SUMMARY:

• 12+ years of experience in the Financial Services Industry
• Experience in the following domains -
• Regulatory Reporting/Compliance
• Wealth Management
• Automation/Analytics
• Liquidity/Credit/Operational Risk
• Payment Systems
• Credit Derivatives
• Excellent writing skills and Business Requirement Document(BRD) and Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) preparation skills
• Strong testing skills and experience in creating Test Plans and Test Cases; good co-ordination skills with stakeholders for defect containment, management and resolution
• Adept at coordinating resources, prioritizing group activities, and establishing schedules to ensure that plans are consistent with Project Management objectives. Experience working with cross-functional teams for project delivery using Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Extensively used following tools - MS Excel, SQL, MS Project, Oracle, MS Visio
• Good client interaction and issue resolution skills; adept at working across all levels of management to resolve issues

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather business requirements by scheduling sessions with the client’s Operations team
• Create FSD and data mapping documents
• Prepare RCM documentation
• Perform Product demos to help clients understand the product functionality
• Perform gap analysis and work with the client to resolve gaps
• Work with the Implementation team to ensure that all requirements are understood and provide clarifications as needed
• Work with Product team for product customization and enhancement requests
• Co-ordinate with Testing team and perform hands-on testing as needed
• Hold defect calls during the testing phase and prioritize test defects in close consultation with the client and Confidential internal teams
• Schedule weekly meetings to assess project progress
• Escalate project issues and risks to Sr Management

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Gather business requirements by performing JAD sessions with multiple user groups
• Analyze and vet business requirements by performing data analysis
• Schedule Daily Stand Up meetings and facilitate discussions and decision making to achieve project objectives
• Remove impediments for the project team
• Work with product owners and SCRUM teams to groom stories in advance of each sprint
• Prepare the Business Requirement Document(BRD)
• Perform project delivery as per deliverables agreed to with the client
• Create test plans and develop test cases
• Create test cases for Functional and User Acceptance testing
• Conduct User Acceptance testing
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to prioritize and resolve defects
• Create Project Management plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Create and monitor project effort and schedule through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Conduct weekly status meetings
• Conduct Weekly Status Meetings and Defect Calls to monitor project status
• Prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Create and update project documentation like Issues Log, Defect Log

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Define and finalize the scope of work in close consultation with business users
• Conduct FS working sessions and achieve consensus on requirements with multiple stakeholders (Liquidity Risk Office, CTMO and Risk Reporting)
• Conduct Daily Stand Up meetings and assist team in self organizing
• Work with Product Owners on Product Backlog and story grooming
• Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies to remove obstacles and drive stories completion
• Perform data analysis using SQL queries to vet requirements
• Create Functional Specifications Document
• Provide business clarifications to the Development team
• Work with Technology team to prepare mock screens/GUI and workflow
• Liaison with other workspaces within LRI to leverage existing code and data
• Prepare and execute SIT and UAT test cases
• Log defects and prioritize defect resolution in consultation with stakeholders
• Conduct regular defect calls and monitor defect resolution using HP QC/ALM
• Co-ordinate Production Rollouts in close consultation with Tech team and Business users
• Identify and escalate potential project risks
• Prepare presentations and provide updates to Sr Mgmt on project progress
• Contribute to adhoc requests made by Sr Mgmt for presentation to Regulatory Authorities

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Define the scope of work and deliverables using the Project Request Form
• Work with Product Owner to create and maintain Product Backlog
• Manage and deliver items as per Sprint Backlog Perform budgeting exercise and monitor budgets for the project
• Work with Technology team to prepare mock screens/GUI
• Provide clarifications to Technology team
• Prepare test plans and test cases for UAT
• Conduct User Acceptance testing in close collaboration with Business Users
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to prioritize and resolve UAT defects
• Lead and monitor the test efforts with all stakeholders
• Co-ordinate production rollouts in close consultation with the Technology team
• Conduct Weekly Status Meetings to monitor project status
• Identify and escalate potential risks to the project
• Create and update Project Plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Monitor project effort and schedule through all phases of the SDLC
• Ensure adherence to SDLC standards and maintain documentation as per SDLC protocol
• Raise Change Requests through the Sharepoint process

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business requirements.
• Prepare the Business Requirement Document(BRD)
• Perform project delivery as per deliverables agreed to with the client
• Create test plans and develop test cases
• Create test cases for Functional and User Acceptance testing
• Conduct User Acceptance testing
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to prioritize and resolve defects
• Create Project Management plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Create and monitor project effort and schedule through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Conduct weekly status meetings
• Conduct Weekly Status Meetings and Defect Calls to monitor project status
• Prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Create and update project documentation like Issues Log, Defect Log

Confidential, PA

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conduct requirements analysis sessions to understand user requirements
• Prepare the Functional Requirements Specifications(FRS) document
• Create Change Request and Impact Analysis documents
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to clarify specifications
• Perform testing and help prioritize and resolve defects by conducting defect calls
• Monitor progress of the project and raise issues/risks
• Conduct weekly status calls and provide weekly status report to Management

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conduct JAD sessions to understand user requirements
• Prepare the Functional Requirements Specifications(FRS) document and ‘Change Request’ documents
• Prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Create use cases and flow charts using Visio
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to clarify specifications
• Create test plan and test cases for System Integration testing
• Conduct System Integration testing by passing SWIFT messages through the application
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to prioritize and resolve defects
• Provide business support to resolve UAT issues
• Lead and monitor the test efforts with all stakeholders - compare actual and planned efforts
• Conduct Weekly Status Meetings and daily Defect Calls to monitor project status
• Create Project Management plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Create and monitor project effort and schedule through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Create and update project documentation like Issues Log, Defect Log
• Update Senior Management by providing weekly progress reports
• Create CAIR log, Risk Scorecard, Change Request, Impact Analysis documents
• Manage onsite-offshore resource co-ordination to manage deliverables

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conduct requirements analysis sessions to understand user requirements
• Prepare the Functional Requirements Specifications(FRS) document
• Update Senior Management by providing weekly progress reports
• Create Change Request and Impact Analysis documents
• Co-ordinate with development team and users to clarify specifications
• Co-ordinate with testing team for testing and help prioritize and resolve defects

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assist in preparing the Functional Requirements Specifications(FRS)
• Co-ordinate with vendor and users to clarify specifications as necessary
• Create test plans and develop test cases
• Create SWIFT messages to test the software
• Conduct System Integration testing to ensure delivery of quality software to business users
• Provide business support to resolve UAT and Production issues
• Prepare environment for UAT testing
• Prepare Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Create and update project documentation like Issues Log, Defect Log, Daily Reconciliation Log and CAIR Log
• Prepare the User Guide of the application
• Update Senior Management by providing weekly progress reports
• Establish project communication plan
• Create Project Planning document
• Create Project Management plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Manage project across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
• Update Senior Management by providing weekly progress reports
• Create CAIR log, Risk Scorecard, Change Request, Impact Analysis documents
• Manage onsite-offshore resource co-ordination to manage deliverables

Confidential, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage project across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
• Create Project Management plan for all project phases using Microsoft Project Plan
• Understand the business process and document business requirements
• Prepare Business Requirement Document(BRD) and Functional Requirements Specifications(FRS)
• Create and update Data Dictionary and Issues Log
• Assist the development team to define high level design
• Co-ordinate with developers and users to clarify specifications as necessary
• Create test plans and develop test cases
• Conduct System Integration testing to ensure delivery of quality software to business users
• Perform data migration by writing and using SQL scripts
• Perform data cleansing of the migrated data
• Provide business support to resolve UAT and Production issues
• Prepare the User Guide of the application