Lead Analyst, Product Owner
CurrentInventory management system (IMS) for ICBC Standard Bank. The system fully supports existing precious metals physical business and new vaulting/custody business. An important characteristic is transactional STP and rigorous settlement of physical transactions within the system. Integration with both the trading system and the accounting system was designed to support the STP. IMS primary function is to support settling of all physical transactions. Main achievements and responsibilities: • Managed project scope so that interests of regional user groups are balanced. Prepared list of available options with pros and cons, ran sessions with all interested parties, maintained decisions/actions registry. • Kept backlog in a good shape to facilitate efficient development. I ensured that nearest stories had enough description with all relevant details (mock ups, sample data, data mode, etc.).• Engaged users at the earliest possible stages. Presented (over phone, Zoom, WebEx and in person) live prototypes when project permitted otherwise used dynamic mock ups built with Balsamiq Mockups. • Collaborated with client’s analyst and local team to support FSD creation.• Organized several lectures for development team to enhance their understanding of business area.• Managed agile team during ramp up from 5 to 25 people and organized all development processes to support agile approach.• Facilitated remote user acceptance testing in different locations (London, Tokyo, Singapore)• BA team management – BA process organization, creation of Jira driven analysis plan in Excel.