SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of progressive experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Business Analysis.
• Expertise in Requirement gathering, Problem solving and writing Use case requirements.
• Excellent analytical and communication Skills.
• Strong experience in creating UML Diagrams (Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Swim Lane diagrams) using modeling tools like MS Visio.
• Good knowledge in the area of Asset Management, Portfolio Analysis, Asset Allocation and Wealth Management.
• Strong experience creating test procedures documents, test plans and test cases for Quality assurance.
• In depth knowledge in conducting Gap Analysis between “As Is” and “To Be” systems ensuring compatibility between existing system infrastructure and new business requirements.
• Proficient in the MS Office Package (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint) and SharePoint.
• Strong experience in various testing methodologies such as Black Box testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, System testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Proven ability to work under pressure and in a dynamic cross - functional cross cultural-environment.
• Possess a disciplined, professional and quality centered approach.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Lawrenceville, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with customers, internal business stakeholders & development teams to understand complex reporting requirements.
• Presented analysis and reporting solution to the client. This included running queries in SQL, creating bar diagrams and pivot charts, reviewed options and recommended the best strategy based on the client's needs.
• Conducted go-no go meeting during the project pre-production stage. Met with business and technical consultants to explore improvement opportunities.
• Documented data flows from all sources to the data warehouse.
• Contributed to the development of best practices in requirements management - use cases, traceability matrices, requirements mapping.
• Consolidated client information from multiple custodians and financial providers.
• Conducted business requirement sessions with the client in order to generate customized reports.
• Configured client reports for asset allocation, holdings, benchmarking, cost basis and more based on client requirements.
• Defined and documented data requirements in Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Converted the business requirement document to Functional Specifications Document (FSD).
• Assisted in customizing quarterly financial reports which provided full transparency into portfolio composition, positions, cash flows and returns.
• Assisted with the configuration of client specific individual asset class performance comparisons indicators with customized benchmarks.
• Functioned as a primary liaison between the business line, operations, quality and technical teams.
• Developed client facing test strategy documentation that was utilized in joint testing ventures with the client resulting in a template adopted for department-wide use.
• Tested web service calls in an integrated platform between client’s products and other software solutions in an SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) environment, using the SOAPUI tool.
• Worked closely with the QA team to develop the test plan after analyzing each business requirement.
• Was actively involved in test case review meetings with development and business teams.
• Communicated changes, enhancements and modifications to project managers, sponsors and other stakeholders so that the issues and solutions are understood.
• Was involved in integration testing, GUI and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Worked closely with the QA team to maintain and track entry-exit criteria for each phase of testing.
• Assisted in logging and resolving defects as identified by the QA team using Quality Center.

Environment: AWR, NetX360, MS SQL Server 2008, SharePoint, Soap UI, XML Spy, Quality Center 9.0, Microsoft Project Plan, SnagIt 10, Microsoft Office.

Confidential, New York, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Product Management team and functioned as a primary contact for the project.
• Collaborated with the Project Manager and Project Stakeholders to determine the scope and vision of the project.
• Worked with the Rating Analysts and Financial Data Analysts to understand Confidential ’s business processes, strategies, market dynamics and business impact.
• Analyzed the requirements and performed Gap Analysis to identify the shortcomings of the existing processes and the need to make enhancements.
• Translated user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner so that they were comprehensible to the development team.
• Designed wireframes and presentations to help both developers and users better visualize the new system layout, flow and functionality.
• Acted as a liaison between PMO office, Database/Middleware Teams, and stakeholders.
• Identified and created use cases, use case narrative and use case diagrams.
• Gathered artifacts and facilitated document review meetings.
• Worked closely with the CPMO team to prioritize activities and establish schedules so that the plans are consistent with overall company objectives.
• Scheduled and facilitated walk through meetings with the business and technology teams.
• Prepared requirements traceability matrices and executed User Acceptance Testing using test cases to ensure that the systems conform to specifications of business requirements and performance criteria.
• Was involved in creating test cases and participated in manual testing.
• Conducted meetings with QA and development team to review and resolve defects.
• Managed deliverables and artifacts using the MKS Integrity Client and SharePoint.
• Created and published training materials and user manuals on SharePoint.

Environment: MS Visio, Office Tools, MKS Integrity Client, Windows XP/Vista, Microsoft .NET, MS SQL, SharePoint.

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted meetings with project groups - Assessment Development, statisticians, and IT to consolidate and define migration requirements.
• Identified manual processes in the project and took the initiative to create prototypes that demonstrated the automation of critical functions.
• Created meeting agendas and tracked topics that needed resolution and follow up for on-boarding the Licensure programs “Texes”, “Praxis” and “Georgia”.
• Collaborated with CPMO to develop schedules and interacted directly with project managers to coordinate and communicate progress.
• Analyzed and resolved issues using XML Spy, SQL Developer, SharePoint and Microsoft office suite.
• Was involved in testing of the migrated data across three platforms- IBIS, eSKM and GENASYS.
• Worked with the development teams during migration phase to assist with Unit, Beta and UAT testing.
• Interacted closely with the user community to create test plans based on business requirements.
• Performed sanity tests in the migration environment to identify show stoppers and ensure smooth test cycle using SOAP UI.
• Assisted users with data set up during their test phase and was actively involved in documenting issues and resolutions.
• Used Silk Central and JIRA for bug tracking and escalated issues as needed.
• As part of post-production validation, performed end to end testing across all applications and validated production data once migration was complete.

Environment: Silk Central, JIRA, Microsoft Project, Oracle SQL Developer, Microsoft Office, WinSCP, TCS, SKM, Gen I, IBIS, eSKM, Genasys II, Soap UI, TextPad, XML Spy.