Rahman Jetha

As a Business Analyst/Project Manager within the Securities Change Team, I worked closely with Operational Teams (onshore and offshore) on large scale programmes to the develop and enhance operational processes to ensure regulatory obligations for the firm were met (CASS, MiFID II).

• Undertook requirements gathering workshops with Cash Management Operations in Dublin to identify current state 'AS IS' and 'TO BE' states and how they will be impacted by MiFID II regulation
• Refined Business Requirement Documentation, Functional Requirements for 3rd Party Vendor Meritsoft working with Global Operations
• Produced Target Operating Modelling to ensure MiFID II end-state objectives were documented
• Undertook workshops to identify RACI Matrix (Roles and Responsibility Matrix) capturing both post go-live operational duties (CASS, MiFID II)
• Coordinated UAT and training sessions. This included ensuring IT and Operational teams had suitable test scripts, logged issues via JIRA and resolved issue backlog
• Created project plans for multiple projects being managed using MS Project
• Led weekly project closure meeting for remediation programme, ensuring senior stakeholder sign off of high profile remediated CASS risk items
• Supported go-live implementation, working with the Operations teams to problem solve operational issues, and communicate critical items to Meritsoft for resolution.

Working in a highly ‘agile’ environment on a large scale transformation programme within the Reference Data Team. My primary role supported digitisation of a number of BAU processes, including the automation of manual processes into automated web apps. I also worked on data driven regulatory projects with Legal to ensure CASS reporting obligations were met by the firm.

• In charge of running idea generation sessions with operations and development team to identify business case and scope
• Undertook t-shirt sizing/resource assessment sessions with SMEs and developers to identify effort, resource, budget required and presented proposal to approval committee
• Capture of key requirements for developers through creation of user stories/Epics via JIRA. Worked very closely with developer to ensure user stories understood
• Managed backlog prioritisation through Kanban boards, working with developers and Operations team to identify key focus on daily basis to support MVP delivery vs nice to have. Supported this with coordination of daily standup/scrum meetings. Undertook backlog refinement exercises on a periodic basis.
• Produced wireframes of proposed delivery to developer to support tech delivery and ensure design was in line with user/tech expectations
• Coordinated SIT/UAT checkpoint workshops with Operations and Tech to test/ review MVP delivery and refine applications with developer within the allotted sprint window.
• Participated in wider programme Sprint Planning workshops with Product Owner
• Supporting the waterfall CASS Legal Agreement project, engaged in requirements gathering workshops with key Legal stakeholders and documented via Business Requirement documents, Project Charter
• Worked with lead developers on Legal Agreement project to identify system architecture to support delivery and map accordingly through system architecture diagrams and process flows showing current and future states
• Transitioned Legal Agreement project to Legal IT in manageable state having agreed solution, requirements, mappings, and roles and responsibilites

Joined Nomura on the Corporate Graduate Programme. As an Associate Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst, I worked on numerous high profile system driven regulatory change projects from ideation, documentation, UAT, SIT to go-live/post go-live.

• Managing the production of a revised SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), Daily MIS, KRI (Key Risk Indicators), UAT and change approach documents as part of the EMIR project.
• Supporting governance enhancements – by producing Target Operating Model, Policy documentation and, RACI Matrix
• Supported the full project lifecycle of GTR OTC Derivatives reporting project (Dodd Frank). This included process mapping of current/future states, business requirements documentation, support of UAT/SIT including production of test scripts.
• Chair of weekly FX GTR Working group meeting apart of the Dodd Frank project with senior stakeholders
• As part of the CASS remediation project, I delivered requirements gathering workshops and documentation, produced project plans in MS Project, managed issue logs in JIRA and process reviews. I also led the department integration to Confluence