Lakshmi Niranjan

Senior Business Analyst | Capital Markets & Wealth Management | Trade Finance

IT professional with 11+ years of experience in BFSI and capital markets domains, specializing in wealth management platforms and regulatory-driven financial systems. My expertise includes functional and business analysis, UAT coordination, requirement gathering, and stakeholder management across front-office, middle-office, and back-office processes.

I have worked extensively on investment products such as equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and advisory platforms, ensuring system compliance with regulatory norms, operational accuracy, and seamless user experience. I collaborate closely with business users, developers, and QA teams to translate complex financial requirements into scalable technology solutions.

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Professional Experience Key Projects & Contributions Certifications

Core IT Expertise

Business Analysis

Requirement analysis, BRD/FSD creation, and solution alignment.

UAT Leadership

Test strategy, Execution, Defect management, and sign-off.

Functional Grooming

User stories, acceptance criteria, sprint support.

Incident Management

Root Cause Analysis of production Incidents and stock fix update.

KPI & Audit Metrics

Estimations and other key project metrics.

Jira & Confluence

Project Dashboard Management and Book keeping of functional requirements.

Investment Banking & Wealth Management

Portfolio managment application with End to End - FO and MO functions.

Trade Finance

End to End life cycle of bank guarantee product involving Compliance, Commissions and SWIFT.

Professional Experience

BNP Paribas ISPL

2025 – Present - Senior Business Analyst

Worked on BFSI and capital markets platforms focusing on functional testing, UAT support, and quality assurance across trading and wealth management systems.

EY GDS

2021 – 2025 - Associate Functional Manager

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BNP Paribas TCoE

2018 – 2021 - Senior Associate (Functional)

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Maveric Systems

2014 – 2018 - Senior Test Engineer (Functional)

Worked on BFSI and capital markets platforms focusing on functional testing, UAT support, and quality assurance across trading and wealth management systems.

Key Projects & Contributions

Wealth Management Platform

End-to-end functional ownership of portfolio management platform covering equities, mutual funds and advisory workflows including UAT coordination and business sign-off.

Capital Markets Wealth Management UAT Business Analysis

Regulatory & Compliance Systems

Delivered SEBI and exchange driven compliance implementations ensuring audit readiness, regulatory reporting accuracy and operational controls.

SEBI Compliance Audit Reporting

Trade Finance – Bank Guarantee System

Worked on end-to-end lifecycle of Bank Guarantee covering commissions, compliance checks and SWIFT integration for banking operations.

Trade Finance Bank Guarantee SWIFT Banking

UAT & Delivery Governance

Led UAT strategy, test planning, defect triage and business sign-off across multiple BFSI programs and releases.

UAT Delivery Governance BFSI