Hannah Mc Dade
About Hannah Mc Dade
Hannah Mc Dade is a Calypso Business Analyst with extensive experience in financial technology. She has worked at FD Technologies in various roles since 2017 and currently contributes to the MIDAS project team at Westpac Institutional Bank.
Work at FD Technologies
Hannah Mc Dade currently works at FD Technologies as a Calypso Business Analyst, a position she has held since 2021 in Belfast City, Northern Ireland. Prior to this role, she served as a Quality Assurance Lead for Kx for Flow from 2019 to 2021 in Dublin, Ireland. Her earlier tenure at FD Technologies included working as a Calypso Consultant from 2018 to 2019 in Dublin and a previous role as a Calypso Business Analyst from 2017 to 2018 in New York, New York. Throughout her time at FD Technologies, she has specialized in various configurations and testing within the Finance, EOD & Trade Migration sub-team.
Education and Expertise
Hannah Mc Dade studied at Queen's University Belfast, where she earned a Master of Science in Software Development from 2014 to 2015. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History with Degree Plus from 2011 to 2014. Her academic background supports her expertise in software engineering and business analysis, particularly in financial systems. She specializes in Book & Accounting Configuration, OPL Configuration and Testing, EOD Configuration and Testing, SRR Configuration, Reporting and Testing, and CWS Configuration.
Background
Before her current role at FD Technologies, Hannah worked at Liberty Information Technology as an Associate Software Engineer from 2015 to 2017 in Belfast. She also held a position as a Software Engineer at Liberty Information Technology for six months in 2017. Her career trajectory reflects a strong foundation in software engineering, leading to her specialized roles in business analysis and quality assurance within the financial technology sector.
Current Projects and Responsibilities
Hannah Mc Dade is currently a member of the MIDAS project team at Westpac Institutional Bank. Her focus is on the decommissioning of the MIDAS trading platform and its transition to the Calypso trading platform. She is responsible for the implementation and testing of upstream and downstream feeds to Calypso for the NZ Branch, integrating systems such as Palantir, PROMIS, and DCPK. Her work involves utilizing an Agile approach, participating in Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives to ensure alignment with business specifications.