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Navya Paneendra

Apex,NC

Summary

  • Over 10+ years of diverse experience as Business Analyst /Product Owner in Banking and Financial services with In-depth knowledge of Payment domain ,Skilled in SWIFT messages ,Payment processing, and financial reporting.
  • Expertise in End to End SWIFT Payment,SEPA CHIPS,CHAPS,TARGET2,Cross border payments and MT to MX ISO20022 Migration.
  • Extensive experience in working on AML, Regulatory reporting ,Transaction monitoring and Compliance.
  • Expertise in in creating BRD, FS Documents, Business rules, Data mapping documents.
  • Strong experience in requirement gathering ,use case creation, and stakeholder management.
  • Proficient in developing and setting program priorities and managing the product backlogs,Creating and maintaining Epics ,Features and User stories /tasks based on Business requirement.
  • Expertise in Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies.
  • Rich experience with Scrum ceremonies and PI Planning. Proficient in preparing Testcases ,Test Plans and co ordinating and conducting UAT.
  • Strong experience in client demos and presentations
  • Proficient in JIRA,Confluence,Share Point,MS Office, SQL
  • Very Good exposure oracle SQL, Architectural Design,, Technical constraints, risks, documentation

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Business analyst/Scrum Master

Bank of America
11.2021 - 05.2023
  • Engaged stakeholders to gather and translate requirements
  • Lead Development and support team to set up connectivity between Bank and Vendor
  • Authored application diagram which captures connectivity and business data flow
  • Analyzed project scope, identified risk items, obtained cost estimates, reviewed capacity constraints
  • Completed Permit To Send and Data Transmission Registration to ensure data partners adhere to Bank security and risk requirements
  • Worked with QA team to derive test strategy in creating test cases and support functional testing
  • Facilitated the agile ceremonies such as daily stand up, sprint planning, retrospective
  • Worked closely with release management team and helped them in release related activities
  • Participated in community of practice and provided scrum knowledge to team members
  • Worked with team to prepare stories for PI planning, identified risks and dependencies, worked closely with product team to understand the business value assigned to PI objectives
  • Worked closely with Release Train Engineer to support integrating plans at the ART level.

Business Analyst

WELLSFARGO
04.2020 - 09.2021
  • Identify and understand the scope of new CRs and enhancements in pipeline by performing initial system and data analysis
  • Organized initial grooming sessions with business stakeholders, Solution delivery, cross functional stakeholders to elicit the systems scope and impacts
  • Understand and analyze the area of impact and extract the transactional and behavioral scope to document the new requirement to develop and deliver Future state solution
  • Document/update appropriate system changes, actions, flows and constraints in functional artifacts like BRD, Functional Specs
  • Update field/table level information and key business rules in inbound/outbound data mapping guides
  • Assess and create customized payment files to meet new requirements to perform UAT Testing
  • Assist development/testing team for any queries and review key deliverables like Test Scenarios, flow diagrams
  • Prepare PPTs, UML diagrams in Visio for demonstration/representation to senior management
  • Create and update CRs based on new changes and feedback for successful delivery and Sign-Off.

Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Co
08.2018 - 02.2020
  • Bottomline responsibility for Requirements gathering, Functional design, E2E field mapping, Functional Requirements document, UI mockups, Product backlog, User stories creation/update, writing Acceptance criteria, Sprint planning and Daily scrum
  • Interaction with Business, Product, Operations, UAT and other Interface system teams on a continuous basis
  • Preparation of Operational Guide and relevant documentation for Technical Operations and Production Support teams
  • Document/update appropriate system changes, actions, flows and constraints in functional artifacts like BRD, Functional Specs.

Business Analyst/Project Manager

JP Morgan Chase BANK
06.2016 - 05.2018
  • Acted as a liaison to internal departments, including training and problem resolution
  • Conducted internal training sessions to ensure team knowledge management
  • Assisted Compliance department with the drafting of regulatory reports and responses to inquiries as necessary
  • Acted a Business Analyst for the launch and subsequent upgrades to the KYC Platform Application
  • Facilitated team training and troubleshooting to ensure smooth 'go-live' of the platform
  • Built and maintained positive and productive working relationships internally and externally
  • Maintained close working knowledge of assigned investigations and advised supervisors of progress and any matters of concern
  • Analyzed data, documentation, and news in order to determine the risk profile of a case
  • Tracked and maintained all regulatory deficiency correspondences and maintained the tracking of global regulatory requirement.

