SUMMARY

• Analytical, detail - oriented and problem-solving Business System Analyst with 10+ years of experience. Highly experienced in Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall and SCRUM-fall project lifecycle implementation. Inherent ability to relate Project Objectives with tasks has enabled me to excel in my role and assist in successful implementation of Projects.
• Over 10+ years of experience as a Senior Business System Analyst in frontline leadership roles.
• Highly experienced in working in end-to-end project lifecycles including Waterfall, Agile-Scrum and Waterfall-Scrum Hybrid methodologies.
• Highly experienced in various areas of Investment Banking, Portfolio Management, Fixed Income, Annuities, Trading Life Cycle, Mortgage, Loan Orientation, Stocks, Bonds, Futures, Options, Hedging, OTC derivatives, Bill Payment, Equity Research, Mutual Funds, Securities trading and Commodities.
• Experienced in documenting Project Scope, Statement of Work (SOW), Project Charter, Business Requirements Document (BRD), Systems Requirements Specification (SRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD).
• Knowledge of data integration for enterprise wide Application Using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Service Bus ESB Platform.
• Worthy understanding of concepts like Data warehousing, data structures, Schemas, Data Marts, Data-Entity Relationships and User Administration. Worked with data warehouses for migrating data from OLTP’s to OLAP cube using ETL tools such as Informatica power center and SSIS.
• Adept in using various elicitation techniques such as JAD sessions, Interviews, focus groups, and Workshops in Gathering Comprehensive Requirements.
• Managed Executive level communications, Created Executive Dashboards, Reports and Project status updates for Senior Management and Project teams.
• Exceptional communication skills and result oriented professional who combines formal education/certifications with experience gained from research and hands-on opportunities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7 Macintosh
• Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Mockup Screen, Mule ESB (Mule Runtime Engine), Anypoint Studio, EA Sparx
• SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile - Scrum, RUP
• Business Skills: Change Management, Impact Analysis, and JAD sessions, SWOT Analysis, Project Planning, Project Scheduling and Project Budgeting
• Requirement Management: JIRA, HP ALM, Rally, Mule Management Console
• Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS SharePoint Server, Rally, Projector PSA, Clarity, HP PPM, TFS, SharePoint 2013,2010, 2007
• Testing Tools: HP QC v10.0, HP ALM v11.5, Load Runner, Postman
• Financial Tools: MS Excel functions, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial trackers
• ETL Tools: Informatica, Tableau, SQL Server Data Tools, SAP Data server, SSIS
• Reporting Tools: Tableau Desktop, IBM Cognos, MS Office Suite
• Languages: HTML, XML, SQL, jQuery, DataWeave

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Estero, FL

Sr. Business Analyst/Integration Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the weekly status meetings to report on overall integration delivery to the Confidential and Confidential Leadership by creating PowerPoint presentations.
• Worked to align with development team on schema, sample and attribute information to ensure consistency across the multiple integrations.
• Facilitated meeting with internal and external solution architects to capture the integration design and document the sequence and context diagrams.
• Created Integration design documents along with the interface mapping document to share with the Confidential and Confidential development team.
• Worked with Program leads to report on Integrations under my group - Payments, Reservations, MDM and Accounting.
• Assisted with user acceptance test (UAT) of the system, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.
• Point-of-contact for offshore team to oversee their work deliverables and review the same.
• Responsible for onboarding new team members and providing them with an overview of the project and unique integration patterns that they would need to be aware about.
• Coordinated knowledge-transfer and helped troubleshoot defects at time User Acceptance Testing.
• Used JIRA to report on integration progress and blockers to Confidential management.

Confidential - Estero, FL

Sr. Technical Business Analyst/Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for facilitating requirement workshops with Source and Target SMEs to gather non-functional and functional requirements.
• Spearheaded mapping session to capture source to target attribute level mapping, along with documenting Business Rules as and where required.
• Worked with the developers to provide them an overview of the use-case for each integration and helped with understanding the business logic for them to code in the MuleSoft Anypoint platform.
• Assisted the QAs in forming the testcases for each integration by giving them an overview of the systems and provided them with sample test data as and when needed.
• Responsible for creating use-case diagrams and design documents, which provided the SMEs with a detailed overview and scope of each integration.
• Coordinated go-live/ production related knowledge transfer to respective teams by providing system overview and detailed use-case information.
• Used HP ALM to upload Requirement Specs and keep track of defects for each integration.
• Participated in daily SCRUM to update on progress being made on ongoing integration and any blockers that were stalling our progress.
• Proposed initiatives to track the progress of implementation across the programs and use it as a reporting tool for Project Stakeholders.
• Assisted the Project Mangers in reviewing and processing Change Requests for integrations; Updated the same on HP QC to keep track of requests.

