Business Architect, Project Manager, Business Analyst

1. Asif M Idris
Senior Project Manager, Business Solutions Architect
E: asif_idris1@yahoo.co.uk London T: +44 (0) 793-921-3980
Professional Profile
An Imperial College MBA graduate with 18yrs of designing Business, Technology strategies and Functional Architecture, Project &
Programme Change Management and Business Analysis experience, Asif has a successful track record of delivering complex
Business Architecture projects and TargetOperating Models within Investment Banking, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds reporting
up to Director level on strategic initiatives and facing off to heads of businesses,keystakeholders and SME’s. Asif has proven ability to
deliver innovative business solutions in accordance with requirements, within time and on budget - whilst maximising ROI to the
business. Most recent focus is Alternative asset classes and EMIR, Dodd Frank, AIFMD regulatory front office requirements. Areas of
expertise are fund launches, front to back office: trade life-cycle for multiple asset classes such as Alternatives, fixed income, interest
rate derivatives, equities, FX, money markets and Equity Derivatives. Asif is seeking a challenging opportunity that will allow him to
leverage an in depth understanding ofCapital Markets and Commodities,Governance and implementation of future state business and
systems architecture through effectively capturing detailed business requirements, target operating business models (TOM’s ),
functional, technical specifications and managing risks. He has initiated studying Level 1 of the CFA.
Career Summary
NDA – Front Office Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst / Business Systems Architect Nov 2014 – Present
Strategic ProjectManagement at an investmentfirm,managing,projectplanning.chairing committees and reporting to projectsponsor,
designing strategic targetoperating model for a £5m projectportfolio. Responsibilities include developing strategic business and
systems architecture according to ProjectGovernance framework,business requirementdefinition,define currentand future state
processes and targetoperating model and identifyoperational efficiencies,engage frontto back office users to capture detailed
requirements and organisation augmentation analysis; develop technical systems requirements as per full SDLC,infrastructure and
support models.Instrumental in coordinating management team;building programme ofstrategic initiatives,planning keyprojects,
identifying major milestones/dependencies and risk mitigation. Agile-Scrum projectmethodology.
State Street – Prime Brokerage Change: Front Office Project Manager June 2014 – Oct 2014
Project Planning,RAID logs,budgeting, governance structure,Target Operating Model (Visio) and Process Architecture in line with
Business’ InvestmentStrategy and full trade lifecycle. Manage a small team to capture detailed Business Requirements definition ofa
Prime Brokerage model for an Enhanced CustodyEquity Swap build. Providing institutional Alternative InvestmentManagers and
Hedge Funds the ability to efficiently execute long / shortphysical and synthetic equity positions using Portfolio Swaps. Work-streams
include: Full OMS, FX, Stock Borrow Lending,Portfolio Swaps,Settlements and Market Risk. Currentand Target Operating Model to
define STP process capture.Also defined vendor selection/management (Fidessa,Calypso,Sungard) full order managementand trade
lifecycle management. Defined governance and org structure:reporting lines,RACI, Steering committee updates,projectplans.
Defined PID, Target Operating Model, Business Architecture mapping on to Systems Architecture, process driven resulting in As-is and
To-be processes (frontto back). Agile-Scrum project methodology.
HSBC Security Services– Alternatives AIFMD: Senior Project Manager Dec 2013 – May 2014
Senior Project Manager on Target Business Architecture on Regulatory Change programme (AIFMD ) – own project plan,forecasting,
design Corporate Strategyfor a Regulatoryfilings programme (£4m) project.Define detailed TargetOperating Models and
requirements capture and analysis:Global Custody,Depositary,External Prime Broker and ClientOn-boarding for future state Fund
Services. Providing updates into Project, Steering / ManagementCommittees.Authorised Fund Management – requirements definition
based on COLL rules. Agile-Scrum projectmethodology.
BlueBay Asset Management – Consultant / Advisory Oct 2013 (4 weeks)
Governance structure:design a corporate strategy for business architecture to reflect Regulatory (EMIR, Dodd Frank, AIFMD and
Volcker) strategic road map,defined deliverables requirements for a BA team to deliver within regulations and ensure compliance of
multiple Directives/regulations. Deliverable:Business Architecture advisoryfor Strategic design proposal for AssetManager. Agile-
Scrum projectmethodology.
