SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of diverse work experience as an Business Analyst with excellent project management skills in different domains, including Capital Marketing, Credit Risk, Market Risk and Regulatory, specialized in Finance, solid financial and statistical background, demonstrated business analysis methodology experience.
• Experience inSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, RUP and Waterfall.
• Solid working knowledge on Scrum concepts like Scrum Team, Product Backlog, Spring Planning, User Stories, Daily Stand - up Meeting, Burn Down Charts, andPair Programming etc.
• Strong Analysis skills in Project Definition Document (PDD)and Requests for Proposal (RFP).
• Deep understanding of different business management strategies in Business Processes asBusiness Process Automation(BPA), Business Process Improvement(BPI) and Business Process Re-engineering(BPR).
• Experience in design and documentation business documentslike Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD), andutilizingRequirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Excellent inGAP analysis to identify system restrictions and potentials, and creatingAS-IS and TO-BE documents and Process Maps.Identified and Created Business Process Flows using MS Visio.
• Proficient in Prototyping application User Interfaces using Wireframes and Mock-ups with focused attention to detail in enriching User Experience and UserInteraction.
• Strong Experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) session with onsite and offsite team.
• Competent in creatingBusiness Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams for business process modeling like Use Case Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and Flow Charts.
• Experience in Change Management and Conflict Resolution at various stages of the project life cycle.
• Strong testing experience in performing Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Progression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)and Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong SQL background, including ER diagrams, and writing SQL queries.
• Good Knowledge in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) concepts like generalization, polymorphism, encapsulation and inheritance.
• Experience in creating User Manual and conducting User Workshops to providehigh-qualified to the end users.
• Proven active involvement in Post Production Validation and Production Support.
• Extensive knowledge in Corporate Finance, Risk Management,Investment Banking, and Mortgagesuch as Financial Statement Analysis, Equity, Fixed Income, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, M&A, IPOetc.
• Solid background and experience in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) like MS Dynamics and SAP.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Requirements Management Tools: SAP PowerDesigner, Rational DOORS, Requisite Pro

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, RUP

Languages: SQL, UML, XML, HTML, PHP, Java, C, SAS, SPSS, MATLAB, Hadoop

Business Modeling Tools: SmartDraw, MS Visio, iRise

Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint)

Defect Management Tools: Bugzilla, SILK Central, Jira, Serena

Databases: IBM DB2, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle

Operating Systems: Windows 7/Vista/XP/95, Unix, Mac OS X

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Midtown, NY

Business Analyst - Risk Control

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with project stakeholders and business groups to evaluate business needs and/or data issues and worked with the technology team to implement pragmatic solutions in a timely manner.
• Worked closely with Subject Matter Experts (SME) of all applications under Treasury IT for different types of violation remediation, including conference call and raising JiRa ticket for change request release.
• Understood the AS-IS and TO-BE business process and developed the GAP Analysis and performed gap remediation by working closely with developers and support team to close RCA gaps on time.
• Completed Data Critical Program (DCPNP) survey for all applications under Treasury IT.
• Involved in Privilege Accounts Downgrading (ITPA), assigned and helped developers within team to raise CRs and cooperated with Windows Team to make sure the process smoothly and successfully.
• Worked with QA team to make sure all key changes have been test in UAT environment before releasing and did post check after releasing.
• Developed Issue Tracker and Risk Tracker and organized regular weekly meeting to close these issues.
• Assisted testers in developing a variety of possible Test Scenarios and Test Cases to ensure that the system built according the requirements.
• Worked closely with the business users for each area within Barclays in order to elucidate the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategy and offer strategic validation solutions to the business.
• Involved in Defect Life Cycle, validated and regularly monitored all the filed defects and their progress.
• Provided status update monthly to Senior Managers of progress made on all aspects of risk control and milestones achieved and shared with RTB team to improve their performance.
• Conducted focus group session with brokers and users within Barclays, managers and other SMEs to identify those functionalities that would maximize the efficiency of the process.

