MARINA SHLEZ

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Brooklyn, NY 11229 e-mail: acunll@r.postjobfree.com

Process Improvement Product Upgrades & Enhancements Based on Market Analysis and Customer Feedback

In-depth Data Modeling, Mapping, and Mining Requirement Management for Complex Projects with Multiple Stakeholders

Defining and Utilizing User Acceptance Criteria Holding JAD Sessions User Stories ER and Workflow Diagrams

Supporting/Leading Multidisciplinary Teams through Full Product Life-Cycle System Analysis & Design

Accomplished business analyst with finance acumen and software expertise. Focuses on initiating innovative product advancements having direct sales impact.

Piloted and successfully launched training program for the operations department of over 200 people

Managed billing of $900K on a monthly basis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BEST SHOPPING, MANALAPAN, NJ 05/2014 -- Present

Senior Business/Data Analyst

Complete roadmap design for new website via coordination with cross-functional teams while collaborating /communicating with internal/external stakeholders. Product validation, user sessions and requirement working session are part of complete plan. Demonstrated pristine documentation techniques and scope meeting leadership and solid business sense for prioritization.

Supported multiple projects simultaneously through various phases of development

Excellent follow through on projects from their inception to launch

Maintenance and analysis of inventory database includes uncovering and eliminating redundancies

NPD GROUP, PORT WASHINGTON NY 06/2012 – 04/2014

Business Analyst

Kept pace with market/technology and incorporated customer/business insight into building most impactful product features

Led and managed all stages of SDLC; operational and project level support, provided continuous feedback on project status, offered innovative solutions to ensure project meets its original expectations

Worked with Requirements Analysts and Subject Matter Experts to identify and document business needs

Created numerous comprehensive Business Requirements Documents, UI specs, Functional Specifications Documents, user scenarios and workflow diagrams

Ensured traceability between business design and requirements; identified, tracked and resolved defects

Constructed and ran SQL queries for filtering data within the Oracle database as well as for testing/validation; essential resource for analysis on SQL Server and TOAD/Oracle

Identified and documented data sources and transformation rules required to populate and maintain data warehouse content

Worked with the Business and the ETL developers on the analysis and defect resolution including change requests

Created and maintained intercompany portal that provided easy access to training sessions and documentation for business processes and projects

DISNEY PUBLISHING, WHITE PLAINS, NY 08/2006 –11/2009

Senior Financial Analyst/Business Analyst

Maintained inventory financial and pipeline databases for a major warehouse, generated financial reports and held P &L responsibilities

Annual and quarterly balancing and reporting; performed closing entries on monthly basis

Provided invaluable input into advertising agency contracts

INNOVATIVE ACCOUNTING, BROOKLYN, NY 06/2002 –08/2006

Financial Analyst

Utilized expert knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and visual presentations including charts/tables.

THOMSON FINANCIAL, NEWARK, NJ 06/2000 –06/2002

Senior Financial Analyst

Assumed pivotal role in a diverse group (addressing versatile personnel such as IT, sales, M&A research department and others)

Held status and brainstorming meetings when spearheading collar agreement project including full implementation & launch

Obtained stakeholder’s input (investment banking clients) while designing novel client-centric proprietary information products

Financial Analyst (Mergers & Acquisitions) 5/1997 06/2000

Performed financial analysis and valuation of disclosed mergers and acquisitions; financial statement analysis

In-depth research/recommendations in terms of options/warrants on merger valuations; disclosed M&A research

TECHNICAL SKILLS: SDLC Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, XP, RUP, RAD and Waterfall, MS Office Suite, Acrobat, SQL, UML, Visio, Hadoop, Tableau, Erwin, MS SQL Server, Oracle 11i, MS Access, Sybase, MS Project, Adobe Robohelp, XML, JIRA, Python

ENVIRONMENTS: UML, Sharepoint, Rational, SQL, PL/SQL, Sybase, Adobe Robohelp, Hadoop

EDUCATION: BS in Finance 1997, Computer Science minor; GPA 3.74; Deans List: 1993-1997

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