Sazid Ahmed
Summary
Dedicated technology lead with 17+ years of experience in Investment Banking and Wealth Management technology of which 10+ years are in the capacity of a tech lead/application manager. My expertise lies predominantly in project management (delivery and implementation), business analysis . Rich product knowledge on Financial Market Business.
Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tech Lead (Markets & Securities Services Technology)(Vice President)
Citibank NA
07.2009 - Current
- Spearheaded the creation, augmentation and operational support of the IOI Trading platform and its successful rollout throughout Equities Trading, Pan Asia, first in Asia to implement AFME guidelines on IOI Trading
- Proven track record in formulating technology strategy and roadmaps with a goal to empower business and optimize cost of technology ownership
- Project Governance in establishing strategic roles and processes
- Expert in Agile methodologies & implementing scrum as Scrum Master
- Experienced in interfacing and working as a key contact with diverse stack holders (Traders, Product Developers, Business Unit Head (COO), Compliance Head, and Regulators) to deliver large scale projects and to ensure aligned with various regulations related to trading across markets in Pan Asia
- Strong Data Management Experience with Reference Data, Static Data, Transactional Data
- Strong knowledge in Risk Management – Market Risk, Credit Risk, Interest Rates, Sensitivity, Limits
- Strong Business knowledge in Asset class - Equities, Derivatives, Structured Products, Fixed Income, OTC
- Skilled in managing effectively business as usual operations and risk (client on boarding, user support, severity incident management)
- Experienced in design, development and implementation of Order Management System (cash equities/swap/delta one), Reference Data Platform and Trade Data Analytics platform
- Specialties in People Management, Change Management, Operational Risk management, BCP setup
- Ability to perform under pressure and holding a positive "we can do it" attitude, fanatical about user satisfaction and stability.
- Worked on varied roles like Programmer/Analyst/Team Lead/Tech Lead/Application Manager/Business Analyst/Project Delivery Manager.
- Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs, and enhancements.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University
IndiaDiploma in Software Programming - Software Programming
Infotech Global India
Bangalore, IndiaSkills
Tools: MS Project, JIRA/Confluence with extensive experience using Excel for Trade data analysis, ITRS
Language: Java, C, C#, Net, Perl, Scripting, XML, Java Script, sql, Python
Software/Framework: AMPs, Micro services ,J2EE, Spring framework, JMS, Tibco, Solace
Databases: Sybase IQ, Sybase Adaptive Server, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server
Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris
Others: Bloomberg, Refinitiv DS
Roles And Responsibilities (present)
- Application Manager, of Trading and Trade Analysis platform for stock, portfolio and algorithmic trading, own the platform design, development, testing and implementation, delivery of business ask and the stability of the platform.
- Book of Work Prioritization and Governance, with Execution leads of Equities Trading across Pan Asia. Understand business requirements from end users (trading and execution team) and provide strategic technology solutions.
- Run the governance with regional compliance and business management to make sure trading platform is aligned to regional regulatory and compliance rules as well as aligned with ATF and ASIFMA guidelines.
- Work closely with global counterparts (product and technology), to make sure regional requirements are aligned with strategic global platform
- Client on boarding, business operations, user support, assist with compliance and regulatory alerts and investigations
- Generated insights and trade data reports for execution desk, which led to best execution and increased wallet share
- Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing.
- Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
Key Deliveries
BA/PM (delivery manager)
- Click to view implementation for Korea IOIs (2023)
- One Touch (Citi's in-house trading platform) build and rollout in Pan Asia for more than 100 Traders(2022)
- Roll out of Trade Analytics Platform and Retirement of legacy IOI Trading and Trade Analytics Platform (2022)
- AFME implementation on IOI platform (2019)
Development Lead :
- Citi's in-house single stock trading platform build and roll-out in Pan Asia (2010)
- Reference Data platform build (2008/2009)
- Data center migration (2008/2009/2012)
Recognition And Rewards
- Recognition by Dan Keegan (Citi's co-head of Global Equities) for contribution to Pan Asia Sales Trading.
- Appreciation from Pan Asia and Global Equities Business for diligently managing IOI and Trade Analytics platform in Pan Asia.
- Gratitude Award from Alex Godingen (MSST HEAD OF APAC) for the contribution on Asia Regulatory Investigation.
Previous Experience
Nikko Citigroup, Consultant (Contractor), Japan, 03/2007, 06/2009
- Lead the development team of reference data system for equities trading with a team spread across Tokyo, Shanghai and Mumbai.
- Provided L2 support for front office trading systems.
- Tokyo data center migration for Reference data platform.
Lehman Brothers Inc Tokyo, Asia CCT (Contractor), Japan, 09/2006, 03/2007 ,
- Understanding, generating and ensuring requirements for EOD trade reports are compliant with business ask.
- Development, testing and implementation of various trade-level reports for clients who trade through Lehman.
- Design, development, testing of new adapters in the connectivity project.
- Provided support for cash trading systems.
Certification
Sun certified Java Programmer
Certification on Python programming
PMP Certification (pursuing)
Timeline
Tech Lead (Markets & Securities Services Technology)(Vice President)
Citibank NA
07.2009 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University
Diploma in Software Programming - Software Programming
Infotech Global India
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