SUMMARY

• 9 years of experience in Information Technology, with expertise in Project Management, Business Analysis and Software Development.
• Expertise in working with Regulatory Reporting Management, Project Budgeting/Forecasting, Business Requirements Document, Functional Specification Document, Use Cases, Test Cases/Test Plans and overall deliverables in SDLC Lifecycle.
• Experience working in SDLC, from Inception to Transition.
• Proven experience managing global, cross - functional initiatives across large multinational organizations in a corporate setting.
• Project Management/Business Analysis of FDIC Reporting, BASEL, CCAR, Dodd Frank & Stress Loss testing.
• Constructed artifacts specific to each phase of SDLC Lifecycle documenting technical language for both the Business Requirement and Functional Requirements.
• Working experience with Financial Products, Regulatory Reporting, Fixed Income, Business Insurance, Property & Casualty, Website Management, Private Equity, Business Intelligence as well as Business Relations environment.
• Efficient in delivering Business and System Use Cases and supporting all the documents with UML Diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Visio Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Process Flows (Business and System) using UML modeling tools such as MS Visio.
• Facilitated many Joint Application Developments (JAD) sessions and Interviews, Workshops with end-user/ clients/stakeholders and the IT group.
• Experienced in creating Test Cases/ Test Plans and Creating Use Cases based off the client requirements and functional specifications created.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Development Software and Methodology: Agile/SCRUM, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Waterfall

Business Skills: Project Management, Business Requirements, Business Process Analysis & Design, Requirement Gathering, Use Case Modeling, JAD/JRP Sessions, Gap analysis and Impact analysis.

Systems / Applications: Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SAS, SQL, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Snag IT, Quality Center, Blueprint, Ralley, PPM, SharePoint.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Long Island City, New York

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Sr. Project Manager handling numerous complex projects involving CCAR 14Q, 14M, 14A Regulatory Submissions, FDIC Reporting, BASEL, and Stress Loss testing.
• Managing data acquisition, business and data analysis, modelling data testing, and user acceptance testing by onshore and offshore Retail Risk Architecture teams to provide user acceptance sign-off.
• Engaging with Global Consumer Risk, in-business country risk and operations teams to define and manage delivery with focus on ensuring global data acquisition.
• Partnering with Risk/ Technology teams, Risk Process Owners, to manage all aspects of solutions delivery.
• Managing cross-functional dependencies and fostering integration and coordination with other related significant projects/teams.
• Tracking project status, proactively managing issues and providing report-style updates to stakeholders through senior management reviews, steering and operating committee meetings and regular project work sessions.
• Identifying and communicating key project risks, defining mitigation strategies and managing to resolution for Retail CCAR & Regulatory Commitments.

Confidential, Montvale, New Jersey

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Business Analyst on designing and implementing numerous new tools to support eAudIT.
• Interviewing eAudit users/clients to Document Requirements and Change Requests.
• Lead Business Analyst from the end to end developing of new business initiative “Generic Workflow.”
• Documenting BRD’s and FRD’s to develop new tools to simplify tasks on the auditing platform.
• Facilitating meetings with large business groups including Business Specialists, International Audit Leads, Attorneys, Subject Matter Experts and Senior Management.
• Working closely with Business Experts to understand, analyze, and deliver project scope, screen mock-ups, new feature demonstrations, and training sessions.

Confidential, Long Island, New York

Sr. Business Analyst/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Project Manager on numerous large, complex projects involving teams of 10-15 IT professionals under the Tax Reporting umbrella.
• Conceive and implement projects requiring Extensive Systems Integration around the company owned Tax Pre Processor Engine/ Taxonomy.
• Lead the OID calculation initiative project, for both the business and IT teams.
• Ensured project financial status, material variations and technical information are proactively and effectively communicated to numerous audiences, including senior management, stakeholders and junior staff. MS Office tools to document artifacts and presentations for Senior Management.
• Developed project plans and defined project purpose, clear roles, risks, tasks, milestones, and measures of success.
• Worked closely with Tax Attorneys, Subject Matter Experts, Chief Technology Officers, and Business Specialist to understand and analyze deliverables and project scope, often pertaining to Regulatory Requirements guide lined by the SEC and/or IRS.
• Constructed numerous documentations to communicate Business Goals, Development Deliverable expectations, Project Progress charts, Managerial reporting.
• Facilitated SWAT meetings with Directors and Senior Executives from: Tax Business Team, QA Team, Development Team, and Client/Tech Services Teams.
• Managing QA team in construction of Test Cases/Test Plans and monitoring/assigning platform logging defects on Quality Center.

