SUMMARY

• Close to 8+ years of diversified and extensive experience as Sr. Business Analyst/ Project Manager on large time boxed projects with strong domain knowledge in Financial, Investment Banking and Commercial Banking industries working with data warehouse and data modeling.
• Excellent knowledge in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Derivative products such as Options and Futures, Swaps and Swap Options involving Credit and Interest rate and other OTC derivatives, Fixed Income, Trade Life Cycle, OMS (Order Management Systems), Mortgage, Insurance, Bonds, GAAP.
• Working expertise in Software Development Life cycle (SDLC), Project Life cycle, Business Process Modeling (BPM), Six Sigma and in Software Development Methodologies including Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, and Agile (Scrum & XP).
• Facilitated and participated in PMO activities, Project Planning sessions, user workshops, interviews, conference calls and white board sessions to keep executive staff and the project team members apprised of goals, project status, and resolving issues.
• Involved throughout the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) to develop the Project Charter, Project Plan and Resource allocation; also provided project sizing and resource allocation.
• Experience in process modeling using Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams.
• Solid understanding of writing proposals, presenting Data warehouse solutions, developing BI strategies, evaluating DW, EDW, master data and BI tool.
• Experience in creating High/Low level TDD, Data Flow diagram, data mapping document and ETL specification document.
• Extensive experience in end - to - end ETL process of data transformation, sourcing, mapping, conversion and loading.
• Expert in Data quality Management, Data profiling, Data Cleansing, Data Integrity, Deference Data, Data Security, Document management and Identity Management.
• Deep understanding of Database management system, Data warehousing concepts, Business Intelligence technologies and Data mining.
• Strong knowledge in International Financial Reporting Standers IFRS & US GAAP.
• Experienced working with stocks, bonds, futures, options, forwards, derivatives and portfolio and investment management. Strong Knowledge in the domains of Retail Banking, Mortgage and Trading Industry.
• Diverse experience in staff accounting, general ledger accounting (GL), accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), auditing, payroll, financial analysis and preparation of financial statements.
• Worked with high profile clients, both domestic and international, on successful accounting projects by providing internal and external relationships.
• Strong financial trading and Data experience.
• Experience of Gap/SWOT/Cost-Benefit/Change Impact analysis and business refinement process.
• Technical experience with data analysis and report design.
• Highly skilled in preparing and reviewing of Test Strategy/Test Plan/Test Cases/Test Scripts for UAT, Functional, System, Integration and Performance testing.
• Created Release documents/User Manuals to ensure standard and end user requirements.
• Confident in proposing solutions to complex accounting issues for enhanced accuracy and control.
• Perform payroll processing, timesheet collection/update, maintained employee records, register and accounts.
• Proficient in SAP FICO, Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics and MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
• Extensive experience in producing documents like Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Creating Request for Proposals (RFP), creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Experience in developing and imparting pre and post implementation training, conducting GAP Analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis and ROI analysis.
• Driven by creative ideas and backed by strong Analytical and methodical problem solving skills, identifying causes, corrective actions and providing innovative solutions, building strategic partnerships with senior business leaders and getting commitments to actions from individuals at all levels.
• Experience in Use Case Analysis, creating Key performance indicators (KPI), Enterprise Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and Change Management.
• Knowledge in Business Intelligence, Business Architecture and Data Warehousing including Data Analysis and Data Mapping.
• Extensive experience on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio, Rational Suite and SQL.
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, can perform well both independently and with a team, always willing to work in challenging and cross-platform environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, 2000.

Tools: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Crystal Reports.

Databases: Oracle 10g, MS Access 2007, SQL Server 2000.

