Shehnaz Mirza

About Shehnaz Mirza

A creative and results-driven senior executive with proven track record as Global Head of Quality Assurance / IT Service Management. Lead, coordinated and delivered multiple concurrent highly complex trading, post-trade, settlement, market data, and compliance-related products. Career record in developing and motivating highly focused teams in a matrix organization to successfully meet and exceed the company’s objectives. Commended for grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, and implementing solutions, in close partnership with business and C-level executives. QUALITY MANAGEMENT:Business Process Modeling • Corrective/Preventive Action • Financial Instruments: Fixed Income, Credit, FX, Rates, Commodities • Straight-thru Processing • Clearing/ Reporting /Settlements and Data Surveillance • ERP\\Trade Capture\\Financial Reporting • Information Security and Penetration Testing • Aesthetic User Experience • Performance Lab Setup / In Memory Tuning and Optimization • Security Framework • Institutional Trade Capture and Execution PlatformsPROGRAM/ RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:Global Infrastructure Projects • Data Center Migration • Project Management • Instituting Best Practices • Change Management / SOX Fluency / Policies & Procedures • Release Management • Data Management • Risk Management • Department, CapEx, Repair & Maintenance and Project BudgetingCORE COMPETENCIES:Value-Driven IT Management • Strategic Planning and Assessment • Technology Risk Management • BCP/DR/Crisis Management • Team building and Reward Recognition • Internal & External Auditing • R&D Tax Credits • Server Deployments •Installation and Configuration • Server and Content Administration • ERP Financials Development • Data Warehouse Implementations • CRM Implementations • Financial Systems Implementations • Major System RFPs • Business Case Studies Dashboarding & Analytics • Business Intelligence • 401(k) Firm wide Planning

Experience

1. Director of Quality Assurance

   BGC Group

   Jan 2016 — Present

Education

• Queen Marry College

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Economics and Statistics

Skills

• Software Quality Assurance
• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Business Continuity
• Fixed Income
• Unix
• Software Development
• Trading Systems
• Business Requirements
• User Acceptance Testing
• Derivatives
• Market Data
• Test Management
• Integration
• Regulatory Compliance
• Sql
• Program Management
• Quality Center
• Sybase
• Xml
• Software Project Management
• Credit Derivatives
• Quality Assurance
• Fx Options
• Change Management
• Sdlc
• Options
• Requirements Analysis
• Electronic Trading
• Testing
• Internal Audit
• Soa
• Hp Qtp
• Project Management
• Test Automation
• Loadrunner
• Business Intelligence
• Quality Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management