SUMMARY

• 8+ Years Professional Experience as Business Analyst in Financial Industry with solid understanding of Business Requirement Gathering, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling and Financial Analysis.
• Deep understanding of Trading Platform Building Blocks: Static Data Requirement, Market data Structures, Pricing, Model Validation, Portfolio Risk analytics, P&L, Risk Attribution.
• Strong experience in identifying, Implementing and documenting business processes, data and system requirements for GIS implementation.
• Expertise in performing detailed GIS analysis using Geo - processing tools.
• Good understanding of different business processes used by credit card companies including but not limited to developing offer population, soliciting customer, defining and building product, accepting and processing payment, servicing customer.
• Have good Agile methodology experience (Scrum, RUP, XP, i.e. Iterative Development and Project Management). Used User Stories in agile testing. Familiarity with UML and Use Cases.
• Comprehensive knowledge in Business Process Modeling, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML).
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Proficient in Use case development, User Stories, Story boarding & UML Modeling .Designed Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Business Design, Business logic and translating them into functional requirements to meet strategic goals.
• Extensively involved in Market Research, Feasibility Studies, System Analysis and GAP Analysis.
• Extensive experience in documentation of business requirements and system functional specifications including BRD, FSD, and NFSD.
• Experienced in Handling Requirement Changes and User Conflicts.
• Strong knowledge in Conceptual design, Logical design and Physical design of Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse projects.
• Expertise in developing QA Test plan, Test Condition and Test cases, experienced in UAT.
• Excellent Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skill.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages and Tools: UML, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, ASP .Net, Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, Mercury Test Director, Java, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, Agile, Bloomberg VBA for Excel, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, C#, VB.NET, C++, Adobe Acrobat, Photo Shop, AutoCAD, 3D MAX

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Environment: s: Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mainframe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, RTP, NC

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Primarily involved in the Mutual Fund trading activities of Domestic and International Equity, Fixed Income, Money Market, and Cash Investment.
• Created context and workflow models, information and business rule models, Use Case and Object Models during the analysis using Rational tools.
• Manipulating market data with data interface to conduct quantitative analysis such as CAPM, PE Ratios, Duration, Var, etc., and with the underlying financial instruments to set up Index Portfolio.
• Working with Portfolio Managers, Experienced Traders, and Compliance Manager to update and formalize new Trading Tools and Functions, including, Trader and Broker set up, Order Entry and Execution, Order Liquidation and Trading Volumes, Split and merge Order, etc.
• Wrote User stories, User acceptance criteria and involved in SCRUM stand-ups, Agile Planning and Retrospective meetings.
• Designed and developed presentation layer using JSP, DHTML, AJAX and JavaScript.
• Created UML Diagrams including Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams/State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams and Deployment Diagrams, using Rational Rose and MS Visio and thus defining the Business Process Model and Data Process Models.
• Utilizing geocoding and Excel Pivot Tables produced GIS-based revenue analyses and graphics to evaluate and enhance revenue-generating sources for the city.
• Established a RUP (Rational Unified Project implemented using Agile to produce artifacts in the different phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) following Extreme Programming (XP). Process) centric business analysis methodology.
• Presented the requirements to the Dev team and Management in the form of Mathematical business rules, scenarios and user stories.
• Prepared Requirement specification document for Cash Management Module with the Client.
• Integrate the new system with updated accounting system for compliance and reporting.
• Developed and documented various GIS (geographic information systems) data standards, technical services, process and procedures according to standards followed in the corporation.
• Wrote test scripts for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Applied UML methodologies to design Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams in Rational Rose.
• Designed use-cases and use-case models to further refine the requirements and understand the business processes. Worked extensively in Rational Requisite Pro to organize and catalog requirements, documents, and use-case documents.
• Prepared the test plan and test cases for testing the Cash Management Module before being installed at the client site.
• Conducted System Analyses, Data Analysis and Gap Analysis;
• Extensively worked with business users in gathering, analyzing, and organizing Business Requirements, as well as developed BRD and FSD.
• Assisted business users in identifying functional gaps, and developed detailed FSD for the gap.
• Developed test plans with QA team and helped to develop test cases for system testing, integration testing and performance testing.
• Conducted UAT to confirm that all derivative products can be successfully processed through stages of the trade life cycle.

