Madhavan K

Business Analyst

Not Found • Freelance

Dec 2025 - Present • 5 mos

• Owned the critical Beginning of Day (BOD) process end-to-end — a high-trust responsibility typically handled by senior staff — ensuring zero-downtime market readiness every trading day • Authored Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and functional specifications for multiple development projects, directly reducing back-and-forth cycles between business and engineering teams • Analysed and validated 10+ algorithmic trading strategies against risk parameters, identifying edge-case failures before production deployment • Drove cross-functional meetings with developers, risk officers, and operations — tracking blockers, resolving bottlenecks, and maintaining delivery timelines • Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new platform features, writing test cases and managing sign-off cycles with stakeholders • Integrated AI-assisted workflows (Claude AI, ChatGPT) into documentation and analysis processes, improving output quality and reducing turnaround time • Worked extensively with Oracle SQL, MS Excel, and internal database systems for data validation, reporting, and process documentation