Business Analyst Resume
Wichita, KS
SUMMARY:
- Results - driven leader with a career in using data, tools, and collaboration to support the successful implementation of processes, applications, and initiatives.
- Process-oriented professional skilled in gathering and analyzing information, designing plans, and testing solutions for design, implementation, and enhancement of projects, processes and applications that improved issue resolution and mitigated risks.
- Strong, enthusiastic collaborator with proven ability to enhance consensus among teams and vendors to maximize achievement of goals across environments using emerging technologies.
EXPERTISE IN:
Operations Management/Analysis
Process/Project Management and Integration
Verification and Validation
Requirements/Technology Management
Cross - Functional Team Collaboration
Risk Management
ERP/MRP
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Technology Proficiency: Automic, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote)Adobe (Photoshop and Publisher), HTML/CSS, OnBase, Crystal Reports, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) / Engineering Resource Planning (ERP) (Global Shop, JobBOSS, Epicor)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Confidential, Wichita, KS
Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Brought in to develop online documents and conduct regression testing to onboard Confidential .
- Hired from contract position into infrastructure providing server/application installation and maintenance and develop and update procedures.
- Transitioned to Operations and held increasingly responsible roles to advance company’s goals of automating and streamlining daily/nightly processing, association onboarding, mergers, and other projects.
- Led a team of four direct reports responsible for the back-end financial transaction processing of 11 Farm Credit Associations across five states.
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations including funds transfers, ACH, Check21 processing, Federal Reserve settlement and movement of financial transaction files.
- Ensured month-end and year-end processing schedules met stringent Federal financial reporting requirements deadlines.
- Worked closely with infrastructure and development teams to resolve issues.
- MDirectly managed a critical printing vendor relationship and enhanced the accuracy and timeliness of bank and tax documents and statements.
- Collaborated with the vendor to ensure deadlines of service level agreements.
- Subject matter expert on process flow and dependencies; directly supported multiple company key initiatives and aided in bringing on a new customer.
- Developed and executed test scripts to ensure initiatives supported operations.
- Designed marketing banners for statements.
- Co-chaired company-wide threat working groups; lead company safety coordinator.
Confidential, Fort Worth, TX
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) IT Lead
Responsibilities:
- Recruited to upgrade and replace obsolete/expired technologies to functional and cost-effective client-server technologies to improve efficiency, meet compliance and optimize data integrity.
- Developed standardizations for applications, equipment, and networking systems to create efficiencies in application/equipment accountability.
- Established helpdesk system for single point of contact streamlining functionality, performance and reference working tickets based on priority of issue.
- Supported daily operations of all company personal computing requirements including installation, upgrade, reimaging and providing technical support of eighty employees.
- Analyzed business information available to create dynamic Crystal Reports for management to enable initiative-taking decisions based on most recent data.
- Orchestrated finite scheduling of MRP system to develop a production plan balancing machine/operator resources and prioritizing orders on the shop floor, resulting in increased efficiency and reduction of costs.
- Train HR Manager to complete hiring/terminations process and payroll.
Confidential, Wichita, KS
Project & IT Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Brought in to design dynamic reports, bring in Information Technology requirements from contracting company, and manage projects for MRP systems, process definition, data warehousing and customized solutions.
- Developed Gulfstream rate readiness metrics capturing ready to release, schedule start and complete on time percentages allowing customer to create orders from most recent data.
- Developed tools for new employees, created safe environment for employees (employee badges) and newsletters to submit to prospective customers.
- Provided access rights to users to control permission of file system content.
Confidential, Wichita, KS
Database Programmer
Responsibilities:
- Created business activity queries, dashboards with vb.net programming and crystal reports utilizing ERP system to assist end-users job functionality.
- Developed Template Tracking database to increase technical writer efficiency by tracking templates and topic revisions.
- Programed pilots’ templates to save cost by bringing process in-house.
- Wrote procedures that outline steps for employees to conduct day-to-day operations that support existing policies.
- Research and edit parts catalog to ensure technical text and graphic accuracy.
- Convert Premier I/IA airplane manual to latest application format for expedient data conversion on future revisions.
- Lead and work projects to convert airplane manuals for ease and accessibility to maintain and/or order parts.
- Received Certificate of Qualification - Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist for project to convert manuals using XML to increase data conversion efficiency and accuracy. Awarded BEECHCRAFT Busy Bee, Engineering Peer Recognition Award, Certificate of Achievement- Primus EPIC Hawker Horizon General Familiarization and Certificate of Completion - Customer Service seminar series. Training: includes Aircraft Engineering Blueprint, Aircraft Familiarization, Honeywell Primus EPIC System Training, Front-Line Leadership.