SUMMARY

• Excellent experience in business process flows, business process modeling, case tools, business analysis, gap analysis and organizational change management.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and worked with executives, developers, and end - users to define the exact requirements needed by a software solution.
• Excellent Business writing skills in writing Business requirements document, USE Case, User Stories Specifications, Software Requirements Specification (SRS) and Workflows.
• Experience in using software change and configuration management tools such as Clearcase and Clearquest
• Experience in using business modeling tools such as Rational Rose and MS Visio to generate data flow diagrams, process maps, flowcharts and UML diagrams.
• Experience with creating high level design architecture diagrams using functional, behavioral, information and physical views.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Exceptional analytical and reasoning ability.
• Excellent coordination skills coordinating project requirements and issues with clients, senior managers, developers, subject matter experts and other analysts.
• Good knowledge of and management of requirement traceability matrices using requirement management tools such as Telelogic DOORs and Rational Requisite Pro.
• Experience creating business architecture documents such as business models, business governance, enterprise architecture and business process models.
• Excellent knowledge of software testing tools such as WinRunner, Loadrunner, HPQC and TestDirector.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Effective contributor and motivator in a team environment

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Programming Languages: Java 2, J2EE technologies (EJB, JSP, Servlets and JNDI), UNIX shell scripts, XML, XSLT, HTML, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: UNIX, Solaris, MS DOS, Windows XP, Windows NT

Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Office 2007, Rational Rose

Application Servers: Websphere Application Server, Websphere Portal, Tivoli Access Management, Tivoli Identity management.

Middleware: Websphere MQ, Message Broker

Requirements: Management Tool CaliberRM, Rational RequisitePro, DOORS

Testing: Quality Centre, WinRunner, Rational ClearQuest, Rational ClearCase

Methodologies: Agile (Scrum), RUP, UML, Structured Analysis/Design

MS Office: MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Access Adobe Acrobat, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Financial products involved: Fixed Income, Equities, Derivatives (Credit Risk Derivative, Interest Rate Derivative, FX Derivative, Cross Currency Derivative - Floating & Fixed)
• Leverage strong business knowledge of the investment banking sector to help design viable solutions.
• Worked with SMEs at the front office to understand various assets and security classes, capital markets and fixed income securities (such as government bonds, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, agency bonds), trade capture (such as issuer, principal, coupon, maturity, issue, indenture, repo & collateral) and portfolio allocation.
• Experience of working with Summit application at the front office and dealing directly with the traders to perform trade capture. Worked on Long term securities such as Bonds (Primary & Secondary) and treasury (T-Bills, T-Notes, T-Bonds & Tips).
• Solely responsible for carrying out several enhancements to the Billing work flow. Received appreciation from very senior management for the insights provided for designing innovative business solutions.
• Enhancing supporting documentation (policies, frameworks, standards, methodologies, and modeling documents) to demonstrate compliance with the Basel III Accord.
• Creation and development of key documents such as Gap Analysis, Impact Analysis and Requirements documents via JIRA
• Conducted User Interviews and Work Shops to gather accurate Business Requirements.
• Analysis and definition of requirements via User stories and tools such as JIRA for backlogs.
• Worked at different stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with business users, developers, and stakeholders.
• Customized the test scripts using check points, synchronization and parameterization of data.
• Facilitate daily Scrum meetings for each team. Conduct bi-weekly sprint planning and facilitate sprint review/retrospective meetings. Represent teams in weekly status meetings and daily Scrum.
• Involved in creating Data Flow Diagrams for Database of the Investment Portfolios
• Worked closely with tech team members during each sprint-in requirements and tested scenario definitions to increase quality of features under development

Environment: JIRA, HPQC, Agile Methodology, Sharepoint, MS Office, MS Project, MS SQL 2008.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with team leads to gather requirements about functionalities need to be added/updated/enhanced.
• Worked extensively in order to understand loan application and web based UI.
• Prepared Functional Requirement Specifications based on questionnaire and JAD Sessions.
• Followed traditional Waterfall Approach for web-system upgrade.
• Created Process Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams using MS Visio 2002.
• Involved in major part of Software System Development Life Cycle - Requirement Analysis, Implementation Testing and Support.
• Maintained a file to track open requirements.
• Participated in Risk Mitigation Process to identify critical areas of risk and accordingly modified the process to reduce the same.
• Helped testing team to understand the business process and prepare test scenarios.
• Conducted walkthroughs with development team and stakeholders.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Visio 2002, and MS Office 2003

