OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a fast paced dynamic environment to apply my professional skills in the field of Information Technology, Project Management, Business/Decision Analysis, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, with strong work ethic and thereby apply my technical and interpersonal skills. I believe I could play a useful role in implementation of enterprise applications.

SUMMARY:

• A result oriented individual with five years of diversified experience in Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Software testing in Banking, Retail and Finance industry.
• Performed planning and development of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scenarios to meet product’s business requirements.
• Expertise in Project Planning, Project Design, creating functional specifications and data flow diagrams.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Market Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Portfolio Diversification, Fixed Income Products and Services amongst others.
• Hands On experience in writing User Stories, Story Elaboration and Story Decomposition.
• Possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication and documentation skills with good process management skills along with a remarkable ability to gather requirements to bring out quality product.
• Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment and meet stringent deadlines.
• Ability to conduct RAD, JAD sessions and carry out the entire process on my own.
• Possess strong skill to start from scratch and complete the requirement writing, testing, and analyses process.
• Professional expertise in MS Office, MS Access and MS Project Professional.
• Analyzed Enhancement requests and Modification requests.
• Gathered requirements in compliance with Sarbanes - Oxley Act (SOX).
• Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Extensive knowledge of Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology.
• Highly motivated team player capable enough to work and lead within a team environment besides being capable to work independently.
• Fairly experienced with SQL and database querying.
• Experienced in Rational Unified Process (RUP) software development process using Rational RequisitePro.
• Maintenance of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Ability to identify and document critical requirements through analysis.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple deadlines and multiple projects effectively through a combination of business and technical skills.
• Strong business analysis skills and thorough understanding of software development life cycle.
• Strong ability to understand and document critical data through effective data collection, data analysis and data interpretation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: SQL, XML, HTML

Front End Tools: MS Office, MS Project Professional, MS Access, Crystal, MS Analysis Services, Table Editor

Databases: MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server

Reporting Tools: Rational Clear Quest, SQL Server Reporting Services

Knowledge: SOX, FAS 157, FAS 116, BABOK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Severna Park, MD

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote test plans and test cases based on the business requirements which involved market risk analysis and risk management like continuous time finance & asset pricing, stochastic processes & simulations, credit derivatives, structured products, documentation, value at risk, risk & return optimization.
• Evaluated business requirements for enterprise business applications integration while delivering new/modified enhancements.
• Monitored progress against business functionality, requested objectives to ensure that projects meets the specific release criteria.
• Highlighted any potential risks to the environment.
• Signed-off all releases before they enter production.
• Analyzed consumer surveys and gave technical inputs in Business meetings.
• Involved in the meeting with Business process owners, SME (subject matter experts) and Marketing Team for Requirements gathering in definition stage.
• Facilitated the Customer in defining the high-level functional requirements and needs.
• Carried out the business processes in lieu with SOX. It was imperative that everything was in compliance with the act, so a lot of emphasis was put into it.
• Used UML for Business Modeling for drawing the corresponding modeling diagram such as Use Case, Activity, Sequence, and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Analyzed, Revised and Created Test Plans according to business requirements.
• Developed Process Model and detailed Business Policies and modified the business requirement document.
• Writing Used cases and Activity Diagrams.
• Analyzed results using Quality Center.
• Worked directly with software engineers to ensure clear communication on requirements and analyzing defect reports.
• Bug reporting done using Quality Center.
• Facilitated User Acceptance Testing.
• Participated in data analysis for verification purposes.
• Validated the scripts to make sure they have been executed correctly and meets the scenario description.

Environment: Quality Center, SQL Server, Unix, Windows, Requisite Pro., MS Analysis Services, SSRS

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Business Analyst (Technical)

Responsibilities:

• Followed the RUP methodology for the entire SDLC.(Multiple Projects)
• Gathered Requirements from Managers, Technical Team and Business Users.
• Conducted JAD Session to understand the Technical requirement flow.
• Created Master plan document, Prepared Test Plans and guideline for QA Team.
• Created baseline test scenarios.
• Created Data validation status report involving for multiple projects.
• Created use cases, activity, class diagrams and workflow process diagrams, data flow diagrams involving 6 systems.
• Wrote Use cases by using requisite pro and sometimes by using MS Word, for simple Use Cases.
• Create Activity Diagrams and wrote glossary.
• Created Timeline diagram. Project level timeline vs. Team Timeline.
• Conducted Weekly meetings to check the progress of project.
• Conducted UAT and reported Bugs to Developers.
• Managed all timelines for my team.
• Created Budget forecast reports and savings in term of time and resources.
• Created parallel Savings reports, drawing comparison between various approaches (time, resources, rates) and highlighting the pros and cons of each report/approach.
• Involved in the meeting with Business process owners, SME (subject matter experts) and Marketing Team for Requirements gathering in definition stage.
• Facilitated the Customer in defining the high-level functional requirements and needs.
• Used UML for Business Modeling for drawing the corresponding modeling diagram such as Use Case, Activity, Sequence, and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Analyzed, Revised and Created Test Plans according to business requirements.
• Developed Process Model and detailed Business Policies and modified the business requirement document.
• Writing Used cases and Activity Diagrams.
• Worked directly with software engineers to ensure clear communication on requirements and analyzing defect reports.
• Facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Participated in data analysis for verification purposes.
• Validated the scripts to make sure they have been executed correctly and meets the scenario description.

Environment: Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest, MS Visio. Windows 2000, SQL Server, IIS Web Server, Oracle, UNIX, MS Analysis Services, Informatica

Confidential, Fargo, ND

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote test plans and test cases based on the business requirements which involved market risk analysis and risk management like continuous time finance & asset pricing, stochastic processes & simulations, credit derivatives, structured products, documentation, value at risk, risk & return optimization.
• Evaluated business requirements for enterprise business applications integration while delivering new/modified enhancements.
• Monitored progress against business functionality, requested objectives to ensure that projects meets the specific release criteria.
• Highlighted any potential risks to the environment.
• Signed-off all releases before they enter production.
• Analyzed consumer surveys and gave technical inputs in Business meetings.
• Involved in the meeting with Business process owners, SME (subject matter experts) and Marketing Team for Requirements gathering in definition stage.
• Facilitated the Customer in defining the high-level functional requirements and needs.
• Carried out the business processes in lieu with SOX. It was imperative that everything was in compliance with the act, so a lot of emphasis was put into it.
• Used UML for Business Modeling for drawing the corresponding modeling diagram such as Use Case, Activity, Sequence, and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Analyzed, Revised and Created Test Plans according to business requirements.
• Developed Process Model and detailed Business Policies and modified the business requirement document.
• Writing Used cases and Activity Diagrams.
• Analyzed results along with the QA team using TestDirector.
• Worked directly with software engineers to ensure clear communication on requirements and analyzing defect reports.
• Monitored Bug reporting which was done using TestDirector.
• Worked directly with software engineers to ensure clear communication on requirements and analyzing defect reports.
• Bug reporting done using Test Director.
• Facilitated User Acceptance Testing.
• Participated in data analysis for verification purposes.
• Validated the scripts to make sure they have been executed correctly and meets the scenario description.

Environment: Test Director (Quality Center), Oracle, Unix, Windows, Requisite Pro., SQL Server