SUMMARY:

• Business Systems Analyst with 9+ years of experience in Business Development Process and System and Data analysis withextensivework experience in the domain of Finance, Banking and Tradingand a registered CFA Level lll candidate.
• A Certified Scrum Master with hands on experience in various Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Experience on Waterfall, Agile Scrum and Hybrid of Waterfall and Agile methodologies with the ability to work with self - managing, self-organizing, and cross-functional teams along with coaching of agile framework across the verticals of the organization.
• Sound knowledge ofExtreme programming, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Spiral Model, SAFE and Kanban.
• Designed and documented Business process modeling using Swim Lane based Business processflowsaccompanied by conducting and facilitating elicitation sessions such as survey/questionnaires, Interviews sessions, Brainstorming sessions, Focus group sessions, Requirement workshops,Observation, Prototyping,Interface analysis, Root Cause analysis, Document analysis, and Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with internal as well as external stakeholders.
• Experience in conducting GAP analysis, Impact analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost benefitanalysis, Root cause analysis, Feasibility study, Impact analysis, Risk Analysis, and As-Is and To-Be business analysis and drafting reports.
• Successfully gathered requirements based on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely) technique.
• Facilitated Change Request Management, testingand created and validatedBusiness Requirements documents (BRD), Use-Case Specifications, andSystem Requirements Specifications (SRS), and verifiedRequirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Experience in buildingUnified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams including Use Cases, Activity diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Class diagrams,Data Flow Diagrams, and transforming the requirements gathered into functional specifications focusing on workflow analysis and design, user interface design, data flow, process flow and (Entity Relationship) Diagram.
• Good understanding in building and maintainingResponsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed (RACI) Matrix.
• Experienced in writing User storiesusing INVEST technique and handling the Requirement Churn. Efficient in facilitating Product Ownerto prioritize using techniques such as MoSCoW Technique, KANO Model Based and Business Value Based.
• Hands on experience in facilitatingSprint Ceremonies (Product Backlog grooming, Sprint Planning meeting, Daily Scrum/Stand-up meeting, Sprint Review meetingand Sprint Retrospective meeting) for Agile Scrum as Scrum Master.
• Hands on experience inusing estimation techniques such as Planning Poker, T-shirt sizing, Relative Mass Evaluation.
• Experience in converting Business functionalities into Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) models across IT environment.
• Created Data Mapping Documents using Hypertext Markup Language HTML, andExtreme Markup Language XML.
• Experience working in Three-Tier architecture, Ajax, Simple API for XML,Web Services(SOAP, WSDL), Client-Side Validation, and Server-Side Validation.Possess knowledge of validation scripting like JavaScript, JQuery and Angular JS.
• Experience in Testing Life Cycle and supervising Black-box Testing, Functionality Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Load/Stress Testing, and Performance Testing.
• Worked with QA team to design Test plans and Test Cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) using HP QC/ HP ALM.
• Experience in Data Integration using Data center with Hub and Spoke.Extensive implementation knowledge of Databases, Data Table structures, Schemas, Data Marts and OLAP operations such as Roll-up, Drill-down, slice and dice and pivot.
• Experience working in Mainframe environmentand deep understanding of database concepts like Data Warehousing, Data Structures, Schemas, Data Marts, Data-Entity Relationships and User Administration. Worked extensively with Data warehouses by migrating data from various OLTP’s to OLAP cube using ETL tools such as Informatica and SSDT-BI.
• Extensive knowledge of Data Cleaning to understand current applications relevant to International Rating Based Risk Weighted Assets calculations (IRB RWA), Pre-Provision Net Revenue forecast, and Comprehensive Capital Analysis Review test.
• Sound understanding of Value at Risk (VaR), Mortgage Valuation, and portfolio management and experience in validating, maintaining, and manipulating customer datasets for predictive modeling of BaselParameters (PD, LGD, and EAD).
• Excellent Interpersonal skills to interact with end-users, Subject Matter Experts SME’s and Project Stakeholders.
• Excellent Analytical, Problem solving, Communication and Documentation skills. Dedicated & Self- motivated, proven leadership capabilities and Time management skills.
• Knowledge of Project Management activities, proficient with Project Management Tools, testing tools and defect reporting tools.
• Worked under tight deadlines and multi-tasking to meet business goals. Experience in scheduling meetings, negotiating and co-ordination with Developers, Application Architects, and Subject Matter Experts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Finance and Banking Domain knowledge:  CCAR/DFAST, BASEL lll, SOX, National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), Asset allocation, Portfolio management, Fixed Income (Bonds, Convertibles, T-Notes, T-Bonds), Derivatives Money Market Instruments and Mutual Funds.

