PROFESSIONAL SUMARY:

• Professional wif Bachelors of Business Administration and Master of Science in Project Management.
• Seasoned business analyst wif 6 years as Strategic Financial Analyst & Financial Research Consultant focusing on diverse field’s viz. Finance & Banking, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, eCommerce, Retail, Trading integration surveillance, Fraud Prevention, Asset Control and Management, clinical domains.
• Strong noledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) models (Waterfall, Rapid Prototyping, Spiral Model), Iterative Models (RUP - Rational Unified Process) and Agile Programming Methodology (such as Scrum)
• Proficient in creating UML Diagrams including Use Case diagram, Class diagram, Sequence diagram & Activity Diagrams using Rational Rose and MS Visio.
• Thorough noledge of implementing RUP in all four phases of a project me.e. Inception, Elaboration, Construction and Transition.
• Experience in creating Business Context Diagrams, Work Flow Diagrams, Implementation Checklists and Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM).
• Proficient wif tools like Rational Rose, MS Visio and MS Office and power point presentations.
• Extensively used Rational ClearQuest to automate and enforce change management.
• In depth noledge in translating business requirements and user expectations into detailed specifications.
• Organized weekly Project Status and Task Review meetings. Results-oriented Joint Application Development (JAD) Facilitator and meetings coordinator wif excellent interpersonal skills
• Created PowerPoint presentations and project updates using MS Project for management review
• Experienced in facilitating and coordinating extensive JAD sessions (Joint Application Development) and interviews, written correspondence, reports, project status reports, oral presentations, e-mails, etc, to keep executive staff and team members apprised of goals, project status, discuss application enhancements and resolving issues and conflicts.
• In-depth noledge of Rational Unified Process (RUP) and experience in conducting Joint application development (JAD) sessions for gathering requirements, and Rapid application development (RAD) sessions to converge early toward a design acceptable to customers
• Analyzed and prepared portfolio analysis report and P&L (profit and Loss) report by performing Risk Analysis (Credit Risk, Market Risk, Reinvestment Risk and Inflation Risk) based on client’s investment objective and submitted to trade, and also developing and executing short and long term financial strategies customized to meet client needs.
• Experience in performing Gap Analysis, Impact Analysis & Interface Analysis in order to check teh compatibility of teh out of box system/existing system infrastructure wif teh new business requirements.
• Strong experience writing SQL queries for various types of data analysis wifout depending on development team.
• Analytical, methodical, and resourceful approach to problem solving, identifying and documenting root causes and corrective actions.
• Experience in documenting teh Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases for teh User Acceptance testing (UAT).
• Well versed in using project management tools like MS-Project for status reporting and planning
• Strong oral and exceptional written business communication skills, hard working, positive thinking, self-starter wif a strong goal orientation. Excellent meetings facilitator wif excellent inter-personal and conflict resolving skills
• Proven success as a business analyst through teh years, providing a well-balanced understanding of business relationships, business requirements, and technical solutions

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Methodologies: RUP, UML, Agile

Testing Tools: Remedy, Quality Center, Clear quest, Test Director

Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, Microsoft Visio

Version Control Systems: Rational Clear Case, VSS (Visual Source Safe).

