Neeraj Dhande
Pune
Summary
Dedicated Business Analyst with over 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. Specializes in Climate Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk, driving regulatory reporting, requirement gathering, and process optimization. Proficient in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with a proven record of leading end-to-end user acceptance testing and achieving stakeholder sign-off.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst (AVP) – Climate Risk
Barclays
06.2022 - Current
- Led delivery of Climate Change regulatory reporting (CRR 2 Pillar 3 and EU Taxonomy) requirements, ensuring alignment with evolving guidelines and timely submissions.
- Translated complex business needs into user stories, BRDs, and FRDs; facilitated backlog grooming and sprint planning sessions.
- Directed UAT cycles across business units, securing 100% stakeholder sign-off within committed timelines.
- Managed defect lifecycle in JIRA, driving resolution within SLA targets and reducing post-release defects by 25%.
- Conducted gap analyses and developed process/data flow diagrams to streamline data sourcing and reporting.
- Partnered with developers and business stakeholders to implement enhancements and change requests, improving data accuracy and report turnaround.
- Prepared UAT test plans, analyzed results, and prioritized functional defects to support business testing efforts.
- Assisted in release planning by coordinating cross-functional inputs and tracking deliverables to ensure timely product launches.
- Supported release planning activities, including backlog grooming, sprint scheduling, and milestone tracking
Business Analyst / Counterparty Credit Risk Analyst
Credit Suisse
11.2014 - 06.2022
- Delivered SA-CCR regulatory reporting solutions for FINMA and PRA, meeting all compliance deadlines and audit requirements.
- Spearheaded development of a unified UI for SA-CCR reporting under Agile, consolidating multiple tools and reducing manual effort by 40%.
- Authored BRDs, FRDs, and user stories; coordinated with IT to drive implementations in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Oversaw UAT planning and execution, collaborating with stakeholders to achieve prompt defect sign-off and minimize release delays.
- Executed ad-hoc data extractions and production support queries, ensuring uninterrupted risk system operations.
- Contributed to BCBS 239 Risk Data Aggregation initiative, validating data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across risk platforms.
- Participated in DQM team activities, identifying and escalating data quality issues to stakeholders for remediation.
- Implemented Strategic Enhanced Factor methodology and Exchange Traded Derivatives compression in IMM project, optimizing EAD and PE calculations.
Education
MBA - Finance
Sinhgad Institute of Management
Pune, India06-2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
Pune06.2011
Skills
- Requirements analysis
- Requirements gathering
- SQL (Querying, Data Validation)
- JIRA (Sprint Progress & Backlog Tracking)
- Data analysis
- Project management
- User acceptance testing coordination
- Gap analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Release planning
- Agile methodologies
- Software development life cycle
- Learning Python
- Microsoft Office Suite
Tools
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Atlassian JIRA
- Tableau
Timeline
Business Analyst (AVP) – Climate Risk
Barclays
06.2022 - Current
Business Analyst / Counterparty Credit Risk Analyst
Credit Suisse
11.2014 - 06.2022
MBA - Finance
Sinhgad Institute of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology