Manisha Pawar - PMP

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India21 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

12+ years in Capital Markets domain
Expert in Business Analysis and Project Management
Strong negotiation and communication skills

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Business Analyst with extensive experience in Fintech and Capital Markets.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business AnalysisProject Management

Other Skills

Requirements GatheringStakeholder ManagementDocumentationTestingProject PlanningRequirements AnalysisBusiness Process ImprovementUser Acceptance TestingFunctional SpecificationsBPOMISVendor ManagementTransition ManagementProcess ManagementResource Management

About

A senior Business Analyst, experienced in working on Cross-functional teams in a deadline-driven, project-oriented environment. Experienced in Business analysis across Middle/Back office functions, Valuation and Regulatory reporting & Compliance projects (FATCA, FCA, CRM). Total 12+ years experience, majorly in Capital market domain, have been managing projects in a Lead BA Capacity by bringing together the hard skills of planning, estimating and Process delivery with the soft skills of negotiation, elicitation, conflict management, influencing and effective communication. Hold Strong faith in continual learning to seek knowledge to enhance one’s Professional growth and Performance in line with Organization goals and vision. Seeking to build and leverage on my extensive range of domain, technical & Project Management skills to add value to the Organization practice area and assure a productive and effective delivery on Projects.

Experience

Credit suisse

2 roles

Vice President

Promoted

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · India

AVP - Finance Change

Jan 2017 – Aug 2023 · 6 yrs 7 mos · India

Working across CFO division projects which ensure that the strategic design is executed and implemented for Change Project, which might impact the processes or systems. Work to create business solutions using functional expertise and Project management practices. Aim to deliver strategic initiatives using leading project management and business analysis.
Responsibilities
Responsible for the gathering of business requirements, documentation of the business requirements including putting forward recommendations for solutions.
Perform Business Analysis, preparation of functional specifications, test plans, test cases, coordinating with users and IT during testing phase for delivery of the business requirements
Responsible for handling stakeholders requirements, status reports and project related documentation and obtain timely sign-of by all respective parties.
Work closely with the Users, line management, and IT groups throughout the various phases of the project.
Apply project management methodologies including project plans, risk mitigation, issue tracking and communication plans
Prepare and maintain all project related status reports, chair project meetings, engage other departments and groups, as necessary, and manage all issues and risks through to resolution
Establish strong working relationships and build partnerships with the Line and IT staff.
Document and assist in training of end users with automated Regulatory filing.
Work closely with the Finance teams and related CFO Change teams, and be involved in the execution of various initiatives planned as part of the Book of Work

Requirements GatheringBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementDocumentationTesting

Clsa

Senior Business Analyst

Jan 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

Tata consultancy services

Assistant Consultant

Oct 2012 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Syntel

Senior Business analyst

Aug 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

Project: American Express–VoCT– Business System Analyst - (Feb 2012 till date)
Establish comprehensive model of recommended approach to provide better Project definition. Develop a Project plan/Charter.
Analyze User needs, develop User requirements and create a Functional requirement document.
Define Input-process-output and key functional deliverables. Validate and get approved the Design specifications, Create Test requirements and Test condition for Testing phase.
Co-ordinate and monitor all the defined milestones and WBS activities are executed timely and as per the Project plan through all phases.
Project: CITI Build & FTB Analysis – (April 2011 till Jan 2012)
Establish Project deliverables post discussion with Stakeholder on Client requirements, constraints, and assumption. Record the Functional Requirement and Specifications.
Transforming business requirements into technical specifications and source-to-target mappings documents. (Working on TLM – Transaction lifecycle management). Prepare Reconciliation process flow for the Process owners through interviews, calls and meeting(Visio)
Identify new requirements, prepare BRD/WBS and recommend solutions for enhancement of the existing reconciliation. Identify the system for new reconciliation along with the configuration team.
Execute the tasks as defined in the project plan in order to achieve the project goals.
Project: JPMC, Bangalore – (Sept 2010 - March 2011)
Conduct kick-off meeting with all key stakeholders in order to announce the start of the project and review the overall project plan and gain consensus.
Gathered detailed business requirements, documented use cases, and created TLM control reports to be deployed. Perform UAT
Designed matching rules and workflow that resulted in a match rate increase from 40% to 75%.
Prepare Project scope, SOW, Plan of approach, overall project deadline and work towards completion of the same.

Project PlanningRequirements AnalysisBusiness Process ImprovementUser Acceptance TestingBusiness AnalysisProject Management

Axa business services

Process Leader

Aug 2004 – Jul 2010 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Job Profile : Custodial Reconciliation
Leading a team of 12 members, assist in daily oversight of the reconciliation process and provide operational support to internal Clients in Sales, Portfolio Management and Investment Management Operations, as well as to external custodian banks.
End to End transition of reconciliation process with blend of Non voice (i.e. custodial reconciliations done on TLM and manually) & voice that consists of interacting with clients, APM’s, custodian banks and brokers
Ensure KPI are meet for the team, continual discussion and check with Team member on performance towards KPI achievement, Motivate team to perform to the best of their capabilities in their areas of responsibility through mentoring & coaching. Hold regular monthly one-to-ones with each team member to assist in improving operational skills & career planning.
Investigate all major Cash/Position breaks that occur as a result of Transaction Operations errors and that quick corrective action. Give feedback to processing analysts on errors & ensure that all necessary training is given.
Motivate team to perform to the best of their capabilities in their areas of responsibility through mentoring & coaching. Hold regular monthly one-to-ones with each team member to assist in improving operational skills & career planning.
End user reconciliation ability of Cash/Position and Cost, Perform audit on monthend reconciliations for cash as well as positions.
MIS: ISO documents, Pulse Call Document, Monthly Performance Review, SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), BCP (Business Continuity Plan), Process Flow Maps. ISO 9001:2000 Quality Co-coordinator.