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Romar CANDELON

Scarborough

Summary

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with 16 years of industry experience in IT and Financial Services sectors with extensive work in core banking system implementations focusing on CASA Deposits and Teller, General Ledger (GL), Loans, Payment, Accounting and reconciliations, requirements gathering, gap analysis, business analysis and Testing, API integrations.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

BIPO Philippines
01.2021 - 05.2023

Serve as the Functional Architect who functionally designs of banking application architectures and provide high level solutions. Write detailed functional specifications and manage project execution of each product iteration. Lead and conduct functional business reviews with stakeholders, document business requirements, analyze issues and present and recommend business solutions that meet sponsor/stakeholder needs. As a resident BA for the CIMB, take lead on the deep dive architecture, API integration discussions, CASA Deposits, Payment and Loans products and various high level design meetings for different CIMB partners to understand the internal and external integration points and solution dependencies. Facilitate and execute design thinking sessions and workshops to finalize business requirements.

BUSINESS ANALYST (CONSULTANT)

Fiserv, APAC
11.2016 - 01.2021

The primary purpose of this position is to provide business analysis land expertise for the purpose of designing, developing, implementing and deploying Fiserv software solutions for core banking products - CASA Deposits, Loans, General Ledger, Payment. Providing expertise in understanding and documenting business processes and workflows, performing gap analysis, understanding and defining business requirements, defining use cases/functional specifications, performing business process validation (UAT), Quality assurance testing, end-user training, go live support, issue resolution, product previews and demos and various other activities related to a project or a professional services engagement.

SOFTWARE ANALYST 2

Fidelity Information Services, Philippines
10.2013 - 11.2016

Prepare and execute the appropriate activities, and report on their progress. Conduct technical testing activities. Provide the necessary evidence to support evaluations. Implement the necessary tools and techniques to achieve the defined goals. Work closely with the development and project management teams to ensure that test cases are thorough and provide adequate coverage. Test Execution (QA, Smoke Testing, SIT, Regression Test) for CASA Deposits, Loans and GL.

BUSINESS ANALYST

Headstrong, Philippines Inc.
01.2012 - 09.2013

Responsible for providing input to business requirements definition and future state and process and data analysis to support project deliverables. Understanding the Business Requirement Document (BRD) from the client. Gathers business and workflow requirements from customer with high levels of quality and customer satisfaction to complete the Functional Specification Document (FSD). Undertake detailed data analysis, process mapping, business requirements gathering, and data analysis/modelling in delivering conversion requirements for to feed into the overall conversion plan. Liaise with the programme/project managers in UK, stakeholders, analysts and developers. Responsible for definition of UAT cases, executing and managing the activity with the Lead Business Analyst. Apply QA process.

BUSINESS ANALYST/QA ENGINEER

Software Laboratories Inc.
04.2011 - 01.2012

Conduct requirements gathering meetings, analyze and document the business requirements from business subject matters experts and detail to Functional Analyst / Software Engineers and application developers. Understanding the Business Requirement Document (BRD) from the client. Gathers business and workflow requirements from customer with high levels of quality and customer satisfaction to complete the Functional Specification Document (FSD). Serve as liaison between business, development and operations to address issues and adjust design specifications as required. Discuss issues and facilitate resolution for issues identified.

OPERATIONS OFFICER

Malayan Bank
06.2009 - 01.2011

Responsible for ensuring branch operational activities run smoothly and efficiently; provides trainings and limited supervision within the branch; promotes business for the Bank by maintaining good customer relations and referring customers to appropriate personnel for new services. Performs limited supervisory duties as assigned by the Operation’s head and concentrate on improving the bank operations.

BRANCH ACCOUNTANT - SUPERVISOR

Malayan Bank
10.2006 - 01.2009

Oversee, direct and ensure the integrity, preparation, review, analysis and timely submission of all financial reports for management review. Prepared and reviewed full set of accounts for reportorial requirements compliance. Responsible for monthly close process including review of expenses, preparation and review of journal transactions including accruals and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

University of San Agustin
PHILIPPINES
03.2006

Skills

Business Requirement Document (BRD)

Functional Specification Document (FSD)

Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)

User Story

Activity Diagram and Workflow using visio, drawio

Integration Specification Document (ISD)

Review SIT Test Cases

Functional Effort Estimation Template

Impact Assessment/Analysis Document

Root Cause Analysis

Timeline

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

BIPO Philippines
01.2021 - 05.2023

BUSINESS ANALYST (CONSULTANT)

Fiserv, APAC
11.2016 - 01.2021

SOFTWARE ANALYST 2

Fidelity Information Services, Philippines
10.2013 - 11.2016

BUSINESS ANALYST

Headstrong, Philippines Inc.
01.2012 - 09.2013

BUSINESS ANALYST/QA ENGINEER

Software Laboratories Inc.
04.2011 - 01.2012

OPERATIONS OFFICER

Malayan Bank
06.2009 - 01.2011

BRANCH ACCOUNTANT - SUPERVISOR

Malayan Bank
10.2006 - 01.2009

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

University of San Agustin
Romar CANDELON