Wipro

•	Conduct a comprehensive assessment of existing materials across all disciplines within the CIO Advisory segment. The objective was to systematically categorize and compile all available assets. These assets were intended for utilization in Wipro Sales presentations, targeting both current and prospective clients. 
•	Collaborate with Client Partners to devise a presentation framework. This framework was developed by integrating the pre-existing artifacts and generating fresh content. The presentations were strategically tailored to address specific client requirements. The primary focus was on demonstrating Wipro's capability to offer the essential proficiency and resources needed to provide optimal solutions for the client's challenges.

Project Manager - CIO Advisory

•	Currently working as Project Manager (Wipro Consultant) - with Apple Accessibility & CoE (Center of Excellence) Group to ensure accessibility requirements are addressed for all Apple Online Stores across multiple geographies. 
•	Manage multiple project in a release cycle to ensure accessibility review is completed as per Apple AA+ standard and gaps are fixed by the relevant project teams as per project timelines
•	Arrange kick-off sessions with project teams to understand scope, timelines of their current initiative and provide them with Apple accessibility guidelines.
•	Maintain regular touch base with projects teams to get feedback on status of project and address any queries/issues.
•	Update senior management on status of the projects health, risks and mitigations as required.

Project Manager - Apple

•	Managed a divestment project with the leading European Medical Equipment manufacturer’s divesture plan of their Lifeline Medical equipment business for merger with an American medical equipment company under Integrated Management Office (IMO).
•	Managed the divesture project broken into 10 work-streams from PMO side as well as being a Project Manager on four work-streams, directly working with their owners for managing the project as per plan and keeping a check on the health of the project along with maintaining and managing projects plans and integrated risk register for all identified risks and issues.
•	Monitor and engage all work stream owners, establish engagement cadence and resource requirement.
•	Manage & report weekly and monthly project status report on TSLA dashboard, maintain Risk register, Issues & Mitigation and updates to integrated project plan for CIO and other stakeholders.

Project Manager Program Management Office - Philips Lifeline

.  SME/functional BA on development of a commercial channel in Net Oxygen LOS (Loan Origination Software).
.  Understand the LOS from its core system and how data is captured and flow through various workbenches.
.  Engage with commercial client for requirement elicitation and clarification.
.  Assist on end to end workflow to gain clarity on the client’s current workflow.
.  Work on data flow diagram to capture the intricacies of each work item within the workflow and discuss with client to capture any gaps. 
.  Conduct as is analysis and make use of MS Visio for creating the UML diagrams to define the existing processes and the proposed solutions
.  Prepare mock-ups based on gaps identified during CRP sessions.
.  Provide clarity on the commercial channel being developed and screens change involved.
.  Attend daily meeting with developers and testers to answer their queries and provided updates as and when required.
.  Attend Design Approval and Review session for approval of design changes and provide answers to queries raised from functional point of view.
.  Makes recommendations for process improvements and evaluate the related outcomes.

Sr. Business Analyst

Wallis Bank

•	Consult with loan officer and prospects/client to validate new/renewal loan request. Commercial loans ranging from 100k to multi-million dollars projects.
•	Organize documentation for credit analysis and approval.
•	Originate the credit package with commentary, financial analysis and recommendations while ensuring compliance to regulations, policies and internal procedures.
•	Evaluate credit worthiness by analyzing financial statements, tax returns, feasibility / competition, management quality and experience in credit memo.
•	Perform CAIVRS, SAM, OFAC, Accurint searches on borrower and guarantors.
•	Assess guarantor support by analyzing personal financial and cash-flow statement, credit bureau reports, tax returns and global cash-flow analysis.

Analyst / Commercial Credits

Tasveer Images

A side hustle turned into full-time free lance commercial photography business which I ran covering weddings, commercial event and product photography.

Owner

Scotiabank

Banking Solution Retail Lending - Multiple Projects:
- Retail Lending Collection System Replacement (COTS project with process mapping and charting for LOBs)
- OEI -DCIW- Customer File Project
- CDD Process Review
- Creditor Insurance Integrated Application
- Automation of Manual business reporting structure

Lead business analyst of BSRL team of 10 BAs. Tasked to independently resolve complex, multi-faceted business challenges to meet the business needs of the assigned Lines of Business, by applying financial and technology knowledge to the design of methodologies, models, and/or systems solutions.
Specific Responsibilities: 
•	Elicit business requirements by conducting structured interviews, JAD sessions and workshops to create various business documents.
•	Collaborate with project sponsor, project team and other stakeholders to determine project milestones and report on progress; prepared communication and status reporting plan.
•	Analyze AS-IS system to identify areas of improvement in current activities and to determine feasibility to develop TO-BE system.
•	Review the business logic of the proposed application and coordinated with development team to ensure alignment with requirement and adherence to Agile methodology.
•	Review of test scenarios, test cases and execution/support of User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
•	Assist development team in creating prototypes based on requirements specifications. 
Utilize Waterfall and HybridAgile methodologies to monitor, steer and develop project objectives.
•	Participate in the weekly status calls to update the PM/PMO of status of my deliverables and adherence to agreed timelines.   
 
Skills: Waterfall/Agile Methodology, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Windows, MS Word, Excel, Power point, Visio, IBM Blueworks.

Sr. Business Analyst - Consultant

CIBC

Strategy & Operations Consulting – Retail Banking: 
AML & Banking Fraud project to address a financial regulatory assessment on level of controls implemented by financial institution based on the guidelines issued by OSFI. 
•	Review OSFI assessment report to prepare a paper on deficiencies pointed out in technology audit. 
•	Prepare e-questionnaire for various LOBs to assess level of controls applied at new client on-boarding.
•	Conduct current state gap analysis for Retail and Wealth Management LOBs based on responses received.
•	Discuss the analyzed Gaps with LOBs heads to appraise them of current status and action to be taken.
•	Prepare BRD based on as-is and to-be status to conform to regulatory requirements and getting sign-offs
•	Make recommendation on adjustments in the current processes to become compliant.

Solution focused consultant specializing in Project Management with ability to deliver strategic advisory services with deep experience in Project and Program Management in Product, Banking and Healthcare industry. Passionate about automation, collaboration and enablement. Experienced in managing multi-disciplinary teams to rapidly problem solve and resolve multifaceted business challenges, formulate strategic plans, and implement effective change management.

- Strong trust, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation, and consensus building skills.
- Accessibility requirements
- Salesforce - Financial Service cloud and Service Cloud.
- SFDC Skills - Lightning Experience, Einstein Analytics, Declarative Development, Lighting Flow, Schema Builder, Reports, Dashboard and Lens, Lightning App Builder. 
- Proficient in Windows, MS Word, Excel, Project, SQL, Power point, Teams, Share Point, Visio, IBM Blueworks, Jira, Quip and nCino.

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