SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience on analysis, testing and project management.
• Worked on client’s legacy systems that consisted of Oracle Applications such as General Ledger and other customized applications.
• Knowledge about other Oracle Financial applications such as Project Accounting, Accounts Payables and other applications
• Certified Oracle R12 E - Biz Suite Essentials.
• Attended the Oracle R12 applications s that involved the enhancements for standard applications in R12 release.
• Involved wif working on Oracle front-end forms and reports as well as on Oracle databases.
• Hands-on experience wif SQL queries using the TOAD tool on Oracle Databases.
• Knowledge of Shell-scripting using Unix.
• Used Visual Basic scripting in Quick Test Professional (QTP) for automation of the Test Scripts.
• Strong skills in communication, leadership, presentations to senior management, problem-solving, project management, team development and organization.
• Experience in Business analysis in Hotel, Health and Insurance domain.
• Thorough understanding of all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and specialized in employing different models like Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile, and Waterfall.
• Established and maintained productive working relationship wif management, Clients and team members.
• Ability to multi-task and adapt quickly to changes while maintaining urgency in completing assigned tasks
• Converted requirements documents such as Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Technical Requirements into test strategies/plans, test scenarios and test cases, including appropriate SQL scripts to execute testing cases.
• Participated in test planning, coordination and resource estimation for the project
• Prepared and managed test schedule, resources wif project development schedule.
• Proposed testing best practices across clients/industry to strengtan testing methodology
• Successful teamwork experience & demonstrated leadership abilities
• Interacted and coordinated wif SME’s of the respective application.
• Diverse experience in the field of IT specializing in Quality Assurance Testing, Maintenance and Technical Support for Client/Server applications.
• Proficient in testing applications developed wif Oracle, QTP, SQL and HP Quality Centre.
• Experience includes working inManual,AutomationandPerformanceTest efforts.
• Experience working inWaterfall and RUP methodologies.
• Expertise in performing all types of testing likeFunctional, Regression and User Acceptancetesting.
• Self-starter wifstrong work ethic, good time management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: HP Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, Manual tester

Tracking tools: Quality Centre

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP/NT/98/95/2000, UNIX

Databases & Tools: MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access, Oracle

Language: SQL

Tools: Toad, SnagIT

Application Programs: MS Project, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, Oracle Forms and reports

Business Modelling Tools: SPARX’s Enterprise Architect, MS Visio 2010

Business Analysis Methodologies: Rational Unified Process, Unified Modeling Language

Statistical/Report Tools: Oracle forms and reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst / Testing Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and Analysed Business Requirement Documents and prepared a Requirement Traceability Matrix on for the requirements.
• Prepared Test Cases and Test Scripts based on Business Requirement Document.
• Performed Regression Testing on the Test Scripts and Test Cases in the development environment.
• Raised defects and coordinated wif the development team and made sure the bugs were fixed on time.
• Conducted daily status meetings and prepared MoM on a daily basis.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted JAD/Kickoff meetings wif business owners, stakeholders as part of the requirements gathering process.
• Interfaced wif the project manager and offshore development team through different stages of the project.
• Performed in-depth analysis to determined Business/Functional Requirements. Created vision, scope and use case documents.
• Created process flow diagrams.
• Responsible for documenting the Technical design documents, data mapping/ data analysis and process flow diagrams.
• Working wif GUI (mock-ups) and Data elements wif the Business and Architecture team.
• Proposed and various reporting methodologies that could be used for the client.

Confidential, New Jersey

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Logically grouped various Business Requirements according to the services and the functional areas so that the requirements could be distributed equally among the Business Analysts.
• Prepared BRD document for CRS and consolidated all the requirements to create the master BRD document for the entire quarterly release.
• Conducted internal BA status call meeting every alternate day so as to identify any risks involved and ensure that the project timelines are met.
• Followed AIM methodology, which was a combination of RUP and Waterfall methodologies.
• Maintained all the project’s artifacts on Wyndham’s sharepoint and ensured that all the documents were updated on timely basis.
• Involved in developing Test plan and Test cases based on Use cases and Functional Specifications.
• Assisted QA team in creating Test Plans and Test Cases based on User Requirements and Functional Specifications to follow during the testing phase.
• Scheduled sessions wif Business, Solution Architect and Engineering stakeholders to gather Business requirements for Central
• Documented Functional Specification Design (FSD) based on the sessions and prepared Use cases, process flow diagrams using Microsoft Visio.
• Created Wireframes for the new screens involved in FSD document using SnagIt tool.
• Coordinated wif Engineering and Solution architect stakeholders to prepare Non-Functional Requirement (NFR) document that included context diagram and architecture of the systems involved.
• Discussed FSD in details wif all the stakeholders to determine Business rules, data validation rules and the impact on the other systems.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requested and analyzed requests serviced by consultants by scheduling interviews to gauge the distribution of service requests.
• Consulted wif our own IT specialists to determine potential vendors/suppliers of managed services to match them wif the requirements of our clients.
• Analyzed company financials to determine current operating expenses and mapping a TO-BE financial model to in corporate managed services
• Researched pricing strategies of competitors in the industry to get a sense of the trends in pricing

Confidential, San Francisco,CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a part of Action learning project, we consulted and developed business opportunity map to recommend new fields of play/ improvements in the existing processes.
• Presented a business plan wif market overview, strategy framework, action plan, milestones, financial models & requirements
• Used MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and marketing research tools extensively.
• During the final presentation, our team was judged the best one and our overall ranking was second position.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a part of marketing course, we developed a social media strategy for the company.
• Did an extensive market research on the renewable energy companies and provided market insights.

Confidential

Test Coordinator / Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements / functional requirements and converted them into test scenarios, test cases and test plans.
• Experience in Waterfall Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Certified HP Quick Test Professional Tester and Oracle R12 E-Biz Suite Essential.
• Involved in duties such as creating the work breakdown structures (WBS), project monitoring, and change management using Microsoft Project
• Assisted QA team in creating Test Plans and Test Cases based on User Requirements and Functional Specifications to follow during the testing phase.
• Hands-on experience wif SQL queries using Toad to retrieve data from Oracle database.
• Knowledge of Shell-scripting using Unix.
• Used Visual Basic scripting in Quick Test Professional (QTP) for automation of the Test Scripts.
• Created, executed, maintained and converted manual test scripts into automated test scripts using QTP and QC tools.
• Experience in working in Oracle Applications such as General Ledger and other customized applications.
• Executed test cases manually, reported and tracked test execution and defects for projects and enhancements using Quality Centre.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Regression Testing on AT&T’s legacy systems.
• Reduced Accenture’s expenses by conducting two in-house s on “Advanced QTP tool” in Pune and Delhi for 25 participants. Received feedback of 4.25 out of 5 and was acknowledged by senior management.
• Groomed and managed a team of five QA testers in the team.
• ed wif R&R (Rewards and Recognition) for sharing knowledge and adding value to company.
• Received appreciation from client as a result of standardization process for SLA by consolidating and reporting monthly time reporting sheet.
• Spearheaded infrastructure team and ensured that their were no network issues during execution.
• Owned the responsibility of status reporting to the client on a weekly basis for the team wifout missing on a single deadline.