Project Management: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office

Programming Languages: SQL, Java, JavaScript, HTML

Databases: Oracle 9i/10g, MS SQL Server, MS-Access

Web Technologies: Microsoft FrontPage

Others: me-Rise

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Westborough, MA

Business Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Worked in different types of Projects at ABBOTT such as CTMS (Clinical Trial Management System), CDW (Clinical Data Warehousing) & CDC (Clinical Document Control).
• Worked wif requirement gathering of Noetix reporting tool by interacting wif teh various SMEs of Abbott & teh Noetix corp. through interviews and prototyping.
• Responsible for conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions wif teh partner (Noetix Corporation), Executive sponsor &Project managers of Abbott for teh requirement gathering of CTMS-Noetix integration project.
• Responsible for preparing teh requirement document for teh customization of teh Noetix reporting tool.
• Took an active part in sizing of teh CTMS project.
• Created Project charter and RAM for teh CTMS-Noetix integration Project.
• Responsible for preparing teh RFP (Request For Proposal) according to teh guideline for teh vendor selection purpose.
• Responsible for teh development of Business Context diagram along wif teh SME for teh integration project using Microsoft Visio.
• Completed teh BRD wif teh inputs from Business community.
• Used Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) in conjunction wif Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to identify and eventually analyze risks.
• Defined conditions for Impact Scales of a risk on major project objectives.
• Prepared Risk Assessment Form to document teh scenario analyses for evaluating teh severity and probability of teh risk events.
• Prepared Risk Severity Matrix to prioritize risk and made Change Request Form and Logs to track proposed changes made coz of teh risk.
• Documented prevention and contingency plan for teh each risk.
• Prepared teh Functional Design Document (FDD) wif Use cases and Activity diagram covering all teh business needs.
• Reviewed and got sign off on BRD and FDD from business and development and QA management.
• Took an active part in reviewing test cases and test plans and halped business to prepare UAT test cases and test data by coordinating wif QA and development teams.
• Responsible for creating & maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix in order to track teh development and QA process.
• Closely involved wif teh QA team & assisted them to develop quality Test cases by referring teh Use cases.
• Assisted teh QA team to complete teh performance testing of teh integration project.
• Assisted wif teh Project Manager to define project milestones, schedules, monitoring progress and updating plans using MS Project.
• Using Documentum monitored change requests and documented requirements, integrating them wif Use Cases.
• Used SQL to query existing data for better data analysis to write more accurate use cases.
• Played an active role wif coordination in teh UAT and teh release of CTMS integration project.

Environment: Noetix, UML, Siebel 7.7 eClinical, TOAD, MS Visio, Remedy (Bug tracking tool), Documentum

Confidential, NewYork, NY

Business Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for interacting wif teh Stake Holders, SMEs and teh end users to gather teh requirement.
• Facilitated JAD Sessions to develop an architectural solution that teh application meets teh business requirements, resolve open issues, and change requests.
• Communicated wif teh customers (Sales reps) using focus groups, document analysis, interviews and prototyping.
• Involved in teh design of (BRD) business requirements document of Trading platform surveillance.
• Conduction meeting other business users from financial instates to gather more info about trading process flow.
• Continuously interacted wif teh Siebel BA of teh team in order to make sure that all functionality of teh application is captured in teh FSD.
• Identified Use Cases from teh BRD and prepared teh FSD making sure that all teh Business needs are converted to Use case.
• Involved in preparing Class diagram &Sequence diagram using Rational Rose for teh Architect in order to complete teh Technical design document.
• Managed all teh requirements in Rational Requisite Pro, making requirements available to all team members.
• Performed gap analysis by identifying existing technologies, documenting teh enhancement to meet teh end state requirements.
• Responsible for maintaining release calendar.
• Responsible for updating & documenting Modifications, Enhancements and Customization of Siebel Business Objects, Business Components and interfaces (Applets, Views, Screens) according to teh requirements.
• Used MS-Project for status reporting and planning.
• Responsible for managing teh QA team for reviewing teh testcases to ensure that teh Test cases thoroughly covered all teh testing criteria.
• Took an active part in teh UAT wif teh business team.

Environment: J2EE, Workflow Manager, Test director, Microsoft Project, MS Visio

Confidential, NewYork, NY

Business Analyst

Rolls and Responsibilities:

• Involved wif understanding teh current business process, defining scope of teh project along wif position statement.
• Involved wif database team to executed queries wif Oracle database and extract teh current data for analysis.
• Conducted high level interviews wif business users in bidding department to find out required features, optional features and good to have features UI.
• Analyzed teh method of efficiently aligning teh wants and needs of clients by Business process management (BPM) to achieve teh objectives.
• Met wif users and stakeholders to understand teh problem domain, gatheird customer requirements through surveys, interviews (group and one-on-one) along wif JAD sessions.
• Developed teh business requirement collection approach based on teh project scope and SDLC methodology, accomplished experience through whole SDLC from requirement analysis till deployment.
• Responsible for writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications Document (FRD), Systems Design Specifications, workflow and diagramming skills for drawing UML diagrams such as Activity diagrams, Class diagrams and Sequence diagrams, Dataflow diagrams (DFD), Requirement Tractability Matrix and Disaster Recovery.
• Maintained teh updates on teh Project Plan from teh feedback given by different managers for tracking and schedule planning purposes.
• Created business requirement document, business use cases, and functional (FRS) and technical specifications for teh trading system.
• Applied Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams to create use case diagrams and sequence diagrams in MS Visio.
• Maintained and documented a list of issues throughout teh lifecycle of teh project.
• Worked on Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) for analysis and use case senarios.
• Involved in integrating quantitative, analytical business wif information management.
• Created use-cases in MS Visio and MS PowerPoint for better visualization of teh application.
• Worked wif architects & developers on business and technical issues, assisting in designing of teh system; and QA team to ensure all requirements are translated correctly.
• Involved in UAT testing to make sure that system is matching teh user requirements.
• Identified areas of risks, assessment, monitoring, having security and audit controls in place

