SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of diversified experience in Banking and Finance industry.
• Experienced in the field of Information Technology, Project management,Business/Decision Analysis, Software Quality Assurance and Testing.
• Performed planning and development of Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scenario to meet product'sbusinessrequirements.
• Expertise in Project Planning, Project Design, creating functional specifications and data flow diagrams.
• Worked in Identity Access Management project and developed various strategies and business models involved with it.
• Expertise in translating user requirements into technical specifications and mapping the process design, work flows for SDLC with documenting and managingbusiness requirements.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Market Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Portfolio Diversification, Fixed Income Products and Services amongst others.
• Possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication and documentation skills with good process management skills along with a remarkable ability to gather requirements to bring out quality product.
• Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment and meet stringent deadlines.
• Professional expertise in MS Office, MS Access and MS Project Professional 2002, Tableau and SharePoint.
• Analyzed Enhancement requests and Modification requests.
• Conducted daily Scrum meeting to discuss developments and risks of project and have advance skills in Agile methodology.
• Extensive knowledge of Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology.
• Highly motivated worthy team player capable enough to work and lead within a team environment besides being capable to work independently.
• Fairly experienced with SQL and database querying.
• Detected bugs in system and approving user stories in Jira.
• Maintenance of Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix. AnalyzedBusinessrequirement.
• Experienced as aBusinessAnalystin a role of responsibility encompassing Requirement Gathering, Decomposition and Analysis besides Quality Assurance.
• Ability to identify root causes and derive corrective actions to meet short and long termbusiness requirements using resourceful approaches.
• Ability to identify and document critical requirements through analysis.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple deadlines and multiple projects effectively through a combination ofbusinessand technical skills.
• Facilitated JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions and conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Strongbusinessanalysis skills and thorough understanding of software development life cycle.
• Strong ability to understand and document critical data through effective data collection, data analysis and data interpretation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C, C++, SQL and Visual Basic 5.0.

Web Languages: ASP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Web Server Concepts: IIS 5.0, Apache and Jakarta Tomcat

Bug Reporting Tools: Test Director, Rational ClearQuest

Software Testing Tools: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Rational Team Test and Silk.

Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows … UNIX and DOS.

Internet Concepts: LAN (Intranet - Ethernet), WAN (Internet - HTTP, FTP, UDP)

Network Concepts: TCP/IP, WinSock and Firewalls

RDBMS: Oracle 7.0/8.0, SQL Server 2000 and MS-Access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Studied existing business application and processes, collected end user requirements and suggested the improvisedbusinessprocess model.
• Gap Analysis of client requirements, generated workflow process, flow charts and relevant artifacts.
• Defined and documented the vision and scope of the project.
• Provided data analysis, data mapping and data mining techniques using SQL.
• Conducted one on one interviews with high level management team and participated in the JAD session with the SME's.
• Worked as a liaison between thebusinessand technical side to convey thebusinessneeds to the system architects.
• Worked in association with RUP mentors to ensure fidelity to the standard RUP practices of the institution.
• Participated in weekly status meetings to present status and in corporate any digressions from the original scope.
• Designed Use Cases using UML and managed the entire functional requirements life cycle using RUP for Front Office personnel.
• Created and managed project templates, Use Case project templates, requirement types and trace-ability relationships in Requisite Pro.
• Carried out a thorough target organization assessment and risk analysis.
• Involved in cross-functional teams, developing new ways to boost efficiency and delivering results in fast changing environment to achieve company goals.
• Provided the management with test metrics, reports, and schedules as necessary using MS Project and participated in the design walkthroughs and meetings.
• Analyzed the "As is" and "To be" system documents to show the current and proposed functionalities of the system using MS VISIO.
• Worked with the clients on the final signing process in the User Acceptance stages.

Environment: WinRunner7.0/Load Runner 6.5, MS-Visio, Test Director, UNIX, Windows NT, Java, HTML, Oracle, IIS,Phyton.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed, revised and created test plans according to business requirements.
• Wrote Use cases and Activity Diagrams.
• Assisted the customer in defining the high-level Functional Requirements and needs.
• Gathered the requirements, developed process models and detailedBusinessPolicies, and modified thebusinessrequirement document.
• Involved in the Data Movement between Systems, validated theBusinessRequirements.
• Wrote numerous test cases based on test strategies.
• Involved in Functionality and Regression testing during the various phases of the development.
• Utilized RUP to create use cases, activity, class diagrams and workflow process diagrams.
• Responsible for coordinating and performing functional and date-related testing.
• Prepared theBusinessWorkflow using MS-Visio with input, output, pre/ post conditions.
• Analyzed team performance with the QA manager and implemented the changes if any with respect to raising the efficiency of the entire team.
• Participated in the team for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Used Rational Clear Quest to report defects and test results.
• Conducted the Customer Acceptance Testing, System Acceptance and End-to-End testing.
• Detected defects communicated to the developers using bug-reporting tools and tracked the defects.
• Working closely with Risk management team and providing ideas to enhance deliverables.
• Conducted Back End Testing on the Oracle database using SQL.
• Defined transactions to measure server performance and creating rendezvous points to simulate heavy load on the server.
• Involved in maintaining the Test Matrix.
• Actively participated in enhancement meetings.
• Helped Test Engineers troubleshoot, and problem solve any issues that would arise.

Environment: Windows NT Server, Oracle, Web Logic, IIS, Java, WinRunner, LoadRunner and TestDirector.

Confidential

Junior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted and analyzedbusinessprocesses.
• Prepared departmental reports providing analytical framework related to the budget process.
• Analyzed, revised and created test plans according tobusinessrequirements.
• Created Use cases and Activity Diagrams.
• Followed the RUP methodology for the entire SDLC.
• Analyzed consumer surveys and gave technical inputs inBusinessmeetings.
• Involved in the meeting withBusinessprocess owners, SME (subject matter experts) and Marketing Team for Requirements gathering in definition stage.
• Performed Gap Analysis.
• Wrote numerous test cases based on test strategies
• Involved in Functionality and Regression testing during the various phases of the development.
• Performed Smoke testing before starting the major testing effort.
• Assessed potential risks and analyzed issues of importance with project managers.
• Validated the system end-to-end testing to meet the approved functional requirements.
• Analyzed team performance with the QA manager and implemented the changes if any with respect to raising the efficiency of the entire team.
• Conducted the final user-acceptance testing and usability testing.

Environment: Windows2000, Test Director, Oracle, Microsoft Project 2000, UNIX, IIS, ASP.NET.