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Aatoor S Desai

Lead Business Analyst
Manchester

Summary

Business Analyst having 17 years of experience in Finance Domain, specifically worked in Banking and Finance Domain, Payments and implementation of ERP Ability to meet agreed deadlines, wide experience of working in large strategic IT projects alongside development and QA teams. Focused on any task at hand and able to utilize existing domain knowledge with hands-on expertise spanning in Requirement Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Impact Analysis Strong analytical, problem-solving and big-picture/conceptual abilities, desire to gain knowledge of business processes, products, and systems.

Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President, Tech Product Owner

Barclays UK
Manchester
10.2022 - 08.2025

As Lead Business Analyst for Visa Tokenisation (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung, Garmin, Swatch, Fitbit), I manage new demand into the Lab, assess readiness for ideation, and ensure clarity of value and outcomes.

· Oversee intake and evaluation of new requests

· Ensure clear articulation of initiative value

· Collaborate with Product Owners to break down Epics

· Prioritise Level 2 Product Backlog with key stakeholders

· Manage BA resource allocation for priority work

· Track analysis delivery and support escalations

· Ensure quality of analysis and artefacts

Associate Manager

Accenture Services Private Limited
Pune & Manchester
12.2014 - 10.2022

· Led Visa Tokenisation Program to enhance payment security by issuing tokens against customer PANs; involved in project scoping, requirements elicitation, stakeholder management, and coordination with Visa Scheme and technical teams.

· Oversaw live proving for successful program delivery and supported additional tokenisation projects across the bank.

· Drove Cheque Image Processing Program, migrating legacy paper clearing systems to image-based applications through user stories, process flows, and cross-functional requirements walkthroughs.

· Served as Scrum Master for two teams, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and client demos.

· Developed digital customer journeys for merchant onboarding and defined pilot and launch scopes for various use cases, including eWallets and Internet Banking.

· Managed requirements gathering workshops, backlog prioritisation, and third-party vendor solution design.

· Acted as lead data analyst for IFRS9 reporting, overseeing data gap analysis, mapping, model building, and consolidation of data requirements and dictionaries.

· Participated in functional design to ensure accurate sourcing of required data.

Consultant

Nihilent Technologies Private Limited
Pune
06.2014 - 11.2014
  • Coordinated with the client (leading bank in South Africa) to help in formalizing requirements and do the gap analysis of existing business processes.
  • Evaluating Online Internet Banking application to perform banking transactions such as Customer onboarding, Fund transfer, Bill payment, etc. for client.

Business Analyst

HSBC Software Development (India) Private Limited
Pune
02.2011 - 05.2014
  • FTP (Finance Transformation Platform) is a multi-component integrated system that provides financial control with common data repository for regulatory, management and other financial reporting.
  • Responsible for analysing and documenting the Business Requirements, business rules, Requirements Analysis, Preparing Functional Specifications, Use Cases.
  • Requirements Elicitation through Use Cases, one to one meetings, Questionnaires, Document Analysis.
  • Captured As-Is Process, designed To-Be Process and performed Gap Analysis.
  • Identified subject-matter experts on Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting on the project.
  • Responsible for Management Information reporting.
  • Co-coordinated with the QA Team members to explain and develop the Test Plans, Test cases, Test and Evaluation strategy for unit testing and Functional testing.

Business Consultant

Algorithms Software Pvt Ltd
Mumbai & Middle East
02.2008 - 02.2011

Company Overview: Algorithms Software Private Ltd develops in-house and provides ERP solution (Xpedeon) to leading Construction companies in India, UK, U.A.E., Oman, Qatar.

  • Analysis of Various Processes of the Client for Re-engineering.
  • Analysis and Mapping of the legacy system to Xpedeon.
  • GAP Analysis of the client's processes and functions, Planning for the development of the functions not supported by Xpedeon.
  • Reconciliation of the data ported, validation of the data after the parallel run of the legacy system and Xpedeon.
  • Implementation of modules like Accounts, Procurement, Inventory, Costing, and Assets etc.
  • Configuration of the Reports as per the requirement of the client.
  • Training Core Team Members and the End Users, documenting Process Manuals.
  • Planning of the Handover Strategy post implementation.
  • Algorithms Software Private Ltd develops in-house and provides ERP solution (Xpedeon) to leading Construction companies in India, UK, U.A.E., Oman, Qatar.

Education

MBA - Finance

BIIB
Pune, India
04.2006 - 2008.03

B.M.S. - Finance and Marketing

Mithibai
India
04.2003 - 2006.03

Skills

  • Requirement Analysis
  • Use Cases
  • Change Impact Analysis
  • Data Dictionary
  • Functional Specs
  • Team Management
  • Agile Methodologies
  • UAT
  • Defect Tracking
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Certification

ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)

Timeline

ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO)

09-2024

Vice President, Tech Product Owner

Barclays UK
10.2022 - 08.2025

Associate Manager

Accenture Services Private Limited
12.2014 - 10.2022

Consultant

Nihilent Technologies Private Limited
06.2014 - 11.2014

Business Analyst

HSBC Software Development (India) Private Limited
02.2011 - 05.2014

Business Consultant

Algorithms Software Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 02.2011

MBA - Finance

BIIB
04.2006 - 2008.03

B.M.S. - Finance and Marketing

Mithibai
04.2003 - 2006.03
Aatoor S DesaiLead Business Analyst