SUMMARY

• Certified Safe 4.0 Agilist from Agile and certified Product owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance.
• Extensive experience in roles such as Project management and Business Analysis with excellent knowledge to the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies, frame works and processes.
• Passionate to work in fast paced agile environment & experienced in managing requirements from project inception through release.
• Optimized data collection procedures and generated reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
• Successfully interpreted data in order to draw conclusions for managerial action and strategy
• Used statistical techniques for hypothesis testing to validate data and interpretations
• Presented data and conclusions to team in order to improve strategies and operations and interpreting and analyzing data in order to drive successful business solutions
• Sound understanding of Business Process Flows, Business Requirements gathering and planning with Stake holders. Experience in working with cross - functional team to deliver the end result
• Key working area includes Requirement Gathering, Requirement Analysis and Documentation (BRD, SRS), Flow diagram, Use case specification, Scope of Work (SOW), KPI’s (Key Performance Indicator Business), Proposals, Project Estimation Sheet, Wire framing/Prototyping & case studies.
• Highly self-motivate individual with ability to handle the task individually to meet the critical guideline.
• Good interpersonal, an Excellent analytical skill with proven track record of utilizing a process-oriented approach towards the accomplishment of organizational objectives.
• Involved in Business Analysis, user-level Testing and Pre-Sales roles requiring extensive Client interaction, End to End Ownership, Accountability& Delivery, Stakeholder Management.
• Gathering business requirement, mapping the requirement with system, involve in Gap Analysis
• Responsible for analysis, determination, implementation and maintenance of Decision Models to meet client business requirements.
• Experience intellectualizing, evaluating and negotiating external strategic partnerships
• Sound knowledge in Business Process Automation (BPA) to achieve digital transformation.
• Writing detailed software requirements specification with user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Proven Product management experience Prioritizing & Planning strategic initiatives to meet the business goal and stay on point.
• Conduct meetings with clients, product manager and subject matter experts to identify and generate functional requirements encompassing process for ideal solution.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Business Process Mapping.
• Waterfall & Agile Methodology
• Prototype / Wireframing
• Use Cases
• Research & Analysis
• Business Artifacts Documentation
• Data Analytics
• BPA
• Team Management
• Project Coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst/Product Owner

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Conducted business process analysis and needs assessments, in an effort to align Workday solutions with HR - Benefits initiatives.
• Assessed Business Unit / Function needs, clearly eliciting, translating, and documenting business, functional, and non-functional requirements across multiple process areas and communicating with influence and persuasion, as necessary, to reach agreement.
• Worked with external partners and vendors to elicit business and technical needs, and lead requirement discussion sessions with key senior stakeholders
• Developed mitigation plans for highly complex risks and issues for specific Benefits business unit that would be impacted on deadline day launch of Workday ERP.
• Created documentation to assist developers in integration API's for various vendor systems.
• Served as primary liaison for the ERP Business Analysis Team with the Human Resource department through the life cycle of HCM implementation.
• Responsible for maintenance and configuration of HCM elements in Workday working with business subject matter experts.
• Validated all integrations being implemented and reviewed with business to ensure all scenarios are being captured.
• Translated functional business requirements and business rules into Workday workbooks.
• Created and maintain long-term working relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, including technology teams, functional counterparts, vendors, developers, and business partners.
• Created and maintain inbound/outbound Workday HCM integrations to third party vendors including payroll and benefits providers.

Environment: s: Agile Product Development, Workday - HCM, BPM, SQL

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing SRS, Functional and non-functional feature listing and creating business documents for product releases.
• Proficiency in delivering Business analysis projects across Mobile, Tablet and Web Platforms/Channels and have successfully managed projects involving product and migration from in house legacy systems
• User Level Testing of modules delivered by technical team from time to time.
• Responsible for creating the wireframes using various tools
• Extensive experience and strong knowledge in Agile product development process (Mobile and Web).
• Involved in creating BRDs, FRDs, SRS and use cases and acceptance criteria.

Environment: s: Agile Product Development, Visio, MS-office

Sr. Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• The Primary responsibility is to cover high level scope & objective of the project and establish a communication channel for clear understanding by working closely with oversea clients/stakeholders & internal team members.
• Interpreting and analyzing data in order to drive successful business solutions
• Involved in business process automation (BPA) and maintain communication at all level to ensure the stakeholder's expectations are met.
• Writing user stories and acceptance criteria, updating it time to time based on change request (if any).
• Performing GAP analysis and impact analysis along with it analyzing the project change request to meet the stakeholder's expectations.
• Creating wireframe using tools like Azure, Mockups, Balsamiq.
• Working on Agile Methodologies Backlogging user stories, epic, feature over internal software.
• Wireframing/Prototyping for mobile/Website & Drafting Business Proposal & Providing Estimation document of business requirement.
• Analyze and Write detailed client requirements and communicate to the external and internal patrons.
• Co-ordinate with development team to ensure the client's expectations are met.
• Liaison on behalf of stakeholders to ensure the functional aspects are aligned.
• Replying any question or request received from client and escalate to the right team for troubleshooting.
• Involved in direct client interaction and bridging the gap between client and development team.
• Design the functional requirements, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and work flow analysis.
• Involved in agile SDLC model & working with developers and testers for exact & timely replication of requirements.
• Being an enthusiastic learner I believe in learning every day and implementing the knowledge for the future task betterment.
• Believe in achieving result and delivering perfect solution to end customer.
• Making sure the objectives are met with collaborative effort of all team members.

Environment: s: Agile Methodology, Data Analytics, Data Reporting, MS office, Azure, Balsamiq, BPM, SQL, ZOHO CRM

Business Analyst

Confidential 

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business process, functionality and preparing the business requirement document for the same.
• Responding to functional requirements in RFP's (Request for Proposals).
• Interaction with Development team for functional clarifications and product development aspects.
• Functional Testing of modules delivered by technical team from time to time.
• To maintain a cordial coordination with the development team in order to bring about desired modifications to the system in the best way so as the costs, efficiency and project man hours required is minimum.
• To keep a track of the changing needs of the business which may require bringing about changes to the system even during the development stage and may be even at later stages so that we could be equipped well in time to hatch out a plan for the same.

Environment: s: Hybrid Methodology, MS Office, Excel