Olga L.-IT Business Analyst/Test Manager
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Experience
Business Analyst
VisualVest (Union Investment)
- Analyzed, structured, and documented business requirements for digital investment solutions, such as robo-advisors.
- Designed applications for new retirement products, including user flows, UX requirements, and functional specifications.
- Modeled and optimized business processes and coordinated with stakeholders while taking regulatory requirements in the financial sector into account.
Business Analyst
Startup Crypto Trading Solutions
Analyzed and designed business requirements for an AI-based forecasting model for (XRP) crypto trading to support trading decisions.
Identified, classified, and validated relevant input sources.
Designed and conducted business tests to assess data and model quality.
Analyzed the regulatory environment for the use of robo-advisors in the crypto sector.
IT Business Analyst/Test Manager
DWS
- Coordinated the migration of the synthetic fund management business to BlackRock's Aladdin platform.
- Created the functional specification and organized UAT testing to validate the processing of transactions through to MiFID reporting.
- Designed and implemented tests to validate and verify migration processes.
- Coordinated UAT testing to validate the processing of transactions and relevant corporate actions through to MiFID reporting.
- Prepared business requirements documents on topics such as FX hedging, bond forwards, and hybrid funds, including analysis of business requirements and close coordination with relevant stakeholders.
Business Analyst/Scrum Product Owner
ERGO Versicherung
- Increased the potential savings on document printing and postage costs by switching from postal delivery to digital channels (email, SMS).
- Responsible for creating and continuously maintaining the product backlog.
- Coordinated implementation in collaboration with the IT department and managed testing.
Scrum Product Owner/Credit Risk Management
Nord/LB
- Wrote user stories and maintained the product backlog for the Credit Risk Management team.
- Decided on the order for implementing future functionalities and approved completed user stories.
- Worked closely with the client and other teams to identify requirements for future credit risk models and develop concepts for providing software in OneSumX.
Scrum Master
Nord/LB
- On the Bond AI project (artificial intelligence and algo trading in bond trading)
- On the “New Bank Control” project (new architecture for regulatory reporting, accounting, financial controlling, and risk controlling)
- Organized and facilitated Scrum meetings.
- Supported the team in achieving sprint goals and removing impediments.
- Coordinated cross-functional collaboration.
- Coached the team on agile software development methods.
IT Business Analyst
CACEIS Bank
- Defined functional and technical specifications for the Tesys clearing system and the OTC/SWIFT interface.
- Responsible for designing and implementing daily reconciliation reports to ensure the correct mapping and matching of client orders and executions.
- Designed and implemented daily MT54x-based reconciliation reports to ensure the consistent and accurate reconciliation of client orders and executions.
- Analyzed the system enhancements required to support the processing of Xontro transactions.
- Worked closely with the development team to implement client requirements in an agile manner.
Data Analyst
Goethe University Frankfurt / Databench
- Specified and tested a prototype benchmarking tool for comparing the level of use of big data technologies in companies.
- Defined use cases in the clearing area.
Business Analyst
Deutsche Bank
- Successfully developed concepts for providing software in line with regulatory requirements (MiFID II/MiFIR).
- Defined requirements for order management systems to support MiFID II adjustments and tested the implementation.
- Worked closely with members of the software development and testing teams to design and develop a reliable regulatory reporting system.
- Specified a graphical user interface to improve the functionality and performance of the reporting processes.
- Supported user acceptance testing, focusing on independently executing test cases, documenting defects, and identifying bottlenecks.
- Created business specifications for MiFID II-related corporate action processes in the new transaction reporting system.
Business Analyst
LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- Designed user interfaces for monitoring internal client limits in the clearing process in Calypso.
- Developed concepts and requirements for clearing at the London Clearing House.
- Defined functional and technical specifications for Calypso.
- Optimized techniques for implementing agile methods.
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases in Jira and executed them independently.
- Trained users on site in the use of the new systems to maximize productivity.
Eurex Clearing/Scrum Product Owner
Deutsche Börse
- Specified a new application for processing OTC derivatives for Eurex Clearing, including process design, business requirements, and interface design.
- Created user stories and maintained and prioritized them according to the Scrum software development method.
- Worked with customers from the concept stage through to delivery of the finished product.
- Decided on the order for implementing future functionalities in Calypso and accepted completed user stories.
- Coordinated with software developers on defining interfaces to integrate custom applications and customer-oriented enhancements.
- Coordinated the definition of new FpML interfaces in consultation with business departments and IT.
- Monitored product delivery from specification and implementation through to go-live.
- Coordinated test automation and developed regression test cases in Gherkin to ensure software quality.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Insurance.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Finance, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
Results-oriented Business Analyst and AI specialist with over 15 years of experience in the financial sector. Specialized in IT, regulatory, and AI-driven projects for financial institutions, as well as in designing system specifications for complex environments in trading, clearing, securities settlement, and risk management. Experienced in regulatory compliance, AI project implementation, and AI model testing. Skilled in agile methods and implementing strategically aligned solutions.
Skills
- Agile Software Development Methods (Scrum, Kanban, Safe)
- Hp-Alm, Jira, Confluence
- Workflow Analysis (Bpmn)
- Sql, Xml, Json
- Behavior-Driven Development
- Big Data, Machine Learning
- Testing Ai-Based Systems
- Settlement Processes Of Eurex Clearing Ag And Lch
- Trading And Settlement Systems: Calypso, Murex, Summit, Bloomberg
- Mifid Ii, Emir, Csdr, Dodd-Frank Act, Dora
Languages
Education
Goethe University Frankfurt
PhD, E-Finance · E-Finance · Frankfurt, Germany
Warsaw School of Economics
Master's degree, Investment Banking · Investment Banking · Warsaw, Poland
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Socrates Program scholarship · Business Administration
Certifications & licenses
AWS Cloud Training
Design Thinking For Researchers To Unleash Your Creative Power
Machine Learning in R
DFAV License
Statistics
Experience
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Profile
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Olga is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.
Olga speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Polish (Advanced), Italian (Intermediate).
Olga has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Olga has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months. Note that Olga may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Olga would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Analyst, IT Business Analyst/Test Manager, Business Analyst/Scrum Product Owner.
Olga's most recent position is Business Analyst at VisualVest (Union Investment).
In recent years, Olga has worked for VisualVest (Union Investment), Startup Crypto Trading Solutions, DWS, ERGO Versicherung, and Nord/LB.
Olga is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Insurance.
Olga is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Product Development. Olga also has some experience in Finance, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.
Olga has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Insurance.
Olga has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Finance, and Quality Assurance.
Olga holds a Doctorate in E-Finance from Goethe University Frankfurt and a Master in Investment Banking from Warsaw School of Economics.
Olga has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: AWS Cloud Training, Design Thinking For Researchers To Unleash Your Creative Power, and ISTQB® Certified Tester AI Testing.
Olga will be available full-time from September 2026.
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