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title: "Faiz Syed - Business Analyst - Product Control in New York City Metropolitan Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Faiz Syed, Business Analyst at Barclays | UIUC Alum | Ex- Caterpillar | Ex- ZS Associates | Ex- Danske Bank | Finance Risk & Data Strategy based in New York City Metropolitan Area. AI stack includes gemini and openai."
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# Faiz Syed on Tal

## Headline

Business Analyst at Barclays \| UIUC Alum \| Ex\- Caterpillar \| Ex\- ZS Associates \| Ex\- Danske Bank \| Finance Risk & Data Strategy

## About

I’m a senior business analyst at Barclays working across risk, finance, and treasury\. My work sits at the intersection of complex financial problems and the analytical frameworks that help organizations actually make decisions with confidence\. Over the past several years I’ve owned end\-to\-end analysis on high stakes initiatives, from financial reporting and process redesign to cross\-functional delivery\. I care less about checking boxes and more about whether the work I do changes how a team thinks or acts\. I’m based in New York and always open to conversations around risk, data, and where financial services is heading\.

## Location

New York City Metropolitan Area

## AI stack

gemini

openai

## Work experience

Business Analyst \- Product Control at Barclays, Jul 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 4 mos, Manhattan, NY, Risk Finance and Treasury

Project Manager \- Data Analytics at Caterpillar Inc\., Feb 2023 \- Jul 2023 · 6 mos, Peoria, Illinois, United States, Emissions and Power Systems Regulatory Compliance \(EPRC\)

Research Assistant \- College of Law at University of Illinois College of Law, Nov 2022 \- Jul 2023 · 9 mos, Champaign, Illinois, United States, Applied advanced data cleaning techniques on large chunks of FINRA data to improve data accuracy and efficiency for EDA

Business Technology Solutions Associate \- Intern at ZS, Jun 2022 \- Aug 2022 · 3 mos, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, Consulted for Fortune 100 US pharmaceutical and life sciences companies in the Healthcare Plans & Providers space, providing tailored data models, visual dashboards, analytics reports, and implementing AI/ML models to improve patient care management and secure new clients through advanced data analysis and industry forecasting

Course Assistant & Grade Reviewer at Gies College of Business \- University of Illinois Urbana\-Champaign, Aug 2021 \- Feb 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos, Champaign, Illinois, United States, MBA 547 Global Impact MBA 544 Marketing in an Analog World MBA 590 Digital Marketing Capstone BADM 544 Strategic Management MBA 545 Marketing in Our New Digital World MBA 547 Global Marketing MBA 563 Business Data Modeling & Predictive Analytics

## Education

Master of Science \- MS, Information Management, University of Illinois Urbana\-Champaign

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\), Computer Science, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology

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