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EMAIL AVAILABLE CELL: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE SUMMARY Experienced and professional Senior Business Analyst possessing thorough knowledge of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT)/OATS, Equity (NASDAQ/Listed)Markets, Fixed Income, Wealth/Asset Management (Charles River /Longview Trading Systems), Tax Credit Investments, Regulatory Reporting, Derivative Markets, FIX Protocol Connectivity, Algorithmic/Crossing and Alternative Investment Solutions. Accomplished in developing creative solutions for complex business workflow processes and additionally possess excellent managerial, communication, writing, organization, and team building skills. EXPERIENCE Consultant- Sionic Advisors 1/2021- Present Natixis Bank - New York, NY Senior Business/QA Analyst . Project: Implementation of a Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Solution for Phase 2c - Customer Allocations & CAIS . Analyzed/identified all applicable business requirements to comply with the SEC Rule 613 Rule . Wrote BRD documenting all applicable Phase 2c & CAIS requirements and workflow analysis . Wrote all Test Case Scenarios consisting of unique allocation workflows (Cancel/Amends, Pre-submissions and FINRA Deletions (DEL)/Repairs (RPR)) . Participated in daily regression testing and issue analysis - Manually tested all unique allocation workflows . Used Visio/Excel to document the Customer Allocations Workflow emphasizing on Allocations Pre-submission checks . Created a BAU - Exception Management Procedures Document highlighting (Symbol Mismatch, Symbol Formats, Non-Reportable Symbols, Inactive Accounts, Batch Deletions and various Considerations (Foreign Security Prices, Options Exclusions, Broker Algo setups in Fidessa and manual updates on the FINRA Portal) . Went live on 4/26/21 in production with CAT Phase 2c - No issues . Creating CAT Allocation KPIs and Data Completeness Checks with FINRA Consultant- Collabera 4/2019-7/2020 SunTrust/Truist - New York, NY Senior Business/QA Analyst . Project: Implementation of a Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Solution (2a/2b) for a NMS Cash Equity Trading Desk . Analyzed/identified all applicable business requirements to comply with the SEC Rule 613 Rule . Documented present/future (OATS/CAT) workflow processes using Visio to establish a CAT Systems Integration environment solution using Fidessa, Broadridge and BIDS - Using Broadridge for FINRA CAT File Submission . Used Visio to document each applicable CAT Event workflow process for further clarification of the FINRA Requirements . Created a comparative analysis matrix for OATS vs. CAT Events and a FDID solution using Fidessa and Broadridge . UAT Tested End-of-Day CAT Event Log files (JSON) using Fidessa for creation of CAT Events - Analyzed the CAT Events' data elements with the FINRA Specs/Portal to ensure FINRA compliance . UAT Tested End-of-Day CAT Event & META Data Files submission to Broadridge . Certified the SunTrust/Truist CAT File on 4/2020 with FINRA and went live on June 22nd (Go-Live Date) in Production . Participated in the Daily Scrum Calls, Two Week Sprints, Sprint Planning/ Retrospective and Release Presentations using Version One Consultant- TATA Consultancy Services 7/2018- 4/2019 Citibank - Jersey City, NJ Senior Business Analyst . Project: Onboarded to Citi's OCEAN Database, all global Settlement/Payment Transactional Data across all Asset Classes (Fixed Income, Equity, Foreign Exchange & OTC Derivatives) . Wrote the Business Requirement Document for a global settlement and payment data onboarding/reconciliation project . Created Visio Diagrams of the Data Capture/Reconciliation Workflow: Settlement/Payment data onboarded to the Ocean Database, establishment of the reconciliation between the data from the Settlement/Payment Systems and Ocean using the Citi's Global Reconciliation Utility (GRU) . Presented Business Requirement Documentation/Visio Diagrams to new global groups participating in the project . Wrote Data Specifications (Data Attributes/Critical Data Elements) for the Settlement/Payment Systems asset classes . Participated in the daily Scrum Calls to discuss the Project's progress Candidate's Name
Consultant- TEKsystems 7/2017-1/2018 Bank of America/Merrill Lynch - New York, NY Senior Business/QA Analyst . Wrote Business Requirement Specifications/User Stories(JIRAs) for the Supervision Database Products . Participated in the SID Software Release Lifecycles using the Agile/Scrum Methodology with JIRA Software . Participated in the Scrum Calls (Daily Stand-up Meeting), Sprints/Sprint Planning & Retrospective . Created a Website (HTML/Markdown) for older Business Requirement Specifications using Eclipse and Concordion Software for future test automation integration Consultant- RSC Solutions, Inc. 5/2016 - 5/2017 MarketAxess - New York, NY Senior Business Analyst . Wrote/Updated FIX 5.0/4.4Connectivity API Specs for the MarketAxess Fixed Income All-to-All Open Trading Platform . Wrote Release Notes/BRD/FRDs for the MarketAxess API Broker/Dealer & Institutional Client Releases . Used Visio extensively to define the workflow processes for MarketAxess Open Trading System (Axe/Market List) . Worked on Client On-line Platform creating FIX API Specifications for Open Trading (Axe/Market List) & RFQs . Administrated all MarketAxess API