SUMMARY

• Experienced Business Analyst in gathering user requirements, analyzing and preparing Project Deliverables such as Project Charter, Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FSD) and proposed changes for process improvement using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Demonstrated ability to work actively in different phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP) & AGILE.
• Proficient in transforming business requirements into functional specifications, focusing on workflow analysis and design, business process reengineering, user interface design, portal design, and process flow modeling.
• Highly proficient in working with users and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements using JAD, JAR, and Brainstorming sessions, identify Functional, Non - Functional, and Business Rules, and then subsequently model them.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Organizational Framework that help to map the AS-IS and TO-BE model using the GAP Analysis and plan and monitor effective approach to build/buy solutions to the business problems/needs/opportunities.
• Excellent Documentation skills to generate Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD), and Project Charter, Risk Analysis.
• Skilled in Object Oriented Analysis and Design with experience in creating Use Cases, Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Object Diagrams, State Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Unified Modeling Language (UML) using MS Visio and Rational Rose.
• Outstanding talent in Client Relationship Handling, Project and Release Management, Configuration and Change Management, Defect Tracking and Control.
• Excellent skills in Process Flows, SWIM-Lane diagrams
• Generated Traceability Matrices to ensure that all the requirements are covered by the test cases
• Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Project Schedules and Project Timelines.
• Extensive e-Commerce and Interactive Web based system experience. Web marketing, web analytical tools and users/customer behavior analysis suit were explored to analyze the user’s browser behavior for more revenue generation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (2000/ME/XP/Vista/7), Linux

Database and Tools: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, My SQL, TOAD, MS SQL Server, Teradata

Business Modeling Tools: Microsoft Visio, Rational Rose

Quality Management tools: Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, Win Runner, Rational Enterprise Suite

Methodologies: Rational Unified Process, Agile, Waterfall, RAD and Prototyping

Project Management Tools: MS Project, Primavera Project Planner P6, SAP - Project system module.

Other Tools: SAP CRM, Epicor CRM, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, XML Spy

Multimedia: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Web Technologies: Web 2.0, AJAX, XML, HTML, CSS, J2EE, XSL, Dream weaver MX, MS Front Page 98, Java Scripts

BI Tools: Business Objects, COGNOS, SSIS, Informatica, SSMS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Strong domain knowledge of Portfolio Management (P/E ratio, Dividend Yield, Diversification, Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
• Conducted requirement gathering sessions with Portfolio Managers, Equity Research Analyst, Traders and SME.
• Involved in creating the BRD using SPS (SharePoint Portal Services) and Product Requirement Specification (PRD) for the System.
• Assisting the business team in Business Case Modeling
• Use Case Modeling using MS VISIO for preparing Functional Requirements documents
• Facilitated batch file transfers between Mainframe group
• Giving project sizing for various releases of the project to senior management
• Building good Configuration management practices like having an automated nightly regression build using Quick Test Professional.
• Organizing weekly Project Status and Task Review meetings
• Creating PowerPoint presentations and project updates using MS Project for management review
• Performed SWOT and GAP analysis for new functionality requirements as well as prioritized them based on actual business needs.
• Facilitated JAD sessions and conducted peer review meetings periodically to keep track of projects milestones.
• Identified opportunities to use customer data to develop customer strategies and improve business performance.
• Assisted the project manager in preparing the project schedules, milestone tracking, and resource allocation using MS Project.
• Undertook project risk management and business process analysis review of the implementation of different stages of the applications.
• Managed development of SharePoint site for aggregating information collected in InfoPath forms into a report in Microsoft Word. Users would fill out status reports in InfoPath forms and submit them to the SharePoint site. A custom web part was developed to aggregate all the data from the InfoPath form library into one large XML file. The aggregated XML data would then be transformed into a Word file using Word XML.
• Customized SharePoint site templates and menus
• Collaborated with the QA team to ensure adequate testing of software, maintained quality procedures, and ensured that appropriate documentation is in place.
• Organized weekly Project status meetings and Created PowerPoint presentations and project updates using MS Project for management review.

Environment: Web Logic 8.1, IBM DB2 V8.1, Java, XML, MS Visio, MS Share Point Server 2003, Oracle 9i, MS Access.

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Played an active role in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements.
• Worked with engineering and clients in the analysis of business rules, information input/output requirements, process and data flows, report format and content.
• Conducted JAD sessions with the SMEs, users and support team to gather the requirements.
• Conducted focus groups with the customers to obtain inputs on their requirements.
• Executed Fit-Gap Analysis to determine processes that provide highest probability of success.
• Adopted Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology for the project and conducted analyses of the business requirements and System Specification.
• Translated the business needs into system requirements and communicated with the business on a non-technical level.
• Worked with the business users and UI teams to finalize the Wireframes and Mock ups.
• Documented the Functional Specifications document.
• Extensively used SharePoint for creating project specific folders & uploading various documents.
• Created Visual models in the form of business flow diagrams, Activity diagrams using MS Visio, so the developers and other stake holders can understand the business process according to their perspective with possible alternate scenarios.
• Worked with the software architects/developers to ensure that the applications conform to customer requirements.
• Involved in formal review meetings with project teams and developers to report, demonstrate, prioritize and suggest resolution of issues discovered during testing.
• Tracked and maintained stakeholder requested enhancements and changes using Rational Clear Quest.

Environment: J2EE, Rational RequisitePro, Enterprise Architect, MS Visio, Clear Quest, MS Project, MS Office.

Confidential, New York

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Championed improvement of the business unit, achieving best financial status in years, through formalizing departmental forecasting, budgetary, and reconciliation processes and heading monthly G/L reviews, variance and P&L analyses.
• Managed monthly Financial Statements,G/L Review, Cash Flows, Fixed AssetSchedules and Depreciation, year-end Close.
• Executed assignment of revaluation of fixed assets and related accounting & disclosure requirements.
• Acquired strong Financial Domain knowledge in Fixed Income & Derivatives
• Solid experience in fixed income trading with estimation of Coupon Rate, Current Yield, and YTM.
• Performed Fixed Income Analysis (Pricing, Risk, Yield, Duration and Recommended Strategy) with Excel to support trading, and reviewed with portfolio manager and traders.
• Managed requirements from system users and preparation of business requirement documents using Rational Requisite Pro that provided appropriate scope of work for technical team to develop prototype and overall system.
• Created UML based diagrams using Rational Rose for Use Cases and Activity Diagrams, for better understanding of the layout of the new process.
• Assisted the Project Manager in preparing the Project Development Plans.
• Involved in identifying and tracking Project Issues and Risks.
• Gathered the functional and business requirements by conducting JAD sessions and participatory Design Sessions involving major leads from the Technical Department.
• Gathered requirements and participated in database design and development as well as report design and development, testing plan co-development and quality assurance.
• Developed Business Requirement Document and Use Cases Specification for various Use Cases.
• Worked with the Development and QA team in creating a demo website for UAT.
• Created UAT test scenarios and test cases and coordinated UAT.
• Generated Executive Problem Management Reports in excel.
• Helped many business clients in getting right and precise information for making better decision.

Environment: Epicor, Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, MS Office Suite, MS Project Plan, MS SharePoint, Business Objects.

Confidential, San Jose CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed Business team to gather business requirements, wants/ needs concerning the project and documented the requirements i.e. BRD.
• Involved in SDLC including requirements gathering, designing, developing, testing, and release to the working environment. Developed and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Performed thorough GAP Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing software functionalities with the new business requirements.
• Performed business process mapping for change requests and new requirements.
• Attended meetings with the SMEs and technical lead to discuss the enhancement issues and bridge the gap for future design modifications.
• Responsible for gathering requirements (BRD), writing functional specifications (FSD) and use cases for the application.
• Analyzed, documented and managed requirements as well as changes to requirements using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Developed use case diagrams, use case models and class diagrams based on UML methodology.
• Prepared the Regression Test list for the QA Team.
• Conducted UAT in the final phase of software development process to check the functionality of the software.

Environment: Windows XP/2000, Oracle, SQL, MS-Project, MS-Office Suite, MS Visio, MS Visual Source Safe, Test Director, Quick Test Pro (QTP)