Talha Khopekar, Risk Management Data Analyst

Talha Khopekar

Risk Management Data Analyst

Islamic Development Bank

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
12 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 8 Months

Risk Management Data Analyst at Islamic Development Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2016

Work with the Risk Management team and external vendors such as Moody’s, Prometeia, Misys,
etc., to implement and automate Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Asset Liability
Management (ALM), Market Risk, Compliance, and Treasury software.
- Work with the Information Technology team to design and develop integrated data warehouses
on SAP BW, SQL Server, and Oracle by merging source data from various in-house and external
applications such as Misys Sophis, Misys Compliance, Moody’s ERM, SAP CML, and SAP
OMS.
- Develop and monitor Market Risk, ALM, Treasury, Middle Office and Investment reports using
SAP BO Web Intelligence, Tableau and MS Excel.
- Develop a database to facilitate data delivery to rating agencies i.e. S&P, Moody’s, & Fitch.
- Work with multiple divisions in the Risk Management department such as Credit Risk, Market
Risk, Operational Risk, Portfolio Risk, and Middle Office to gain a thorough understanding of
the risk triumvirate of Treasury, Finance and Risk.
- Support the Operational Risk team in IT Security, Governance, and Business Continuity
Management (BCM) evaluations and Risk Control Self Assessment (RCSA) activities.
- Coordinate between Risk Management and IT team for SAP OMS and CML implementation
- Lead the Risk Management Social Committee and organize team building activities and events
- Successfully implemented an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system (Alfresco) and integrated Jira with ECM


Tools used:
1. Misys/Sophis:
Misys Risk, Misys Compliance, Sophis Value (Misys Fusion Invest), Var Manager
2. SAP:
OMS, CML, SAP BW, Business Objects, Web Intelligence, Universe Design Tool
3. Others: Tableau, SQL Server, Oracle, Prometeia Eagle and Ermas.

Courses:
1. Bank Treasury And Risk Management (BTRM)
2. Islamic Banking & Finance (Sukuk theme -Intermediate)
3. Islamic Banking & Finance (Risk Management theme Advanced)
4. Certified Islamic Banker (CIBAFI)
5. Project Management Professional (35-hour PMP certification course)

Data Analyst at Esurance (An Allstate company)
  • United States
  • May 2014 to January 2016

• Interact with marketing, sales, policy and claims teams and design and develop data models and cubes using SQL Server 2012, SSAS and SSMS to support online campaign, quote, policy and claim tracking data.
• Develop and maintain the data flow from external providers (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc) for the marketing team to keep track of online campaigns.
• Create and maintain reports using SSRS and Tableau to gather insights on marketing campaigns, online insurance quotes, policies sold and claims filed.

Business Intelligence Developer at Pearl.com
  • United States
  • May 2013 to May 2014

•Design and develop a data warehouse to manage online marketing data imported from an advertising management firm (Marin Software) using SSIS, SQL Server and FTP.

•Manage the backend architecture for the Strongmail email marketing tool used for sending marketing emails to Pearl.com customers using SSIS, PostGres, MySQL and SQL Server.

•Support the primary database for the online marketing (PPC) team using SQL Server, SSIS and Flux.

•Create and monitor company-wide reports using SSRS and SQL Server.

•Improve database performance by creating and maintaining indexes, partitioning and archiving tables and monitoring job schedules and query performance.

Software Engineer / Database Tech Lead at Pearl.com
  • United States
  • March 2012 to May 2013

•Design and develop new features and test paths for the Pearl.com/JustAnswer website using ASP.NET (Web Forms and MVC) on weekly Agile sprints and work towards improving the overall site performance.

•Design and develop the Pearl.com and JustAnswer mobile website in a team of six using the ASP.NET MVC pattern, HTML5, jQuery mobile and Knockout JS.

•Model and develop database tables, stored procedures, monitor database performance and supervise database scripts written by team members.

Software Engineer Co-op at Thomson Reuters
  • United States
  • June 2011 to November 2011

• Designed and developed fixtures and test cases for validating data in an Oracle data warehouse.

• Reorganized and tuned existing queries to improve performance of test cases.

• Responsible for execution and testing of XML conversion pathway, loading data in a data warehouse and regression testing.

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Rochester Institute of Technology
  • February 2012

Concentrations: Database Theory and Practices and Web Development. Courses: Database Performance and Tuning, Data Warehousing, Programming for the World Wide Web, Principles of System Administration, Java for Programmers, Fundamentals of DBMS Architecture & Implementation, Web Client-Side Programming, Fundamentals of Database Client/Server Connectivity, Website Design and Technology, *NIX Fundamentals, Current Themes in Information Technology and Introduction to Geospatial Technologies.

Bachelor's degree, Computer
  • at MGMCET, University of Mumbai
  • September 2010

Bachelor of Engineering in Computers Courses: DBMS, Advanced DBMS, Data Warehousing and Mining, Web Technology, Programming in C and C++, Computer Networks, Mobile Computing, Analysis of Algorithms, Data Structures, Microprocessors, Advanced Microprocessors, Computer Organization and Architecture and others.

Specialties & Skills

Software Technology
Database Software
Analyst Relations
Software Product Management
Business Intelligence
Analysis
Database/Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence
Programming
Product Management

Languages

Hindi
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate ( OCA ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
March 2011
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer ( OCP - Previously SCJP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
March 2011

Hobbies

  • Sports, Video Games, Fitness, Cars, Bikes, Movies, Web Surfing, Gadgets and T.V.
    •RIT graduate scholarship, 2010 – 2012. •Played a leading role in organizing inter-collegiate technical festivals of MGMCET. •Member of MGMCET’s organizational committee for the annual cultural festival •Organized events in college and participated in sports like Cricket, Football, and Badminton. •Actively participated in robotics, LAN gaming and other events in technical fests.