Kunal Vora
Vice President, Senior Project Manager at SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
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United States
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Investment Banking
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200 - 300 Employee
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Vice President, Senior Project Manager
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Nov 2021 - Present
New York, United States
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Credit Suisse
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Switzerland
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Governance Business Analyst, IHC Chief Data Office
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Mar 2020 - Oct 2021
New York, NY, United States • Independent verification of critical data elements (CDEs) identified in regulatory reports by performing Origination Testing, Data Lineage Testing and Data Quality Testing covering products namely Money Markets, REPO, Loans and Commitments, Stock Lending and Borrowing, Mortgage Backed Securities, Bonds, Prime Services, Cash Equities, Collateral, Listed Derivatives, OTC Derivatives. • Work closely with stakeholders to understand business processes, IT architecture, data flows to determine… Show more • Independent verification of critical data elements (CDEs) identified in regulatory reports by performing Origination Testing, Data Lineage Testing and Data Quality Testing covering products namely Money Markets, REPO, Loans and Commitments, Stock Lending and Borrowing, Mortgage Backed Securities, Bonds, Prime Services, Cash Equities, Collateral, Listed Derivatives, OTC Derivatives. • Work closely with stakeholders to understand business processes, IT architecture, data flows to determine appropriate testing approach. • Create testing requirements documents including testing strategy and test cases. • Robust sample selection by applying appropriate confidence level, tolerable error rate and expected error rate. • Perform test execution, record evidences, report failures and monitor remediation. • Create requirement document for gaps identified. Recommend controls and reconciliations to ensure data integrity. • Collaborate with Data Management team, Data Stewards on topics like Data Lineage and Data Quality. • Work under strict deadlines committed to regulators. • Work with global teams based in New York, Raleigh, London and Pune. Show less
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BNP Paribas
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France
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President
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Oct 2015 - Jan 2020
Jersey City • Lead design and delivery of reconciliation and controls solution for Intermediate Holding Company (IHC). • Responsible for creating robust control framework to ensure data integrity for applications used to support CCAR/ IHC like Hyperion, Axiom, OFSAA, Moody’s etc. to help bank comply with the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), Dodd-Frank Stress Testing (DFAST), Enhanced Prudential Standards for FBOs (Reg YY), Risk Data Aggregation (BCBS 239), Bank Holding Company formation… Show more • Lead design and delivery of reconciliation and controls solution for Intermediate Holding Company (IHC). • Responsible for creating robust control framework to ensure data integrity for applications used to support CCAR/ IHC like Hyperion, Axiom, OFSAA, Moody’s etc. to help bank comply with the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), Dodd-Frank Stress Testing (DFAST), Enhanced Prudential Standards for FBOs (Reg YY), Risk Data Aggregation (BCBS 239), Bank Holding Company formation (FR Y-9C Reporting), Liquidity Risk Management (FR 2052a). • Lead design and delivery of 50+ reconciliation and controls reports using Intellimatch and Tableau. • Performed Business Analysis activity including requirement gathering, writing functional specifications and testing. • Create robust project governance model using tools like JIRA, HP ALM, ServiceNow and SailPoint. • Collaborate with internal and external auditors on control assessments. • Collaborate with Enterprise Data Management team (EDM) on topics like Data Quality and Data Lineage. • Conduct Data Analysis using Tableau and OBIEE. • Subject Matter Expert for data flow from Source to Data Warehouse (OFSAA) to Downstream Applications. • Functional lead for team of 10+ global headcount located in Jersey City, Mumbai and Chennai to deliver solution. • Lead several Change the Bank (CTB) and Run the Bank (RTB) activities. • Experience in working with Agile/Waterfall methodologies. Show less
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BNP Paribas CIB
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France
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Business Analyst
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Nov 2007 - Sep 2015
Mumbai Area, India • Lead the delivery of improving the processing time for Derivatives Settlements. Reduced the daily processing time by 90 min and expiry processing time by 240 min. • Lead automation projects focused on derivatives settlements to reduce manual workload. • Lead projects involving Trade Processing & Settlements for Equities, Derivatives and Fixed Income. • Conduct business analysis in introducing subaccount and parent client structure for Derivatives business in GLOSS (Global Settlement… Show more • Lead the delivery of improving the processing time for Derivatives Settlements. Reduced the daily processing time by 90 min and expiry processing time by 240 min. • Lead automation projects focused on derivatives settlements to reduce manual workload. • Lead projects involving Trade Processing & Settlements for Equities, Derivatives and Fixed Income. • Conduct business analysis in introducing subaccount and parent client structure for Derivatives business in GLOSS (Global Settlement System). • Key member in making OTC Equity Options functionality operational which was in dormant stage for 3 yrs. • Conduct business analysis in creating separate ledger in GLOSS for Cash Management. • Conduct business analysis in implementing Delivery vs Payment (DVP) settlement for Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLAB) business in GLOSS including generating new SWIFT messages. • Conduct business analysis in carrying out system changes effecting Clearing and Settlement due to merger of OSE (Osaka Stock Exchange) and TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange). • Conduct business analysis in introducing Factor Bonds and related processing namely Trade booking, Accruals, MTM, Corporate actions, P&L and Accounting. • Functional expert and trainer for new joiners in the team. Show less
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Tata Consultancy Services
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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SAP FI Consultant
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Feb 2007 - Oct 2007
Mumbai Area, India Prepare blueprint document & baseline configuration. Lead FICO sub modules configuration - Account Receivable (AR), Account Payable (AP), Assets, General Ledger (GL) and Banks.
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Business Analyst
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Dec 2004 - Jan 2007
Mumbai Area, India Requirement gathering and writing functional specifications. Managing change request and conducting impact analysis. Preparation and execution of test plan and test cases. Perform System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression Testing. Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Documentation of test results and analysis of test results and maintenance of defects. Monitor defect collection activities, analyse defects and perform root cause analysis.
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Education
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance -
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Finance