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AZHAGUMATHIVANAN (MATHI) RAMASAMY

AZHAGUMATHIVANAN (MATHI) RAMASAMY

Toronto,ON

Summary

Detail-oriented Business Analyst with 11+ years of experience in Financial Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Controls Management, Reconciliations, Business Intelligence, Data Business Analytics and Consulting. Seeking to leverage expertise in data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project management to drive business growth and innovation in a dynamic organization.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Business Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services (Canada)
09.2021 - Current
  • Built interactive dashboards and reports using Tableau ,enabling stakeholders to visualize key performance metrics, trends, and patterns for informed decision-making.
  • Conducted thorough analysis of business requirements, data sources, and data structures to design and implement effective Tableau solutions that meet stakeholder needs.
  • Led requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders, including business users, subject matter experts, and IT teams, to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
  • Conducted thorough analysis of business processes, identifying inefficiencies and recommending solutions for process improvement and optimization.
  • Developed comprehensive documentation, including business requirements documents (BRDs), use cases, process flow diagrams, and user stories, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
  • Utilized data analysis techniques and tools to extract insights, identify trends, and provide recommendations to support decision-making and drive business growth.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams throughout the project lifecycle, from planning and design to implementation and post-implementation support, ensuring successful delivery within scope and timeline constraints.
  • Provided end-user training and support to facilitate adoption and maximize utilization of new systems and processes.

Reconciliations Administrator

Aviso Wealth
03.2020 - 09.2021
  • Manage data controls and reconciliations required internally and by regulatory bodies (MFDA, IIROC)
  • Liaise with appropriate internal and external stakeholder for firm and fund-specific risk reporting
  • Act as a reconciliations SME to help evaluate and enhance existing process and systems
  • Acted as operations expert and worked closely with Technology team to deliver an auto-match reconciliation system which resulted in 18% high risk breaks closure within SLA.

Reconciliations Project Manager

JP Morgan Chase
01.2016 - 02.2020
  • Gathered business requirements from stakeholders of different business units and developed functional specification documents
  • Spearheaded the software development lifecycle and navigated the change and release management for the governance tools
  • Worked with all stakeholders by gathering data from all business units, developing requirements, ascertaining priorities, and reporting progress
  • Built and maintained a Dashboard for exceptions reporting to internal and external clients
  • Participated in data and systems migrations for all JP Morgan fund services legacy systems
  • Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.


Reconciliations Team Leader

JP Morgan Chase
05.2012 - 01.2016
  • Reconcile unit holder capital stock, cash and security holdings and investigate and clear all outstanding issues on time
  • Responsible for ensuring discrepancies between fund accounting ledger system and custody records are identified, investigated and allocated to appropriate hubs or propose possible resolution
  • Escalate significant reconciliation issues to the management on a timely basis


Education

Master of Business Administration (Finance) -

Christ University, India
2012

Bachelor of Engineering -

Anna University, India
2010

Skills

  • Business Analysis
  • Tableau
  • SQL
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel
  • TLM (Transaction Lifecycle Management)
  • Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Visio
  • JIRA
  • Use Case Development
  • Stakeholder Management

References

Jitesh Mukundan, Senior Vice President, Reconciliation Utility, Citibank, Chennai, India, gettojith@rediffmail.com, +919945001226

Timeline

Lead Business Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services (Canada)
09.2021 - Current

Reconciliations Administrator

Aviso Wealth
03.2020 - 09.2021

Reconciliations Project Manager

JP Morgan Chase
01.2016 - 02.2020

Reconciliations Team Leader

JP Morgan Chase
05.2012 - 01.2016

Master of Business Administration (Finance) -

Christ University, India

Bachelor of Engineering -

Anna University, India
AZHAGUMATHIVANAN (MATHI) RAMASAMY