Profile:

• Seven Years Professional Experience as Business Analyst with strong knowledge of Hospitality, Travel, Finance, and Auditing.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Acted as a liaison between business users and technical team.
• Strong Knowledge of business Architecture. Worked individually, as well as in team environment, to achieve project quality goals.
• Thorough knowledge of SDLC, RUP methodology, Requisite Pro, Clearcase and Rational Rose. Experience in designing and developing project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Excellent at using UML and making Use cases. Experienced in data warehouses and data marts for business intelligence reporting and data mining along with developing and documenting process flows for business processes.
• Extensive experience in analyzing models and optimizing business processes, data flows, document business requirements and functional specification documents.
• In depth knowledge of Sequence Diagrams, collaboration diagrams, activity diagrams. Knowledge of futures and options strategies for hedging investments
• Facilitated Joint Application Development JAD sessions, one on one interview and meetings with business users and SMEs.
• Strong Subject Matter expertise in Web applications, Credit Card Industry, Retail/ Investment Banking, Risk Analysis, Loan Servicing.
• Developed the QA test plan, test conditions and test cases to be used in testing based on business requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge by using Test Director.
• Conducted UAT User Acceptance Testing to make sure that all the user requirements are catered by the application.
• Trained users with regard to the operation and maintenance of the new features by providing training sessions and enhanced documentation.
• Assisted in building a business analysis process model using Visio. Experience in conducting Feasibility Studies, Data Analysis, System Analysis, Gap Analysis, Risks Analysis and Root Cause Analysis RCA .
• Change Management and Impact analysis.

Technical Skills:

Tools: MS Project, MS PowerPoint, Visio, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, Crystal Reports, Clearcase, Clearquest, Test Director, UML

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Mainframe

Office Tools: MS Office Languages: C , HTML, PL/SQL

Industry Experience:

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst

Roles:

• Created invoices and vouchers used to remit capitation payments to health plans and other agencies for Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP .
• Organized a schedule of health fairs for the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to visit while in Region IV to promote the Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP .
• Provided management oversight to sub-contractor responsible for maintaining the Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP .
• Assisted the PM and worked with the Division of Medicaid in reconciliation of Children's Health Insurance program CHIP and MMIS EDS issues.
• Help to transform Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP through improvements in the health care system, thereby ensuring better health care, better health, and reduced costs for beneficiaries, and ultimately enhancing the health care system for all Americans.
• Analyzed current Business Processes by gathering requirements, comparing requirements to commercial off-the-shelf applications, and then selected an application that fits the required business needs.
• Designed and developed Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using UML. Created Process Flow diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Interaction Diagrams using Microsoft Visio and Rational Rose.
• Established a business Analysis methodology around the RUP Rational Unified Process . Managed and coordinated one or more large requirements research efforts performed specified data analysis and studied as requested, and developed and presented reports in support of various initiatives.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing. Conducted Gap Analysis, and Gathered User Requirements by Interviews, user meeting, JAD session, and Requirement Elicitation Sessions
• Collected and documented business processes as well as Business Rules and then translate to the Business Flow Chart
• Performed Data mapping, logical data modeling, created class diagrams and ER diagrams and used SQL queries to filter data

Environment: Rational Suite Rose, Requisite Pro , Rational Unified Process RUP , UML, UNIX, MS-Project, MS-Office Suite, Test Director

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst

Roles:

• Managed the business intelligence presentation of the required metrics for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF , Medicaid and Food Stamp programs
• Responding to Legislative State budgetary planning requests for data metrics for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF , Medicaid and Food Stamp programs
• Analysis of Federal and State Legislation for integrated data reporting requirements for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF , Medicaid and Food Stamp Programs
• Review of Data Warehouse system specifications and application code for data integration and governance for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF , Medicaid and Food Stamp programs
• Responsible for analysis and transformation of the Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Work Participation requirements into Data Warehouse processes
• 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.
• Prepared Business Workflow models that cover How business processes are accomplished. Various versions of the documents generated during the project were maintained and managed using Rational ClearCase.
• Experience in Collection, analyses, and documentation of User Requirements, as well as Organizing interviews, User meetings, workshops, JAD sessions and requirement elicitation sessions
• Prepared graphical depictions of Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, State Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Component Based Diagrams, and Collateral Diagrams and creation of technical design UI screen using Microsoft Visio.
• Expertise in development of High level design, Conceptual design, Logical and Physical design for Database, Data warehousing and many Distributed IT systems
• Assisted business users in identifying functional gaps, and developed detailed FSD for the gap.Designed the process flow diagrams for flow of information and report creation process.

Environment: UML, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rational Clear Case, UNIX.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Roles:

• Conduct Requirements Gathering sessions with the use of Content Data Modeling, User Surveys, Brainstorming and User Interviews with Stakeholders, internal users and third party vendors
• Identifying behavior likely to be trafficking in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as Food Stamp Program .
• Aided patients with application for state and federal public benefits programs including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP ,and Medicare
• Assists the divisions within the Office of Social Services OSS in proactively identifying policy and business process improvements that support greater efficiency while maintaining state and federal performance expectations for determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP , Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP , and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs TNAF .
• Develop Scope Statements based on findings of Requirements Gathering meetings. Participate in Functional Information Specification document creation process
• Designed the business requirement collection approach based on the project scope and SDLC Methodology.
• Designed and developed all Use Cases and UML models using Rational. Developed Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML.
• Established a business analysis methodology around the RUP. Conducted JAD Brainstorming sessions with the development team and stakeholders.
• Performed extensive requirement analysis including Data analysis and Gap analysis. Review requirements and understand technical recommendations and constraints, and develop comprehensive and accurate functional specifications Data Mapping, and process flows.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing UAT .Responsible for writing test plan and test cases and execution of test cases manually.
• Performed functional, integration, regression, system, and acceptance testing. Designed the test cases using Quality Center.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, UML, SQL, RUP, UML, TestDirector, LoadRunner

Confidential

Business Analyst

Roles:

• Worked with the core team to design business requirement collection approach based on the project scope and SDLC Methodology.
• Designed and developed Project document templates based on SDLC methodology. Work closely with Business Owners and Stakeholders to outline Business Requirements.
• Work with System analyst and IS teams to understand the flow of data. Reviewed and analyzed data from various sources.
• Facilitate risk management workshops, recording risk and assigning risk for mitigation. Research and resolve system issues and perform application testing as necessary. Produce metrics reports from data derived from database as necessary for the project.
• Identified gaps and performed gap analysis with respect to CMS requirements. Responsible for implementing supply chain and operations solutions.
• Created Mapping Documents, Report Mockups and modified existing report mockups as to CMS requirements and finalized for development
• Provide technical expertise as an early engagement to different modules and enhancements to access impacts and define scope.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOAD using UML and Business Process Modeling.
• Rational ClearCase was used to manage all the changes and change requests in the projects. Worked with QA team with the aid of ClearQuest for the bug tracking and Mercury Test Director for Test Case Management.
• Review requirements and understand technical recommendations and constraints, and develop comprehensive and accurate functional specifications Data Mapping, and process flows.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Excel, Word, power point, SQL, RUP, UML, MS Project.