Confidential, Washington DC

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements by conducting meetings and brainstorming sessions with end users and SME and document them using Requisite Pro - the documentation tool offered by Rational.
• Extensively worked with SMEs in Formalizing and analyzing Trading Tools and Functions, including Order Entry, Order Execution, Order Liquidation and Trading Volumes.
• Created workflows on populating metadata for existing and new GIS Data, Minimum metadata required by vendors.
• Created project plan for migrating GIS (geographic information systems) data with redesigned security and data standards.
• Authored the product backlog for the complete project, derived User Stories for individual iterations, assigned tasks and allocated appropriate resources for completion and acceptance of individual stories.
• Managed the Order Management team for the in time delivery of the User Stories and faults.
• Successful in implementing project with RUP, Agile, Spiral and waterfall methodology and translated business requirement into detailed specification using Unified Modeling Language (UML).
• Responsible for gathering requirements, creating artifacts for Rational Unified Process (RUP) - use cases, system architecture document, supplemental requirements document, architecture diagrams; verifying technical production infrastructure; designing and executing performance tests; and documentation.
• Developed and documented Security model to manage GIS data using Windows Active Directory tool.
• UAT testing performed along with call center managers to make sure that application meets their requirements.
• Identified Use Cases from the requirements. Created UML Diagrams including Use Cases.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements, analyzed, and documented Business requirements based on the analysis of loan processing workflow model.
• Created automated Load test scripts using Load Runner.
• Provide consulting support across various Business Units across chevron on GIS Implementation, Data Storage standards and various data management workflows.
• Analyzed system requirements and developed Test Plans, involved in developing Test Script for manual testing
• Form the requirements and using technologies such as JavaScript, XML, LDAP, AML language (similar to XML), and TIBCO configure and provide custom enhancements to the client.
• Assisted PM in Developing Project plan and tracking project Process, Scheduling and organizing group meeting, as well as developed Risk Management Plan.
• Implemented the core Functionalities of Accounts Payables and Cash Management.
• Designed and developed Use Cases Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOAD using UML and Business Process Modeling.
• Developed test plans with QA team and helped to develop test cases for system testing.
• Maintained a close and strong working relationship with teammates, developers, testers and management staff by conducting regular one-to-one sessions and group meetings.
• Adhere to the firm’s SDLC process and represent as the application business analyst.
• Developed Business Requirement Documentation, Functional Specification Documentation, High Level Testing Plan, etc.
• Involved in preparing a simple and detailed User manual and assisted training session of the new and improved system.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed the business requirement collection approach based on the project scope and SDLC methodology.
• Facilitated and managed meeting sessions with committee of SMEs from various business areas including Credit Profiling, Asset /Cash Management, and Marketing Analysis.
• Created database of GIS (geographic information systems) user requests to identify improvements in various GIS processes and procedures.
• Created Rules documents, User Stories and Functional Specification documents.
• Excellent Knowledge of APR, Interest-Bearing Balance, Transfer Fund Settlement, FDR processes and FICO Score generation.
• Produced detailed description of user stories, business rules, flows, and data elements required developing new and modifying existing products.
• Helped various business units to automate GIS data manipulation from one format to another using FME.
• Gathered requirements from business users and tracked them using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Helped the business to articulate and prioritize their ideas, while using the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and writing UML-based feasibility studies and Use Case Models to communicate those ideas to the developers.
• Responsible for assuring integrity of rewards system by developing and executing test specifications and test plans by working with testing team to improve quality processes.
• The front end was developed using standard java UI libraries., using the visual editor for developed MIDP compliant front ends.
• Core responsibility involved complete manually testing of the User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Developed automated Test Scripts in Win Runner using Test Script Language (TSL) for Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Data Driven Testing, Usability Testing, and Verifying Specific content through using Checkpoints.
• Conducted a budget planning of the project through walkthroughs and meetings involving various leads from Development, QAs and Technical Support teams.
• Conducted Risk Analysis, Credit & Fraud Analysis, and Underwriting Criteria Evaluation.
• Analyze business requirements and segregated them into Use Cases diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.

Confidential, Durham, NC

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.
• Established traceability matrix using Rational Requisite Pro to trace completeness of requirements in different SDLC stages.
• Developed workflow model, emphasizing on decision points and interaction points, that provided the foundation to the design of user interface; created prototype.
• Project implemented using Agile to produce artifacts in the different phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) following Extreme Programming (XP).
• Project was developed using Agile software development process.
• Followed solely RUP methodologies during the course of the project.
• Displayed information on front end using java UI libraries.
• Collected and documented business processes as well as business rules.
• 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.
• Performed gap analysis.
• Creation and design of both Manual and automated test scripts using win runner.
• Documented and delivered Functional Specification Document to the project team.
• Participated in the logical and physical design sessions, developed design documents.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Developed use cases, test scenarios and implemented test plan.
• Developed test scenarios and implemented test plan. Providing key input in working with users in defining project and system requirements.