SUMMARY

• Business Analyst with 5 years of experience in business process analysis/modeling,businessrequirements gathering, analysis, design and development of Web Based and Client/Server applications
• Expertise in supporting the client with project planning, project definition, requirements definition, analysis, design, testing, system documentation and user training
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including UML, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Successful in translatingbusinessrequirements and user expectations into detailed specifications employing Unified Modeling Language (UML) using Rational Rose & MS Visio
• Strong understanding of thebusinessprocess, Definition of the Scope of the Project, User and system requirements, and implementation to functional and technical specifications
• Generation to assure that all aspects of a Project are in Compliance with theBusinessRequirements
• Organized Joint Application Developments (JAD) sessions and Joint Requirement Planning sessions (JRP), walkthrough, Interviews, Workshops and Rapid Application Development (RAD) sessions with end - user/clients/stake holders and the IT group
• Design and review of various documents including the Software Requirement Specifications (SRS),Businessrequirements document (BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FSD), Systems Design Specification (SDS), Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and testing documents
• Experienced in SQL queries to extract data from various databases for data analysis.
• Great understanding of the AS-IS and TO-BEbusinessprocesses and experience in converting these requirements into technical specifications for preparing test plans
• Experience in conducting GAP analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT analysis, Cost benefit analysis
• Experience using MS Visio, MS Project and MS office tools like MS-Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access
• Developed User interfaces and requirements sessions. Requirements gathering, data modeling, System Architect. Feasibility studies, Scope Documents, Requests for Proposal.

Office Suite: Access, Excel, Word, Project, Outlook

Methodologies: Waterfall, SDLC, GAP Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Cost Effect Analysis, Unified Process, Agile Development, SCRUM.

Databases: MS Access, SQL

ERP: SAP FI (GL, AP, AR), Oracle Applications 11i

Version Control: PVCS, SharePoint

Reporting: Crystal Reports, MS Excel, MS Access

Operating Systems: Windows 7,8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Miami

Business Analyst

Environment: JDE 9.1, OBIEE 11g, Java/JDK, SQL Server 2008 R2 (SSIS/ETL), ERwin Data Modeler 9.6, MPP, Visio, Excel

Responsibilities:

• Engaged with Business Owners, gathered requirements, simplified and translated them
• Create Reporting\dashboard prototype to be shared with the Business Users to get their approval before starting work on the larger development efforts
• Document the changes\new requests determined after discussion with Business Users into a Business Requirements Document
• Assisted with the business cases
• Profiled and analyzed data
• Assisted with the design deliverables (Technical Design Document, Data Source Inventory, and Source to Target Mapping)
• Performed QA analysis of post ETL data
• Created QA Test plans, Test Cases for Functional, Integration Testing
• Developed User Accepting Testing (UAT) plans and test cases based on the business requirements
• Prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and used Requisite Pro to manage, analyze, and convert business requirements into functional specifications
• Work with the Project\Program Manager on Program Management activities
• Work with Business Users to define Key Performance Indicators to monitor specific Business processes, assess and Identify potential data sources
• Involved in daily quick EOD Touch point Scrum sessions, any impediments, showstopper for the application process work flow
• Experienced in Testing and Quality Assurance
• Writing MySQL scripts to manipulate data for data loads and extracts

Confidential, St. Louis

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in interactions with Subject Matter Expert, Project Manager, Developers, and the end-users in more than one JAD sessions. MS Project proved useful in coordinating activities with project manager and various other teams
• Designed and developed UML Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams
• Gathered product requirements in order to describe thebusinessneeds in terms of the main deliverables or products that are created
• Conducted controlled brainstorming sessions with project focus groups for collectingbusinessrequirements based on the project scope
• Conducted UAT to confirm that all derivative products can be successfully processed through stages of the trade life cycle
• Communicated to the end users to create the process requirements and to properly explain the flow of future data modules to the design and development team
• Kept a watchful eye on the changes along with maintaining a constant communication with the developers.
• Provided clear and concise documentation regarding requirements management plans, functional requirements, supplemental requirements, test plans and test cases
• Conducted user interviews and gathered functional requirements by conducting sessions with business users and Subject Matter Experts
• Developed requirements document utilizing standard templates
• Analyzed requirements and refined business requirements after discussing with business users
• Conducted group sessions to develop and understand various business processes
• Database analytics (Creating SQL Queries).

Environment: MS SQL Management Studio, MS SQL Server 2008, Windows XP, Microsoft Visio, SSRS.

Confidential

Sr. Business Process Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented requirements, developing process flows, wrote use cases, specifications and in written user guides to meet project objectives
• Analyzed requirements modeled currentbusinessenvironment and produced cost effective redevelopment options for a system to capture property project details and calculate return on investment
• Involved with teams for root cause analysis activities and data collection plans
• Created various types of UML Diagrams like Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagram, and Class Diagram and Sequence Diagram to model the business use cases, business activities, business entities andbusinessworkflow and the interaction between them
• Conducted meetings with users and other stakeholders to elicit, organize and document the requirements
• Worked withbusinessunits to ensure organizational and team effectiveness and to help manage change initiatives
• Enhanced the Test Cases by analyzing the Specification Documents.
• Conducted meetings and discussion sessions with stakeholders
• Conducted controlled brainstorming sessions with the project focus groups for collecting business requirements based on the project scope
• Conveyed whole system requirements clearly and thoroughly to the development team and ensured that they understand the scope of the project
• Coordinated with the QA Analyst and testing team, reviewed, validated Test Plans, Test Cases & Scenarios
• Communicated requirements and changes to cross-functional teams as appropriate in a timely manner by continuously representing and ensuring that stakeholders/users’ needs are being met
• Informed project managers about the progress of the project through PowerPoint presentation.
• Collaborated with business users to provide them with the data in form of reports and excel sheets for analysis

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on analyzing, configuring, and developing several SAP FI business processes
• General Ledger: Configuring GL account master records, Chart of Account, cross company transactions, foreign currency valuation
• Accounts Receivable: Customer Groups, Customer Master Data, Payment Terms, Interest Calculation, Incoming Payments, Dunning, AR Information System, Lockbox Configuration, Credit Management, Integration With SD
• Accounts Payable: Vendor Groups, Vendor Maser Data, House Bank, Check Lots, Automatic Payments, Invoices, Credit Memos, Closing Procedures, AP Information System, Integration with MM
• Asset Accounting: Configuring Asset Classes, Depreciation area, Creation of G/L accounts and determining automatic assignment, posting depreciation to G/L account, acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Inter- Company transfers, Write-offs and Capitalization of assets under constructions