Yousuf Kanchwala
Consultant, Cognizant Technology
Email: Yousuf.Kanchwala@gmail.com Phone: (M) +91 9028325820
EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS
A Finance & Consulting professional with 9+ years of experience in Investment Banking & Financial
Services looking to build a successful, well rounded, as well as satisfying career in today’s dynamic
business world.
Solutions-driven Business Analyst with experience of leading cross-functional teams in the development,
documentation and delivery of Project; Ability to work with Developers & Business owners to create
efficient applications for the required task; Experienced in enabling quality assurance, system integration
and user acceptance testing; Functional expertise in areas such as Valuations, MTM controls, Reserve
appropriation & Financial reporting (IFRS, Pru-Val etc.) for asset classes like Equity, Bonds, Securitised &
some Derivative products; Expertise in data analysis and reporting within Valuations & Product control
CORE COMPETENCIES
Investment Banking Operations Client requirement handling
Project Management
Accounting & Reporting User acceptance
Financial & Data Analysis
Testing & Improving New Tools
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited (July’ 12 – till date)
**International onsite experience- Singapore: Cognizant Technology Solutions Pte Ltd.
Banking and Financial Services
Project Work:
CREDIT XVITA: CREDIT XVITA is a Valuations control toolset created specifically for Credit Bonds
portfolio. It interacts with Risk Management systems (RMS), Ledger subsets, Static data portal & Global
pricing repository of the bank, to fetch population details along with current Desk mark for each
position.
Key responsibilities:
Requirement gathering, functional validation & helping in implementation planning
Single point of contact between Business owners & development team for any queries on
progress & issues
Ensuring data feeds are timely & accurate, understanding population filters as well as
Independent price verification (IPV) policies & various Price source hierarchy to be applied.
Final UAT testing and ensuring Go- live is trouble free & working on improvement points post
Go-Live
Ultra IPV-reporting: Ultra IPV Reporting is a valuations control toolset for securitized products such
as RMBS, CDO, CMBS & ABS. it is an internal control report framework to view breaks/issues in work
before sending out to Front Office. These reports were based on control checks developed by
Valuations team to evaluate work quality on a daily basis as well as Month over month basis.
Key responsibilities:
Coordinating with Onshore leads, to review the effectiveness of existing toolset in the wake of
changing policies & procedures, in turn upgrading the functionality of reports as per business
need.
Writing Functional specifications for enhancing features.
Analyzing the information across various reports & developing new reports.
Valuation and Reporting:
IPV of products like Bonds, Equities, Equity derivatives, RMBS Agency/ Non Agency &
CMBS & investigating drivers for variance
Significant involvement in ad-hoc projects / System investigation
Reval Analytical Services Pvt Ltd. (Oct’09 – July’12)
Financial Research Analyst (Restaurant & Hotel Industry-Equity)
Key Deliverables:
o Preparing & forecasting financial models for fundamental valuation of various companies.
o Preparing roadmap reports for explaining the methodology & assumptions used in the models
o Providing quarterly as well as annual updates in estimates based on the company releases.
Responsibilities: - Actively keeping track of company related information & revising estimates for all
the companies under coverage. Ensuring timely delivery of estimates to various clients. Training new
analysts on forecasting techniques & providing industry specific knowledge.
WNS-global services (ITES), Pune (Aug’05 – Apr’06)
Customer Support Associate (CSA)
Key Deliverables:
o Preparing of dedicated client accounts on regular basis for delivery
o Taking care of clients’ Fixed Assets account during month ends & generating timely reports
from their systems.
Alternate Work profile: - 4 years of experience as a ‘Guest Faculty’ for MBA Course (part time)
A WARDS & RECOGNITION
‘Best New Joiner Award’ & ‘Star performer’
Appreciation & positive feedback from all Onshore client across all teams
EDUCATION Q UALIFICATION
• Master’s in Business Management (Finance) from MIT School of Business- CGPA: 9.04
• Trainings: Agile methodology, Process Automation, Advanced Excel, Cross cultural work
Ethics
• 20+ hours of eLearning for Certified Business Analysis Program
(Yousuf Kanchwala)
