
  • Experience in end to end back-office confirmation and Settlement flows in MUREX platform with exposure to ONYX testing tool
  • Interacted with business users on requirements for creation of user stories and preparation of test cases
  • Mentored and trained the new joiners to the team on back-office operations functionality

Automation Tester

Infosys Limited
06.2013 - 06.2015
  • Automation Tester with experience in Selenium Web Driver for a US Retail Client
  • Established Routine and effective rapport with the Team lead and Project manager allowing myself to get insights on the project that played a vital role in understanding the nature of the product/Services/Requirements

Education

PGDM - Finance

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME)
Bengaluru, Karnataka
05.2017

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication

M G University College of Engineering
Thodupuzha, Kerala
06.2012

Skills

  • Business and Requirement Analysis, Stakeholder Collaboration and Management, Business Analysis documentation and Information Management
  • Investment banking
  • Core Banking
  • Risk and Regulatory Compliance (BASEL 3/4)
  • Reconciliations
  • SDLC - AGILE and Waterfall Methodologies
  • MUREX, ONYX
  • Xceptor
  • JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins
  • MS Office
  • AWS Athena
  • Oracle SQL

Certification

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Foundation Certification, AWS, 03/01/23
  • BCS ISEB Foundation BA Certification, BCS, 01/01/18
  • Preparing for CBAP and FRM Certification

Languages

English
Hindi
Tamil
Malayalam

Timeline

Lead Business Analyst

Accenture
09.2023 - Current

Team Lead/Business Analyst

Accenture
04.2023 - 08.2023

Lead Business Analyst

Accenture
06.2018 - 04.2023

Senior Business Analyst

Accenture
06.2017 - 06.2018

Automation Tester

Infosys Limited
06.2013 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication

M G University College of Engineering

PGDM - Finance

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME)
SREELAKSHMI SURENDRAN