SUMMARY:

• A Project Manager with 4 years & Business Analyst with over 8 years of experience and thorough understanding of Public Sector, Banking & Financial Services, and Education Industry.
• Experienced in creating and managing Project Schedules
• Strong experience in leading several meetings & documenting meeting notes
• Performed Scope & Change Management
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle - Feasibility Requirements Analysis, Design, Testing, Deployment, Implementation, Training & Support
• Wrote & reviewed status reports and presented status to Senior Management
• Strong experience of MS Project, HP ALM, DOORS, UML, Rational Suite
• Experienced in identifying documenting Action Items, Risk Management & Issue Management
• Proficient in documenting requirements using Use Cases and creating Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Component Diagrams etc.
• Strong experience in performing Decision Management
• Experience in reviewing deliverables & perform quality reviews
• Ability to organize, document and track changes and defects using Rational ClearQuest.
• Managed & participated in Testing Activities

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Win 95/98/NT/2000, UNIX

Databases: MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access, Oracle

Languages: C, C++, UML, SQL

Methodologies: Rational RUP methodology, Agile methodology, Waterfall

Tracking Tools: Rational Requisite Pro, Clear Case

Case Tools: Rational Rose

Workflow Tools: MS Visio, MS Project 2002, MS OFFICE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Albany, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led Weekly Business Analysis/Application Development/Business Wizard Meetings
• Created & managed NYBE Library on SharePoint Repository
• Created & managed NYBE-Enterprise Content Management Project Schedule
• Created Project Scope Document
• Coordinated & managed tasks and activities for all assigned Projects
• Created & managed NYBE-Department of State ITS Project Schedule
• Created & managed NYBE-Workers Compensation Board ITS Project Schedule
• Wrote the Scope Document for NYBE
• Composed and reviewed status reports, presented status to senior management
• Responsible for Vendor Delivery Management
• Led several JAD sessions
• Worked on High Level Requirement Document
• Guided the BA Team on the Process Flow Diagrams
• Led Weekly Decision Tracker Meetings between high level NYBE representatives, Agency representatives & Technical Teams.
• Led Legal Tracker meetings between NYS Legal representatives, high level NYBE representatives, Agency representatives & Technical Teams
• Worked very closely with officials from NYS Governor’s office
• Reviewed Use Cases
• Facilitated Weekly Ask the Product Co-Owner Sessions
• Conducted Daily Development Scrum Meetings
• Worked on several Status Reports on the Project.
• Worked on the Widget List
• Delivered Department of State Business Process Modernization Scope Statement & Schedule
• Delivered Department of Environmental Conservation Mobile Responsive Scope Statement and Schedule

Environment: MS Project, HP ALM, MS Office, MS Visio

Confidential, Madison, WI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw Workday HCM Project which had several deliverables
• Managed large scale Project Schedule
• Wrote and reviewed Project Management Plan deliverables
• Responsible for Absence Module and Time Tracking Module for business systems and user needs/requirements
• Led daily scrum meetings on Absence and Time Tracking for Pre Unit Testing, Unit Testing, E2E testing and UAT using Agile methodology
• Documented current and future state of HR/Payroll and Finance processes
• Participated as a team member to achieve successful business process reengineering
• Acted as a liaison to the Organizational Change Management Team to communicate change management implications of Workday Core Team discussions and decisions.
• Worked directly on WRS (Wisconsin Retirement System) Requirement with BPMN using Workday
• Took full ownership of and accountability for assigned tasks including different Test Cases, Pre-Unit Testing, Unit Testing and E2E Testing
• Communicated appropriately with varying levels of stakeholders, internal staff, and external staff on various issues and defects in Test Lab
• Communicated status accurately to management and teams
• Worked on various Requirement documents using BPMN including WRS, Grants, Grant Accounting, Expense Reimbursement, Revenue and Customer Contracts and Student Finance
• Work with internal teams and with Workday vendor team to properly configure Workday HCM and Workday Finance
• Worked closely with Data warehouse Team and Business Intelligence Team
• Managed PeopleSoft Decommissioning Plan and PeopleSoft Remediation Plan
• Managed Data Conversion including Data Analysis, Data Mapping and Integration
• Workday HCM Post Go Live Testing to Audit Payroll results vs. Time Entries in the Pay period

Environment: Workday, AMU Tenant, Workday CD including Test Lab, Defect Log, Issue Resolution Log, PeopleSoft