Specifications/Documentation and Release Notes using Perforce Consultant- Lang Staffing Partners 12/2015 - 4/2016 Mizuho Bank - New York, NY Senior Business Analyst . Wrote Business Requirements and Project Plan Documentation for an enterprise system implementation of the Concur (Travel, Gift & Entertainment Reimbursement ) Software Application Platform . Ran weekly requirements gathering meetings with Business Users/Stakeholders . Designed workflow approval processes using the Visio extensively, providing a framework for deployment . Served as the key liaison with Concur (3rd Party Software Vendor) during the Pre-Implementation process, helping identify and design workflow processes for the vendor side's system implementation Consultant- Spectra Group 5/2015 - 8/2015 RBC Capital Markets/ Tax Credit Equity Group - New York, NY Senior Business Analyst . Performed a comparative analysis on various institutional alternative investment platforms (Investran, Integratec, AmortizationPro & RBC In-house Solution) to help the Tax Credit Equity Group (TCEG) decide on a final platform solution for the Direct Investment Program. The TCEG invests in the following Tax Credit Investment Products: (LIHTC - Low Income Housing Tax Credit, HTC - Historical Tax Credit, & RETC - Renewable Energy Tax Credit) . Platform requirements analysis consisted of a Business Requirements Document (BRD) - used for RFPs to the vendors, Use Case documentation, process workflow diagrams, data dictionary, and mock up screens emulating the deal workflow . Created a final Direct Investment Program PowerPoint Deck combining all analysis and vendor proposal information (final platform recommendation) and was presented to senior management Consultant- Pelham Berkeley Search 10/2013 - 11/2014 EPOCH Investment Partners - New York, NY Senior Business/QA Analyst . Project: Converted/Upgraded Legacy Systems and deployed all systems onto the TD Bank Network . Wrote Use Case Documentation (Current State Workflow Analysis) for a Charles River Development (CRD) /Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX) /Great Plains Implementation Project . Ran meetings and interviewed end users to analyze and document current process methodologies (Order/Trade Lifecycle & Operations Reconciliation and Reporting Processes) . Wrote all documentation relating to the Implementation Project- System Integration (SIT) /Production Acceptance (PAT) Test Plans with corresponding Test Cases . Used Visio extensively to map out and document complicated Trade/Settlement and UMA/SMA Processes . Performed manual UAT Testing for Charles River Development/Advent Portfolio Exchange- Trading/Portfolio Management Systems and the Great Plains Accounting Application Candidate's Name
Consultant- Olmstead Associates, Inc. 6/2013 - 10/2013 Bank BNP Paribas - Jersey City, NJ Senior Business Analyst . Wrote Functional Specification Documentation using Visio extensively for a Gap Analysis/Process Improvement Project within the Regulatory Reporting and Controls Department . Ran meetings and interviewed end users to analyze and document current process methodologies . Participated in meetings with Senior Management to analyze the Functional Specification Documentation to identify gaps, outstanding issues and process improvement opportunities in regulatory reporting and processes . Regulatory Reports/Processes are as follows: OTC/Listed LOPR (Large Options Position Report), Short Interest, Regulation W, FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting (ACT), OATS, and 13D,13F, 13G - Security Ownership Consultant- Emtek Solutions 3/2012- 3/2013 Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management - Jersey City, NJ Senior Business/QA Analyst . Project: Converted/Upgraded Legacy Reporting Tool for a Longview Implementation Project . Wrote all business requirements consisting of Data Analysis/Data Mapping/SQL Stored Procedures for the LDR Reporting Tool within a Longview (LVTS) Trading System 7.2 upgrade project - Replacing Crystal Reports . Ran all business requirements meetings with the end users and developers during the requirements gathering phase . Wrote all Test Cases/Scenarios including regression, integration and direct traceability test cases for all specific business requirements and enhancements . Managed a team and participated in the execution of all Test Cases during the QA Cycle for the LDR Tool . Participated in the UAT and Final Release of the LVTS upgrade project Consultant- Princeton Information 11/2011- 2/2012 Fidelity Investments - New York, NY Senior Business/QA Analyst . Worked on a team of Business Analysts writing business requirements and process flow documentation for Fidelity's Alternative Investment Group . Worked with an Off Shore Team writing Test Scripts and performing quality assurance for an Alternative Investment Reconciliation solution with the DTCC- (AIP) . Performed quality assurance directly with development enhancing and increasing the delivery build time frames Education QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY- Hamden, CT - B.S. Financial Management - Minor in Marketing Toastmasters International - Competent Communicator/ Competent Leader Dale Carnegie Sales Course Millennium Institute of Computers- Hasbrouck Heights, NJ- Certificate of Completion- UNIX Sun Solaris Administration- Advanced UNIX/ Sun Solaris Networking with TCP/IP and Network + |