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Served as a liaison between business team and the project team by assisting the business in identifying, understanding and documenting their business needs.
• Worked with traditional waterfall methodology for this web-application.
• Collected and documented business processes as well as business rules.
• Participated in the identification, understanding and documentation of business requirements including the applications capable of supporting those requirements.
• Designed and developed Use Cases using data mapping techniques such as Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams
• Involved in testing on all stages of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Performed Integration testing, Build Verification testing, System testing manually.
• Translated the business needs into system requirements, communicating with the business on a non-technical level and with the System Analyst on a more technical level.
• Collaborated with development architect and the business to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet the business needs.
• Assisted the PM in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the organization and plans accordingly.
• Provided technical assistance in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet business requirements. Defined Validations to be built into applications per the functional requirements.
• Developed test scenarios and implemented test plan. Providing key input in working with users in defining project and system requirements.
• Managed and maintained database, updated site content and maintained overall visual and functional balance.

Environment: MS Visio, Windows NT 4.0/XP, Unix, Java/J2EE, XML, HTML, Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick Test Pro, XML, VB.Net, ASP.Net, MATLAB

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements, analyzed the requirements using RUP methodology involving Rational Suite (Rational Rose, Requisite Pro) and performed the iterative process to develop Use Cases.
• Worked with the SME’s (Financial Analysts, Risk Managers, Project Managers) to define business requirements and analyze the possible technical solutions.
• Created Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Specification, and User Requirement Specification (URS) for application development.
• Conducted joint requirements planning (JRP) sessions as a facilitator to gather requirements from the business area and conducted JAD sessions with IT group.
• Conducted a budget planning report of the project through walkthroughs and meetings involving various leads from Development, QA and Technical Support teams.
• Implemented access and identity management system to facilitate and control business processes, policies and technologies that enable organizations and their users' to access to critical online applications and resources
• Used Rational Suite to analyze business requirements and segregated them into Use Cases and activity diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.
• Performed Gap analysis for the modules in production, conducted feasibility study and performed impact analysis for proposed enhancements.
• Performed all kinds of testing including regression, system, integration testing and functional testing, backend, front end testing and unit testing.
• Involved in the creating the User Interface specification document with specification team.
• Performed analysis and designed projects using a systems development methodology. Worked with all levels of client staff to get a solution.
• Developed and managed project plans and schedules. Managed resolution of project issues and conflicts.
• Participated in Bug-Review meetings with software developers, QA engineers, managers, suggested enhancements to the existed application from business perspectives, provided solutions to existing bugs
• Developed user manuals, presentations and training manuals as per project specifications and timelines.

Environment: Rational Tools Suite (Rose Requisite Pro, Clear Quest, Clear Case), Windows 2000, XML, HTTP, Business Objects, MS Project, MSOffice, Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director, Java, Oracle

Confidential, Iselin, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements and analyzed the requirements using Rational Rose, Requisite Pro - RUP.
• Conducted JAD session with Stakeholders, users, vendor and SME’s, Project Directors for open and pending issues to develop specifications.
• Documented High Level Logical Data Models and BRD supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the actors to analyze and document business data requirements.
• Created Use-Case diagram, Sequence Diagram and Activity Diagram after accessing the scope of the Project and understanding the business processes.
• Modeled the AS-IS system and performed GAP Analysis for the existing system in order to map it to the To-Be system.
• Worked closely with the UI team to model the screens, which met user defined requirements, organizational and regulatory standards.
• Reviewed test cases written by QA team and made modification for better execution of test cases.
• Documented Requirement Traceability matrix in Requisite Pro for traceability of requirements through test cases.
• Coordinated with the PMO group in defining timelines & schedules for the project.
• Maintained and monitored Project progress status using MS Project.
• Communicated status of efforts to management and business partners on a regular basis to ensure that all stakeholders have accurate and current information throughout the process.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the stakeholders and business users, fixed the discovered errors and verified it through regression testing
• Assisted end users and IT staff in the use of data to satisfy informational and reporting requirements and implementing and using SQL and DBMS
• Served as the primary point of contact between business and technical staff at all levels

Environment: UML, SQL, Windows Server 2003, Java, HTML, Excel, Visio, MS Project, Power Point,, Mercury Quality Center, Test Director, SQL Server 2005