Other: Systems Integration, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), TestingQuality Assurance (QA), Requirements Analysis, Requirements Traceability.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Morris Plains NJ

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed software requirement specification documents. Created processing model diagrams in UML/Visio using the business process information captured in the business context analysis documents.
• Elicited requirements by employing information-gathering techniques (e.g., Interviews, surveys, business process analysis), competitive product analysis, reverse engineering of existing systems, etc.
• Participated in the corporate wide BPR roadmap process to define the “To be” process based on Design for Six Sigma Methodology.
• Developed functional requirements and a proposed data warehouse strategy for supporting employee compensation and compliance reporting/analytics.
• Supported business unit teams, product management group and search engine marketing team with ad-hoc reporting and in-depth website analysis.
• Involved in defining the scope of the project, gathering business requirements and documenting and managing them using Rational rose and Rational Requisite Pro respectively.
• Presented high level requirements and interaction diagrams using use cases, to user groups, as well as documenting requirements and getting them reviewed and base lining the same.
• Analyze business requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, activity diagrams using UML methodology.
• Prepared Business Workflow models that cover "How" business processes are accomplished.
• Involved in process modeling, reviewing and writing URS and Functional Requirements.
• Participated in periodical Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with the management and IT teams.
• Developed ETL logic to transfer data from systems to the data warehouse environment using the available ETL code and tool set for implementation.
• Interviewed business experts, asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood by both business and technical communities.
• Utilized Rational Unified Process (RUP) to configure and develop processes, standards, and procedures.
• Performed UAT and Performance testing on the application.
• Used MS Office extensively (Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point, Outlook, Project) for analysis, presentation and documentation throughout the project.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with business owners to identify business system needs, evaluated solutions or business problems and proposed alternate methods to increase efficiency.
• Analyzed and documented information system requirements and the corresponding impact on business processes.
• Responsible for defining the scope and implementing business rules of the project, gathering business requirements and documentation.
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and User Requirement Specification (URS).
• Analyzed Business Requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.
• Successfully conducted JAD sessions, which helped synchronize the different stakeholders on their objectives and helped the developers to have a clear-cut picture of the project.
• Responsible for maintaining the minutes of all the requirement gathering sessions.
• Independently manage project scope, risks and manage project meetings as needed to drive projects to completion.
• Successfully implemented all tactical operational monthly releases. Eight releases to date with a 100% success rate ranging from 20 to 28 enhancements, 30 to 42 bug fixes and numerous emergency fixes.
• Managed a team of 8 developers, testers and analysts and performed all HR processes including performance and career growth.
• Provided people care for individual through career planning, training, compensation, and career advancement based on performance.
• Define the project strategy by evaluating alternative approaches to meet stakeholder regarding content management requirements, specifications, and/or expectations. Establish project controls by defining the required correct processes, measures, and controls to manage project change, communications, procurement, risk, quality, and human resources to facilitate project executing and controlling processes, and to ensure compliance with generally accepted industry standards.
• Formulated comprehensive test plan based on requirements and develop test scenarios based on use cases.
• Performed regression, functional testing, stress testing, performance testing, user interface testing, User Acceptance and system testing.

Confidential, Lake Mary, FL

Sr. Business Analyst / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with business owners to identify business system needs, evaluated solutions or business problems and proposed alternate methods to increase efficiency.
• Analyzed and documented information system requirements and the corresponding impact on business processes using Business Process Models.
• Responsible for defining the scope using project backlogs and sprint backlogs and implementing business rules of the project, gathering business requirements and documenting user stories and personas.
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and User Requirement Specification (URS).
• Analyzed Business Requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.
• Successfully conducted JAD sessions, which helped synchronize the different stakeholders on their objectives and helped the developers to have a clear-cut picture of the project.
• Responsible for maintaining the minutes of all the requirement gathering sessions.
• Independently manage project scope, risks and manage project meetings as needed to drive projects to completion.
• Successfully implemented all tactical operational monthly releases. Eight releases to date with a 100% success rate ranging from 20 to 28 enhancements, 30 to 42 bug fixes and numerous emergency fixes.
• Managed a team of 8 developers, testers and analysts and performed all HR processes including performance and career growth.
• Provided people care for individual through career planning, training, compensation, and career advancement based on performance.
• Define the project strategy by evaluating alternative approaches to meet stakeholder regarding content management requirements, specifications, and/or expectations. Establish project controls by defining the required correct processes, measures, and controls to manage project change, communications, procurement, risk, quality, and human resources to facilitate project executing and controlling processes, and to ensure compliance with generally accepted industry standards.
• Formulated comprehensive test plan based on requirements and develop test scenarios based on use cases.
• Performed regression, functional testing, stress testing, performance testing, user interface testing, User Acceptance and system testing.

