Martin Bollarapu

Experience

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  International Institute of Professional Sciences

  Aug 1998 - Jun 2000

  AS400 Trainer

  Trained AS400 programming and Concepts as a subject to the students of 5 year Integrated Master of Computer Applications.

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  Poorva Consultants

  Aug 2000 - Feb 2001

  Senior Programmer

  Client Interaction, Loan Management, Credit card Maintenance, testing the Production Data and Ageing the loan information through Batch Process. To design and manage the team of developers and identification of various processes (like account opening, verification of details, confirming the identity proof provided, checking each line of activity in all sectors of banking.

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  Barclays

  Mar 2001 - Nov 2011

  Infrastructure Analyst

  Built a solid record of achievement and advancement through increasingly responsible technically in multiple projects for Originations and Servicing Systems.Global Home Loans – Kent, UK: Business Interaction, Onsite Analysis & design, walk-thru, testing and Implementation. Assisting, preparation and execution of the code

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  Capgemini - Santander, YBS

  Dec 2011 - Mar 2014

  Business Analyst

  As a contractor from Capgemini:This is a Mortgage re-engineering program where the Building Society needed a single platform for their Mortgage process that is currently run on different systems for different brands. My role is to build a new business process for their Mortgage Business function. This involved using BPMN tools to generate the new Business designs and the Use cases to support them and defining the Business cases for Sales, Origination, Fulfilment and Servicing phases of the Mortgage Life CycleSantander bank in UK: Involving in planning, managing and delivering the Projects in the Credit Card Industry. Interaction with Development Team on the enhancements to be undertaken in the Product as per requirement from different customers and competitor offerings. Preparing Businesses Process Documents, Current System Study and this involves interaction with bank business and operation teams along with the IT team of the bank.Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad as a Manager in Core Banking Practice. Involved in managing the Practice based initiatives and upgrading the Flex Cube Systems by liaising with Oracle Bangalore. Show less

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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

  Business System Analyst / Mortgages SME

  As a contractor from Capgemini:• Worked as Lead Business Analyst in managing the Mortgages (Originations and Servicing Clusters)• Business Requirement gathering and Documentation analysis on the proposed “To Be” system• Generated Mortgage Process models for the To-Be system using Aris BPM tool• Worked on testing strategy, Test Scenarios for Mortgages platform• Producing UAT Test Plans based on acceptance criteria’s• Workshop clarifications with client SME’s and Relationship Managers• Involved in Business Analyst Best Practise meetings to streamline all Programme wide concerns Show less

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  Barclays

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2015

  Lead Business Analyst

  • Working with the business to identify and prioritise requirements• Analyse and document the Email and iSMS based Customer survey process• Generate e2e process and component models.• Provide timely reporting of issues that impact projects progress, coordinating actions and resolving conflicts• Assess and prepare to address the operational impacts of a project – e.g. workflow and resource requirements• Conduct project meetings with internal and external vendors to discuss Process designs and development activities• Meeting with the project team(s) regularly to review project deliverables periodic reviews• Identifying, recording and managing Risks & Issues to resolution• Escalating Risks & Issues if necessary via the appropriate Programme process • Supporting various test phases using a number of Test environment including, SIT1/SIT2, migration, conversion, UAT, OAT, dress-rehearsal and e2e testing Show less

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  Atom Bank

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Business Analyst

  Working as a Business Analyst in producing Business Process Models and Business Requirements going through the end to end Mortgage (Sales, Originations and Servicing). This is achieved using tools like Lucidchart for process modelling integrated into Confluence. Involved in preparing Use cases, User stories, etc... Working on the third party mortgage product - MSO. Its very interesting and exciting and I'm enjoying it.

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  Barclays UK

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2023

  Lead Business Analyst

  Created roadmap by transforming existing Business Processes and optimizing using Salesforce platform. Integrated and enhanced colleague experience on Barclays Global Practice Portal by building various flows, logic, web pages, custom metadata types, business processes to automate various triggers.Integrated Mortgage core systems by plugging data into Salesforce as external data source using ETL tools, used MDM concepts of data centralization and setting system of records (SOR) on legacy Customer System striking the balance of automation and effective utilization of system features.Conducted Gap analysis by analysing existing Business Processes (As-Is) and optimizing it to sketch the To-Be process. Integrated and enhanced colleague experience on the ease of accessing the documents using a strategic archival system.Leveraged and conducted brainstorming, key techniques interviews, workshop, and questionnaires by undertaking substantial requirement elicitation exercise. Created detailed use cases and process flow diagrams to support functional specifications (BPMN, Visio, etc.). Conducted option analysis for the migration to discuss different options along with its cost-benefits. Generated e2e Entity Relational (ER) diagrams, Relational and Dimensional database models, process and component models.Led peer review and sign-off meetings with stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of routine operations via proper workload prioritisation and management. Show less

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  Schroders Personal Wealth

  Jun 2023 - Feb 2024

  Technical Business Analyst

  Lead the implementation of document repository migration from legacy systems to Salesforce on Wealth Management products.•Elicit, Document, and Validate EPICS, Features, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria for the above-mentioned using BDD and Invest Principles.• Coordinate the Product Backlog Grooming, User Story Slicing and Prioritisation Exercises with the Sprint teams and Business Leads.• Support the Lead Testers with facilitating the Acceptance criteria documentation exercise and ensured the Developer is supported adequately by ensuring user stories complied with INVEST principle and clear definition of done.• Facilitate all the sprint ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Review and Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement/Grooming Sessions and ensure sprint team participation/representation in the Scrum of scrums• Capture requirements and feedback and updated the relevant user stories via JIRA & Confluence• Support the sprint teams i.e., with updating system acceptance criteria by facilitating collaboration between the Business Lead and the Sprint Teams• Lead the Backlog grooming alongside other Development Team members and the Product Owner• Work collaboratively with the other development team members to plan Sprints and select backlog items for the Sprint. Show less

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  Quilter

  Mar 2024 - Oct 2024

  Lead Business Analyst
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  Barclays

  Oct 2024 - now

  Lead Business Analyst