EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Dynamic and self - motivated Sr. Business Analyst with over seven (7) years of experience in implementing IT solution sin Banking and Financial Services Industry (BFSI).
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) utilizing Waterfall, Agile methodologies.
• Strong experience in interactions with vendors and clients, understanding business requirements & data structure and experienced in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions.
• Proficient in documenting Business Requirement (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), Non-Functional Requirement Documents (NFRDs), Use Cases, Test Cases, User Interface Prototypes.
• Experience in assisting QA’s with test plans and testing for the integration of the project.
• Adept in using Gap Analysis techniques to gain a clear understanding of the AS IS of the system and additionally derive new user scenarios to understand the potential TO BE system.
• Experience in flexible work schedule to facilitate meetings and coordination across multiple time zones, handling Change Management, SWOT analysis.
• Efficient with Advanced Excel and creating and making PowerPoint presentations.
• Comprehensive understanding of CCAR, SWIFT Code (ISO 9362 & ISO 13616) messaging, KYC & AML, Dodd-Frank Act (Durbin Amendment), Balance Sheet, P&L statements, Cashflow statement etc.
• Hands on experience in Implementation of Enterprise Business Intelligence solutions using BI tools such as Business Objects.
• Quick learner, well experienced with Business Process Reengineering, efficient troubleshooter to address the issues and providing solutions to business problems, initiating changes and assist to implement new process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access v2010 & v2007), MS Visio (v2010, v2007), MS Project, TeamViewer,
• MS SQL Server (v2008, v2014), WEST, CTS, SNL Excel, Extractor, HTML, IBM Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest v7.1, HP Quality Center, iRise, Rally Agile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with stakeholders to collect the requirements, modified it into in SDLC framework with the help of Agile (Scrum) methodology and documented as needed.
• Organized JAD sessions with clients, SMEs, Scrum masters, Product owners, and architects to better understand the subject matter and requirements.
• Worked as a liaison between functional business units and Development Team (IT).
• Elucidated requirements with the help of user interviews and brainstorming workshops, analyzed and arranged them into business, functional and non-functional structure.
• Created Use cases, Business Process Mappings, UML diagrams with the help of Microsoft Visio for better understanding of the development team and testing team.
• Interacted with the UI designers and Software developers to manage application functionality and navigation flow.
• Performed Gap analysis for the modules in production, conducted a feasibility study and performed impact analysis for the proposed enhancements involved in the creation and maintenance of the workflow plans.
• Identified functional or operational gaps through competitive analysis, research, monitoring industry trends etc.
• Participated in sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review meetings and sprint retrospectives.
• Maintained and kept track of stakeholders' request for enhancement and changes using Unified Change Management tool (UCM) such as Rational Clear Quest.
• Performed Basic Sanity Testing via navigation and workflow of the application and wrote test cases and test scripts for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Coordinated each release of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the cross-functional business teams to make sure the system was affiliated with the vision of the business teams.

Environment: MS Office suite 2010, MS Project, MS Visio, HTML, SQL Express, Rational Clear Quest, Rally Agile tool, iRise

Confidential, Pennington, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as liaison between business clients and technical teams by planning, conducting and directing the analysis of business requirements.
• Lead requirements elicitation sessions to understand business problems and how proposed system enhancements will address them
• Supported PM in the creation of project requirements to ensure that all the requirements are covered and clarified.
• Performed functional review of the existing vendor system and As-Is and To-Be analysis to identify process flows, measure the performance and SWIFT compliance.
• Performed Impact analysis to measure impacts on existing functionality and business process.
• Produced business requirement artifacts including UML, Use Cases, Business Rules, Supplemental (Non-Functional) Specifications, and User Interface Design Specifications.
• Created traceability matrix reports for financial information in compliance with Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements.
• Created Business Change Management (BCM) documents for building integrated platforms to accommodate new technologies & development methods, improve the processing of sensitive information, reduce operational risks, SWIFT code structure, user acceptance testing (UAT) and test plans (Quality Center).
• Updated the bank system's Identity Access Management (IdAM) strategy and worked with multiple technical teams and business teams for solutions.
• Created wire frames to present it to the working group and development team to better understand business process.
• Collaborated with internal teams on all projects to determine the optimal technical solutions leveraging the CRM platform.
• Worked with credit card payment transactions with compliance to treasury management.
• Responsible for the maintenance activities related to the projects after integration with the current system and fixing the defects suggested by the end users.
• Used HP quality center for credit card applications and functional quality control.