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) - Programme & Senior Project Manager Mar 2012 – Aug 2013
1. Business Architecture, Target Operating Model of a Manager of Manager UCITS scheme focusing on “alternative” investments
and comprising ofa diversified portfolio of strategies and trading styles.Multi Manager Diversified Alpha a £1.BN fund accesses Hedge
Fund Manager selection from a segregated pooled fund and defined:Design corporate strategy,a business case including fund
migration, targetoperating model and functional roadmap,AIMA submission,KYC clienton-boarding,Front Office Cash Management
solution,Legal agreements,Operational due diligence and Regulatorycompliance (AIFMD, EMIR, FATCA, DODD -FRANK,
VOLCKER). Private Equity Fund and Commodities fund launch using TRS’s using thinkFolio.Stakeholder management,governance
framework,target operating model and validation with 3rd party bodies for due diligence.Considerable regulatorycompliance with the
FCA and bespoke documentation with Counterparties,Central clearers,Collateral Managementsolutions devised and negotiations
with Hedge Funds,Custodians /Transfer Agents for IMA’s and ISDA’s. Significantengagementwith FCA, Trustees,Custodian and
Transfer Agent to define Operational Risks.FCA approval achieved in May 2013.
2. EMIR / Dodd-Frank / AIFMD – Project Manager and Lead Business Analyst:

2. Front office target operating model.Business requirements elicitation on OTC Derivatives leading to Business Requirements Definition,
front-office Target Operating Model (process flow capture using Visio),Initial Margin calculation and functional implications on system,
on-boarding ofClearing Houses and Brokers and negotiation ofterm -sheets using model portfolio,portfolio reconciliation,compression
and client documentation.Working closelywith front office to run this Change program:designing model portfolio for IRS, CDS/CDX
compliance EMIR Dodd-Frank close collaboration with regulatoryrisk and legal,stakeholders and clientonboarding (Goldman Sachs).
Impactof IOSCO regulations,SEF rules and minimum block trades. Agile-Scrum projectmethodology.
Commodities Trading Advisor (CTA) - Project Manager Jan 2011 to Oct 2011
Provide an Energy Trading & Risk ManagementFramework and vendor selection matrixaligned to business requirements, functional
scope to the Commodities arm ofthis CTA (NDA in place). Including Real-time marketdata feed,extrapolation of published pricing
models,real time position managementand real time creditand risk limits ;customization ofstructuring and pricing facilities Business
alignmentto Endur, Lifecycle of a Trade.
Credit Agricole - Senior Business Analyst& Project Manager - Commodities Transformation Jun 2010 to Dec 2010
Background:Engaged by the head of Middle Office in order to conduct a Front to Back review of Commodities trade flows and deliver
solution to auto Confirmation generation,clearing and reconciliation.Full Base/Precious Metals,end to end process capture .Agile-
Scrum projectmethodology. Responsibilities:Develop TargetProcess Architecture:Energy, Coal and Power.Evaluating and analysing
business requirements ofMiddle and Back office. Engaged as a Project Manager providing integrated analysis,solutions,
enhancements on Openlink v8 and Murex v3.1. Agile Methodology adopted.Analysis completed on FpML Oil Physical Legs and data
attributes for Natural gas storage and deals inOpenlink Endur, involving data mapping analysis with Murex, Trader P&L and Risk
Managementsystems (impactofscheduling).As Is and To Be process capture ofPrecious Metals and Base Metals (physical and
OTC) swaps,forwards,options swaptions,collars,corridors,barriers .Qualitygate for requirement/functional specs,prioritization of
business requirements,business process analysis ofcurrentstate and target-state;business testing strategy,UAT plan,scriptand
parallel testing (Agile) and implementation.Trader spreadsheetanalysis: PnL Explain, Price shock scenarios including Gamma,Vega,
Theta and PV. The instrumenttypes covered include swaps,forwards,options swaptions, collars,corridors and barriers. OLAP reports
on Trader P&L.
