SUMMARY:

• 6 plus years of profound experience as a Business Analyst with excellent project management skills in financial institutions, Insurance and investment banking domains.
• Outstanding knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, RUP and Waterfall.
• Expert in Business Process Management, Business Process Reengineering, Business Process Modeling, Business Analysis, System Analysis, System Architecture, feasibility studies, Scope Documents and requests for proposal.
• Extensive experience in requirements gathering, surveys, questionnaire, Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Specifications/Documents (FRS/FRD).
• Skilled in working with teams in Agile environment and perform as Business analyst, Facilitator, Tester, or Scrum Master
• Solid knowledge on Scrum concepts like Scrum Team, Product Backlog, Sprint Planning, User Stories, Daily Standup Meeting, etc.
• Strong experience in GAP analysis to identify system restrictions and potentials, and creating AS - IS and TO-BE documents and Process Maps.
• Expert in developing Use Case Diagrams, Behavior Diagrams (Sequence Diagrams and Activity Diagrams) based on the UML Methodology.
• Proficient in Prototyping application User Interfaces using Wireframes and Mock-ups with focused attention to detail in enriching User Experience and User Interaction
• Strong Experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) session with onsite and offsite team
• Experience in Change Management and Conflict Resolution at various stages of the project life cycle
• Strong Experience in developing test plans, building Test Conditions and Test Cases, creating test data, analyzing bugs, and interacting with development team members to fix errors.
• Strong testing experience in Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Progression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Root Cause Analysis
• Strong SQL background, including data validation and system testing using SQL.
• Experience in creating User Manual and conducting User Training Workshops to provide high-qualified training to the end users.
• Proven active involvement in Post Production Validation and Production Support.
• Extensive knowledge in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Insurance, IPO, Merger & Acquisition.
• Highly motivated and organized leader with excellent client relationship, communication, and delivery skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: RUP, Agile, Waterfall

Requirement management Tools: Enterprise Architect

Wireframes & Screen Design: MS Visio, Axure

Languages: SQL, XML, HTML, JavaSoftware: Microsoft Office Suite, SPSS, Adobe Acrobat

Defect management Tools: Bugzilla, Jira, HP Quality Center

Operating System: Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/95, Unix, Mac OS X

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Barclays, NY, NY

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and re-engineered business processes to reduce the number of edit check trigger and manual error.
• Liaison between senior management, financial advisory offices, equity traders and IT groups.
• Worked closely with central office for CCAR submission package.
• Created As-Is Business Process Models using MS Visio.
• Interacted extensively with various business groups, stakeholders and users to develop the Vision Document that is aligned with corporate strategic objectives.
• Documented the “AS-IS” Business Workflows adhering to UML standards.
• Worked on Agile Methodology with monthly release and weekly sprints.
• Used Rally to manage application support product backlog.
• Conducted Monthly Business Prioritization meetings with the stakeholders to identify features to be scheduled for the upcoming release.
• Documented User Story using Rally to detail the business need.
• Conducted weekly sprint planning meeting with the developers and quality assurance analysts to review user story, assign story points and assign cards to a respective sprint.
• Documented meeting minutes from JAD sessions and obtained sign-offs from JAD participants.
• Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical groupings of essential business processes, business rules, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Used SQL query to create test data.
• Designed User Interface-level wireframes detailing interaction models and user experience using Axure.
• Conducted requirement workshops to verify and validate business requirements.
• Documented test cases / test scripts.
• Performed functional and GUI testing to ensure that the user acceptance criteria are met.
• Co-coordinated the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on a daily basis with the SME’s to make sure that all the business requirements are addressed in the application.
• Coordinated project scheduling and status reporting with the project manager.

Environment: Agile Methodology, SQL, Oracle 9i, Windows 8/7, UML, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Visual Studio 2005

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the client to finalize the project scope.
• Aided the PM for developing project plans as well as managed changes to the project scope.
• Performed the AS-IS and TO-BE business process and developed the GAP Analysis
• Acted as the primary Intermediary between the Subject Matter Experts, business user and technical SME’s to identify the business needs, Business Rules, Business Processes & Interface Specifications for the improvement of the account management system upgrade and then documented them in Vision and Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs) using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered and analyzed requirements and finally coped changes using Rational Suite.
• Developed business process models in RUP to document existing and future business processes.
• Identified internal and external system requirements, design and configuration set-up; accordingly produced User Documentation and lead training sessions.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, using UML.
• Assisted the Project Manager to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet user requests and business needs. Also, assisted on project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the project plans accordingly and conducted project related presentations.
• Assisted Testing teams to build test plans and involved in Pro gression testing and Regression testing. Approved test cases for requirement verification and to check the functionality of the application
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Acted as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, UML, Windows Vista, SQL Server, Microsoft Project

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with different business users to develop Vision Document and Business Requirement Specifications and gathered Business and Functional Requirements.
• Documented the AS-IS Business Workflow adhering to UML standards.
• Participated in JAD Sessions for gathering requirements from SME’s.
• Documented Meeting Minutes from the JAD Session as well as responsible for getting a sign-off on them from the JAD participants.
• Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical groupings of essential Business Processes, Business Rules, Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
• Identified Use cases from the Functional Requirements and wrote Use Case Specifications and created “TO-BE Business Process Workflow” diagrams (Activity diagrams) in MS VISIO.
• Created Use Case Diagrams using MS VISIO in order to show the interaction between the Actors and Use Cases as well as showing the relationship between the Use Cases.
• Managed all the requirements and making requirements available to all team members.
• Wrote Test Cases and walked the QA team through the Test Cases to make sure they understood them properly.
• Maintained a Traceability Matrix to ensure that all Functional Requirements are addressed at the Use Case Level as well as the Test Case Level.
• Performed Functional and GUI Testing to ensure that the user acceptance criteria is met.
• Co-coordinated the UAT with the SME’s to make sure that all the Business Requirements are addressed in the application.

Environment: MS Visio, MS Office Suite, Java, XML, SQL, Jira

Confidential, NY, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a liaison between the Corporate Finance Clients and Technology department
• Involved in establishing BRD and locking the scope of the online portal to provide visibility to corporate customers on their Equity and investment positions, integration with market data and analyzed the traders fixed income business requirements.
• Involved in preparing documentation (Use Cases/FRDs) through extensive interaction with various stakeholders conducting JAD sessions.
• Designed wireframes/mock-ups of various functional requirements.
• Coordinated with Developers, Business Objects team, QA Testers and worked on defects.
• Identified and articulated the need for change and assessed the impacts of change on a regular basis by holding business prioritization meetings.

Environment: Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest, UML 2.0, MS Visio 2010, SQL Server, HP QC