Environment: HTML, SQL (2008), SDLC, HP Quality Center (v12), MS Office Suite, Rational Requisite Pro.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed business requirements for the project to move the credit-reporting batch to publish counter party exposure limits earlier as a part of an FSA compliance requirement (Financial Service Authority).
• Worked on all aspects of the project from interacting with business leaders and business partners for requirements, interacting with upstream/downstream data consumers, dev leads and PMs to create use cases, user stories, test plans and test cases, post-implementation checks and future enhancements.
• The credit batch components included components for trade valuations, deal generation, netting id mappings, collateral recognition, and counter party aggregation.
• Identified and communicated dependencies and potential risks to the completion of the sprints including resources, costs & systems, CCAR and treasury management.
• Created documents to maintain Compliance Regulatory Reporting & Procedures, and calculated for three major components of risk that Confidential faces: credit risk, operational risk and market risk.
• Communicated project changes and status to the stakeholders on a daily basis, ensuring each proposed change goes through a systematic project impact analysis.
• Involved in Scrum Sprint Planning Sessions, Backlog Grooming, Sizing, Sprint Retrospectives & Reviews, daily standup, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.
• Created enterprise level flows, demonstrating system architecture, connectivity, trade flows and timelines to identify gaps and develop requirements.
• Performed GAP analysis to enhance the monitoring and reporting of control processes in Capital Markets dealings from front office (sales and trading) to middle office (product control,) to back office/operations, (regulatory reporting and compliance) as well as trade processing, including clearance and DTCC settlement.
• Coordinated UAT with business partners, helped identify relevant test data and reporting metrics.
• Tracked post-deployment progress identified improvements and proposed resolutions to existing issues.

Environment: Requisite Pro, MS-Project, MS-Office Suite (v2010), SQL Server (2008), JIRA

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Project Management and communicated with various departments to identify, report, and correct compliance regulatory deficiencies.
• Performed As-Is and To-be analysis and GAP Analysis to verify the required sensitive information on the existing system and created the business process workflows based on Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN).
• Organized meeting with the operations, upper management to review the requirement documents and to obtain sign off
• Organized interactions with external vendors and client interaction, understanding business applications and business data flow and experienced in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions, Interviews and client meetings.
• Prepared approach documents and Technical design document after analyzing the business requirements document
• Interacted with data team focusing on building strategicdataquality platform.
• Analyzed complex data, verified subject identity with the documents and created report on the performance.
• Coordinated with the test team to check the weekly status and report to the project manager and other team members.

Environment: MS Office Suite (v2007), SQL data Server (2008), MS Project, BPMN, QC (v11)

Confidential

Jr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding client needs and provide accurate database by reviewing financial template.
• Collected, analyzed and documented detailed functional requirements/user stories.
• Coordinated with industry experts to understand client companies and their requirements to control process flow.
• Managed project scope and expectations of the internal team and the client.
• Responsible for maintaining knowledge of procedures and utilization of internal systems and tools.
• Evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management.
• Developed an in-depth understanding of financial statement components, ratios and metrics by analyzing, interpreting, and effectively communicating prior period variances through evaluation of internal and external factors.
• Prepare reports based on compliance of CCAR.
• Analyzed problems faced during the projects and provided reasonable solutions to meet end-user goals.

Environment: WEST, CTS, SNL Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Extractor, MS Project