Sungard Consulting - Senior Manager ETRM Oct 2009 to Mar 2010
Background: Engaged as a Lead PM/BA to deliver to existing top tier investment banking clients and project delivery within the ETRM
space (oil,gas,power and metals) on a Transformation Program.Responsibilities: Ihave received training in and implemented ZaiNet/
Aligne the SunGard Energy trading platform. Including: Data Model, Static Data Entry, Configuration of book hierarchies and trading
accounts;Deal Capture:trade blotter, producttemplates;Pricing:multiple settlementprices, interest rates, price formula syntax, report
writing on P&L, MTM position. I usually report into the CTO or Program Manager.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch for Sapient Corporation (Consultancy) Aug 2008 to Aug 2009
Senior Manager in Energy Trading & Risk Management - Transformation Program
Background:As Senior business analysis atMerrill Lynch Commodities, define a strategic roadmap for the end-state architecture and
lead a team of business analysts and developers to support the pricing and MtM of trading instruments in London, Houston and India.
Responsibilities: Base and Precious Metals (Physical and OTC); Reporting of Front, Middle and Back Office. Business Intelligence
proof-of-concept. Analyse trade data repository - being developed covering Order Management, Trader P&L, Market Risk and global
requirements including Use Cases and as-is and to-be states. Exposure gained with Product Control - price determination of energy
derivatives; Accounting and reporting to the Commodities CTO. The roadmap for a target operating model presented. Delivery and
execution of projects - plans, reports using metrics, resources, budgets, issues/risks, dependencies and critical path tracking. I
developed a Global Project Management Methodology including governance policies, guideline, toolkits and templates .
Achievements: Consolidation of London and Houston trade repositories ; Automated reporting for Trader P&L; CVAR - reporting.
MBA Thesis – Imperial College Jan 2008 – Aug 2008
Thesis:“Asset Allocation, Style Analysis and Performance Measurement of US Long-Short Equity Hedge Funds using Sharpe’s Multi
Factor Model and BARRA Indices”. During my sabbatical I also constructed a detailed framework for a Global Project Management
methodology including comprehensive governance policies, guideline, toolkits and templates
Royal Bank of Scotland Dec 2006 to Dec 2007
Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager - Rates Transformation Program. Developed a Front Office Money Markets Sterling
Funding & Liquidity solution. Responsibilities:
 Financial Reporting for Funding & Liquidity – for Bank of England, FSA & RBS Treasury
 Included complete end-to-end Business Process Re-engineering: as-is and to be states
 Funding and Liquidity front office efficiency drive for Money Market desk
Bond Syndication Origination desks – collaboration with vendor (Marketpipe) for system implementation
 Requirements gathering and requirements definition from Origination desk. RFP for vendors during vendor selection process
Enhanced MIS: IRD sales team - optimize Sales strategies to target key a/c. Achievements: Delivery of automated Liquidity
solution for Money Market desk.Evaluation of a vendor solution for Origination and Bond trading desk
Fortis Bank (Brussels) - Front Office Interest Rates & FX BA/PM Dec 2005 to Dec 2006
 Interest Rate Exotic Derivatives product analysis: Tec10, CRAN, TARN’s and Snowballs and Snowblades
 Target Risk Model and business analysis of Greek sensitivities, Curve Risk Factor, Market Value/Volatility risk factor

3.  Interest Rates Desk: Requirements Definition for: Deal Entry, Pricing, partial / total termination, perform gapping, curve
selection, modifying schedule/deal/structure, algorithm for trigger date/payment date/period begin & pricer
Rolfe & Nolan - Senior Business Analyst & Project Sept 2005 to Dec 2005
Establish a Requirements Engineering practice for clients' business requirements. Created the Requirements Engineering Practice.
Lastminute.com - Lead Business Analyst Aug 2004 to Aug 2005
Objective to ensure traction on a failing strategic program for firm wide system consolidation.Europe-wide initiative to decommission
legacy systems and build functionality(pricing,order status flow,paymentprocessing)
Stentra - BNP Paribas - Senior Business Analyst – FX Trading Change Program Jan 2004 to June 2004
Analysis of Pricing and Execution of trade processes. Analysis of:FX Spot, Forwards,Options,Barriers (Digitals,Barriers,Reverse
Barriers,Multiple Barriers).RFP created.
Bank of Bermuda (Sandfield Consultants) - Lead Business Analystand Project Manager Sept 2003 to Nov 2003
Global business requirements definition for a web based reporting solution for clients.Business Requirements Definition for the
proposed solution,a web-based real-time reporting solution.
