Vishal R Soni Email: vsoni.vconnect@gmail.com; Contact: +65-86564238; LinkedIn: sg.linkedin.com/in/vishsoni ; DOB: 1/1/1988

Career Objective

Seeking an interesting & challenging role in an IT consulting environment where I can contribute significantly and leverage upon my education and experience for the growth of the company and my career.

Summary

MBA (Finance) from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, India (7.52 GPA ; 2010 - 2012) & B.E. Information Technology from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India (64% ; 2006 - 2010).

Working as a Lead Business Analyst in Banking Domain (Mobility and Digital Channels).

In-Depth knowledge of SDLC processes having worked on both Waterfall & Agile methodologies.

Passionate about banking and mobility.

Key Areas of Interest: Mobile Payments, Internet Banking, Digital Transformation Strategies, Retail Banking & Wealth Management.

Specialities: Business Analysis, Software Project Management, Agile, Requirements gathering tools (Blueprint, Quality center), Mobile & Tablet Applications, KONY, SAP m365, MS Office tools.

Professional Experience

Wipro Technologies Singapore Lead Business Analyst, Banking Services June, 2012 – Present

Managed client engagements, developed client relationships and helped client identify design deficiencies, document business requirements and recommend solutions.

Designed an Omni-channel (Online and tablet) account opening and customer on-boarding application for

direct sales agents of the bank (Client: Large bank from USA)

o Led the workshop with business sponsors to analyze the requirements of the initiative and

recommended solutions on the Omni-channel approach.

o Documented the user stories and acceptance criteria for discussion with the product owners.

o Led a team of business analysts for the requirements gathering and documentation.

Created a Digital Offers and Mobile Coupons solution for merchants and retail banking & retail merchants

(Wipro’s Intellectual Property)

o Evaluated the customer purchase lifecycle to create an offer platform that suggests 73% more relevant & contextual offers to the customer using machine learning, increases the bank’s interchange revenue by 35% and merchant’s footfall by 20%.

o Led the functional requirements analysis, documentation and testing for the end-to-end project. o Assisted technology teams for the product development. o Conducted marketing workshops with potential clients at CXO levels and supported sales teams

with marketing activities.

Streamlined the business functions of retail mobile banking application by identifying design deficiencies

(Client : Bank from the Middle east)

o Used data driven approach to analyze the gaps between As-Is and To-Be state of the system. o Underwent a formal training on Kony platform in Kony office, Hyderabad. o Documented the Requirements & created wireframes, functional specification & traceability

matrix. o Achieved a CSAT score of 9/10 and appreciation from the client for the timely delivery.

Developed a mobility proof of concept for wealth banking tablet application on SAP m365 platform

(Client: Large Bank from Australia)

o Designed and documented the business requirements documents for the project. o Analyzed the gaps, conducted extensive system level analysis and developed a framework for the

migration of AS-IS application to the m365 platform. o Assisted the development teams as a subject matter expert on the business functions and SAP

m365.

Handled a testing project for Mortgage Origination Platform on SAP CRM (Client: Large Bank from Canada)

o Responsible for managing the complete testing life cycle from creation of test cases till user acceptance testing.

o Designed testing collaterals – test scenarios, test templates and test cases.

Evaluated and designed Wipro’s mobility solution for the year 2014 on mobile payments based on NFC

Payments technology (Wipro’s IP)

Other Assignments

Worked on several RFPs and presales activities.

Contributed to the prestigious knowledge management repository of Wipro with by creating the training

material on mobility for the BFSI domain

Certifications

Foundations of Business Analysis by ESI International

Certified Business Analyst on KONY platform

Certified Blueprint professional.

Accomplishments

Authored white papers on Mobile Payments (‘Static growth in dynamic environment’) and Digital

Transformation Strategy for banks (‘A point of view on Digital Transformation’) published by Wipro.

Received the prestigious 'Dream Project Team' award for the projects undertaken in Mobility and Digital

channels from VP, Banking & Financial Services Domain.

Rated as ‘High Performer’ for three consecutive years.

Extra-curricular Activities

Served in the position of President for Diatribe – The music club of IBS Hyderabad. (2012)

Worked as the Head Co-coordinator of the cultural team of GCET from 2008 to 2010.

Served as the Editor of ‘V Connect’, an inter campus magazine from 2009 to 2010.

Hobbies/Interest

Keen interest in Guitar, Writing and Cycling.

Personal Skills

Strong will power to achieve goals.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Adaptable to changes.