Confidential - Hopewell Campus, NJ

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted multiple Interviews, Brainstorming, Requirements Workshop and JAD sessions with business owners, development teams, DB admins, financial analysts, and Subject matter experts to elicit requirements regarding scenarios, business rules, compliance and regulations.
• Involved in business process reengineering (BPR) by conducting Process modelling, SWOT analysis, Document analysis, and GAP analysis to analyze As-Is business process and the To-Be system.
• Created Business Requirement document (BRD) to incorporate high-level business requirements, and Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for functional, non-functional, Data, and GUI requirements.
• Involved in creating wireframes, mock-up screens, Data flow diagrams, use case diagrams, sequence diagrams and Activity diagrams for To-Be system, and Reporting UIs using MS Visio
• Identified and defined Data sources and conducted Data profiling, Data cleansing, and Data enrichment.
• Involved in Data Integration using Enterprise Service Bus - MuleSoft (Mule ESB); Designed Mule flow in a SOA environment with Mule ESB.
• Assisted the team in defining the migration approach and method for the MuleSoft implementation which drove the required architecture, design and framework
• Assisted in preparation of UAT test plan, Test Cases, Testing Cycle schedules, Test Scenarios and implemented them with QA team.

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Sr. Systems Analyst/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed various stakeholders, and elicited requirement by conducting requirements gathering workshops with traders, business users, portfolio managers, statistical analyst, and financial SMEs
• Decomposed the scope from the BRD into user stories by conducting a story writing session with the Product owner and then the acceptance criteria for the PSPI
• Created User stories, Use Cases, Use case diagrams, Workflow Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams
• Used Relative Mass Evaluation for estimation, and MoSCoW for prioritization of user stories
• Tracked team velocity and Sprint progress using Sprint Burndown Chart and Release Burndown Chart. Supported the scrum development team by resolving impediments, maintaining an impediment list, and making that list visible for all teams in the organization.
• Involved in Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Issue Resolution and Report Generation to assure that all aspects of the Project are complying with the Business Requirements.
• Managed Requirement churn during the project by performing Impact Analysis by checking the feasibility in maintaining the Triple Constraint and discussing them in Daily Scrum Stand-up.
• Prepared and maintained ETL specifications, and Dimensional Modeling documentation
• Worked on service-oriented architecture (SOA), with mostly RESTful APIs & JSON, while partial SOAP & XML.
• Transformed incomplete/inconsistent responses from multiple sources into easily queried data structures using Mule's Data Integration Framework.
• Logged and tracked the defects using JIRA and created an error repository along with the QA team.
• Planned and organized team engagement activities to encourage self-organization among the team.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Business System Analyst/Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the prior documentation and business processes for full understanding of the project. Interviewed area experts, asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements hereby building a bridge between the business people and technical people
• Developed good knowledge of Financial Instruments, Asset Allocation, Commodities, Bond Pricing, Corporate Bonds, Fixed Income, Credit Risk and Market Risk
• Assisted project manager in creating proposals and project budget allocations and worked on Project Charter and Work-Breakdown Structures using MS Project
• Prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FRD)
• Managed Executive level communications, Created Executive Dashboards, reports, Program, Newsletters and Project status updates on weekly basis for Senior Management and Projects teams
• Decomposed the scope from the BRD into user stories by conducting a story writing session with the product owner. and then the acceptance criteria for the PSPI (Potentially Shippable Product Increment)
• Assisted Scrum Master in facilitating Sprint 0 and communicated to team about Product vision, goals and milestones
• Created Activity Diagrams, Sequence diagrams, the use cases and use case diagrams.
• Responsible for creating, maintaining and sorting the Product backlog and Sprint backlog in Jira.
• Participated in Grooming meeting and prioritized the backlog using MOSCOW technique and forced ranking
• Constantly updated senior management & stakeholders regarding product progress, project performance and time-lines

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the customers and internal stakeholders to gather user requirements and their expectations from the system
• Involved in analyzing Business Requirements and developing System Specifications
• Assessed business priorities, and advised business units on risks and Cost-Benefit analysis
• Used Rational Rose to generate various UML Diagrams
• Organized cross training of team members and users to become more responsive
• Participated in the development and preparation of the Test Plan with the testing team as well as ensuring testability, reliability, usability, maintainability and performance of the application
• Ensured that the modifications suggested by the users were incorporated into the application
• Formed a bridge between the Project Manager and different teams with effective presentations

Confidential

Financial Analyst/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review financial statements and analyzed sales revenues, costs, expenses, and tax rates for all business units of leading portfolio companies.
• Develop detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and develop forecasts. Consolidate and analyze monthly results and budgets. s
• Gathered requirements using different varying elicitation techniques from various stakeholders.
• Documented and verified requirements to ensure consistency in understanding of requirements.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Established new forecasting tracking and management reporting system to improve availability and accuracy of financial data, triggering 15% increase in accuracy.
• Developed comprehensive reports, abstracts, and charts to present data and guide investment strategies.
• Conducted quantitative analysis of financial data to forecast revenue, identify future trends, and assess risk associated with capital expenditures, acquisitions, and joint-venture projects for large real estate investment firm.
• Prepared budget reports for potential investors and provided clients with asset management and financial investment advice.