Project Management Tools/Methodology:  Unified Modeling Language (UML), MS-Project, MS Share Point, Rally, JIRA, and Agile-Scrum, Waterfall-Scrum, Waterfall, Extreme Programming, and Kanban.

Modeling Tools:  PowerDesigner, ER/Studio, ORACLE SQL developer Data Modeler

Requirement Management:  MS Office, JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM 11.5.

Reporting Tools:  IBM Cognos, Tableau, MS office Suite, Spotfire

Database:  MySQL version 2012, MS Access, Oracle 9i, DB2

Office Tools:  MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS SharePoint 2013, MS Project, MS Visio

Transaction Processing (OS):  IBM CICS TG V9.0

Mainframes (Hardware):  IBM z13 2964 series, IBM z10

Testing Tools:  HP QC / HP ALM 11.5, Load runner, Bugzillla and SOAP UI

ETL Tools:  Informatica, SQL Server Data Tools-Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI)

Languages:  HTML, XML, SQL version 2012, BaseSAS 9,SOAP and Java,

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Confidential,Hingham,MA

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Elicited requirements using JAD sessions, Survey/Questionnaire, Interview sessions, Focus Groups and analyzed the feasibility of the requirements and formulated and conducted GAP Analysis to derive requirements for ACH processing.
• Conducted a detailedFeasibility check, Impact analysis, CostBenefit analysis and evaluated Porter’s five forces.
• Coached the teamand Implemented software methodologies Scrum as well asAgile (Scrum) Scrum - waterfall Hybrid.
• Interacted with Subject Matter Expert’s (SME’s), asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements in a format that can be understood and reviewed by both technical and business people and drafted Business Requirement Document.
• Created prototypes usingMock-Up Screens and Wireframes using User Interface components to facilitate client verification.
• Adopted Entity-relationship modeling technique and developed Conceptual and Logical data model for RDFI and ODFI tables.
• Logged Data Mapping documents of various HTML field onto XML tags and then further onto tables stored in database.
• Conducted User Story Writing sessions and determineAcceptance Criteria for Potentially Shippable Product Increment.
• As a SCRUM Master, facilitated as well as time-boxed the differentSCRUM ceremonies Sprint Planning Meeting, Daily Standup meeting, Sprint Review Meeting, Sprint Retrospective Meeting and Product Backlog Grooming Sessions.
• Helped the Product Owner to Prioritize the Product Backlog items for developing Sprint tasks by taking suggestions from the cross-functional development team.
• Highly proficient in writing and prioritizing user stories in Product Back Log with Product Owner.
• Analyzed the Iteration Burn Down charts and reviewed defects.
• As experienced Scrum Master anticipated and removed obstacles from project team’s path and pushed them to deliver quality results based on schedule.
• Used JIRA for issue tracking, user story management and requirement traceability.
• Worked with the Product Owner during the Sprint Review Meeting for the Potential Shippable Product Increment (PSPI) and help decide which feature are DONE and satisfied using the Acceptance Criteria.
• Generated ad hoc SQL queries using joins, database connections and transformation rules to fetch data from the SQL Server database systems.
• Assisted with User Acceptance Testing, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensure that appropriate documentation is in place. Assisted in Black box testing, Integration testing, Load testing and Regression testing.
• Extensively involved in the User Acceptance Testing phase to ensure the requirements and functionality of the system was in accordance to the users and their feedback was incorporated.
• ConductedRisk analysis as required by NACHA and maintained a Risk Register.
• Communicated effectively across company contacts and clientsregarding requirements, schedules and launches.