Deutsche Bank Senior Business Analystand Project Manager Mar 2003 to Sept 2003
Objective to capture end-to-end process flow ofAs-Is and To-Be for all CreditDerivative products.Business Analyst – within Credit
Derivatives working on:Trade Capture – functional enhancements ofthe credit derivatives trade capture screens.
PatSystems - Lead Business Analystand Project Manager Apr 2002 to Sept 2002
Enterprise Edition ofJ-Trader front office Derivatives trading system functional specification.Responsibilities:functional requirements
gathering from traders on dealing floor at client sites to assistin pricing futures and options.
Deutsche Bank (DoubleHelix) - Senior Business Analyst – CustodyBanking Dec 2000 to Sept 2001
Traded Entry Business process mapping in Equities and for gathering requirements and creating a functional specification.
JP Morgan (DoubleHelix) - Senior Business Analyst& Project Management Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
As part of the team converting Arcordia’s Swaps Transaction Systems system for rolloutto 3rd party clientusers:
Hermes Investment - Business Analyst Dec 1998 to Dec 1999
Derivatives Back Office System Implementation.Business flows within fund management.Business Change Management
Lehman Brothers Apr 1998 to Nov 1998
Business Analyst
OTC Derivatives. Business Analysis ofthe OTC Equity Derivatives Trading Project. Implementation:Global Equity Derivatives Sys tem
Merrill Lynch - Graduate Trainee - New York Jun 1997 to Dec 1997
months in New York for the Merrill Lynch Corporate Systems Program and business/banking training before joining a business
applications developmentteam on Corporate Systems (SQL,OOA&D and UML).
Coopers & Lybrand - Internship - Data Analyst Jan 1995 to Sept 1995
Academic internship within the Audit division (PSA) as a data analystfor Value for Money managers .
Core Competencies
 Project/Program Management – Project Definition,Planning,Governance,Reporting,Delivery, PMP, Prince2,Agile/Scrum
 Business Process Re-engineering – Target Operating Model, GAP analysis, Managing Transformation,BPR
 Change Management – Roadmap Definition and Implementation ofChange Release Processes,TOM design & socialisation,
communications plans,establishing Change Frameworks & Forums,user training,benefits realisation
 Business Analysis – Req’s Gathering Workshops,Req’s Definition,Functional Design,Process Implementation,UML, RUP
 Test Management – Testing Strategies,Methodology, Approach, Planning,Scripts,TestExecution in Quality Centre
 Technology (adopted in Projects): C++, C#, J2EE, Java, .NET, Windows,Sophis,Wall St, Openlink,Murex 3.1, thinkFolio
 Regulatory Change: EMIR, Dodd-Frank,AIFMD
 Front Office – Trade capture and execution, deal querying, P&L shock scenarios,pricing ofinstruments
 Middle Office – LiquidityManagement,P&L, Market Risk,InvestmentRisk,Operational Risk
 Back Office – Confirmation,Settlement,Accounting,Reconciliation
 Fixed Income - FX, Bonds,InterestRate Derivatives (OTC – FRA, IRS, CDS, CLN, CDO, Swaption)
 Interest / Credit / Equity Derivatives - Swaps,Options,Exotics, CDX
 Foreign Exchange – Cash,Spot, Forwards,FX Options,FX Swaps,NDFs
 Equities – Derivatives, Cash

4. Education & Training
CFA (Level 1) - current private study 2015
Energy Risk - GARP London - Commodities and EnergyRisk course attended – private study 2014
Masters Business Administration: Imperial College Business School, London Finance,Strategy, Venture Capital and Technology
Entrepreneurship. Thesis:“AssetAllocation,Style Analysis and Performance MeasurementofUS Long-ShortEquity Hedge Funds
using Sharpe’s Multi Factor Model and BARRA Indices” 2009
Diploma in Management Science: Imperial College Business School 2009
BA(Honours) Economics & Information Systems: Bristol University of West England, UK. 1997
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING
 Agile & Scrum Certified, Program Management,ProjectManagement,Merrill Lynch – SDLC
 Advanced Presentation skills and Methodologies,
 Commodities Trading:Metals,Oil/Gas,Energy Risk,Anti-Money Laundering
Hobbies:
Tennis,Squash,Badminton,Cricket,Swimming,Scuba Diving, Digital Photography,Speaker on Finance & Technology at schools.