Umesh Kumar Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Client : Largest UK Retail BankI am responsible for delivering the Open Banking - Account Information Service Provider (AISP) APIs. As part of working with the OB programme, my responsibility were as followed:- Working with the Chief Product Owner to ensure the delivery of Bank's regulatory compliance- Actively managing the Product Backlog, in accordance with the standards released by the OBIE- Understanding the regulations, API requirements and assessing its impact… Show more Client : Largest UK Retail BankI am responsible for delivering the Open Banking - Account Information Service Provider (AISP) APIs. As part of working with the OB programme, my responsibility were as followed:- Working with the Chief Product Owner to ensure the delivery of Bank's regulatory compliance- Actively managing the Product Backlog, in accordance with the standards released by the OBIE- Understanding the regulations, API requirements and assessing its impact against the bank's current operating model - Preparing feedback papers and representing the Bank in OBIE workshops- Ownership of the Product backlog and compliance traceability- Working with my Scrum team and actively contributing towards scrum ceremonies- Working with the Scrum master to drive performance and predictability of team's output- Creation of roadmap towards full PSD2 compliance Show less

Client : Largest UK Retail BankAs an Open Banking/PSD2 champion within Sapient, I was responsible for working with the Client's delivery lead for delivering the Open Banking - Open Data APIs for the March 2017. I feel proud to say that my team not only delivered the regulatory requirements but also created an API framework that was later utilised to deliver the Open Banking - Read/Write APIs in Jan'18. As part of the programme, my responsibility included, - Set up the business… Show more Client : Largest UK Retail BankAs an Open Banking/PSD2 champion within Sapient, I was responsible for working with the Client's delivery lead for delivering the Open Banking - Open Data APIs for the March 2017. I feel proud to say that my team not only delivered the regulatory requirements but also created an API framework that was later utilised to deliver the Open Banking - Read/Write APIs in Jan'18. As part of the programme, my responsibility included, - Set up the business stakeholder group and continuously inform them about the Open banking regulations and what it means for them- Understand the API requirements (swagger) from the OBIE and work with the BAs to ensure that they are correctly reflected in the Product Backlog- Effectively contribute towards Sprint Design and ensure that I am able to communicate the MVP, using user story mapping, to my team- Responsible for delivering ATM, Branch and Products APIs Show less

Client : Leading UK BankI was the principal BA responsible for rolling out suite of conducts risk applications to all the functions within the bank.- Working with Global Head of Control Room and Divisional heads to formulate the adoption roadmap- Gathering country and divisional specific requirements and analysing it against FINRA, FCA, Data protection act and Banking Secrecy rules- Leading a team of Business Analysts, who are assisting me in the analysing the vast… Show more Client : Leading UK BankI was the principal BA responsible for rolling out suite of conducts risk applications to all the functions within the bank.- Working with Global Head of Control Room and Divisional heads to formulate the adoption roadmap- Gathering country and divisional specific requirements and analysing it against FINRA, FCA, Data protection act and Banking Secrecy rules- Leading a team of Business Analysts, who are assisting me in the analysing the vast set of requirements and rolling out of applications- Coordinating the development work with offshore delivery team and coordinating UAT with the business Show less

Client : Top tier German BankResponsible for analysing complex and material critical data stores within the Fixed Income research division of the bank. As part of the remit, I was responsible for producing a single logical data model for all of the data sets used within these applications. - Documenting the current state of the system by efficiently reverse engineering the application- Leading a team of junior BAs and producing functional requirements (use case… Show more Client : Top tier German BankResponsible for analysing complex and material critical data stores within the Fixed Income research division of the bank. As part of the remit, I was responsible for producing a single logical data model for all of the data sets used within these applications. - Documenting the current state of the system by efficiently reverse engineering the application- Leading a team of junior BAs and producing functional requirements (use case specifications), data requirements (Entity-Relationship diagram) - Engaging with the senior stakeholders like Co-Head of Research and Programme Manager Research IT to agree on captured business requirements and how it intends to meet their business objectives- Producing a single logical data model that would help business to discover the data in their databases and provides a consistent way to read & write activities for their IT applications. Show less

