nicholas

Business Analyst, Project Manager, Test Manager

Executive Summary
·Strong experience of project lifecycles and business analyst, project and test management methodologies
·Extensive experience in all asset classes and broad product knowledge
·Recent projects in regulatory compliance transformation, controls, transaction and post-trade reporting
·Can communicate across the business, simplify complex issues and unite stakeholders 
·Adept at working with third party technology partners and managing vendor relationships

Skills and Experience
·Asset class: Commodities / energy, equities, fixed income, FX, and commercial real estate
·Regulation: EMIR, MiFID2,MAR, Federal Bank Reserve Consent Order, legal entity restructuring, MiCA
·BA & Documentation: Requirements gathering, Visio process flow mapping, business requirements (BRD), frameworks, policies, procedures, Terms of Reference, workshop presentations, training materials, test plans
·Project/change mgmt: Project planning, delivery estimation, RAID tracking, status reporting, programme messaging, stakeholder pushback / conflict, embedding, sustainability planning, training, Agile and Waterfall
·Test management: Planning, scope definition, defect management, MI reporting, SIT / UAT coordination, Quality Center, JIRA
·Controls: Gap analysis, design / implementation, 1LoD / 2LoD, effectiveness assessment and facing audit queries
·Trade life cycle,Booking, STP, exchange traded, OTC, futures and options
·Trading applications              UnaVista ARM, Iress PWM - Xplan (wealth system - OMS), Trading Technologies (DMA), MarkitSERV, Scila Trade Surveillance 
·Compliance & systems: AML, ESG, KYC, financial crime, PEP-sanctions screening, PRA periodic risk assessment
·Tools: Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, Confluence, Excel, PowerPoint, SQL





Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $200,000

Hourly rate: $95

Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom


Experience

Business Analyst - Project Manager
Wells Fargo
2022 - 2023
Assessed global trade booking activity and upgraded controls to mitigate risk from trading, legal entity and regulatory perspectives.
Business Analyst / Project Manager
HSBC Global Markets
2018 - 2021
Multiple regulatory workstreams linked to Federal Reserve Bank Programme, MiFID II and Brexit preparation - managing sales and trading risk through remediation of FO frameworks.
Business Test Analyst
Brown Shipley
2017 - 2018
Enhancements to trading systems and reporting standards to comply with MiFID 2 regulations.
Business Analyst
NHS Property Services
2016 - 2017
Implemented new ERP systems to more efficiently manage the property portfolio.
BA-PM (interim role)
Saranac Partners
2015 - 2016
Integration of two distinct e-trading systems with an external dealing system for new wealth management startup.
Business Test Analyst
Bestinvest
2015 - 2015
New online client-facing trading system implementation.
Test Analyst
HSBC Bank
2014 - 2015
Global Standards project to overhaul compliance with AML and sanction law requirements.
Business Test Analyst
Equiniti
2013 - 2014
Project Evolution - trade reporting, new OMS and back-office system.
Test Lead
RBC Brewin Dolphin
2012 - 2013
Project TOM (Target Operating Model) trading system implementation.
Product Manager / PMO
S&P Global (formerly Markit and Swapswire)
2007 - 2012
Multiple roles and projects: OTC derivatives post-trade transaction management.
Trade and Risk Support
GH Financials
2006 - 2007
Provided risk management and global trade support to global traders for exchange traded derivative futures and options.

Skills

compliance
product-manager
quality-assurance
english
french