Business Functional Analyst Resume Jersey City, NJ - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Collaborative problem solver who uses process improvement, project management and training that consistently meets commitments with integrity. Expertise includes translating complex process into clear, understandable, actionable steps.
Work with flexible and pragmatic approach and ensure deadlines are met, demonstrate success in a fast - paced environment, and remain calm under pressure. Willingness to help others.
Bring clarity to complex technical and business integration and provide a voice for the business in the IT world.
Capacity planning for project delivery
Process improvement and training
Business Analysis
Regulatory compliance and reporting
Agile Project Management
Cash management systems
Program/project planning and management
Communication across global, functional teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Functional Analyst

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Established and chaired Core Banking Governance Forum that improved senior management transparency, increased cross-business stakeholder commitment and drove prioritized decision making.
Negotiated competing development demand from Investment Bank and Cash Management ensuring balanced, effective alignment of key strategic bank objectives and resources.
Ran top-down oversight for the CTB (Change the Bank) project book projects with a focus on interdependency issues and risks, release scope and scheduling, change management, and budget/forecast/actuals monitoring and reporting (Clarity PPM, SharePoint and MS Project).
Evaluated current and future CTB/RTB resource utilization across geographically dispersed technical teams and vendor staff for proactive forward planning which smoothed supply peaks and troughs.
Guided cross-functional virtual teams, including matrix responsibility for 4 business analysts, guaranteeing new development adherence to operational objectives, architectural guidelines, product strategy and regulatory compliance.

Lead Business Functional Analyst

Confidential, New York, NY

Managed Americas branch projects from initiation through closure including requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, UAT test planning and acceptance criteria and solution delivery.
Cash and Foreign Currency Payments
SWIFT Messaging
Liquidity and Capital Management
Reconciliation and Billing
Trade Finance
Client Accounts
GL and Archival Database Integration
Various Local Clearing and Settlement
Electronic Banking
Transaction and Accounting Logic
Administered global RTB cost distribution logic, including scenario modeling and budget planning, to educate stakeholders on the allocation methodology, substantiate branch and business costs, and investigate opportunities for optimization.
Led periodic stakeholder assessment of local market needs which provided framework for service expectations and medium for branch feedback.
Championed roll out of key capabilities and strategic functions across multiple product areas leading to reduced system complexity and unnecessary development.

Business Analyst Specialist

Confidential, New York, NY

Converted high-level business requests to user stories and detailed requirements to guarantee the solution delivered meets client need.
Facilitated design sessions to identify current and future-state business processes, including data migration and business configuration to converge into strategic architectural design.
Developed traceability from requirements definition through quality assurance and user testing to ensure audit and compliance procedural and SDLC standards.

Confidential, New York, NY

Technical Service Representative

Provided technical service and support and training for online and PC based banking applications for Large Corporate and Middle Market customers, including payroll processing, payment initiation and treasury workstation.