SUMMARY:

• Seeking challenging assignments across Financial Services/IT/Insurance/ Catastrophe Modeling
• Academically astute professional offering sound experience in leveraging information technology across different platforms in Insurance, Financial Services, Catastrophe Modeling, Insurance and Reinsurance.
• Expertise in providing high value - added consulting solutions with a minimum level of risks.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Business analysis
• Guidewire PolicyCenter and Product Designer + Data Analysis
• Catastrophe modeling
• P&C and Health Insurance/Reinsurance Underwriting and Claims
• Agile Methodology
• Creating high-quality Process Flow Diagram
• Use Case Modeling (UML)
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Business Reporting
• ETL/Business Intelligence Tools

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:

Software Platform: JAVA,.NET Microsoft Windows, AS-400 ;

Environment: Guidewire Suite,POINTIN, SICSnt Reinsurance, Genisys,WebXl,RMS Risk Link, Risk Browser, AIR Touchstone

Languages: Python, SQL,XML,PL/SQL+,VBA

Testing: User Acceptance Testing(UAT),Functional Testing, Regression Testing

Tools: SSIS,JIRA, Rational Rose, ReqWeb, IBM Clear Quest, HP Quality, Centre(ALM),ACCORD, Thunderhead

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and documenting requirement in an agile framework from Actuaries, Senior Underwriters and Catastrophe (CAT) modeling technicians for CAT/P&C exposure tool upgrades.
• Participating and Preparing Functional and User Acceptance Testing with team of Actuaries and pricing experts
• Writing User Guides for CAT Tools
• Generating and performing policy coverage research from exposure data coming from Guidewire Policy Center 8.0 for Property insurance for Policy Hold and Large Risk policies
• Preparing exposure data using complex SQL queries, Python, R studio, and Excel functions. Hands on experience on Guidewire data hub
• Account and Portfolio Analysis using CAT Modeling software: Risk Browser, Risk Link, and Touchstone
• Utilize different internal CAT tools to get Account modeling, Portfolio optimization, Pricing and Marginal impact numbers
• Responsible for independently verifying pricing calculations using excel and SQL, preparing Major Accounts report, Location reports, Marginal Impacts reports, Pricing reports which are used by pricing study teams

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experience working as a in Property and Casualty Insurance
• Gathering and documenting requirement for modified OOTB stories of Guidewire Policy Center Stories
• Representing Product Owner in Scrum meeting and assisting Scrum Master in smooth processing
• Involved in Sprints that covered Elaboration, Configuration and Testing of the Guidewire PolicyCenter following AGILE approach
• Hands on experience in configuring Product/Policy Line Coverage, exclusion and feature design using Guidewire product designer.

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Created artifacts for RFP and worked with the core team in vendor selection process
• Facilitated Guidewire workshops for Guidewire suite display-PolicyCenter, BillingCenter and Product Designer
• Completed training on GuideWire PolicyCenter 8.0 & BillingCenter 8.0.
• Gathered and documented requirement for modified OOTB stories for Workers Comp LOB
• Representing Product Owner in Scrum meeting and assisting Scrum Master in smooth processing of Scrum
• Involved in Sprint that covered Elaboration, Configuration and Testing of the Guidewire PolicyCenter following AGILE approach
• Configuring coverages, exclusion and feature design using guidewire product designer
• Created cross system data flow diagrams and swim lanes flowcharts to depict the integration dependency of other applications with Guidewire PolicyCenter
• Participated in functional testing

Confidential

Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understand the processes flow and data flow of several internal systems for large account risk pricing and come up design to decommission several systems and redundant process
• Worked as a business analyst for requirements gathering and requirement engineering to accommodate all factors for risk rating, predictive modeling, reinsurance, risk modeling and scenario pricing with the help of Actuaries and product managers
• Used internal CAT tools to study modeling framework and exposure data prep process
• Prepared series of functional designs for model and scenario for rating large risks
• Participated and Prepared Functional and User Acceptance Testing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Experience working in the Commercial Package Policy
• Worked on Accord Forms
• Participated in sprint planning and participation in scrum calls for business design team
• Participated in story estimation, sprint planning, product and sprint retrospective
• Documented requirement in the form of epic and use case stories

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Experience working in the Auto Insurance
• Represented Product Owner in scrum meeting and assisted scrum master in smooth processing
• Documented requirement in the form of epic and use case stories
• Gave walkthrough of requirement to development team and test team
• Participated in story estimation, sprint planning, product and sprint retrospective with business design team

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented requirement, prepared use cases, conducted gap analysis and prepared regulatory reports.
• Worked on system implementation and system configuration
• Documented business rule updates in policy, assumed, retro and accounting modules of reinsurance system
• Dealt with regulatory requirement of reinsurance software
• Created process flow diagrams (swim lane visio) for current and future state
• Prepared test plan, test strategies and facilitated use acceptance testing (UAT)

Confidential

Senior Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experience working in the Commercial Package Policy
• Played business analyst role in multiple projects and programs. Procured first-hand information from the clients & take into consideration most of the systems inquiry, functional spec, development, monitoring, testing life insurance and P & C insurance changes
• Gathered reporting requirement and generated reports using Microsoft SSIS and SSRS BI tool
• Implemented ISO rules, algorithm, rates, forms and routine revisions into the POINTIN system
• Statistical Bureau Reportin g of the exposure and claims data
• Documented workflow enhancement requirement in SICSnt reinsurance system
• Worked on Point In claims systems of auto lob for MVR (motor vehicle reports) for North American risk services and responsible for business reporting

Confidential

IT- Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and writing functional specifications
• Regular updates of forms, tables in underwriting and claims system as per the IRDA regulations of insurance and reinsurance business
• Designed scenarios, executed the test plans before releasing them to clients
• Prepared test plan and test cases

Confidential

Research Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Preparation of case-studies and case-lets on Insurance and Actuarial Science & on contemporary topics in life and non-life insurance for real life research
• Actively involved in workshops, seminars, management development programs & Group Discussions
• Edited Articles and Research Papers for publication
• Proactively developed, revised and updated study packs and course material