IGOR SALIMZHANOV

Belgrade, Serbia | +381 63 8059672 | Email | LinkedIn

SUMMARY

Proactive and results-driven Business Analyst with 11 years of experience in finance (FinTech) and government structures (GovTech). Expertise in bridging internal stakeholders, addressing business challenges such as data consolidation and analysis, risk assessment, compliance, and business intelligence system development. Proven track record in optimising financial processes, and facilitating decision-making. Highly skilled in technical writing and software failure analysis.

WORK EXPERIENCE

A government structure that manages financial resources, budgeting, and ensuring financial stability in the city
and collaborates with various public and private sector entities to drive economic growth, foster financial transparency,
and maintain regulatory compliance.

Key Accomplishments:

• Developed comprehensive user documentation that over 5000+ users utilised, maintained API documentation
  for the development teams, and drafted information exchange agreements.
• Сreated a risk assessment, compliance, and business intelligence system from scratch, integrating 70 data
  sources, implementing seven new services, and reducing data access times from day to hour for 5000+ users.
• Ensured compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations through detailed financial process
  assessments.
• Identified cost-saving opportunities, reducing operational expenses by 10% without compromising service
  quality.
• Presented complex financial matters to high-level government officials, facilitating informed decision-making.
• Prevented reputational damage and penalties by resolving critical financial reporting discrepancies through
  data analysis.
• Collaborated with professionals from different fields, such as decision-makers, designers, and developers,
  to create a robust financial planning framework, improving the city's annual budget forecast accuracy by 5%.
  This enhancement increased profitability by 14% year-on-year.

Leading Site Reliability Engineer, Department of the Federal Treasury for Saint Petersburg  Jun 2012 – Feb 2022

A governmental structure manages federal budget funds and implements national financial and budgetary policies within
the Saint Petersburg region.

Key Accomplishments:

• Conducted software system failure analysis, developing a mitigation framework that resolved over 300+
  significant cases obstructing over 50% of the system's functionality.
• Handled client requests for new features, including information gathering, prioritisation, and implementation.
• Boosted product user satisfaction to 92%, as per the results of an annual survey.

EDUCATION

Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics Sep 2003 – Jul 2008
Specialist degree; Accounting, analysis and audit

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

• Implementations of the public services platform, Aug 2022 – Nov 2022
  The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
• Testing Automation Engineer, E-learning Providers Mar 2018 – Jun 2019
• System Administrator, E-learning Providers Sep 2021 – Sep 2022

SKILLS

• Tools and technologies: SQL, Miro Wireframe, Microsoft Excel, Postman, REST API, SOAP UI, UML, BPMN.
• Competencies: Data Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Compliance, Business Intelligence (BI),
  Business Process Improvement, Regulatory Analysis, Technical Writing, Communication, Financial Reporting

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