Pooja Karira
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Certified Scrum Product Owner and Agile Practitioner with 11+ years of experience seeking a techno-functional opportunity to apply and grow my technical and analytical skills. Dedicated to solving complex business problems in the IT industry through comprehensive needs analysis, resulting in a seamless client experience.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2022 - Current
- Engaging with business stakeholders to understand reconciliation requirements and identify their problem areas and data needs
- Understanding the challenges to get the required data feeds and working with product management group on the solutions to close the gaps
- Performing impact analysis of the solutions to ensure no negative impact is caused by the proposed solution
- Working with architects and development team to ensure there are no impediments and that development is proceeding as per agreed requirements
- Prioritize user requests to ensure that they align with organizational and business goals
- Suggest enhancements to the software application and processes from a functional perspective
- Ensuring seamless warranty support and post go live handover to operations team
Business Analyst
Credit Suisse Services Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Collaborating with cross-border compliance management teams to understand the topmost reasons that are causing data leakages
- Performing gap analysis on the legacy v/s proposed systems to articulate requirements more accurately
- Creating all the business summary specification document and other artifacts to reach an agreement with all the stakeholders involved
- Coordinating closely with development & testing teams & help them close the gaps at an earlier stage during the development phase
Product Owner
Deutsche Bank Operations India
08.2019 - 04.2021
- Understanding problem areas from application users, business needs, market opportunities, and technology trends
- Decomposing business requirements into features and functions that drive the product roadmap
- Collaborating with engineering teams (program managers, developers, UX designers, and internal customers) on technical feasibility assessments, to define the details behind the business requirements
- Establishing sprint goals for the team and establishing definition of done for the same
- Backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and managing stakeholder expectations
- Validating and signing off on features post validation of requirements during user testing (UAT) phase
Senior Business Analyst
BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Instrumental in achieving maximum business value by delivering complex enhancements for client referential systems within shorter release cycles
- Creating wireframes and use case diagrams to simplify requirements' walkthrough for overall project stakeholders
- Partnering with technical leads on the project in directing the implementation team (typically of 5 people) with the requirements' specifications
Systems Analyst
Mastercard Technology Solutions Private Ltd.
07.2016 - 06.2018
- Collaborated with onshore stakeholders and third-party vendors so as to understand the gaps between the current and target state of the application
- Created features & user stories in behavior driven development format for the development team & walking the teams through detailed requirements
- Achieved significant reduction in application testing time by leveraging different in-house tools available for automation
Business Analyst
HSBC Global Technology (GLT)
04.2013 - 06.2016
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
University of Mumbai
01.2012
Diploma - Information Technology
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
01.2009
Skills
- Certified Scrum Product Owner - Scrum Alliance
- IIBA endorsed certified business analyst (CBAP)
- Requirement analysis and Stakeholder management
- SQL programming, Web services, APIs, JIRA, UML charts
- Investment Banking and Payments processing (credit cards, debit cards) domain
- Knowledge of financial instruments - equities, derivatives, bonds, end to end trade lifecycle, Capital Markets
- End-to-end client onboarding, KYC, ALM, Due diligence process
- Regulatory reporting experience (Dodd-Frank, EMIR, CFTC, FATCA, BASEL, MiFID)
Certification
- CSPO - Scrum Alliance Sep 2024
Timeline
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2022 - Current
Business Analyst
Credit Suisse Services Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - 08.2022
Product Owner
Deutsche Bank Operations India
08.2019 - 04.2021
Senior Business Analyst
BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 08.2019
Systems Analyst
Mastercard Technology Solutions Private Ltd.
07.2016 - 06.2018
Business Analyst
HSBC Global Technology (GLT)
04.2013 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
University of Mumbai
Diploma - Information Technology
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
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