Environment: Scrum - waterfall Hybrid, MS Visio, MS Project, MS SQL server 2012. Visual studio 2013, JIRA 5.2, Tableau 8.3, MS Office Suite (MS word, MS Excel, PowerPoint) 2013, Java, spring framework 4.2.0, IAS 2012.

Confidential,Charlotte,NC

Business analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in defining scope of the project with vision statement.
• Accumulated customer requirements from various end users through surveys and interviews sessions.
• Gathered business requirements and developed component Models and based on them developed As-Is Business Process Models for new plan.
• Adopted Business Processing Modeling notations to develop the business process models as pioneering by IBM as a new corporate standard.
• Responsible for meetings with users and stakeholders to identify problems, resolve issues and improve the process to ensure a stable and accurate solutions.
• Applied Unified modeling Language (UML) methodologies to design Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence diagrams.
• Created a standard Use case template for Confidential which was accepted as a standard template.
• Performed the GAP analysis between the As-Is models of Confidential .
• Performed risk analysis and suggested problem scenarios on applications interfacing with the central Database.
• Developed and presented solutions to stakeholders, suggested and implemented a timeline which involved integration of the systems in phases.
• Developed UAT Test Plan and performed UAT to test compatibility.
• Active participant in team building activities. Created a discussion board on MS Share point.
• Responsible for weekly newsletter detailing forthcoming activities, important announcements and training sessions.

Environment: Strong analytical skills, report writing, customer service, MS Office (Excel, Access, Word), and Windows.

Confidential,Jamaica,New York

Business System Analyst

• Interacted with users and stakeholders to Identify business needs , evaluated solutions for business problems.
• Gathered business requirements by participating in JAD sessions, interviewing business users and stakeholders, conducting one to one sessions and consulting existing systems documents.
• Understood problem definition through one to one meetings with Data architect , Enterprisearchitect and Solution advisors .
• The methodology used for the project was Waterfall and had a deep understanding about the requirement gathering . Provided clear and consistent information about project status both internally, IT team and stakeholders.
• Used MS Visio for Process modeling, Process mapping and Business Process flow diagrams . Understood the AS-IS system, developed the TO- BE system concepts and also prepared the System Process Maps .
• Prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD/HLD) and Drafted Systems Requirement Specification (SRS) . Analyzed, modified and validated these documents.
• Developed Conceptual and Logical ER diagrams for the database. Created Data Dictionary for the data models.
• Worked with QA team to design and develop Test Plan and Test Cases .
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) , Functional Testing and Regression Testing .
• Identified Source systems for financial data profiling of the legacy system .
• Integrated various OLTP to the OLAP by using SSIS/SSAS as an ETL tool and used SSRS as reporting tool. Also maintained the Bill Inmon and Ralph Kimball Paradigms.
• Assisted in increasing Data Integrity by performing Data Normalization and adding Data Verification and Validity to maintain accuracy and effectiveness of data.
• Performed Data Mining to find correlation and pattern in existing data and constructed SQL queries .
• Played a key role in the planning, testing, and implementation of system enhancements and conversions.
• Used ETL to map data and assemble data repository and created data marts.
• Used Data Center for Integrating Legacy systems and supporting in decision making.
• Assisted in creating Data Marts with Bus Architecture .
• Assisted in the implementation of Integrated Data Warehouse with individual data marts to address areas of business interest.
• Assisted with SNOW-flake schemas in the Dimensional model architects to providing business rules.
• Understand the Software Development Life Cycle and experience in system architecture mapping .
• Designed and developed all Use Cases and UML models using MS Visio .
• Proficient in creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams, Activity Diagrams , and Class Diagrams .
• Assisted the Project Manager in setting realistic project expectations, in evaluating the impact of changes .
• Establish Incident Reporting and Change Control procedures .
• Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and resources to successful completion.

Environment : SDLC Waterfall, MS project, MS office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio), MS Project, MS SQL 2008, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, HP ALM, JIRA 5.2.

