Deepa Sachdev

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About Deepa Sachdev

Over 8+ years of IT working as a Business Systems Analyst and Liaison between the technical and the business stakeholders in planning, conducting, and directing the analysis of complex business processes. Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive with excellent oral, written communication skills; ability to work independently and with the team. Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) processes: Traditional and Agile methodologies such as Waterfall, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 4.0), Large Scale Agile Framework (LeSS), Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum - Waterfall Hybrid, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Kanban. Expertise in conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis: Risk Analysis, Impact Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis, ROI* Analysis, SWOT Analysis, GAP Analysis (AS-IS TO-BE), PESTLE, MOST, Porter's five forces, Business Process Modeling. Capital Markets Investment Vehicle knowledge: Equity, Fixed Income, Asset-backed securities, Collateralized Debt Obligation, Swaps, CDOs, Futures, Forwards, Options. Knowledge of risk measurement techniques: Duration, Convexity, Standard deviation, Beta, Value-at-Risk (VaR), to measure Credit risk, Market risk, Liquidity risk, Interest rate risk, Business risk, Systematic/ Unsystematic risk. Knowledge in with various regulations and compliances such as; FINRA, Dodd-Frank, Basel II & SEC, GAAP, IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), FINMA, Consumer Protection Act, Bank Secrecy Act BSA/AML and KYC, FDR, Fund Accounting. Understanding of Cyber security systems: EU-US privacy shield, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance, AES 256-bit encryption, and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 protocol.Proficient in conducting and facilitating Requirements Gathering using diverse elicitation techniques such as JAD Sessions, Brainstorming, Interviews, Requirement Workshops, Focus Groups, and Prototyping- Excellent writing and documentation skills in creating, modifying and analyzing Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD), System Requirement Specifications (SRS).Extensively used JIRA, Confluence and other Atlassian tools for managing User stories and contributed in Scrum Ceremonies; Breaking down business requirements using DEEP, DIVE, 3CS, INVEST, SMART, riting user stories/ epics. Extensively experienced in creating Prototypes: Wire-Frames and Mock-Up screens to visualize Graphical User Interface (GUI).