Akhila Chinta

Business Analyst @Cardinal Health

OH, US

Gathered and translated complex business & functional requirements into detailed BRDs and FRDs for FX, Derivatives, Fixed Income & Structured Products desks, accelerating product launch cycles by 25% through structured documentation & stakeholder alignment. Designed precise UML artifacts—including Class, Sequence, and Activity diagrams to model trade lifecycles, PnL attribution logic, and Value-at-Risk (VaR) workflows, boosting documentation clarity and reducing developer turnaround time by 30%. Built BPMN 2.0-compliant process models for AML/KYC onboarding, counterparty risk evaluation, and compliance vetting, improving audit traceability and cutting SLA breaches during client onboarding by 20%. Spearheaded Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and facilitated Agile Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives), ensuring cross-functional synchronization among trading, risk, compliance, and technology teams. Authored epics, granular user stories, and acceptance criteria in Confluence; synchronized project artifacts with JIRA to enable real-time sprint progress monitoring and seamless version control. Led regulatory mapping exercises for FX and OTC trading workflows, aligning system capabilities with FATCA, Dodd-Frank Title VII, MiFID II, and Basel compliance mandates, in collaboration with Legal and Compliance. Engineered and fine-tuned complex SQL and PL/SQL queries in Oracle for trade validation, financial reconciliations, and ETL audits across SSIS and Azure Synapse pipelines, reducing data inconsistencies by 35%. Designed and deployed advanced Tableau dashboards to monitor real-time FX exposure, margin call positions, collateral transfers, and T+1 reconciliation metrics, enhancing visibility into front-office risk metrics.

Kent State University

Masters in Business Analytics

KL University

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA