SUMMARY

• Business Analyst with 8+years of extensive experience throughBanking/Financeclients.
• Strong Knowledge and experience of Agile, RUP's Iterative Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall processes.
• Extensive experience as Executive - Level Lead Business Analyst in Information Technology (IT) and business management.
• Experience inBusiness Process Modeling, Requirements Gathering, As-Is To-Be Analysis, Fit-Gap Analysis,feasibility studies.
• Ability to Analyze and Classify a Business in terms of Business Functions Processes and the information they use
• Proficient at creating detailed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams using MS Visio, Rational Rose.
• Extensive experience in authoring Business Requirement Documents(BRD)by gathering Business System Requirements, defining Business Processes,GAP Analysis.
• Proficient in transforming business requirements into user requirement specification, Functional Requirement Specifications Document(FRD) and Use Case Narratives
• Worked on the financial area of ERP system, concentration withSupply Chain Management, GL, AP, Manufacturing SSB Project,Purchase and Invoicing.
• Well versed in conducting effective and productiveJoint Application Development(JAD)sessions with SMEs, software developers and QA teams for project meetings
• Extensive knowledge in Payments processing and SWIFT messaging standards.Have good knowledge of CHIPS, FED and ACH.
• Developed teh user interface using JSP, Angular JS and Java Script.
• Strong visual modeling, business process modeling skills usingRational Unified Process(RUP),Proficient in utilizingRational Rose, Enterprise Architect, MS VisioforUMLmodeling
• Confidential HCM, OAB, basic Payroll and Cloud HCM
• Good experience in the User Acceptance Testing
• Extensive knowledge in Payments processing and SWIFT messaging standards. Have good knowledge of CHIPS, FED and ACH.
• Supply Chain Management Consultant to implement the ERP application for improved business process
• In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with understanding of various phases such as Requirements, Analysis/Design and Development.
• Experience working with business users as well as upper level management
• Extensive experience to analyze and document business requirements and system functional specifications using Use cases
• Strong knowledge in creating Use cases, Sequence diagrams, Class and Object diagrams, Activity diagrams, collaboration diagrams using Visio and Rational tools
• Good understanding of Unified Modeling Language (UML), Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Rational tools, like Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose and Rational SODA
• Experience with data modeling, Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) and process modeling, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Object Oriented modeling
• Assisted in writingTest Plansand executingTest Cases
• Experience in creatingWireframes/Screen mock upsusingMS Visio
• Experience inManual TestingofUIin DEV and PROD Environments
• Ability tosuccessfully manage multiple deadlines and multiple projectseffectively through a combination of business and technical skills
• Created excel based models to calculate both the distribution of cash flows to all related parties of a deal as well as various collateral criteria set forth in legal documents.
• Performed agreed-upon-procedures related to collateralized loan obligations (CLO) and other structured products and maintained client relations with key personnel at prominent institutions.
• Involved inProject PlanningandScheduling
• Successful as a team player to work in conjunction withTesters, Developersand otherTeam membersinValidationandTesting Complex Scenariosand projects and in the maintenance of Quality Standards in Projects especially with Test Director
• Expertise inAnalysis of Problem Severity, Defect TrackingandReporting System
• Strong Communication, Problem Solving, Organizational, Interpersonal, andPresentation Skills
• Excellent technical, analytical, problem-solving and leadership skills
• Expertise inUATtesting

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, Rational Enterprise Suite, MS Visio

Requirement Management Tools: Rational Requisite Pro

Change Management Tools: Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest

Project Management Tools: MS Project

Analysis/ Modeling tools: UML, JAD, RUP, Waterfall, Agile

Testing Tools: Roadrunner, Test Director, Mercury Quality center

Operating Systems: MS Windows NT/98/95/2000, Unix

Database: MS SQL Server 2000(execution of queries), MS Access, Oracle

Language: SQL, UML, XML

Utility: MS Office Suite Word, Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Suite, Lotus Notes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NC Cary

Sr.Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Defined the scope of the project based on the gathered business requirements includingDocumentation of Constraints, Assumptions, Business Impacts, Project risksand scope exclusions.
• Created Project Definition Document (PDD)
• Created PlayBook for future acquisition process
• Analyzed the system from Business perspectives and prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD)
• Created Data Requirements Document( DRD)
• Analyze Business Requirements and segregate them into high level and low levelUse Cases.
• PerformedGAPAnalysis of Client requirements, Generated workflow process and necessary documents.
• Worked onBASEL II,Credit Risk ReportingandGCRMrisk reporting
• Worked onData Mart Support Unit( DMSU) ofCommercial Lending
• Application was developed for Online Banking accessing personal accounts, checking balances, payment of recurring bills, such as mortgages and loan payments, transfer of funds between accounts of its customers.
• Participated in Confidential full cycle HCM Oracle Fusion Implementation
• Executed UNIX shell scripts to run the bill payment data transfer process which sends the bill payment data to Bills Processing Application on a daily basis.
• Train new resources on data mapping, data validation and Oracle HCM
• Worked onSingle Sign Off ( SSO)for Collection and RecoveryMortgageProject ( Internal and External User)
• Created Queries usingSQL( TOAD)
• Able to work in both Java and Mainframes simultaneously.
• Worked on various Data Base ( Teradata Base, Oracle Data Base)
• CreatedSource to target mapping document( STTM) for acquiring new source to TD Bank current source system
• Resource management through activities like on boarding, off boarding, access controls and capacity planning.
• Created, scheduled and assigned tasks using JIRA.
• Provided clarity PPM Process Documentation for company process standards and to be used when training.
• Used share point as knowledge repository and confluence for resource management
• Extensive knowledge of financial statements, accounting principles, derivatives, capital market, portfolio analysis, amortization, cash, deposits, risk management, credit risk, market risk.
• Performed data mapping from source to target.
• Worked on various phases of Mortgage (Commercial Retail) front and back office and created test funds to check the working of the current applications.
• Responsible for allProject Documentations.

Environment: MS Office (MS Word,MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio), MS-Project,Windows 2000, Rational requisite Pro, SQL, TOAD, ORACLE, TERA DATA

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Sr.Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Liaised with Business and Functional owner during risk engineering andHigh-levelreview sessions to derive and execute action plans, meeting deadlines and standards.
• Worked on BASEL IICredit Risk Management (Commercial Lending).
• Interfaced with business users to prepare and updateBusiness Process Requirements (BPR)andSoftware System Requirements (SSR).
• Ensured all artifacts complied with corporateSDLCPolicies and Guidelines.
• Prioritized outstanding defects and system problems, ensuring accuracy and deadlines were met.
• PerformedGAPanalysis ofBusiness Rules, BusinessandSystem Process Flows, User Administration, andRequirements.
• Documented the Current and Future State Accounting Work flow as part of Online Payments.
• Involved in analyzing customer and data analytics and providing reports through SQL queries
• Provided overall project management to multiple projects successfully completing them on-schedule and on-budget.
• Created use cases on the basis of the high-level requirements document and user stories via MS word.
• Extensively interacted with the Credit Risk managers and Fixed Income support leads to understand the current flows. Major products were tri-party repos and corporate bonds.
• Assist with business analysis efforts to define the enterprise records management policies
• Conducted JAD Sessions with SMEs, end users to resolve what data should be shown in the initial phase.
• Followed the UML based methods using MS Visio to create Use Case, Activity, Sequence, and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Created Use Case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams in MS Visio
• Managed software projects in an agile delivery environment, using Clarity PPM.
• Facilitated meetings, including creation of agendas and recording of action items from meetings, received, consolidated, and produced status
• Managed master configuration documents for HCM and Benefits reports for business constituents and steering committee, etc. using MS Word & PowerPoint.
• Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project.
• DevelopedUse CasewithUMLfor new product functionality
• Involved in creatingBusiness ProcessesandModeling DiagramsusingRational Unified Process (RUP).
• Actively participated in status reporting meetings and interacted with development team to discuss the technical issues.
• Worked in integrating the global payments system with VeriFonePayware mobileprocessing system
• PerformedGAPanalysis ofSystem Integrationsolution wise
• CreatedSequence DiagramsandState Diagram
• Worked withSystem OwnersforSystem Architect Diagram
• Worked onRetail Front EndandAuthenticationlevel for internal and external users
• Worked onJavaBased API.
• Worked onJIRAfor Bug Reporting
• PerformedUATtesting

Environment: UML, Rational RequisitePro, Lotus Notes, MS Visio, MS Office RationalRose, JIRA

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Sr.Business/Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Researched and understood thoroughly the Life Settlements market and the various risks involved in trading the life insurance policies.
• Analyzed business processes to identify challenges and created solutions through the use of database and communication software across the entire company.
• Detailed documentation of business and system requirements, process flows, and data models and converted them the system needs into Vision Documents, Business Process Flows, Use Cases, and Non Functional Requirements.
• Collected useful requirements to design the model calculating return on investment on the life settlement policies and presented it through Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD (Object oriented Design) using UML and Visio to the next level of teams.
• Have been as Functional consultant in Mfg/pro QAD, PeopleSoft, Lawson, SAP Marshalls ERP Product and in various industries.
• Help in Preparing Project Scope of the business to fit into the ERP product.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to mitigate revenue leakage/impact to merchant and Global Payments.
• Performed Gap analysis by identifying existing technologies and subsequently documented the enhancements to meet the end state requirements.
• ERP capability demonstration to Client for implementation of MFGPro QAD application in the organization stream
• Lead the user interview process at both in-house and client locations. Gathered and analyzed requirements using RequisitePro RUP.
• Lead a project involving Monte Carlo Simulation in pursuing funding proposals with a variety of commercial banks, investment banks and hedge funds.
• Assisted in a project entitled K-ratio Analysis that formalizes financial trading decisions the company made in the past, which helped in maintaining consistency and discipline in company’s pricing decisions.
• Applied and extensive experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Look for abnormal error message in the log file of the ERP application and take corrective actions
• Presented internal financial models to investment groups. Compiled packages of documentation to fulfill due diligence and business process requirements of funding firms. Implemented a software analytics program in the company, called Milliman which played a central role in all the company’s pricing and lending decisions.
• Involved with business groups to give hands-on training and subsequent support for Business Intelligence toolsets like OBIEE, Business Objects.
• Business re-engineering to align into the best process to fit into ERP product.
• Lead discussion sessions and meetings with development team to discuss related issues.
• Assisted in the preparation of timely and accurate SEC financial reporting information so that important business decisions can be made based on the results.
• Prepared several training materials and conducted user training across the teams.
• Involved in the maintenance of historical financial statements and other financial information of the company.
• Analyzed the existing reporting systems and used Rational Clear Case/Quest as change control tools.

Environment: Windows XP, SQL, Java, J2EE, Agile, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Rational Rose, Oracle, MS Office, MS Visio, Project, Test Director.

Confidential, New York City, NY

Business system Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Defined the scope of the project based on the gathered business requirements includingDocumentation of Constraints, Assumptions, Business Impacts, Project risksand scope exclusions.
• Created applications to link databases andTrading Floor Applicationsthrough Reuters, Devon, Dow- Jones Telerate, GMI, DTCC, NSCC and GSCC for real-time trade matching, Bloomberg and SunGard for real-time views of ETD's, commodities, futures options, precious metals, Eurodollar, Interest rate, S P 500 Index and Commodity Index futures and options; Treasury Bonds futures, Treasury Bill futures, Grains and Agricultural commodities, foreign exchange and derivatives for trading floor enforcement and operations.
• Analyzed the system from Business perspectives and prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD)
• Analyze Business Requirements and segregate them into high level and low levelUse Cases.
• PerformedGAPAnalysis of Client requirements, Generated workflow process and necessary documents.
• Prepared Business Requirement Documentand then converted business requirements into Functional Requirements Document (FRD)usingRational RequisitePro.
• UsedRational Roseto create, analyze and implement Use Case Diagrams, Activity diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Collaboration diagrams and Deployment diagrams.
• Developed anAnalysis Modelthat includesUse Case diagram and Activity Diagramsthat provide the development team a view of the requirements.
• Interacted with analysts, system staff and developers on a regular basis to know about the project status
• InitiatedUse Case AnalysisusingUML, which provided the framework for potential use case deliverables and their inter-relationships, and allow for maximizing software reuse
• Analyzed and Optimized the Processby performingGAPAnalysis
• Participated in various meetings and discussedEnhancement and Modification Request issues.
• Involved in reviewingTest PlansandTest Casesand ensuring test cases reflect user needs.
• Responsible for conductingUser TrainingandUser Acceptance Testingto ensure and verify system is designed according to user needs
• Prepared monthlyStatus Reportsfor Enhancement Requests to the project team that was used in efficient tracking and monitoring of open issues of the project.
• Involved in weekly walkthroughs and inspection meetings to verify the status of the testing effort and the project as a whole.
• Worked on JIRA for defect tracking

Environment: UML, ClearCase 4.2, ClearQuest 6.0, Rational RequisitePro, Lotus Notes, MS Office, MS Visio, RationalRose, Java, JIRA

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified high-level requirements for developing and documenting detailed business requirements
• Analyzed the system from Business perspectives and prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Involved in meetings with SME (Subject Matter Experts) and users for requirements gathering.
• CreatedSequence Diagrams.
• UtilizedRUP (Rational Unified Process)to createUse Cases, ActivityandWorkflow Process Diagrams.
• Followed established formats and procedures, Created New Formats, as well as researched, created, edited technical and Business Data Documents.
• Prepared the Prototype andMockup Screens.
• Verified the correlation between theUMLDiagrams and Developed Detail Diagrams.
• Worked closely with software engineers, internal and external customers to gather comprehensive testing criteria and plan requirements to ensure accuracy and timeliness of projects.
• Performed informal benchmarking to analyze how competitors conducted business.
• Performed Gap Analysis.
• Performed Smoke testing before starting the major testing effort.
• Assessed potential risks in the project and analyzed issues of importance with project managers.
• Actively participated in status reporting meetings and interacted with development team to discuss the technical issues.

Environment: MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio), MS-Project, Windows 2000, Clear Case, Clear Quest.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Define and formulate Business, functional and Non-functional requirement documents
• Elicit requirements from various stakeholders, business and product owners, technical teams, business users and subject matter experts
• Created Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for tracking and managing changes based on project’s evolving needs
• Participated in weekly status meetings and conducted internal and external reviews as well as formal walkthroughs among various teams
• Elicited requirements through group meetings, interviews, discussions, and analyzing project goals and overviews
• Facilitated Agile Scrum ceremonies: Sprint planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
• Used agile-scrum framework for this project
• Created User stories, sprint backlogs and business flow diagrams
• Assisted in developing cost benefit analysis and break-even point during early part of the project initiation
• Worked closely with the management teams and top-level management throughout the projects
• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint releases and progresses
• Comprehensively used AS-IS and TO-BE model and GAP analysis to planand monitor effective approach to build solutions to the business problems and needs
• Effectively collaborated the current process and recommended a clear picture of the proposed process for the projects in the organization
• Achieved accuracy in the results for data displayed as investments and prices played a key role

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle/SQL Server 2000, SQL, MS office, Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, OOAD, .Net, Test Director, ClearCase, UML, Rational Suite, MS Visio, MS Project