Felix Meermann - Development of an innovative platform for topics and questions around next-generation capital investments as part of New

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Experience

Mar 2025 - Apr 2025

2 months

Development of an innovative platform for topics and questions around next-generation capital investments as part of New

VisualVest, digital wealth manager (robo-advisor) of Union Investment

Business Developer, Product Owner Support
Analysis of product ideas
Coordination of new features with UX/UI (in Figma) and developers
Creation of user stories in Jira: description/open topics/preconditions/requirements/error handling/audit log/UX/UI/technical hints/test scenario/acceptance criteria
Execution of tests and documentation of test results
Creation and management of defects
Coordination of sprint planning and backlog with product owner and scrum master
Preparation of sprint review presentations
Project implementation with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): stage planning in Conceptboard with Magic Estimations, feature/kanban board, sprint planning, functional refinement, sprint backlog, daily standups, sprint review, sprint retrospective
Platform with the latest market technology standards: Angular (frontend framework), Jakarta EE, Matomo Tracking, Keycloak, movingimage

Feb 2025 - Present

6 months

MVP (Minimum Viable Product) for a cloud-based analytics platform for fundamental analysis

ACATIS Investment

Project Manager, Business Analyst
Workshops with stakeholders and users (use cases, KPI calculations, data lineage), documentation and brainstorming in Mural
Gathering requirements from all users: portfolio management, sales, marketing
Creating specific questionnaires
Planning and conducting interviews
Recording and summarizing interviews
Preparing tool evaluation and function analysis
Designing a scalable cloud and data architecture: Snowflake DWH with S&P Capital IQ data
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with BigQuery as DWH for datamarts
Implementation of ETL processes, high-performance KPI calculations, KPI universe as datamarts
Building a BI dashboard (Looker Studio)
DevOps framework (Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Cloud Build) for agile software development
DataOps with dbt Core and Terraform
Preparing stakeholder presentations: status reports, reflection points
Agile project management with Kanban in Jira for MVP delivery
Project planning and controlling

Sep 2024 - Jan 2025

5 months

Migration of compliance rules from Murex MX.3 to Simcorp Dimension SCD

Ampega Asset Management

Business Analyst, Tester with Simcorp Dimension SCD Compliance Manager
Analysis of pre-/post-trade compliance rules during system migration to SCD
Analysis of syntax differences in rules between Murex MX.3 and Simcorp Dimension SCD Compliance Manager
Documenting results and making recommendations
Adapting/creating and configuring rules in SCD Compliance Manager
Testing pre-/post-trade compliance rules and limit controlling

Jun 2024 - Feb 2025

9 months

Review of IDV compliance according to DORA/BAIT/VAIT and MaRisk

SIGNAL IDUNA Asset Management

Project Manager, Business Analyst
Implementing measures and documentation according to DORA/BAIT/VAIT and internal guidelines (software development, classification) for approx. 80 IDVs (individual data processing based on Excel, MS Access, VBA, SQL) in 4 central departments
Creating checklists for auditing and evaluating IDVs
Classification (A, B, C) of IDVs and determining protection levels (1-4)
Analysis of IDV adjustments per MaRisk, KWG and BAIT software development requirements: separation of functions/roles, separate development, test and production environments, documentation (business concept, IT concept, authorization concept, user manual, operations manual)
Creating an authorization concept
Creating a test concept
Conducting stakeholder interviews for critical applications
Cataloging IDVs in the internal IT services & risk system

Sep 2023 - Jun 2024

10 months

Tunisia

Development of a new platform for Private Wealth Management

ODDO BHF

Stream lead/Technical Business Analyst for development of order processes and live/intraday positions
Aligning business requirements (features) and creating Jira tickets
Analyzing existing order processes in the Lutece portfolio management system
Writing user stories for developers in Confluence (wiki) using behavior-driven development (BDD) with Gherkin
Aligning GUI with UX/UI experts (in Figma)
Creating test plans with test cases in Jira Xray
Executing tests and documenting results in Jira Xray
Defect management and coordination of sprint planning with scrum master and QA engineer
Preparing status reports for project management
Project implementation with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): program increment planning, feature/kanban board, sprint planning, sprint backlog, daily standups, sprint review, sprint retrospective
Development with two feature teams in the software factory in Tunisia
Platform with latest market standards: DevExtreme, Camunda, UiPath, Keycloak, microservices, Quadient, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps

