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nikhil nik

nikhil nik

Business Analyst

Bangalore, India 7+ yrs exp 90 ยท Outstanding

About

Driven and Result-oriented Business Analyst professional with 6+ years of experience across financial operations, trading platforms, client service, reconciliations, reporting, process improvement, and stakeholder coordination. Recent Business Analyst internship experience combined with hands-on operational exposure across trading, finance, product, technology, risk, compliance, and client-facing workflows. Strong in requirement understanding, issue/root-cause analysis, KPI/MIS reporting, dashboarding, data analysis, and translating business problems into actionable improvements.

Skills & Expertise (30)

Advanced Excel Advanced
8.1/10
6
Years Exp
VLOOKUP Advanced
8.1/10
6
Years Exp
Pivot Tables Advanced
8.1/10
6
Years Exp
Power BI Advanced
7.5/10
6
Years Exp
Data Cleaning Advanced
7.5/10
6
Years Exp
Dashboard Development Advanced
7.5/10
6
Years Exp
SQL Advanced
7.5/10
6
Years Exp
Cross-functional coordination Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Exploratory data analysis Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
KPI Tracking Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
MIS Reporting Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
XLOOKUP Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Root Cause Analysis Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Business Documentation Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Process Improvement Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Stakeholder Management Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Requirement understanding Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Macros Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
VBA Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Tableau Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
Python Advanced
7.0/10
6
Years Exp
UAT Support Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Operational Reporting Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Financial Reporting Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Reconciliation Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Pandas Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Power Query Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
Gap Analysis Intermediate
6.5/10
6
Years Exp
NumPy Intermediate
6.0/10
6
Years Exp
Matplotlib Intermediate
6.0/10
6
Years Exp

Work Experience

Trading Service Analyst

IG Groups

Nov 2024 - Mar 2026

Supported business data cleaning, dataset preparation, dashboard reporting, KPI tracking, business documentation, and structured reporting outputs. Performed exploratory analysis using Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau to identify trends, reporting gaps, and actionable insights. Documented reporting requirements and maintained daily/weekly project status updates for project stakeholders. Contributed to BA deliverables through requirement understanding, KPI identification, dashboard insights, and presentation of findings aligned with business needs. Prepared structured datasets for analytics and machine-learning exercises and communicated findings through reports and dashboards. Supported real-time trading operations across order execution, margin calls, trading platform issues, and account-related workflows, with focus on issue resolution and business continuity. Collaborated with Risk, Technology, Compliance, and Operations teams to investigate trade discrepancies, platform incidents, and client-impacting issues. Monitored live trading systems, identified anomalies, assessed issue impact, escalated high-priority incidents, and coordinated timely resolution across stakeholders. Supported onboarding of high-value clients and priority escalations through structured communication, issue tracking, and stakeholder coordination. Analyzed recurring operational issues and contributed to process improvements aimed at better turnaround time, client experience, and operational consistency.

Client Service Quant

Tradetron

Jun 2021 - Nov 2024

Automated Data extraction process using Excel Macros, which reduced the processing time from 2 hours to 20 minutes a 91.7% reduction in turnaround time. Designed and automated client trading strategies across equities, options, currencies, and commodities, supporting platform adoption and client self-service. Maintained daily trade reconciliations, MIS reports, and operational reporting to improve data accuracy, transparency, and issue traceability. Analyzed client issues, performed root-cause investigation, and coordinated with stakeholders to improve service processes, turnaround time, and product usability. Partnered with Product and Technology teams during feature launches and broker API integrations, translating client issues into actionable product feedback. Provided client support across chat, email, and calls for trade execution, platform, strategy, and account-related issues.

Senior Accounting and Reporting Analyst - Receivables

ABB Global Business Services and Contracting India Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

Analyzed a manual Excel-based reconciliation/reporting process and identified opportunities to automate repetitive activities using Excel VBA/Macros. Worked with finance stakeholders to investigate invoice discrepancies, standardize reporting processes, and support timely financial operations. Received Process Head appreciation for developing the Excel Macro solution for Cluster reconciliation.

Education

MBA - Finance - IMT Ghaziabad

2020 - 2021 ยท Afghanistan

Bachelor of Commerce - Finance - PES University, Bangalore

2013 - 2016 ยท Afghanistan

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Profile Score Breakdown

๐Ÿ“ท Photo 10/10
๐Ÿ“„ Resume 10/10
๐Ÿ’ผ Job Title 10/10
โœ๏ธ Bio 10/10
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Skills 20/20
๐ŸŽ“ Education 10/10
โฑ๏ธ Experience 15/15
๐Ÿ’ฐ Rate 0/5
๐Ÿ† Certs 0/5
โœ… Verified 5/5
Total Score 90/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceSep 2026

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Citizen

Relocation

Open to Relocation