Confidential, Orlando FL

Sr. Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assisted two companies (REO America, Inc. and Florida Bankers Insurance Trust) with accounting projects, ensuring timely completion and data integrity.
• Processed accounts payable and accounts receivable using Great Plains software; prepared financial accounting statements using QuickBooks software.
• Posted general ledger and prepared supporting documents in timely manner.
• Updated pending accounts and reconciliation of accounts with bank and external party accounts.
• Processed Accounts payable and receivables process.
• Studied and assessed the business processes. Addressed various use cases related to the usage of the Candidate Management System and provided value added suggestions where possible.
• Gathered User and Business level Requirements from SMEs by conducting JAD sessions.
• Helped Product Managers in documenting the BRD and ensured that all the requirements are documented.
• Responsible for writing the SRS for the various phases of the project and getting the “sign off”.
• Worked closely with the UI/UX team in developing the User Interfaces as per the business requirements.
• Responsible for compiling the Data Extract spreadsheet which captures all the attributes which are to be used in the new search tool. Also, did write the SQL queries required to extract the accurate values of the attributes which are already in the legacy system database.
• Designed the UI Data Mapping spreadsheet to map the UI screens to the accurate fields in the database.
• Responsible for performing the Search Tuning and Relevancy Ranking exercises.
• Served as a contact person for various cross functional teams like Business, Development team, QS and Operational Support.
• Responsible for documenting the various enhancements documents which capture the process for removal of existing tool and integration of the new search tool into the system.
• Worked as the
• Designed and authored multiple reports to help smoothen out project management during various phases of the project.
• Oversaw Process Flow Control and resource allocation.
• Functioned as one of the primary liaisons between the business line, operations, and the technical areas.
• Logged required technical enhancements, defects, and resolved requirement issues using the RHI proprietary requirement tracking tool.
• Assigned problems to appropriate software development team for fixes and resolved requirements issues.
• Authored weekly status reports for project planning & lead internal project teams with up to 4 members.
• Checked Test Cases and developed strategies with Testing team to track and resolve defects
• Played a key role in managing defects tracked for the first round of software deployment, and was the primary point of contact for the Business, QS & Dev team to drive resolution.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed daily cash, fund flow and working capital; reconciled and audited inter-company and bank transactions.
• Prepared aging accounts payables and receivables (AP, AR); processed monthly payroll and prepared financial statements with high attention to detail and deadlines.
• Maintained fixed asset register, charge depreciation and secured insurance coverage for assets.
• Managed annual inventory count of fixed asset and stock.
• Preparing quarterly and annual cost inventory reports and analyzing the same as per the instructions of the seniors and the management.
• Managed annual and monthly closing procedure, charge annual and monthly Journal Entries, set-up, maintain and generate recurring entries, monthly and annual accrual preparation.
• Performed analysis of interest income/expenses, monthly expenses, overheads and ROI.
• Managed daily cash turnover of AED 350000 to AED 500000; collaborated with employees from four divisions dealing with domestic and international trading.
• Defining specifications for preparing balance sheets at periodic intervals, for valuation of stocks and account balances, for creation of reserve for bad debts and other provisions.
• Created Vendor master, Customer master and specified number ranges and screen layouts Ensured that Bank and Correspondence data is created for each vendor and Customer.
• Configured credit control area for customers and defined risk categories and reason codes for disputes and configured the settings for Outgoing Payments including Automatic Payment Program.
• Configured for posting Bills of Exchange Payable, for Security Deposits Configured Lockboxes for the customer Payments.
• Extensively interacted with cross functional teams to understand the impacts on finance.
• Coordinated the integration of FICO with SD, MM and PP based on functional requirements, automatic account assignment, maintaining the revenue account determinations.
• Configured credit control area for customers and defined risk categories and reason codes for disputes.
• Run Asset Accounting module chart of depreciation, depreciation areas, asset types, period control, Calculation keys, account determination, assigning GL accounts for posting.