Apr 2023 - May 2024

1 year 2 months

Migration of risk controlling from Murex to Simcorp Dimension SCD

Ampega Asset Management

Simcorp Dimension SCD expert, Business Analyst, Tester
Parameterization and design of risk calculations for Value-at-Risk (VaR) and stress tests
Migration of risk calculations from Murex MX.3 to Simcorp SCD
Completeness analysis and setup of risk factors
Testing in SCD Risk Analysis Manager, Asset Manager and Compliance Manager
Monitoring daily VaR results in parallel run
Analysis and cleaning of time series (rates, spreads, CDS, equities, funds)
Project implementation with Scrum: sprint planning, sprint backlog, daily standups, sprint review, sprint retrospective

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

1 year

Order interface via FIX for external asset managers

ODDO BHF

Project Manager, Test Manager, Tester, Technical Analyst
Integration of PSplus portfolio software for FIX orders from external asset managers
Creating test concept and test case catalog for connecting external asset managers for FIX order execution
Preparing status reports for management
Executing integration tests and documenting results
Coordinating UAT/functional tests with external asset managers and departments
Defect management and sprint planning in Jira

Jun 2022 - Aug 2023

1 year 3 months

Tunisia

Selection/RfP of a new platform for Private Wealth Management

ODDO BHF

Sub-project lead for internal development of a private wealth management platform
Coordinating participation in the request for proposal (RfP) with business analysts and experts from Germany, France and the software factory in Tunisia
Preparing status reports for management, steering committee and project management
Creating cost estimates and project plans for the new development

Jan 2021 - May 2022

5 months

Luxembourg

Implementation of fund accounting XENTIS

DZ Privatbank S.A., IPConcept (Luxembourg) S.A.

XENTIS expert, Business Analyst, Tester
Support in various subprojects for XENTIS implementation
Event processing: analysis and design of relevant events (dividends, distributions, coupons, maturity, pool factor, stock dividends, bonus shares, ...) parameterization, test case catalog, test execution with department, interface spec
Interest conditions: analysis and design for interest calculations on current accounts, call money, term deposits, parameterization, test case catalog, test execution with department
Order route: test case catalog for scenarios in order flow (investment limit breach, liquidity risk, price checks, whitelist, FIX connection, different instrument types), test execution with department
FIX order: test case catalog for scenarios for broker connection
Collateral: analysis and design of securities and cash collateral, test case catalog, test execution with department

Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

1 year 2 months

Migration of investment rules from MIG21 to Simcorp Dimension SCD

Allianz Global Investors

Tester with Simcorp Dimension SCD Compliance Manager
Testing contractual investment limits (ex-post, ex-ante) for retail and special funds
Testing legal investment limits according to DE KAGB, DE DerV, InvStG, LU UCITS, LU CSSF, FR
Documenting test results, defect management and monitoring with FondsDesigner

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

5 months

Migration of regulatory reporting for the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on XENTIS

Universal-Investment

Sub-project lead, Business Analyst
Planning and concept for implementation of regulatory reports for Irish funds
Aligning specifications with Profidata for XENTIS implementation
Regulatory reports to Central Bank of Ireland (CBI): e.g., Money Market and Investment Funds Return (MMIF) / CBI monthly NAV / UCITS Annual Financial Derivative Instrument (FDI) Return / TA redemption CBI report

Jan 2020 - May 2020

5 months

Test release upgrade of XENTIS

EB - Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM)

Test concept, Tester
Release upgrade of XENTIS from 5.4 to 5.6
Finalizing test concept for portfolio management, order workflow, corporate actions, event processing, custodian, reporting
Conducting regression and functional tests in portfolio management

Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

3 months

Creation of requirements specification for XENTIS adjustments for managing investment mandates and order process

EB - Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM)

Business Analyst
Analyzing current processes in portfolio management
Designing target processes for mandates and investment assets in advisory and outsourcing
Optimizing order process with central broker as trading desk
Connecting brokers and KVGen with standard BVI Excel sheets for securities transactions
Enabling transaction-based position keeping
Writing requirements specification
Workshops for XENTIS implementation with Profidata

Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

1 year 7 months

Introduction of SAP as fund accounting system for real estate funds

Universal-Investment

Test Manager, Sub-project lead, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst
Creating a test framework with concept, test case matrix, planning and monitoring for the SAP real estate fund platform
Test coordination for functional tests with 14 departments and ~750 test cases
Supporting departments with system and vendor questions
Designing new regulatory reporting and filings for DE and Lux: AIFMD reports, BVI statistics, ECB statistics, GroMiKV, Solvency II, Solva, investment fund statistics (Bundesbank), VAG reporting, AWV report, CVA charge, taxe d’abonnement, CSSF reports, BCL reports
Designing adjustments to XENTIS functions in order workflow, collateral management and risk metrics with MSCI RiskMetrics RiskManager
Attending training for SAP real estate fund platform with SAP standard (RE-FX, FI, CO) and add-ons from ASCAVO (ALL.FONDS PEP, AGP, IM, regulatory reporting).

May 2019 - Jun 2019

2 months

Implementation of regulatory requirements in the software development process according to MaRisk, KWG, BAIT

Helaba

Database expert and MS Access developer
Analysis of in-house applications (individual data processing – IDV) in the department
Adapting IDVs (MS Access solutions) to MaRisk, KWG and BAIT software development requirements: separation of functions/roles, separate development, test and production environments, documentation (business concept, IT concept, authorization concept, user manual, operations manual)
Protection level assessment (SBF) per Landesbanken standard and prioritization of IT applications with C4 data
Test planning and execution with HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

5 months

Strategic project: outsourcing fund administration to BNP Paribas Securities Services

DWS

Data integration specialist (Business Analyst, Technical Analyst)
Analysis of the data universe of Simcorp Dimension SCD fund accounting for reporting and interfaces
Creating concept and design for data delivery from external fund administration

May 2018 - Sep 2018

5 months

PRIIPs and MiFID II files: website for downloading EPT and EMT reports

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst
Writing specifications for a website for distribution partners to retrieve EPT (PRIIPs) and EMT (MiFID) reports
Coordination with business department and web agency

Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

1 year 1 month

Implementing MiFID II: calculation of transaction costs and fees

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Focus on exporting transaction data for MiFID II cost calculations
Analysis of data universe for fund master and transaction data
Export of fund universe and historical transactions to service provider
Writing functional specification document for development team
Coordination and planning of implementation
Conducting load and performance tests
Writing and executing test scenarios
Supporting UAT and go-live acceptance

Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

2 months

Implementing EU transparency rules: reporting securities financing transactions and reuse of collateral (SFTR)

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Reporting securities lending, repo transactions, total return swaps and collateral reuse
Writing functional specification document for development team
Coordination and planning of implementation
Writing and executing test scenarios

Jul 2016 - Sep 2017

1 year 3 months

Implementing PRIIPs regulation: calculation of indicators and scenarios for KID

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Focus on cost indicators and cost scenarios
Analysis of data universe for fund and cost attributes
Identifying relevant transaction types and asset classes
Writing functional specification document for development team
Coordination and planning of implementation
Writing and executing test scenarios

Jan 2015 - May 2016

5 months

Business analysis for integrating passive funds (ETFs) into existing systems: focus on regulatory and

DWS

Business Analyst
Analysis of the full reporting universe for passive funds
Scope: regulatory reports and client reporting
Workshops with departments
Data requirements and gap analysis
Distribution channels and automation
Aligning implementation costs
Developing scenarios for tactical and strategic target architectures

Sep 2015 - May 2016

9 months

Guideline monitoring (compliance) for issuer and counterparty limits under §206 KAGB