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implemented JIRA a Project Tracker for building software. JIRA connects to the developers, business contacts and management. It tracks the tasks & bugs and links issues to related code. It plans Agile development, monitors activity and reports project status
• Proposed and Managed Project Risks and issues
• Triaged several Production Issues. Responsible for routing and escalation of issues
• Tracked Action Item status, coordinated and managed tasks and activities
• Managed numerous InvesTier reports. InvesTier is apartnership and investor accounting and reportingsolution, used by funds of funds, hedge funds and their administrators to support both U.S. domestic partnerships and offshore, unitized investment corporations.
• Managed numerous InvesTran reports. InvesTran is an integrated front-to-back solution suite for Private Equity that meets these needs by helping improve business efficiencies to facilitate collaboration, support deal flow and automate accounting.
• Led several meetings, documented notes, status reports, project management documentation and led lessons learnt sessions
• Worked closely with a team of developers on various requirements for all the deliverables
• Analyzed the requirements using BPMN and by working closely with the business team
• Responsible for weekly UAT Refresh by running all the scripts
• Conducted Bi weekly meetings for Requirement Prioritization and Project Tasks
• Closely interacted with the SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) on several Applications
• Conducted meetings with business & developers, had direct business interactions and provided estimates
• Worked closely with Hedge Ops Portal interface team and CTS team

Environment: InvesTier, InvesTran, JIRA, MS SQL, VSS (Visual SourceSafe Explorer), Crystal Reports 8.5 and Crystal 10, MAGIC, SSRS, XML, BPMN

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on RBS Integration of Sempra which is a joint venture between RBS and Sempra using the tool Confidential . Sempra is into Energy Trading and Commodities business.
• Integrated over 50 applications into Confidential 
• Worked on ECD (Employee Communications Database) to add Users and update the profiles with the details. Handled all System Accounts, Duplicate Accounts, Generic Accounts and Regular Users
• Analyzed the source data to convert into excel, ran the Macros, ran the XML to run the reconciliation in Confidential .
• Assigned UER reviewers based on Profit Centers for RBS US and RBS UK
• Closely interacted with the SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) on several Applications
• Wrote several Use Cases using BPMN for most of the Applications
• Closely worked with the HR Department for this RBS Integration
• Worked out a game plan for Disaster Recovery
• In the process created application mapping files
• Interacted with teammates in London on a daily basis, California and other parts of the world
• Worked on 4 UERs- 9/30, 10/30, 11/30 and 12/30

Environment: MS Office including MS Excel for Data Analysis, MS Visio, MS Project and XML

Confidential, Boston, MA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed critical Gap Analysis on Confidential and IBT (Investors Bank & Trust) merger with its Trade Search Criteria, Trade Match criteria, Trade Extracts and Data Mapping Specifications and Future Process Model
• Wrote requirements on Confidential Security Short Name along with its Flow Diagram and Future Process Model
• Delivered Business requirement documents on Confidential 's financial product- Call Accounts
• Wrote business specifications on Confidential 's EDB (European Demand Board) product- Cash Ladder
• Performed Data Mapping on TLM (Transactional Lifecycle Management) which is an enterprise-wide, real-timesoftwaredesigned to help tackle key middle and back office operational issues
• Managed Change Control Request(CCR) and updated the scope of the documents
• Worked on SWIFT Messages for Confidential ’s financial products to perform Data Analysis and Data Mappings
• Executed Enhancement Requests based on Business Requests

Environment: MS Visio, MS Office, SSUP (State Street Unified Process)

Confidential, Washington, DC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Delivered Business Requirement Documents for MBS loans and SWAP options including Single Family and Multifamily Loans.
• Data Setup. Selection of loans for testing from a wide variety and criteria. Setting up these loans on the testing application.
• Worked closely with teams of BA’s, developers and testers to elicit and manage requirements using DOORS.
• Reconciliation of all screens on the new system. Worked on Visio Diagrams for all the flows on the various functions and sub- functions. Assisted in creating new screens.
• Interacted closely with the Subject matter experts (SME) for functional requirement gathering.
• Assisted QA Team in defining the Test Plans, Test Cases and automation of the Test Scripts. Also, facilitated them in performing Unit, Integration and System Testing. Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure whether all the User Requirements were met by the application.
• Coordinated work plan between Project Manager and team on Microsoft Project. Scheduled and tracked progress for team members on the project until its completion.
• Worked extensively on Data Mapping, Data Analysis, and Business Setup Logic.
• Managed Change Control Requests (CCR) and updated the scope with the new changes.

Environment: DOORS, Rational Requisite Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, MS Office MS Visio.

Confidential, NY

Jr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Use Case walkthroughs in an effort to identify and realize the processes and flows involved in the new system.
• Responsible for coordinating JAD sessions with business users to analyze the investment tracking system.
• Gather and define the key performance indicators, document and present the requirements specifications.
• Conducted Gap Analysis and created a workflow to better understand the mechanics of the existing system.
• Conducted polls and questionnaires to highlight the disadvantages of the already existing manual system of operation to bolster the need for an Online Banking Application and addressed any queries raised by the users.
• Synchronized and prioritized relevant defects and enhancement/system requests based on business requirements, allowing sufficient time frame to ensure accuracy and consider deadline.
• Tasks included developing policies and procedures documentation, writing business requirements and functional specifications.
• Assigned priorities to the requirements and use cases for the purposes of elaboration.

Environment: Rational Requisite Pro, UML, MS Visio, MS Office2000, SQL, Oracle 9i