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Venkata Manjusha Sripada

Summary

Senior Transaction Banking expert with more than 15 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) in the Cash Management domain. Working on Markets Standard Releases for all the markets in CH, EMEA, APAC and US regions. Working on Swift MT messages to ISO20022 MX message migration. Well versed in Agile and Waterfall method of working. Act as the business product owner for Straight2Bank(S2B) web and Access channels for business banking, Expert in Swift messages across MT and ISO20022 MX messages spanning across CH, EMEA, APAC and US regions.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Business Analyst

Persolkelly Singapore Pte Ltd
09.2024 - Current

ICG is an in-house messaging application that facilitates financial message transmission between UBS applications and external entities like SWIFT. It integrates with CORISC for compliance and risk filtering, sends data to PEGA for investigations, archives messages for legal purposes, and contributes to Management Information Systems.

Key tasks include:

  • Analyzing market-specific changes for APAC, EMEA, US, and CH.
  • Conducting a high-level impact analysis after engaging with relevant applications.
  • Updating specifications, epics, and user stories for respective pods.
  • Scheduling calls to discuss changes with impacted applications.
  • Providing walkthroughs of changes to developers, testers, and product owners.
  • Reviewing and tracking test cases for closure.
  • Supporting the development and testing teams during implementation.
  • Collaborating on the ISO migration for the FEDMX project.

Senior Business Analyst

Luxoft Information Technology (Singapore) Pte Ltd
09.2022 - 09.2024

ICG is an in-house messaging application that facilitates financial message transmission between UBS applications and external entities like SWIFT. It integrates with CORISC for compliance and risk filtering, sends data to PEGA for investigations, archives messages for legal purposes, and contributes to Management Information Systems.

Key tasks include:

  • Analyzing market-specific changes for APAC, EMEA, US, and CH.
  • Conducting a high-level impact analysis after engaging with relevant applications.
  • Updating specifications, epics, and user stories for respective pods.
  • Scheduling calls to discuss changes with impacted applications.
  • Providing walkthroughs of changes to developers, testers, and product owners.
  • Reviewing and tracking test cases for closure.
  • Supporting the development and testing teams during implementation.
  • Collaborating on the ISO migration for the FEDMX project.

Senior Business Analyst

BNP Paribas Bank
12.2021 - 09.2022

BPH (Bank Payment Hub) is being upgraded to BPHv2, which enhances payment processing features and facilitates seamless integration with channels. All products in the APAC region will migrate to BPHv2, which supports communication with external financial institutions while protecting BNPP’s existing systems.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Understand the features and functionalities of the current BPHv1 system.
  • Analyze the current AS-IS flow with business and country operations to propose a TO-BE flow for migration.
  • Write and groom epics and user stories in Jira in collaboration with vendors and testing teams.
  • Functioned as both a functional and technical business analyst for the project.
  • Coordinate with vendors for functional walkthroughs and ensuring timely deliveries.
  • Conduct walkthroughs for operations, business users, and production support teams.
  • Participate in UAT and IWT testing to confirm that all functionalities work as intended.
  • Review test results with operations and support teams.
  • Validate the product during production go-live and confirming its behavior.
  • Engage in penny testing and live verification post-launch.

Associate

Standard Chartered Bank
01.2012 - 09.2019

Straight2Bank NextGen is a key multi-year initiative aligned with Standard Chartered's digital strategy for business banking clients. Key activities included:

  • Act as the business product owner for digital channels to enhance customer experience and access.
  • Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) independently for all cash and H2H functionalities, covering various industry and proprietary file formats.
  • Execute user live verification testing (UVT) for all releases, ensuring no critical defects post-production.
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of both Straight2Bank Classic and NextGen applications across cash management products.
  • Facilitate internal and external client training following migration.
  • Collaborate with the migration team to verify that all required features were available in NextGen before client migration.
  • Review test cases and plans, ensuring thorough functionality testing.
  • Coordinate with various countries for functional verification and securing signoff prior to rollout.
  • Proficient in the Client Administration portal (CADM) for onboarding and entitlement mapping.
  • Skilled in using the file format conversion tool (Universal Adaptor) to assist in converting client formats to bank standards.
  • Assist implementation teams in creating onboarding templates for clients.

Test Analyst / Module Lead

Infosys Technologies Ltd
04.2010 - 09.2011

EBiz offers comprehensive End2End solutions for services related to both State and Central governments. Key responsibilities included:

  • Coordinate testing processes, including writing test scripts, executing tests, and tracking defects to resolution.
  • Prepare and document test conditions and test cases, and reviewing those created by team members.
  • Determine testing schedules and assigning workflow for QA staff for functional testing.
  • Identify bugs and preparing defect log reports.
  • Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for new team members.
  • Prepare status reports, facilitating conference calls, and leading team meetings.
  • Provide user acceptance testing (UAT) support for external teams.

Test Engineer / Test Lead

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 03.2010

GLOBAL BANKER is an electronic banking application developed by ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd, offering single-window access to corporate cash management, trade finance, FX services, reporting, and data exchange. Key contributions included:

  • Served as Test Lead for the CIMB Bank (Malaysia) project.
  • Conducted system integration testing (SIT) on-site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Coordinate testing processes, which involved creating test plans, writing test scripts, executing tests, tracking defects, and assisting in user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Engage in functional, integration, regression, and database testing using TOAD, SQL Developer, and SQL Explorer.
  • Provide UAT, SIT, and production support for all projects.
  • Worked specifically on Cash Management, Statements, and Trade Finance modules.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Tech) - Computer Science Engineering

V R Siddhartha Engineering College

Skills

  • Requirements gathering
  • Critical thinking
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Agile methodology
  • User acceptance testing
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Data Analysis expertise
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams

Career Experience

  • Senior Business Analyst, UBS Bank, Singapore, Contract, 09/01/24, Present
  • Senior Business Analyst, UBS Bank, Singapore, Contract, 09/01/22, 09/01/24
  • Senior Business Analyst, BNP Paribas Bank, Singapore, Contract, 12/01/21, 09/01/22
  • Associate, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore, Full-time, 01/01/12, 09/01/19
  • Test Analyst, Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, Full-time, 04/01/10, 09/01/11
  • QA Engineer, ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, Full-time, 01/01/07, 03/01/10

Fin No

G5166291T

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: Y1758004
  • Date of Birth: 11/27/85
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Work Permit: Employment Pass (Singapore)

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst

Persolkelly Singapore Pte Ltd
09.2024 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

Luxoft Information Technology (Singapore) Pte Ltd
09.2022 - 09.2024

Senior Business Analyst

BNP Paribas Bank
12.2021 - 09.2022

Associate

Standard Chartered Bank
01.2012 - 09.2019

Test Analyst / Module Lead

Infosys Technologies Ltd
04.2010 - 09.2011

Test Engineer / Test Lead

ACI Worldwide Solutions Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 03.2010

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Tech) - Computer Science Engineering

V R Siddhartha Engineering College
Venkata Manjusha Sripada