Maha Ali

Over 10+ years of professional experience in financial services and Information Technology as a business analyst in areas such as consulting, business analysis, change management, design automation, software development, business process modeling, and process integration. Advance knowledge in Finance in areas as capital markets, equities, financial databases, economics, risk management, derivatives contracts, fixed income, asset pricing, bonds etc. Working knowledge in commercial lending products (loans, syndications, guarantees, line of credits, letter of credits) and commercial lending applications - ACBS and LIQ Extensive experience in Capital Markets, Corporate Banking, Financial Asset Management, Insurance/Mortgage Markets and their Business Processes Subject matter expertise in Fixed Income, Risk Analysis especially the Custody and Corporate action. Good understanding of Equity, Cash management, Capital market, SWIFT, STP and Credit risk, Derivative Securities fundamentals with hands on experience. Great working experience of SDLC Models such as Agile Methodologies/ Iterative Model and Waterfall Model Assisted and Organized Sprints with the team and facilitated SCRUM meetings for project management process and helped team meet sprint goals. Experienced in conducting Joint Application Development JAD and Rapid Application Development RAD sessions to meet the deliverables of the project Experience in performing Business Process Re-engineering/GAP Analysis, SWOT analysis, Risk analysis, Mitigation plan and Impact analysis to check compatibility of the legacy system infrastructure with new business requirements Developed User Stories, Use case Documents USD, Business Requirement Document BRD and Functional Requirement Document FRD . Experience in developing Use Case diagrams and Activity diagrams based on UML methodology and business process flow diagrams by using Microsoft Visio Experience in developing Test Plans, Test Cases for system and user acceptance testing. Involved in User Acceptance Test UAT for the final testing of the application in the deployment environment. Experienced in tracing requirements throughout the development process using the Requirement Traceability Matrix. Possess good communication skills, self-analysis skills, strong self-motivational skills, ability to organize own time and a good level of attention to details. Hold a proven track record in meeting deadlines, performing well in a pressurized environment.