Andrew Sugan Lawrence
AVP/ Sr Conversion Business Analyst
Plainsboro,New Jersey
Summary
Objective Capital Market's leader with demonstrated success leading financial systems and Programs, Over 16 years. Knowledgeable about regulatory requirements and successful strategies for maintaining Optimal controls. Well-organized, Proactive and adaptable to dynamic conditions.Comfortable giving engaging presentations to clients to drive new business, expand accounts and establish brand profile. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives. Expertise in Business Analysis, program / project management . Expertise in Middle Office end to end Migration, Transaction Management, Data Management, Investment Recordkeeping/ Portfolio Accounting, Corporate Actions, Reconciliation, Client Reporting and Information Delivery. Demonstrated success leading weekend conversion activities and successfully migrated 35+ clients from their legacy source to State Street System.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
8
8
Certificates
Work History
Assistant Vice President / Sr. Conversion Manager
State Street
Princeton, NJ
05.2021 - Current
- Worked closely with client to understand the requirements, Legacy system capabilities and to determine the complexity of the conversion phases.
- End to end weekend support, executing migration for clients for all the product types to state street system.
- Requirement gathering, Work flow monitoring, Run book execution and end to end conversion support.
- Trade monitoring, Static and dynamic data setups review and validating Market data with statestreet data.
- Developed reports and financial sheets for annual budgets and senior leadership goals.
- Reviewed, identified, updated and prioritized strategic initiatives to provide comprehensive support to senior leadership.
- Attended weekly meetings and special sessions of Leadership and Executive Leadership Teams and contributed to major administrative initiatives, policies and decisions.
Project Manager / Conversion Business Analyst
Atos Syntel - State Street
London / Princeton, UK / US
03.2010 - 04.2021
- Mapped process activities to identify shortfalls and propose options to rectify operational inefficiencies.
- Established online configuration knowledge base to support functionality by developing robust system application overview.
- Analyzed all the asset types and prepared the requirement for the migration by creating business spec’s and extract information.
- Built framework and execution plan for the conversion and set the desired Pre & post conversion plan and resources.
- Maintained Issue log, Resource matrix for the Weekend conversion support in Dry, Damp, Dressrehersal and live migrations for the client.
- Business Knowledge in accumulating the data & analyzing the dynamic or static data to be converted.
- Post production support & converted data maintenance.
Test Lead / Business Analyst
Atos Syntel - State Street
London, UK
01.2009 - 03.2010
- Defined and led strategies to reduce delinquent accounts, analyzing written-off accounts to drive additional recovery and introducing settlement and hardship programs to increase delinquent customer response rates.
- Designed and monitored underwriting scorecards and related predictability.
- Encouraged stakeholders to approach assessments analytically and offer unique insights to bring new understanding to risk management programs.
- Asset Management & Portfolio record keeping, analyzed the requirements and provided Business solutions
- Test Planning, Strategy preparation, Test log metrics and project Trackers are all well maintained.
- Single point of contact for all testing related activities
- Attended Defect triage meeting with the development team and provided solutions and created project closure report
- Promoted enterprise-level risk management practices and helped instill strong culture focused on protective policies and procedures.
- Developed short-term goals and long-term strategic plans to improve risk control and mitigation.
- Instituted contingency plans, ensuring business continuity through cross-training, documentation and data backups.
Test Lead
Atos Syntel - State Street GmBH
Munich, Germany
04.2007 - 12.2008
- Analyzed the Customer supplied documents and estimating the Time for Schedule Adherence
- Prepared Test case design, Bug report, Test plan, and Sign off document
- Involved in peer to peer reviews and defect reporting directly to client.
- Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Guided team of 25 testers in BUAT environment and coached employees to maintain best-in-class testing.
- Directed off-site teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages and releases.
- Determined server operating limits by conducting weekly load tests.
- Coordinated with offshore development teams, delivering remote lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols.
- Worked alongside management to develop testing and improvement plans.
- Interacted with product managers to deliver performance issue resolution reports.
- Conducted tests and diagnostic procedures using tools such as analyzers, multimeters and power supplies.
- Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
Test Lead
Atos Syntel
Chennai, India
04.2006 - 04.2007
- Enterprise Client Reporting is well managed and validated with low defect detection rate.
- Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Designed validation and quality assurance parameters for automated system testing.
- Reported test findings to development personnel, advising staff on efficacy of subsequent remediation attempts.
- Maintained authoritative knowledge of multiple software testing tools.
- Coordinated with development teams, delivering lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols.
Analyst Programmer
Atos Syntel
Chennai, India, Tamil Nadu
10.2005 - 04.2006
- Considered and evaluated potential software products based on new and existing system development and migration requirements.
- Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function prior to release.
- Built, tested and deployed scalable, highly available and modular software products.
- Updated documentation with project deviations to capture changes.
- Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs.
- Delivered and maintained scalable system architecture to support high-availability Internet site with various internal applications.
- Collaborated with product management to design, build and test systems.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Arunai Engineering college, University of Madras
M.B.A - Banking & Finance
Alagappa University, India
Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance Accredited Scrum Master certification - undefined
SCRUM Institute
Agile certification & Training Skill soft PMP Training - undefined
Skills
Consulting
Corporate presentations
Schedule / Logistics Management
Contract Management
Reporting, Meeting Minutes, Records Management
Business administration
Financial Management
Issue Resolution Skills
Project Management
Negotiation
Internal / External Communications
Strategic planning
New business pursuits
Decision Making & Judgment
Effective relationship building
Business Analysis
Process management oversight
Strategic Initiatives / Strategic Plan Implementation
Agile & Scrum Methodologies
Mainframe Technologies
Conversion Coordination
Certification
BNFS Level I & II Certifications
Timeline
Assistant Vice President / Sr. Conversion Manager
State Street
05.2021 - Current
Project Manager / Conversion Business Analyst
Atos Syntel - State Street
03.2010 - 04.2021
Test Lead / Business Analyst
Atos Syntel - State Street
01.2009 - 03.2010
Test Lead
Atos Syntel - State Street GmBH
04.2007 - 12.2008
Test Lead
Atos Syntel
04.2006 - 04.2007
Analyst Programmer
Atos Syntel
10.2005 - 04.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Arunai Engineering college, University of Madras
M.B.A - Banking & Finance
Alagappa University, India
Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance Accredited Scrum Master certification - undefined
SCRUM Institute