Confidential, Hunt Valley, Maryland

Sr. Business Analyst / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Senior BA on the Commercial Multi Perril(CMP) team for projects consisting of several enhancements of the Strategic Commercial Business Platform(SCBP) for the purposes of managing insurance rates, quotes and coverage details for the agents and clients.
• Communicated and interacted with Business Intelligence on changes and enhancements that may impact data, workflow and functionality of the SCBP platform.
• Documentation: Constructed documentations to communicate Business interest to development such as Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, Test Cases/Test Plans and Process Flow Diagrams.
• Facilitated meetings with the Data, Development, Rating and Rules Teams to understand requirements dealing with underwriting and quote processing.
• Assisted QA team in construction of Test Cases/Test Plans and performed manual testing on the SCBP platform logging defects on Quality Center.
• Worked closely with Product Specialist to understand and analyze requirements
• Used MS Office tools to document artifacts and presentations for Senior Management.
• Product Demand Que(PDQ) updating, logging progression through software lifecycle, tracking requirement requests, and assigning BA’s through company SharePoint site.

Confidential, New York, New York

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implemented internal methodology similar to RUP within Fixed Income division to compose and establish process, IT standards and procedures.
• Interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Product Specialists to keep traceability of user requirements.
• Artifacts delivered included; Business Requirement Documents, mockups constructed via SnagIT after analyzing with internal and external customers.
• Prepared Visio diagrams to document Business Process detailing the flow of data within segments of the module.
• Gathered requirements through different methods including JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other and, 1 on 1 Interviews to understand and fix any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Worked closely with Product Specialist to understand and analyze requirements
• Used MS Office tools to document artifacts and presentations for Senior Management.
• Used SnagIT for creating screen mockups and screenshots for FSD’s and prototypes.
• Designed Test Cases/Test Plans and assisted in Testing with the QA team.

Confidential, New York, New York

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the business end-users to create/update business requirements and As-Is and To-Be Business Process flows
• Worked with theproject team to ensure that they understand the requirements and provide subject matter expertise to assist with defining applicable scenarios for the business functionality and the technology implementation of the requirements
• Worked with test team to develop UAT test scripts and ensure the testing results correspond to the business expectations
• Performed and conducted daily, monthly, quarterly and annual accounting and reporting functions and its impact on data migration.
• Created functional spec documents for cash flow, capital calls, distributions and capital statements business requirements and liaised with clients and external auditors to capture business requirements.
• Created Test Cases/Test Plans to ensure migration of data from legacy to EquiFlow application via backend testing and data analysis.
• Data analysis included equity-linked, high grade and high yield debt products
• Designed comprehensive financial models to evaluate strategic options for clients including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, restructurings, and other financing alternatives

Confidential, Secaucus, New Jersey

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Gap Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements.
• Followed solely RUP methodologies during the course of the project.
• Accumulated system requirements from various departments through surveys and interviews.
• Involved in prioritizing the defects and writing business requirements to resolve them.
• Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors, users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.
• Involved in Testing by using SQL to test back end data and work with QA together to develop test Scenarios and test cases.
• Planned and defined system requirements to Wire Frames with Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies.
• Created Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams in MS Project and MS Visio.
• Implemented Agile Methodology to revisit requirements for reports created for Commercial Insurance and Workers Compensation.

Confidential, New York, New York

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed business requirements for internally generated features from business needs for the Confidential Web
• Collaborated with the Web Development team on user interface and user experience needs.
• Acted as a subject matter expert SME on working with the team to document functional requirements and creating Use Cases for testing purposes.
• Worked with the Web Development team to ensure that the acceptance criteria are met provided by the business.
• Interviewed different regions of Insurance such as Auto, Motorcycle to analyze Business needs and document artifacts.
• Aided team members with quality assurance, end-user documentation and software development as needed.
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills with internal and external users to understand Business needs.
• Used Waterfall methodology within the project for each phase of the lifecycle.
• Provide level of support as needed.
• Acts as the main contact for data on a project, resolving issues and answering questions, to ensure appropriate and accurate information and data files are prepared and available to colleagues and development team.
• Created User Manual on the functionality of the modules for support.