R Rakesh

Hybrid | Capital Markets | Agile Delivery | Equity & Derivatives Leading Agile delivery and product ownership of a cloud migration initiative for Equity and Equity Derivatives market data and risk feeds from on-prem to AWS Cloud. Managing a cross-functional POD of 10+ members offshore, ensuring sprint planning, backlog grooming, and milestone tracking in a hybrid Agile setup. Facilitating Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Retros, Reviews) and driving continuous improvements in velocity and quality. Defined success metrics and implemented monthly KPIs, publishing performance dashboards for senior leadership visibility. Collaborating with business and tech stakeholders to align roadmaps, validate epics, and prioritize user stories. Ensured timely risk mitigation and compliance with enterprise data and security standards during migration.

Served as Product Analyst for the Market Abuse Surveillance (MAS) platform, working across compliance, risk, and technology teams to ensure effective trade monitoring. Prioritized product backlog, authored user stories, and conducted use case analysis for complex alert scenarios like: Employee front-running clients Trade amendments Bulk trade execution Led 600+ legacy client ad-hoc reports migration to modern BI reporting platforms, enhancing reporting scalability and reducing manual effort. Delivered 70+ Tableau reports/ dashboards (v2022) as an individual contributor, providing deep insight into client trade behavior and regulatory breach trends. Designed data visualizations (charts, KPIs, heatmaps) to support compliance investigations and senior stakeholder presentations. Optimized Snowflake queries and developed reusable data views to improve data pipeline performance and reduce cloud compute costs. Shared monthly Scrum KPIs and product metrics with the leadership team to align ongoing delivery with long-term product vision. Collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams using JIRA, Confluence, and facilitated sprint reviews and demos for client stakeholders.

Executive Collaboration: Partnered closely with COOs, CIOs, and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) teams to identify process inefficiencies and drive value-focused improvements across Capital Markets operations. Acted as a Functional Product Owner interfacing between global business teams (GB/GF) and technology teams to ensure seamless delivery of enhancements for capital markets and treasury systems. Led centralized dashboard development using QlikView for senior executives (GCB 3 & 4), enabling real-time monitoring of KPIs and project health across regions. Managed stakeholder relationships across diverse functions and geographies, balancing priorities and maximizing product value delivery. Translated high-level requirements into actionable epics and user stories, performed business feasibility analysis, and secured sign-offs from business owners. Spearheaded backlog grooming, story point estimation, and acceptance criteria definition using Jira and Confluence, ensuring high delivery readiness and alignment with Agile best practices. Actively facilitated Scrum ceremonies—daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and demos—supporting continuous improvement and team collaboration. Collaborated with development teams to document functional specs, create development plans, and estimate efforts based on technical and functional complexity.

Led the Eagle Back Office upgrade from V13 to V17 across multiple message center streams, ensuring seamless migration of use cases and user stories. Defined solution mapping and functional specifications for version upgrade initiatives, focusing on data integrity and cross-stream alignment. Specialized in handling multi-entity/multi-currency products with strong knowledge of equity and mutual fund instruments. Managed data mapping, workflow design, and exception handling for STP processes involving Equities and Mutual Funds. Actively participated in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, ensuring alignment across business and tech stakeholders. Coordinated end-to-end project lifecycle activities including requirements elicitation, scope definition, impact analysis, and release planning. Utilized Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint for backlog grooming, documentation, and productivity tracking to improve delivery efficiency.

Played a pivotal role in the design, testing, and implementation of treasury modules across key clients such as SBI (multi-entity) and Credit Suisse Zurich. Authored BRDs, HLDs, test plans, and solution design documents for fixed income, FX, and equity lifecycle events: bonus, splits, mergers/demergers, rights issues, and reverse splits. Delivered complex enhancements including: ISMA99-based Notional Coupon Computation for Credit Suisse Zurich. Trade Date Accounting and Mark-to-Market processing for Nigerian clients. Value at Risk (VaR) analytics for SBI's treasury operations. Collaborated with QA and dev teams for release certification, ensuring compliance with evolving client and regulatory requirements. Supported risk analytics integration and pricing model validations for treasury products, enhancing accuracy of exposure measurement.

Actively contributed to the customization, enhancement, testing, and quality assurance of the KASTLE™ Treasury product across Money Market modules. Played a pivotal role in solution mapping, functional specification documentation, and requirement gathering for domestic treasury processes. Successfully conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and provided comprehensive post-go-live support to ensure system stability and user adoption. Collaborated closely with client stakeholders to perform detailed gap analysis between business requirements and existing system capabilities. Delivered tailored solutions and configurations for major Indian banks including UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, Dena Bank, and Dhanlaxmi Bank, resulting in improved operational efficiency.

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