Business Analyst

FISERV, INDIA
05.2014 - 05.2016
  • As a part of the Electronic Payment team, working on a project/product called Integrated Platform Strategy (IPS)
  • This product provides a unified platform over mobile to US retail banks to help their customers to pay their bills towards a merchant or pay a person over mobile/email or directly into external bank accounts
  • Involvement in requirement gathering from various stakeholders
  • Gap Analysis of client's requirements
  • Preparation of use case documentation & design of business solution for the client
  • Act as a liaison between marketing, technical, UI/UX, and QA teams and business partners involved
  • Expertise in agile methodology and hands-on experience in creating epic, user stories, and tasks on the same
  • Product Demo to various stakeholders
  • Impart functional training on the product to new members in the team
  • Review of wireframes designed by UI/UX team
  • Perform functional testing of the module designed as part of product development
  • Proficient in MS Visio and JIRA tools.

PROCESS ASSOCIATE

SYNDICATE BANK, INDIA
12.2007 - 03.2014
  • Executed customer transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, money orders, and checks
  • Completed highly accurate, high-volume money counts via both manual and machine-driven approaches
  • Processed quarterly Vault and ATM audits with zero error rate
  • Handled various accounting transactions
  • Collected member loan payments
  • Processed exchange and foreign currency
  • Promoted products or services to each customer to consistently achieve sales targets
  • Rapidly and efficiently prepared customer and ATM cash and change orders
  • Volunteered for extra shifts during holidays and other busy periods to alleviate staffing shortages
  • Submitted loan applications to loan underwriter for verification and recommendation
  • Reviewed and edited loan agreements to promote efficiency and accuracy
  • Wrote reports detailing branch activities
  • Originated, reviewed, processed, closed, and administered customer loan proposals
  • Compiled a database of loan applicants' credit histories, corporate financial statements, and other financial information
  • Assisted senior-level credit officers with complex loan applications
  • Worked with Branch manager to resolve customer service problems, improved customer service
  • Maintained Pensioner accounts of Defense, Navy, and Army
  • Prepared various reports of Branch and assisted in the preparation of the balance sheet.

Education

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
06.2022

Online Professional Certificate - Asset Management

New York Institute of Finance
01.2019

Universal Banker Certificate - Banking

American Bankers Association
01.2018

Master Of Science - Psychology

Annamalai University
01.2015

Bachelor Of Science - Computer Science

Tumkur University
01.2005

Skills

  • Gap analysis
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Business process improvement
  • Project Management
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Risk Assessment

Skill Summary

Requirement gathering and Analysis, User Acceptance Test, Project Management, Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Process Mapping and modelling., Scrum ceremonies., System architecture, BPMN, MS Office, Share Point, JIRA, Confluence, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Oracle, Clearing and Settlement, Cross border Payment, MT to MX ISO20022Migration, ACH, Fedwire, CHAPS, CHIPS and SEPA, RTGS and NEFT, Card Payment

Work Summary

Over 10+ years of diverse experience as Business Analyst /Product Owner in Banking and Financial services with In-depth knowledge of Payment domain, Skilled in SWIFT messages, Payment processing, and financial reporting. Expertise in End to End SWIFT Payment, Fedwire, SEPA, CHIPS, CHAPS, TARGET, Cross border payments and MT to MX ISO20022 Migration. Extensive experience in working on AML, Regulatory reporting, Transaction monitoring and Compliance. Expertise in creating BRD, FS Documents, Business rules, Data mapping documents. Strong experience in requirement gathering, use case creation, and stakeholder management. Proficient in developing and setting program priorities and managing the product backlogs, Creating and maintaining Epics, Features and User stories /tasks based on Business requirement. Expertise in Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies. Rich experience with Scrum ceremonies and PI Planning. Proficient in preparing Testcases, Test Plans and coordinating and conducting UAT. Strong experience in client demos and presentations. Pro-active Interest in composing and updating new learning as Articles, Digital Assets and white papers as well as publishing across practice and assisting them accordingly for any proposal related Queries. Proficient in JIRA, Confluence, Share Point, MS Office, SQL, Very Good exposure of Oracle SQL, Architectural Design, Technical constraints, risks, documentation.

References

Available upon request.

Timeline

Business analyst/Scrum Master

Bank of America
11.2021 - 05.2023

Business Analyst

WELLSFARGO
04.2020 - 09.2021

Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Co
08.2018 - 02.2020

Business Analyst/Project Manager

JP Morgan Chase BANK
06.2016 - 05.2018

Business Analyst

FISERV, INDIA
05.2014 - 05.2016

PROCESS ASSOCIATE

SYNDICATE BANK, INDIA
12.2007 - 03.2014

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Online Professional Certificate - Asset Management

New York Institute of Finance

Universal Banker Certificate - Banking

American Bankers Association

Master Of Science - Psychology

Annamalai University

Bachelor Of Science - Computer Science

Tumkur University
Navya Paneendra