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

Business System Analyst

• The methodology used for the project was Waterfall.
• Elicited business requirements for the project using interviews, document analysis, surveys, site visits, use case scenarios and also used standard template of the organization to develop requirements.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with Subject Matter Expert (SME) sessions.
• Maintained and build relationships with stakeholders to ensure their performance management and business analysis needs are understood and supported.
• Gathered requirements pertaining to the supplier information to support the Retail chain system.
• Elicited and documented Functional requirements, business requirements AS-IS and TO-BE business process models.
• Understood the Business process flow (Supplier to Retailer)
• Analyzed and gathered requirements for preparation of Business Requirement Document (BRD) , Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and System Requirement Specification (SRS).
• Developed clear Business flow and Supply chain flow for better reporting and analysis.
• Responsible for creating UML diagrams (Use Cases, Activity Diagram and Class Diagram) in order to capture the dynamic behavior of different applications.
• Developed Understanding of Billing centers for Data profiling and Data modeling.
• Developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams for a clear understanding of the vision document.
• Designed Test Plans and Test Cases with the help of QA teams.
• Prepared Business process models ; used Visio to create process flow diagrams for management and mapping the logical aspects of the process.
• Created Mapping and Modelling process in reference to Data center for reporting.
• Utilized Informatica for Extraction, Transformation and Loading ; SAS for report generation of the data to be analyzed from the data warehouses and data marts.
• Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix and interacted with QA team to ensure quality of software.

Environment : SDLC Waterfall, MS project, MS office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio), MS Project, MS Visio, HTML, JAVASCRIPT CSS,Informatica, MS SQL 2008, Base SAS, PROC SQL, Java, spring framework 3.1.

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst

• Involved in analyzing Business Requirements and developing System Specifications.
• Interacted with the customers and internal stakeholders to gather user requirements and their expectations from the system to create Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and System Requirement Specification (SRS).Created UML Diagrams using MS Visio.
• As a Scrum Master, I facilitated all the scrum ceremonies, namely: Sprint Planning meeting, Daily Scrum Meeting, Product backlog refinement meeting, Sprint Review meeting and Sprint Review meeting.
• Was also responsible for resolving impediments during the entire project life.
• Was also responsible to update the burn down charts.
• Tracked and reported timely performance against plans and forecast analyzed gaps and recommended corrective measures to improve productivity.
• Assessed business priorities, and advised business units by performing RiskAnalysis.
• Participated in the development and preparation of the Test Plan with the testing team as well as ensuring testability, reliability, usability, maintainability and performance of the application.
• Involved in incident reporting and change management procedures.
• Maintained and shared documents using MS SharePoint.
• Managed test cases and logged defects using HP QC tool.
• Formed a bridge between the Project Manager and different teams with effective presentations.

Environment:Waterfall-Scrum Hybrid, HP QC, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint).

Confidential

Business System Analyst

• Networked with Subject Matter Experts, Project Managers and Process Analysts to understand the business process gather Business Requirements and identified enhancements.
• Facilitated various sessions like JAD, JRD, JAM and RAD with various Subject Matter Experts.
• Assisted to author functional requirements and business requirement documents and provided guidance to QA team.
• Used HPQC for allotting task and issue tracking, user story management and requirement traceability.
• Responsible for meetings with users and stakeholders to identify problems, resolve issues and improve the process to ensure the system meets all the goals of the project.
• Produced visual models for the application using UML MS Visio to create Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams.
• Collaborated and negotiated with stakeholders in defining project scope boundaries.

Environment: Waterfall, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Access, SQL version, Informatica, IBM Cognos, Outlook, MS Office.

Confidential

Business System Analyst

Enterprise Reporting System

• Facilitated meeting and arranged JAD sessions with business users for requirement gathering.
• Served as a liaison between business team and the project team by assisting the business in identifying, understanding and documenting their business needs.
• Assisted in gathering requirements for the GUI (Graphical User Interface) Screens and designing.
• Created use cases and designed use case diagrams class, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams.
• Responsible for preparing Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and Functional Requirement Specifications.
• Conducted Project related Presentations.

Environment: Waterfall, MS Office, MS EXCEL, MS ACCESS, Load runner, windows 2000, UML and Bugzillla.