SUMMARY

• 8+ years of Industry experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications, Application Design.
• Diverse experience in Audit, Tax, Online Banking and Financial Services.
• Proficient in Technical and Business Writing, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, Business Analysis and Testing various methodologies.
• Expertise in Project Management i.e. Project Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Organizing, Directing, Controlling, Budgeting and Drafting Remedy Procedures.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.
• In depth knowledge of Waterfall and AGILE methodology, Use Cases, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D).
• Competent in Creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Extensive experience in developing Use Cases, creating Screen Mockups, conducting Gap Analysis and Impact Analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis.
• Facilitated Change Management across entire process from Project conceptualization to Testing through Project Delivery, Software Development and Implementation Management in diverse Business and Technical Environments.
• Responsible to Track, Document, Capture, Manage and Communicate the Requirements using Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) which helped in controlling numerous artifacts produced by the teams across the deliverables for a project
• Involved in Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Issue Resolution and Report Generation to assure that all aspects of a Project are in Compliance with the Business Requirements.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Interface with clients from Operations, Marketing, Sales, Technologies, and Outside Vendors and act as their customer interface point as the lead of the Projects.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Interpersonal and Customer Relational Skills, Proven Communication, Organizational, Analytical, Presentation Skills, and Leadership Qualities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Waterfall, AGILE

Change Management Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Test Director, Clear Case

Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose Suite, Microsoft Visio, Irise Studio

Business Intelligence: Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Cognos

Project Management: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes

Programming: Java, SQL, PL\SQL

Databases: Oracle, DB2, MS - SQL Server

Industry Exposure: Financial Services, Credit Cards, InvestmentBanking

Financial Skills: Financial Analysis, Credit Appraisal, MIS Reports generation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business needs, created and developed new centralized back office system for specific area including mortgage and lending
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the WATERFALL to strategize the Implementation of WATERFALL effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Worked as an Interface between the Users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the Business and IT Processes.
• Analyzed, documented, designed, and developed detailed User Functional Design, System Flow, Design mockup screen using iRise, Business Flow and Detailed User Specifications
• Created Source to target data mapping documents identifying key data elements and prepared Data Flow Diagrams.
• Followed the UML based methods using Microsoft Visio to create: Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of Entity Relationship Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams and supporting documents and descriptions of the Relationships between the data elements to analyze and document the Business Data Requirements.
• Worked extensively with the QA team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance Testing.
• Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS) is a leading provider of mortgage and consumer loan processing services, mortgage settlement services, default solutions and loan performance analytics.
• Verified the Business Scenarios on new builds to allow extended testing by the QA team.

Environment: Rational Enterprise Suite (Rose, ClearCase, ClearQuest), RUP, Visual Basic, SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, C#.Net, WebLogic, IPFR Services, HTML, DreamWeaver, Adobe Photoshop, Windows Forms, Web Forms, LoadRunner, WinRunner, DOORS, Project Management, MS Project.

Confidential, CA, Santa Clara

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed excel models to derive the amortization schedule for Whole loan products and Mortgage Backed Securities
• Parsing high-level design specification to simple ETL coding and mapping standards.
• Implemented Corporate Accounting and Treasury interfaces / procedures to streamline cash disbursement, and Automated Clearing House / Positive Pay payments. Served as Administrator for Hyperion Enterprise, Reporting and Essbase.
• Analyzed the system to be implemented for production to ensure that it handles incomplete and accurate data and performs default method of calculations for various mortgage products like Mortgage Backed Securities, Asset Backed Securities, and Megas & Tranches
• Met with different business users to determine user requirements and goals.
• Assured that all Artifacts are in compliance with corporate AGILE Policies and guidelines.
• Developed process flow diagrams (flow charts) using MS Visio in an effort to identify and analyze process flows
• Prioritized outstanding defects and system problems, ensuring accuracy and deadlines were met. Identified and participated in resolution of business system issues.
• Lead Validation/Verification, SIT (System Integration Testing), Mock conversion on the system to ensure data accuracy
• Wrote User Acceptance Test Plan based on business users requirements and reviewed Test Plan templates.

Environment: IBM Personal Communications, SDLC, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio, MS Project, Windows XP

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with SME’s in understanding the Requirements pertaining to Loan Origination to Loan Processing.
• Documented the Current and Future State Accounting Work flow as part of Online Payments.
• Extracted the Business Requirements from the end users keeping in mind their need for the application and prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD) using Rational RequisitePro.
• Reviewed Design Documents, Requirements Analysis Specifications with Project Lead, Business Owners and the Technical Lead and updated project schedule in Primavera.
• Created and managed Project Templates, Use Case Project Templates, Requirement Types and Traceability Relationships in RequisitePro.
• Worked extensively with Risk Management, Mortgage Loan Servicing, and Commercial and Residential mortgage.
• Prioritized, plan and managed multiple projects using Primavera Project Planner Tool.
• Involved in creating automated Test Scripts representing various Transactions, Documenting the Load Testing Process and Methodology. Created meaningful reports for analysis and integrated the Performance Testing in the SDLC.
• Developed and managed Project Plans and Schedules. Managed resolution of Project issues and conflicts.
• Tested the final application for Usability testing to verify whether all the User Requirements were catered to by the application.

Environment: Rational Clear Case, Doors, IBM WebSphere, Primavera, XML, Java, J2EE, JSP, RUP, VoAVPN, Oracle, MS Visio, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server Reports, Win Runner, Load Runner, Quick TestPro

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from accounting department and PeopleSoft team by interviewing them, by preparing questionnaire and getting feedback.
• Worked as an interface between the users and the different teams involved in application development for better understanding of the business and IT processes
• Analyzed and prioritized requirements. Created Business Requirements Document and Use Case Documents using Rational RequisitePro
• Used RUP-iterative process to conduct Data Analysis on the feed to be sent to PSGL to find missing data fields in application and aggregation rules.
• Performed GAP analysis between data requirements of legacy system and PSGL system
• Created UML diagrams like Use Case diagrams and Activity diagrams using MS Visio
• Created UI mock-ups for PSGL Resend GUI
• Maintained traceability between requirements and test cases using Traceability Metrics in Rational RequisitePro
• Created User Acceptance Test Cases in Microsoft Excel
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Logged issues in JIRA. Assigned severity to defects based on the business impact.
• Version Control of documents using Microsoft SharePoint

Confidential, Pittsburg, PA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with end - users, developers and testers to develop a detailed understanding of the opportunities for improvement.
• Gathered requirements and prepared a comprehensive set of documents to define the specifications and business value of the system.
• Identified high-level requirements for documenting detailed business requirements
• Prepared a detailed Business Requirement document.
• Implemented the Agile process in terms of disciplines and phases, each consisting of one or more iterations.
• Analyzed the Data flow and UML Diagrams using MS Visio.
• Documented approved change controls to add them into business design.
• Used UML to make an Object Oriented Design model for the application.
• Used MS VISIO for creating the Use case and Activity Diagrams to elaborate requirements.
• Participated in brainstorming sessions and walkthroughs.
• Facilitated customer meetings and Business design walkthroughs for data definition and GUI design.
• Helped DBA to ensure database performance standards were met.
• Worked with the testing team to develop their test plans.