Vishwas P
Business Analyst
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned Business Analyst experienced in meeting needs, improving processes and exceeding requirements in team environments. Diligent worker with strong communication and task prioritization skills with 8+years of Banking and Financial industry success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
ASSOCIATE (BUSINESS ANALYST)
Morgan Stanley
03.2022 - Current
- Working closely with RTB (Run the Bank), Dev’s and QA team to fix the Issue.
- Analyzing the Issues raised by RTB team on UI’s.
- Working on Enhancement of UI’s which are used by RTB team to perform day to day back reporting activities for different regimes like CFTC, CSA, EMIR, MIFID, JFSA, ASIC and MAS etc.
- Currently working on enhancement of Backreporting functionality for upcoming go Live’s like (EMIR3, JFSA2) as part of that creating functional user stories.
- Gathering requirements and data from core team and checking with Dev teams on how to build efficient UI enhancements functionality.
- Giving Walk through of requirements and enhancement options to Dev’s, QA and Business (RTB).
- Closely working with Business (RTB) team to understand the daily challenges faced while performing backreporting actions using current UI and making note of possible enhancement options.
- Performing UAT and QA testing and creating test packs.
- Monitoring the fix in Production for 1 week or 2 weeks and Performing Post Go-Live Validations Process to resolve the issue.
- Creating user document and how to videos to help new user to understand how to perform backreporting actions using UI.
- Analyzing the functional requirements of Valuation and Collateral reporting fields for OTC Products as per the CFTC and DTCC specifications.
- Analyzing the technical requirements related to file formats, submission methods like (SFTP) as per DTCC specifications.
- Created functional user stories for each functionality on the back of epic's stories.
- Conducting Grooming session with the Product Owner, Compliance, Run the Bank, Developing and QA team.
- Increased project success rates with thorough requirement analysis and effective communication between stakeholders.
- Built a testing strategy plan and suite for front to back Industry Testing.
- Developed strong relationships with key partners, fostering collaboration and information exchange that facilitated better overall business performance.
- Built a new feed pipeline between upstream and downstream systems which contains 20 million Records.
- Engaged with the upstream systems in all the phases of Delivery, i.e., walkthrough of the requirements, Developing, Testing and Deployment.
- Managed team of Grad hires, training, and professional growth of employees.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Analyzing the Production Issues based on Priority of Issue and Proposing the solution to fix the Issue.
- Understanding the existing Implementation of the Functionality and Performing analysis to meet the expectations from the Regulator.
ASSISTANT MANAGER
HSBC
05.2017 - 02.2022
- Understanding the business requirements for correct reporting of trades for different regulations such as EMIR, CFTC and CSA to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the tasks performed within given SLA.
- Investigate the specifies of FX trade and product types and monitoring the things effectively to avoid reporting breaches.
- Handling daily MI reports and updating all stakeholders about existing issues
- Raising User stories for any static issues and following up with Development and upstream teams to fix the issue.
- Refining the functional Stories with stakeholders and accommodating the feedback if anything provided by stakeholders.
- Understanding and expertise on various modes of payments (Swift wire, ACH, FPS, CHAPS, BACS, EBA, TARGET & SEPA)
- Hands on experience in all these major queries Cancellation, Amendment, Non-receipt of funds and unable to apply payments
- Proficiency in all Swift message types such as 103,202, 202Cov 199,299,900,910&940,950
- Expertise in handling out of pocket scenarios caused due to erroneous credit/debit initiated by firm/client and fair Knowledge in settlement and reconciliation workflow
- Investigating the queries which are raised by the banks or the customer seeking for the Payment recall, amendment or non-receipt of funds (BCNR) etc
- Type of the query is based on the client’s role in the payment, the investigation checks are done and SWIFT communications are placed and ensured the query is resolved within the defined SLA by adhering to SOP
- Training new joiners on daily BAU activities
- Hands on experience in TLM application used for reconciliation (TLM Premium, Grex etc)
- Creating Nostro account based on Change request from business and handling missing balance and ISIN- Cusip linkage in TLM.
SENIOR PROCESS EXECUTIVE
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD
08.2015 - 04.2017
- As part pilot batch handling QA process for US claims billing process and performing quality checks of processed claims
- Performing analysis to find out the root cause of the errors and finding solution to it by conducting brainstorm sessions.
- Conducting brainstorm session
- Trained Batch of 15 new joiners’ team
- Handling Billing and account receivable claims for Humana and Atena clients
Education
B Com - Accounting
Bangalore University
Bangalore 04.2001 -
Skills
Business process improvement
SQL Basics
Pivot tables
Project Management
Requirements Gathering
Data Analysis
User Acceptance Testing
Test case scenarios
Requirements and Business Analysis
Swift Payments
Documentation
Regulatory Reporting Requirements
Accomplishments
2022-12 Spotlight Award for CFTC 2.0 Valuation and Collateral Reporting Delivery (Morgan Stanley)
2021-03 Raising Star for quick learning and delivering accuracy reporting for EMIR and CFTC (HSBC)
2018-10 Top Performer award for delivering the best on UK payments investigation project (HSBC)
2018-07 Achievement Award for supporting to build Ring-fenced bank (HSBC)
Certification
Financial Analysis in Corporate Practice
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Scrum Master Basics
11-2023
Financial Analysis in Corporate Practice
10-2023
ASSOCIATE (BUSINESS ANALYST)
Morgan Stanley
03.2022 - Current
ASSISTANT MANAGER
HSBC
05.2017 - 02.2022
SENIOR PROCESS EXECUTIVE
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD
08.2015 - 04.2017
B Com - Accounting
Bangalore University
04.2001 -