SUMMARY

• With 7 years of Industry experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications, and Application Design.
• Proficient in Technical and Business Writing, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, Business Analysis and testing various methodologies.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.
• Worked with Rational Suite of tools to create requirements documents (Requisite Pro), visual data models (Rose), manage and track defects (Clear Quest).
• Extensive knowledge in Financial services,FundAdministrationand Banking in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile including analysis, design, development and testing of software.
• Competent in Creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Extensive experience in developing Use Cases, creating Screen Mockups, conducting Gap Analysis and Impact Analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis.
• Experience in development methodologies like RUP, SDLC, AGILE, SCRUM and Waterfall.
• Proficient in creating and transforming business requirements into Functional Specification document (FSD).
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Interpersonal and Customer Relational Skills, Proven Communication, Organizational, Analytical, Presentation Skills, and Leadership Qualities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++, C#, VC++, VB, VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET, Java, SQL, PLSQL

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Linux.

Databases: MS - Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, Sybase

Application Servers: IBM Websphere, ATG Dynamo, BEA WebLogic.

Internet: HTML, XML, VBScript, ASP, JavaScript, JSP, J2EE.

Automation Tools: MS Visio, Rational Rose, Rational ClearCase, Rational RequisitePro, Documentum

Bug Tracking Tools: Mercury TestDirector, Rational ClearQuest

Utility Tools: MS Office Suite, MS Project, TOAD, Adobe Photoshop

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Established a RUP (Rational Unified Process) centric business analysis methodology.
• Collaborated in building a business analysis process model using Rational Rose, RequisitePro, and Visio.
• Worked on AdventGenevaportfolio Accounting system to deal with problems related to Hedgefunds, global investment, and the back office power to ease the integration with different systems.
• Involved heavily infundlaunches and initiatives involving cash implementation.
• Develop comprehensive data analyses to analyze settlement transactions volumes, values, different cycles and patterns in order to support product enhancement ideas and establish business cases.
• Designed and reviewed the various documents including the Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Business requirements document (BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FSD), Systems Design Specification (SDS), Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and testing documents.
• Produced daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for different areas, from Asset Management to internalFund Administrationteam.
• Involved with all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies throughout the project life cycle.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML.
• Proactively monitored and informed clients of trades not approved and facilitated the trade settlements timely/accurately avoiding costly penalties.
• Identified, researched, investigated, analyzed, defined and documented business processes and Use Case Scenarios.
• ReviewedStatementsof Work documents for completion while communicated with stakeholders.
• Prepared various data extraction jobs, testing and required information to supportfundand production events.
• Created the Business Requirement Document (BRD), the Functional Specification Document (FSD) and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) Document.

Environment: Windows, MS Office(MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS SharePoint, MS Visio), .NET, Oracle, Crystal reports, IBM Mainframes, RUP, UML, SQL, SWOT analysis, GAP Analysis, Win Runner, MS Visio, Rational Rose UML, RUP, MS Office & Windows 2000, HP QC 8.2, SharePoint.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experience from Front to back office, worked with fund managers, financial advisors and technical team members.
• Worked closely with thefundadministrationteam to know the business requirements.
• Was responsible for testing a new enterprise wide web based online banking application for the bank.
• Responsible for assisting with the development, implementation and maintenance of existing, new or enhanced cardholderletterrequest.
• Working onGenevaimplementation and upgrade projects with multiple hedge funds clients; special expertise in Advantage Reconciliation Tool:
• Assist in onboarding of clients tax lots by uploading tax lots intoGenevaand ensuring all positions and cash are reflected correctly.
• Assist clients in month end NAV calculations: create reconciliation process for tax lots, cash balances, P&L and Trial Balance; ensure all month end accruals are booked correctly.
• Set up referential data inGenevaand ensure correct accruals and financing.
• Expert inGenevaAdvantage Reconciliation Tool: built custom reconcilers for daily positions and transactions reconciliations.
• Participate in process and system analysis, and suggest workflow improvement areas
• Worked with Portfolio Management/Accounting system and handled Corporate, Municipal, Treasury, Agencies and High Yield Traders.
• Understanding of general ledger processing and financial settlements.
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project cycle.
• Involved in Inception Phase and prepared visionstatementand initial data models that contain BusinessRequirement Documents and supporting documents that contains the essentialbusinesselements and detailed definitions.
• Studied the operations in the front office, middle office and back office of hedge funds as well as the current hedgefundadministrationprocesses.
• Co-ordinate the workflow among team members and managed project deliverables like Business Requirement Document BRD, Functional Specification Document FSD and progress through regular meeting with internal stakeholders.
• Translatedstatementof work intobusinessand system level requirements using Agile methodology.
• Correspondence included solicitationletters, financial transaction confirmations, and quarterly and annual policystatements.
• Designed and Maintained Project Templates, Use Case Project Templates, FSD Templates and Requirement Types.
• Coordinate annual audit Funds with custodian, independent auditors andFundAdministration associates.
• Used SQL in Data querying to extract data and conduct data analysis.
• Worked with otherFundAdministration, Control, Operations, Investment Accounting, and other Departments to coordinate business activities and system upgrades.
• Assisted project team in preparing Functional Specification Document (FSD), developed non-functional requirements, and documented Business Requirements Document (BRD).

