Ankur Garg

SUMMARY
  • With over nineteen years of experience in project management, business analysis and solution assessment,
    I have been a consistent driver of business success. As a global leader in digital transformation and IT
    consulting, I bring extensive expertise across diverse domains, including business, application, data, and
    cybersecurity.
  • My track record is a testament to my ability to set and achieve SMART goals and KPIs, consistently delivering
    remarkable results. I excel in conducting impactful workshops that foster alignment across all organizational
    levels, showcasing my proficiency in assembling and guiding high-performing teams to achieve outstanding
    outcomes.
  • My core strengths lie in requirements management, stakeholder engagement, communication, planning,
    implementation and validation of solutions, all of which have contributed to my impressive career journey.

EXPERIENCE
Manager, Grant Thornton (Frankfurt)
Apr 2023 – Aug 2023
I was leading initiatives in cyber security, fostering new relationships between clients, and identifying new
potential business offerings and services. The topics were information security frameworks – ISO27001, BSI/
Kritis and supporting organizations to adhere to IT Security Law 2.0

Principal Consultant, Capco (Frankfurt)
Jun 2020 – Mar 2023
Leading multiple initiatives in Capital Markets, Energy and Commodity Trading, ESG, Cyber security & DLT
topics, fostering new relationships between market participants, and identifying new potential business
offerings/services. During this time I executed two noteworthy projects:
  1. Lead Murex BA: I successfully executed project involving the MxG to Murex 3.1 upgrade, showcasing
    exceptional requirement management, database, agile methodology and stakeholder management skills. I was
    responsible for the Accounting module and the Datamart reporting and interfaces. I also instrumental in
    the implementation of MxTest,
    an automated testing solution, to streamline project efficiency and ensure quality deliverables. I also got
    training and exposure to Murex FO and MxML
  2. Lead BA: I Led the development of an extensive business case for the modernization and digitization of the
    Trade finance cluster for a leading commercial bank. The projectc required, requirements gathering, market
    research for leading trade finance solutions providers, writing and floating a RFP, mapping business requi-
    rements to the solutions offered, conducting workshops between users and solution providers, assessing and
    recommending the solution to the client, cost benefit analysis, and finally concluding with a detailed
    project plan to execute the transformation.

Manager, Metis-Management Consulting (Frankfurt)
Dec 2018 – May 2020
Project Manager – Post-Merger Integration
The post-merger involved the carve-out of the EMC (Equities Market and Commodities) business from a large German
bank. And then integration of the business with a big French bank. I was responsible for:
  • Transfer of business and IT assets from the source entity to the merged entity in accordance with the
    blanket purchase agreement (BPA). 
  • Analysis of the enterprise architecture of the merging entities, proposed a target IT application
    landscape and a target operating model. 
  • Tracking, coordination and communication across different workstreams/ departments.
  • Management reporting and stakeholder management

Sr. Principal Consultant, Genpact Headstrong (Frankfurt)
Feb 2017 – Nov 2018
Calypso Lead BA– Biggest clearing housing in Europe
I proactively managed the needs and expectations of the stakeholders. I would control different variables
of the project such as schedule, scope, and deliverables. My key delivery focus was around design and
implementation of:
  • Pre and post notation trade workflow of Bond futures, IRS, FRA, FX/ FXF/ XCCY Swaps and new products
    as they are introduced
  • Implementation of incremental margin calculation, risk checks
  • Margin Calculator – reports margin
    numbers in various breakdowns – variation margin, initial margin, liquidity adjustment, stress testing report
  • Implementation and maintenance of collateral and payment interfaces

Calypso Lead Business Analyst, PKO BP (Warsaw, Poland)
Feb 2016 – Dec 2016
Working in the capability of lead business analyst helping the bank with implementation, upgrade, and
maintenance of Calypso (as back-office) and Murex (as front-office).
My core tasks encompassed implementation of:
  • Accounting module (for asset classes MM, FX, Commodities)
  • Workflow (post trade, transfers, messages)
  • Message matching (transfers, payments and confirmations) 
  • Collateral management (Cash as collateral)