Environment: Microsoft office suite, SQL Server 2000, JiRa, SQL, ServiceNow, Bloomberg

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with the Corporate Regulatory Engagement businessteam, LOB control teams and CST technology to understand the end to end process, data security and delivery of regulatory documents.
• Interacted closely with stakeholders andSubject Matter Experts (SME) for requirements gathering and clearly documenting, and holding joint application delivery sessions across LOBs and functional areas to ensure requirements covering on business values, story points and acceptance criteria.
• Created and maintained User Stories by workshop, interviewing, brainstorming, 1 to 1 meeting with the business users to communicate the requirements to development and testing teams.
• Understood the AS-IS and TO-BEbusiness process and developed theGAP Analysis.
• Played lead role in conducting JAD/JAR sessions, got requirement specification documents including Project Objectives, Business Requirements, and Business Rules sign off.
• Consulted the business users and SMEs, helped to create Product Backlogs to prioritize features and subsequently created Sprint Backlogs.
• Hold the Daily Stand-up Meeting, documented and updated the Burn-Down Chart.
• Proficiently helped development teams to break down large user stories. Involved in various Walk-through sessions with developers and gave presentations to help them understand the end user needs.
• Performed rapid prototypingand screen Mock-up utilizing iRise.
• Experience inSAS and SQL queries to retrieve and validate data, prepared for data mapping document.
• Assisted Testing teams to build test plans, approved test cases for functional requirements verification and to check the functionality of the application.
• Collaborated with QA team to create and implement test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).Involved with the whole UAT to ensure the performance of the system and application.
• Developed User Manuals, presentations and manuals as per project specifications and timelines.
• Provided status update to the Project Manager of progress made on work products and milestones achieved and Reviewed with scrum team and BA team to improve their performance.

Environment: Agile Methodology,SAS 9.3, SQL, Oracle 9i, Windows XP, UML, iRise, MS Visio, MS Visual Studio 2005, MS Dynamics, JiRa

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

CAP MKTS- Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Communicated with Business Users, Sponsors and Subject Matter Experts(SME) to understand existing system and current business process and methods to identify deficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Worked with architectures to analyze the Project Definition Document (PDD) to make an initial estimation of the sizing of the project, as well as potential impacts on existing systems.
• Performed GAP analysis including AS-IS and TO-BE analysis to identify the potentials of current system.
• Met with the business users and SMEs, then created and maintained Business Requirement Document (BRD) by brainstorming and interviewing, and ensured requirements have coverage on business values, business scope, business rules and acceptance criteria of Confidential .
• Conduct Functional Requirement Work Session with Architectures and Application Teams to translate Business Requirements into Functional & Non-Functional Requirements (FRD).
• Provided detailed User Interface Document (UID)to the development and testing team for clear understanding of the new applications and systemusing iRise.
• Conducted Requirement Walk-throughs with the development and test teams before the development and testing phases respectively, to ensure that the requirements are accurately understood.
• Conducted JAD sessions at different stages to resolve conflicted issues among business users and developer.
• Created and maintained Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to trace technical requirements to their business requirements and the test case requirements to their functional requirements.
• Worked closely with the QA Team to create and approveTest Plan and Test Cases.
• Defect Tracking and Lifecycle management in Serena Business Manager.
• Performed thorough User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure all the business requirements have been fulfilled by the application.
• Actively participated in Post Production Validation (PPV) and handled issues appropriately.

Environment: RUPMethodology, SAS 9.2, MS Office, iRise, MS Visio, Oracle DB, Java, HTML, CSS, Serena, SQL

Confidential, MountLaurel, NJ

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Business Requirement Work Session with Sponsors, Subject Matter Expertise (SME), and Architectures to elicit Project Objectives, Business Requirements, and Business Rules
• Understood core processes of the departments to provide input on re-engineering or streamlining opportunities and analyzed operating procedures to recommend and implement improvement plans
• Met with client groups to collect user requirements and goals and utilized Rational Unified Process (RUP) to configure and develop process, standards, and procedures
• Created GAP Analysis including AS-IS process and TO-BE process
• Analyzed business requirements and turned them into Use Cases, Activity Diagrams / State Chart Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology
• Conducted JAD sessions to facilitate discussions between different users to resolve issuesand come to an agreement and signed off the documents
• Created and maintainedStandard Documentation Package (Business Requirements, Specification, Design, Operations, and Quality Testing Plans)
• Understood and articulated business requirements and translated Business Requirements into Functional & Non-Functional Requirements
• Communicated with Programming and Core Mainframe Servicing staff to ensure understanding of business processes and requirements to ensure the delivered system matches the specified features and functions
• Created and maintained Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to manage requirements and performed Impact Analysis when request for change (RFC) arrived. Escalated the results of the analysis to the Change Control Board (CCB).
• DevelopedTest Plans and Test Case scenarios to guarantee the changes to the system design meets business requirements, and go through tests with QA team
• Coordinated and Monitored User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the business user and interfaced with the development and test team with regards to defect status and fixes on a regular basis

Environment: RUP methodology, PowerDesigner, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Oracle DB, Java, SQL