Client : Leading UK BankI was working on a client onboarding project, which had the mandatory requirement to adopt legal requirements as stipulated by EMIR in relations to the onboarding of the clients. As part of the work, I was responsible for the following:- Carrying out impact analysis of the application with respect to the EMIR regulations on the KYC process- Production of FRD using UML and wireframes to elicit the functional requirements for the delivery teams based out of… Show more Client : Leading UK BankI was working on a client onboarding project, which had the mandatory requirement to adopt legal requirements as stipulated by EMIR in relations to the onboarding of the clients. As part of the work, I was responsible for the following:- Carrying out impact analysis of the application with respect to the EMIR regulations on the KYC process- Production of FRD using UML and wireframes to elicit the functional requirements for the delivery teams based out of India and US- Working with Head of Client-Onboarding EMEA, APAC and US to agree on functional, non-functional and reporting requirements, which were needed to enhance the existing client onboarding system in order to meet EMIR regulations- Preparing the artifacts for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycle and working with the business users to get the system signed-off Show less

Senior Business Analyst/Proxy-Product OwnerClient : Tier 1 Swiss Investment BankResponsible for the business analysis, management and delivery of enhancements to Investment Bank - Events Management system. It is a global-IB tool for organising Investor meetings and Roadshows. - Documented the current system state and business processes (Front to Back) of organising Events, globally across IB, using a thorough Reverse Engineering approach and UML artifacts (Use cases and ER… Show more Senior Business Analyst/Proxy-Product OwnerClient : Tier 1 Swiss Investment BankResponsible for the business analysis, management and delivery of enhancements to Investment Bank - Events Management system. It is a global-IB tool for organising Investor meetings and Roadshows. - Documented the current system state and business processes (Front to Back) of organising Events, globally across IB, using a thorough Reverse Engineering approach and UML artifacts (Use cases and ER Diagram)- Managed end-to-end software development (with team of 10 people) of business requirements in an Agile environment using SCRUM methodology - Responsible for writing customer-centric User Stories, non-functional requirements and working with the Product Owner to rank and prioritize them- Responsible for following Client Data Confidentiality guidelines and implementing business requirements e.g. Client Confidentiality rules across legal jurisdictions, Information barrier between IBD and Research- Responsible for managing Development and QA team consisting of in-house staff, outsourced team and external vendor (IPREO) for application delivery- Responsible for working with the Head of Conferences& Client Events, Head of Marketing & Communications for gathering global business requirements and securing user acceptance sign-offs Show less

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (PIPP), Department of Health, UKResponsible for identifying and generating business requirements for one of the key IT pandemic response infrastructure with the aim of reducing burden on primary care trusts & strategic health authorities in the event of influenza pandemic. It also included translating business requirements to technical requirements for the development of technical system.Central Alerting System, DH-Information Services… Show more Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (PIPP), Department of Health, UKResponsible for identifying and generating business requirements for one of the key IT pandemic response infrastructure with the aim of reducing burden on primary care trusts & strategic health authorities in the event of influenza pandemic. It also included translating business requirements to technical requirements for the development of technical system.Central Alerting System, DH-Information Services, UK Carry out the feasibility study for the consolidation of the 3 alert systems in DH. Primary objective of this engagement was to provide feasible options for reducing the operational costs and propose technology roadmap to implement the change with minimum impact on business and re-training costs. Produced a sound business case that resulted in the successful release of funds for the implementation of the project. e-Business Gate Keeper Team, Royal Mail, UK Responsible for identifying areas of improvement that needs refinement in order to maximise the productivity/revenue. Additionally, carrying out the quality review of the deliverables from the suppliers. Show less

Dual Degree (B.Tech & M.Tech), Chemical Engineering

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