Meghna Jhaveri
Livingston,NJ
Summary
A proficient technology leader with over 16 years of experience across all stages of the software development life cycle. Possesses firm grasp of technology, cost basis, and tax reporting domain. Proven record of creating new products, including building a strong global tech team. Recognized for collaborative leadership style and ability to effectively translate complex business problems into tangible solutions.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Manager, Tax Reporting Solutions
BetaNXT (acquisition from LSEG)
07.2022 - Current
- Head up global software development for the marquee Maxit Tax platform at BetaNXT, which enables investment banks and financial brokers to fulfill their Tax Reporting needs.
- Complete technical, operational, and roadmap ownership of the Tax platform, which is a software application used to ingest, review, edit, and report data for tax reporting.
- Guided and mentored a global team, located in New York, Toronto, Poland, India, and Belarus.
- Expanded the software application platform by integrating with TurboTax, both on hosted and non-hosted solutions.
- Designed and launched implementation of real-time data processing and data ingestion solutions.
- Scaled the platform to produce 10 million+ tax forms across multiple clients.
- Designed and built features for fully automated tax form run tasks, such as the Scheduler. The Scheduler allows clients or the tax team to schedule their tax form runs for any tax year.
- Oversaw code reviews, technical documentation, vulnerability code scan, and (CI/CD) pipelines to maintain high-quality code and ensure timely releases.
- Leveraged my technical support skills to maintain high levels of client satisfaction.
- Facilitated the migration of code versioning system from CVS/SVN into GitLab.
- Modernize the tech stack by moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Platform as a Service (PaaS).
- Utilized AWS EC2 instances across the Tax platform non-prod environment, reducing the datacenter and on-prem footprint by 30%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams and operations to share the product vision and achieve results.
- Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, organizations, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.
- Orchestrated end-to-end software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system architecture design, coding standards, quality control, and deployment.
- Facilitating and driving key technology decisions with senior technology stakeholders.
- Resolved conflicts between stakeholders by facilitating discussions that focused on common objectives.
Software Development Manager, Tax Reporting Solutions
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
03.2020 - 06.2022
- Deep collaboration with cross-functional engineering and product teams to evolve the reporting platform.
- Spearheaded Maxit Tax Development, adding new features while standardizing the operational side and upgrading the stack.
- Expertise in design, implementation, and high-performance maintenance of data-intensive applications.
- Assisted in the selection and training of new software developers.
- Fortified the new product with batch automation, operational monitoring, and overall standardization of Maxit Tax.
- Ensured all code developed was properly tested before release into production environments.
- Monitored project progress to ensure deadlines were met on time and within budget.
- Analyzed system performance data to identify opportunities for improvement in efficiency or scalability.
- Documented all changes made to existing software programs according to company policies and procedures.
- Maintained a library of reusable components for use across projects.
- Implemented new processes for Tax Operations, slowly aiming to automate them in the upcoming roadmap.
- Instrumented Cybersecurity by introducing Penetration Testing and ethical hacks.
- Modernize the application stack to Java 17, Oracle 19.
- Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON.
- Continual improvement of features on a regular basis and rely on performance data to make informed decisions about platform changes or improvements.
- Mentored development team members, aligning their growth plans with organization's goals.
Technical Lead, Tax Technology
Scivantage (acquired by LSEG)
01.2008 - 03.2020
- Spearheaded the technical aspects of the application, batch, and database development of an end-to-end tax information reporting product line.
- Strong proficiency in PHP, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ext JS, and related web technologies.
- Architected the design and development of the Tax data warehouse and its related modules, such as data ingestion, income reclassification, and extraction of tax form data in varied formats.
- Instrumental in building logic for various tax forms like 1099, 1042S, IRA forms, and Puerto Rico forms for customers and IRS/Departamento de Hacienda.
- Collaborated with the Product team and other cross-functional teams to bring the vision of Maxit Tax to reality, thereby incorporating requirement gathering, system architecture design, and delivery skills.
- Established a robust technical team from the ground up, including interviewing, training, and mentoring, for building a new product line of Maxit.
- Involved in the expansion of Maxit's market share by integrating with two new back offices and thereby onboarding 14 new clients.
- Onboarded multiple clients by integrating with new back office, Sungard (Now FIS).
- Developed modified security measures by implementing the 4-eye principle.
- Designed and developed self-operational cost-reductive features, like the self-service feature of Corporate Actions Manager.
- Implemented Single Sign-On integration for multiple clients.
- Involved in modernization of front-end code from Smarty [PHP template engine] based webpages to a JavaScript library, Sencha (formerly EXT JS).
- Utilized my SQL skills to design database table structures for backend APIs.
- Technical developer for the wealth management platform called Investor. Worked on web application features, such as Account Holdings, Balance, and more. Including critical screens like a Trading screen, ACH transfers.
- Involved in all Production Support duties, including weekly Production release support.
- Trained junior front-end developers for production support related tasks, code reviews, and change management procedures before moving onto Investor's roadmap projects.
Web Developer
Magnet Technologies, Mumbai
02.2004 - 10.2005
- Developed web applications including and not limited to, various features like messaging (jabber protocol), ecommerce and WordPress
- Developed web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
- Designed database schemas to store user data securely.
Education
B.S. Electronics and Telecommunications -
Mumbai University
01.2003
Skills
- Technology Transformation
- Product Development
- Program Management
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Troubleshooting
- Performance Optimization
- Estimating time
- Technical leadership
- Business Analysis
- Java/REST
- PHP/EXTJS/Sencha/Angular
- Oracle PL/SQL, MYSQL
- Cloud – AWS and Oracle
- Ansible
- Unix, Bash Scripts, Python
- XML/JSON
- Data Analytical Skills
- Problem Solving
- SVN, Gitlab
- MS Office
Websites
Volunteer Experience
VP Philanthropy, NCL
Domain
- Cost Basis Reporting
- Wealth Management
- Tax Reporting
- Income Reallocation
Affiliations
- VP Philanthropy, North NJ chapter, NCL (National Charity League)
Timeline
Software Development Manager, Tax Reporting Solutions
BetaNXT (acquisition from LSEG)
07.2022 - Current
Software Development Manager, Tax Reporting Solutions
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
03.2020 - 06.2022
Technical Lead, Tax Technology
Scivantage (acquired by LSEG)
01.2008 - 03.2020
Web Developer
Magnet Technologies, Mumbai
02.2004 - 10.2005
B.S. Electronics and Telecommunications -
Mumbai University
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