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Reporting and monitoring issuer and counterparty limits for all UCITS funds and KVGs as an automated and audit-proof solution
Writing technical specification
Coordination and planning of implementation
Executing IT test scenarios

Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year 1 month

BVI performance calculation: switching procedure to transactions from Simcorp Dimension (SCD)

DWS

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
For special funds, switched the existing BVI factor calculation procedure to transactions from Simcorp Dimension (SCD)
Integration of distributions, accumulations and tax adjustments
Analysis of report universe for central calculation procedure
Writing and executing IT test scenarios
Supporting UAT and acceptance

May 2013 - Sep 2015

2 years 5 months

Implementing reporting for regulatory requirements: AIFMD directive for alternative investment fund management

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
AIFMD Directive 2011/61/EU and ESMA consulting paper (2013/592)
Functional and technical support in creating business requirement document: aligning with risk management, funds management, investment compliance, trading
Writing functional specification document for development team
Implementing XML reporting (Annex VI) based on ESMA XML schema
Writing and executing test scenarios

Aug 2012 - Mar 2013

8 months

Data warehouse business concepts for “IT target picture DekaBank”: dispositive data pools (DDP)

Deka Bank

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Building a dispositive data pool (DDP) as an integration layer between front-to-back processes (trading, operations, lending) and corporate steering applications (risk, finance, treasury, compliance)
Test manager creating test scenarios
Executing testing
Writing business concepts
Specifying business views analogous to data marts
Connecting bank systems: SAP BCA, SAP CML, SAP CMS, SunGard UBIX, TREMA, Temenos BSP Trade, SunGard FrontArena

Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

1 year

Implementing regulatory requirements in risk management: new derivatives regulation: leverage (BaFin) - US

DWS

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, MS Access Developer
Derivatives reporting with leverage per sum of notional (BaFin) and commitment approach (CSFR)
2a7 stress test reporting for US money market funds (SEC)
Quarterly reporting for Austrian pension funds (FMA)
Project management
Designing technical target architecture
Business analysis / concept creation
Prototype development
Writing development concept
Building production system
Developing new RiskMetrics templates with combined stress scenarios
Report generation for regulators and risk managers
Creating test concept

Mar 2011 - May 2011

3 months

Test release upgrade of Simcorp Dimension

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Release upgrade from 4.7 to 4.8 to 4.9
Writing test concept for departments (fund accounting, custodian, IFRS, direct investment, transaction management, reporting, interfaces and processes)
Test manager
Project management
Team leadership and resource coordination

Jan 2010 - Sep 2011

9 months

Report development for Simcorp Dimension

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Writing specs with departments
Developing reports with Business Objects Crystal Reports
Building Basel II interfaces with Simcorp Dimension SCD extraction definitions
Areas: fund accounting, custodian, direct investment, IFRS, transaction management, regulatory reporting
Project management

Nov 2010 - Feb 2011

4 months

Extension of factsheet reporting

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Extending fund reporting for factsheets for new master/sub-fund and multiclass fund structures
Specifying and implementing new analyses and evaluations
Optimizing data universe based on Excel pivot tables and VBA macros
Report design with MS Publisher
Project management

Oct 2010 - Nov 2010

2 months

Extension of reporting for master/sub-funds and multiclass funds in Simcorp Dimension

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Designing reporting requirements for new master/sub-funds and multiclass funds
Extending Crystal Reports and writing test concept
Project management

Jul 2010 - Sep 2010

3 months

Test release upgrade of Simcorp Dimension

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Writing migration concept for 4.3 to 4.5 to 4.7
Writing test concept for department (fund accounting and processes)
Project management
Team leadership and resource coordination

Feb 2010 - Jun 2010

5 months

Migration of Simcorp Dimension reporting

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Migrating 155 Crystal Reports for fund accounting, direct investment, IFRS
Project management
Team leadership and resource coordination
Business design of new reporting requirements
Creating queries on Simcorp Dimension SCD views on new SCD system
Supporting department in testing