Environment: IBM Whebsphere, IBM DB2 V8.1, Oracle 10g, J2EE, XML, MS Project, MS Visio

Confidential, Charlette, NC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Use Case Modeling using Rational Unified Process (RUP) for preparing Functional Requirements documents.
• Assisting teh business team in Business Case Modeling
• Analyzing XML data files from market to understand teh data patterns received.
• Communicated business users for all downstream application departments to find their needs for data on receiving end.
• Generated graphs from trading data from existing data extracting data using SQL in to Excel files and reviewed wif business users.
• Developed business requirement documents and system requirement documents.
• Prepared functional specification and conducted review meeting wif various groups of business users as dis data is shared by several groups like trading department, security master and record keeping system users and application teams.
• Reviewed all test cases developed by QA team to make sure all use cases captured properly.
• Coordinated wif business users and QA teams for UAT testing and preparing UAT data.
• Giving project sizings for various releases of teh project to senior management
• Involved in organizing weekly Project Status and Task Review meetings
• Creating PowerPoint presentations and project updates using MS Project for management review
• Worked wif database team and application to team to enhanced SQL statements to support reporting requirements.
• Worked wif UI team and creative teams for screen design to make sure teh screens are user friendly and captured all info required to correct teh securities data and approve teh transactions.
• Conducted training session wif business users community about teh application and new fetures.

Environment: Websphere, IBM DB2, J2EE, MS Visio, Quality Center, Rational Rose

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Interacted wif teh project team to halp define teh business and system
• Objectives, confirmation of scope, identify constraints.
• Gatheird requirements through JAD session wif stakeholders, business partners, and end users.
• Strong noledge writing SQL for Data analyzing and Used TOAD IDE
• Interacted wif team leaders to identify and analyze teh given information, procedures and decision flows.
• Extensively used brainstorming sessions to meet wif teh stakeholders and generate innovative ideas.
• Created Use-Cases and Business Use-Case Model after accessing teh status and scope of teh project and understanding teh business processes.
• Worked wif system analysts to create application’s functional and non-functional requirement documented.
• Used UML to specify, construct and document teh software system using Rational Rose.
• Rational Requisite Pro was used to develop traceability matrices.
• Reviewed test case to make sure they meet teh business requirements and contributed to UAT manual testing.
• Assisted in conducting customer acceptance testing.
• Coordinated participation and sign-off of various business partners and customers.
• Created business requirement documents and integrated teh requirements and underlying platform functionality.
• Interfaced between Business new product builders and System platform builders.
• Worked wif systems area to translate business needs into system requirements.
• Made sure teh test cases and test process guarantee accountability to business and systems requirements.
• Reviewed sever websites search and discussed teh new features wif business team and application team for teh possibility of giving better user interface and experience in search.
• Conducted several JAD sessions wif SEO (Search Engine Optimization) team to understand teh complete process of search internal and external including business rules.
• Worked wif order management team to understand teh workflow of Order management and developed use cases wif new requirements and reviewed wif several teams.
• Coordinated wif business user community and QA team for UAT testing and postproduction tasks.

Environment: J2EE, Struts, Websphere Commerce (WCE), JSPs, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Rose, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, RUP Methodology, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office suite, Visio.

Confidential

Associate Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Conducted user interviews, gatheird, analyzed and documented business requirements based on teh analysis of loan processing workflow model
• Reviewed Charter Documents/Business Requirement Documents for tagging and tracing to Use-Case Specifications, System Requirements Specification and UI Functional specification documents
• Functioned as teh primary liaison between teh business line, operations, and teh technical areas throughout teh project cycle.
• Clarified QA team issues and reviewed test plans and test scripts developed by QA team to make sure that all requirements will be covered in scripts and tested properly
• Participated in teh bug review meetings, updated requirements document as per business user feedback and change in functionality of teh application.
• Assisted client in developing content and training materials; recommended enhancements and identified new business requirements
• Facilitated and managed meeting sessions wif committee of SMEs from various business areas including Loan Servicing and Loan Monitoring.
• Assisted wif user testing of systems, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation was in place.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Class diagrams using UML and Rational Rose.
• Analyzed and prioritized key reports for day to day servicing needs for loan monitoring processing and inspection.

Environment: Rational Rose 2000, Rational Clear Case 2000, DDTS, Oracle 8i, UML, RUP, Rational Requisite Pro