Vijay Balakrishnan

Lead Business Analysis activities for SimCorp Dimension implementation supporting Treasury and Lending operations. Conduct requirement gathering sessions and business workshops with Treasury, Finance, Operations, Business SMEs and Product Owners. Prepare BRDs, FRDs, Functional Specifications, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, RTMs and Process Flow Diagrams. Analyse lending products including Advances, Line of Credit, Interest Accrual, Amortization, Fee Calculation and General Ledger posting. Lead UAT, SIT, Regression Testing and Production Validation across enterprise releases. Validate ETL processes and reconcile migrated data using SQL between legacy platforms and SimCorp Dimension. Coordinate defect triage with business and technology teams and support production deployments. Mentor junior Business Analysts and QA team members. Support Agile ceremonies and release planning. Key Achievements Validated migration of 500,000+ loan records with successful reconciliation. Supported 25 business users and coordinated 10–15 stakeholders. Delivered 6–8 enterprise UAT/release cycles. Reviewed/executed 1,200+ test scenarios and managed 400+ defects. Supported projects across US, UAE and APAC with zero critical production defect leakage.

Gathered business requirements for First Abu Dhabi Bank and SEI Investments. Prepared functional documentation and supported Agile delivery. Validated portfolio accounting, NAV, corporate actions, trades and reconciled high-volume financial data using SQL, Hadoop and Kafka. Collaborated with Business SMEs, QA and Development teams to deliver successful UAT sign-offs.

Supported CRIMS platform for Equity, Fixed Income, FX and Derivatives. Prepared RTMs and supported SIT/UAT.

Validated trade capture, confirmation, settlement and reporting for Citibank global markets.

Performed requirement analysis and validation for GE Corporate Treasury and First Data payment systems.