Nov 2009 - Aug 2011

1 year 10 months

Luxembourg

Implementation of fee billing system (Sowatec calculo)

Helaba Invest, DZ Privatbank

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Gathering and aligning business unit requirements
Modeling fee structures (percentage, absolute, tiers, min/max, …)
Writing business concept
Aligning project plans
Change request management
Test manager (scenarios, planning)

Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

3 months

Migration support for Postbank funds

KAS Investment Servicing

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Report Developer
Switching fund reporting for factsheets and peer group report
Optimizing data universe based on Excel pivot tables and VBA macros
Data consolidation
Supporting department in optimizing migrated processes and data
Report design with MS Publisher

Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

10 months

Process optimization in custodian operations

BHF Asset Servicing

Business Analyst, MS Access Developer
Creating MS Access solutions to optimize reconciliation between custodian and KAG: business concept, host and Vega connection, external data source integration, development, testing, acceptance
Building reports for matching main and sub-fund holdings
Creating cash statistics for BHF Bank finance department

Aug 2007 - Oct 2009

2 years 3 months

Implementation of fund accounting XENTIS with fund migration

BHF-Bank

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Process modeling of daily custodian processes and controls with ARIS
Reconciliation custodian with KAGs
Host system interfaces:
Writing test concept and functional review
Legal and contractual investment limit checks
Aligning fund migration from Vega to XENTIS
Specifying integration tests
Executing integration tests
Conducting acceptance tests

Apr 2007 - Aug 2007

5 months

Process optimization in risk management

DWS

Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, MS Access Developer
Test concept for global RiskDatabase
Automating RiskMetrics risk reporting integration
Value at Risk, tracking error, stress tests, backtesting
Risk control per Derivatives Regulation (BaFin) with qualified approach: market risk, credit risk, operational risk

Feb 2007 - Apr 2007

3 months

Luxembourg

Building a quality-controlled reporting infrastructure

Hauck & Aufhäuser Investmentgesellschaft

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Writing business concept
Coordination with development team
Connecting DWH (Princeton DVS) and V3.Funds
Coordination with business/IT
System parameterization
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Extensions with various CRs

Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

5 months

Automated, workflow-driven factsheet production

AmpegaGerling Asset Management

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, Report Developer
Writing business concept
Coordination with development team
Connecting DWH and Simcorp Dimension
Coordination with business/IT
System parameterization
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Adding various change requests

Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

1 year

Implementation of commission system (quarter commission)

Oppenheim Pramerica Fonds Trust

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager
Gathering and aligning business unit requirements
Modeling commission structures (percentage, absolute, tiers, min/max, …)
Writing business concept
Aligning project plans
Data model and process modeling
Implementation and quality assurance

May 2005 - Aug 2005

4 months

Development of an XML transformation layer for reports

Allianz Global Investors

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, Report Developer
Writing business concept
Development, testing and rollout
Support/maintenance

Feb 2005 - Jun 2005

5 months

Automated monthly reporting for institutional investors

AmpegaGerling Asset Management

Project Manager
Writing business concept
Coordination with development team
Connecting DWH and Simcorp
Coordination with business/IT
System parameterization
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Adding various change requests

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

1 year

Workflow-driven preparation of investment committee reporting for institutional investors

AmpegaGerling Asset Management

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, Report Developer
Writing business concept
Coordination with development team
Connecting DWH and Simcorp Dimension
Coordination with business/IT
System parameterization
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Adding various change requests

Nov 2003 - Feb 2004

4 months

Extraction of risk figures from V3.Funds and integration with JCF Portfolio Loader

Lazard Asset Management

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, MS Access Developer
Writing business concept
Developing extraction of risk figures from V3
Connecting to JCF Portfolio Loader
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Adding various change requests

Sep 2003 - Nov 2003

3 months

Connecting V3.Funds to YieldBook, Lazard Asset Management

Lazard Asset Management

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, Test Manager, MS Access Developer
Writing business concept
Developing V3 connection
Testing and rollout
Training, support/maintenance
Adding various change requests