Environment: Windows, Oracle, SQL, MS Visio, MS Access, MS Project, MS SharePoint, DTCC, UML, AFS Software, Requisite pro, Rational ClearQuest, Windows XP, Oracle/SQL Server 2000, SQL, MWS, MS office, UAT, XML SPY, GOXML, Rational Rose,Agile/Scrum,Rational Requisite Pro, OOAD, .Net, Test Director, Clear Case, UML, Rational Suite, MS Visio, MS Project.

Confidential, Lincoln, RI

Business Analyst / Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements, analyzed the requirements by using Rational Rose, Visio and Requisite pro - RUP Established a Business Analysis methodology around the Rational Unified Process.
• Managed the output requirement project for various Life insurance products.
• Create Functional Specification Document (FSD) and develop elaborate business requirements and detail all the key business solutions that are in scope for the project.
• Responsible for Development of systems to enter and process Annuity contracts and premiums.
• Researched the various steps in the lifecycle and then constructed the system in a way that the high risk customers would be easily identified and monitored.
• Managed the output requirement project for various Life insurance products.
• Adept at analyzing Business Requirements (BRD), Technical and Functional Specification documents (FSD) to write/plan requirement's-aligned Test Cases and Scripts.
• Developed program specifications for various insurance applications handling life, disability income, and annuity policies.
• Create functional business specifications for all new features and enhancements to output related to Annuities in client-server based environment.
• Streamlined clerical work processes and mapped then into the new system.
• Developed project plans and managed project scope.
• Assigned tasks among development team, monitored and tracked progress of project following Agile methodology
• Responsible for converting for Mutual Life Insurance, the Fixed and Variable Annuities PC administrative system to the mainframe Vantage.
• Track and manage all Change Requests, using Rational ClearQuest.
• Assisted in creating a High level Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Conducted presentations of the QA test results with analysis to the stakeholders and users and documented modifications and requirements.

Environment: Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, Db2, Oracle, Rose, MS Word, MS Excel, Hyperion, MS Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, LoadRunner, Business Objects, TestDirector, LoadRunner

Confidential PA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed the business environment and identified process improvements.
• Interacted with Business Users to conduct thorough Requirements Analysis.
• Involved in interactions with the Subject Matter Expert, Project Manager, Developers, and the End-Users.
• Responsible for converting for Mutual Life Insurance, the Fixed and Variable Annuities PC administrative system to the mainframe Vantage.
• Managed the output requirement project for various Life insurance products
• Coordinated activities with project manager and various other teams using MS Project.
• Interacted with other Business Analysts for designing and implementation of Use Cases and Test Plans.
• Developed a file of ACORD Forms used as the standards in all Property and Casualty markets, for both Personal and Commercial Lines of Business.
• Assisted in on-going process improvement efforts to ensure Test Planning, Execution, and Reporting is effective, efficient, standardized, coordinated, and integrated.
• Assisted the Senior Business Analyst in writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and User Requirement Specification (URS).

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Vision, SQL, Windows 2000/XP, Microsoft Office, Oracle Database, Rational Requisite Pro, MS Office, SQL Server, Agile, MS Project, MS Access.