Associate Manager, Accenture (Bangalore, India)
Jun 2011 – Jan 2016
I led business initiatives in Capital markets center of excelance. I regularly represented our team at client
visits and demos, responding to requests for proposals, and developing solutions and case studies. I was
leading initiatives like recruiting, training, and mentoring team members in the FS-Capital Markets delivery
unit. Following were some noteworthy projects that I executed during the time:
  1. Lead Murex BA at a Big European bank: I was responsible for requirements gathering, implementation and
    testing of risk reporting stream across asset classes.
  2. Lead Calypso Business Analyst at Big European Bank: I was responsible for full delivery cycle including
    stakeholder management, requirements analysis, implementation and Testing. Worked on:
    • Reports and Interfaces,
    • Accounting module,
    • Collateral management module,
    • Trade capture,
    • Pricing,
    • Schedule tasks, and
    • Workflows.
    key asset classes worked during the project are equity, commodity and their derivatives, FX, MM and fixed
    income.
  3. Lead Business Analyst for Post Merger Intergration at Large Asian Bank: Leading post merger integration of
    banks (Equity & Commodities trading business) in four countries – HK, AU, TW & IN in two roles –
    overall technology lead and lead for India business. Key tasks were:
    • Managing requirements and gap analysis – ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ organization
    • Defining Target operating model and planning transition
    • Communication, coordination and 
    • execution of the plan across the organisation and business units
  4. Test Manager for Implementation of Lombard Collin at leading French Bank. I was not only responsible for
    SIT and UAT but also overseeing the selection of software solutions, streamlining business processes,
    staffing and delivery.

Manager – Risk Management, National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange (Mumbai, India)
Jan 2008 – Jun 2011
Provide executive leadership in risk management for India’s leading commodity and derivatives exchange.
The major part of the activity was to identify, asses and control of market risk. I was also one point
contact for managing operations with clearing house. My key responsibilities were:
  • Understand the Value at Risk (VaR) models (primarily SPAN®), and fine tune them for exchange
  • Backtesting and stress testing of risk models
  • Product owner for the Risk management system
  • Identify, measuring and control credit risk towards the members and warehouses
  • Developing warehouse rating model
  • Assign ratings and apply hair cuts to collaterals pledged by the members
  • Developed funds liquidity policy for the exchange.
  • Analyzing and managing cash and credit lines the exchange needs to meet its obligation and in case of
    defaults from counterparty
  • Defining and collating risk policy of the exchange in accord with all departments (compliance &
    market watch/ operations, etc)
  • Work with cross-functional linked teams to address business issues, viz. development of products
    (futures & options on commodities and indices) to be traded on exchange platform
  • Significant contribution in exchange operations re-engineering and development of depository and
    clearing systems

Business Analyst, TCS (Mumbai, India)
Dec 2006 – Dec 2007
As part of Capital Markets Center of Excellence, I was delivering consulting services to niche investment
institutions like business process reengineering, business analysis, implementation, testing and operation
of business critical functions and IT applications. Noteworthy projects were:
  1. Business Analyst: a global investment bank for maintaining the order management system (Fidessa).
  2. Lead BA/ PM: largest equity and derivatives exchange of India for operating and maintaining Futures
    and Options Clearing & Settlement System

Business Analyst, Indigo Architects (Pune, India)
Nov 2005 – Dec 2006
Played a decisive, action-oriented, and result-focused role, for an online travel portal as a business analyst.

Software Engineer, Infosys (Pune, India)
Feb 2004 – Oct 2005
Served as a member of the Design, Development, and implementation teams for web applications for big global
corporations in geography Japan. During this time I got the pleasure of working on diverse technical
platforms, viz. Java/ Sun and C#/ dotNet. 

Production & Maintenance Engineer, Imaginative Flexipacks Ltd (Delhi, India)
Aug 2001- July 2002
Responsible for Production, and Quality of the product and Maintenance of the plant and Machinery. 		 Ankur Garg
Manager
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Darmstadt, Germany

EDUCATION
  • Columbia Business School
    Executive Education: Digital strategies for business (Aug 2018)
  • University of Mumbai
    Master’s in Management Studies (Aug 2002- Jul 2004)
  • University of Mumbai
    B.E., Electrical (Jul 1997- May 2001)

CERTIFICATIONS
  • CBAP® from IIBA, Canada
  • Certified in Cybersecurity from (ISC)2
  • CFA® Level 1 From CFA Institute, USA
  • PRM® Module 2 From PRMIA, USA
  • Professional Scrum Master I, Scrum.org
  • SAFe® Agilist from Scaled Agile
  • TOGAF® Certified from The Open Group, USA

SKILLS
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Cloud Computing – Azure
  • Cyber security/ ISO 27000
  • Data Analysis
  • Enterprise Architect – TOGAF & Zachman
  • Financial assets valuation and risk management
  • Financial instruments – Securities, Deposits and Loans, Forward,
    Future, Options,FRA , IRS, FXD, FX Swaps, Cross currency swap
  • Pre and post trade lifecycle management
  • Problem solving and Analytical Skills
  • Process engineering
  • Programing languages like Java, C#, Python
  • Project planning
    and budgeting
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Waterfall & Agile
  • Stakeholder management
  • Test Management
  • UML and ER Modeling

TOOLS
  • Planning & Collaboration – Jira, Confluence, SharePoint,
    Microsoft Project
    Plan, Visio
  • Testing and Defect management – HPQC/ ALM, Jira, MX Test
    (Murex)
  • Databases – MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, Sybase
  • IDEs – Visual Studio Code and Eclipse
  • Version Control – GitHub