MADUKA M. NKUKU

Certified Scrum Master Professional ® (CSP)

Houston, Texas

Phone: 832-***-****

Email: ac0aum@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Ability to define project scope, including the creation of User Stories with Acceptance Criteria, Product Backlogs, Defect Backlogs, Release Plans, Backlog Prioritization, as well as identifying key dependencies and risks.

Provide support for primary scrum master, project team lead and key stakeholders in the definition of the Project Vision, Goals, and Objectives.

Engage Product Owners, Portfolio, and Program Managers to fulfill their individual roles, communicating the Project Vision, Goals and Objectives, while establishing a strategic thinking perspective, and attended Agile Ceremonies.

Interfaced with project stakeholders including HR, Product Owners, Finance, Portfolio, and Program Managers to help coordinate Agile across enterprise

Familiar with SAFe practices and execution per iterative/agile development per Scrum, Kanban, JIRA and TFS.

CORE COMPETENCES:

Accounting, Business analysis, Project management, Project planning and improvement, Domestic and international people management skill, highly motivated, Goal and action oriented, and strong written/verbal communications.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: March 2016 to Present

EXXON MOBIL (Jr Scrum Master-4 Months Contract)

Provided support to Primary Scrum Master keeping the team in alignment with the Scrum process, values and principles, and ensured the team was focused on product development and continuous improvement.

Planned and monitored project budget/spending

Assisted the primary Scrum Master to facilitate scrum events that include daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, sprint review meetings and sprint retrospective meetings

Assisted Primary Scrum Master build and maintain relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them

Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs

UNITED AIRLINES (Jr Scrum Master-6 Months Contract)

Assisted primary Scrum Master facilitate daily Stand-up meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Release Planning, and other team meetings as required

Actively worked with primary scrum master to remove impediments that could slow any aspect of the development team's effort by serving as a buffer between line manager, product owner and the scrum team

Assisted the team in implementing the process improvements they've defined in the Sprint Retrospectives

Monitored projects to be sure work was within scope, and on budget

Planned and monitored project budget/spending

Assisted work flow by addressing handling and addressing issues raised by line managers and other stake holders so that development team did not have to spend time on tasks that had not been assigned.

HOUSTON METRO (Business Analyst/Scrum Master-5 Months Contract)

Assisted primary Scrum Master to support the Product Owner in writing effective User Stories and maintaining the ranked Backlogs for multiple products as the Core Team provides estimates for the planned product content

Helped users articulate the system capabilities they needed to meet their functional objectives

Monitored projects to work was within scope, and on budget

Assisted primary scrum master to support team self-organization & empowerment Share new industry Agile best practices

Planned and monitored project budget/spending

Enhanced story preparation for planning through effective communication techniques

Ensured planning meetings fully prepared the team for the upcoming release and sprints

QA Accounting Solutions -Canoga Park, CA. April 2012 -February 2016

Accountant/Business Analyst

Essential Responsibilities:

Prepared Financial statements and special reports as required by management

Performed various analytical functions, including analyzing proposed introduction of new programs, facilities acquisition, etc. and provide actionable insights

Assisted in preparing Board, lender and internal management reporting packages, including analytical review and graphs.

Attended key meetings, both internal and external, which the President or CFO cannot attend and report findings from the meetings.

Prepare individual Federal, State and Local tax returns

Prepare non-profit, Corporate, Limited Liability, and Partnership (Income, sales & Property) taxes

Prepare monthly tax worksheets, excise estimates, and projections used for determining monthly dividend rates, quarterly dividend rates, annual distributions, and distributions per share

Prepare various schedules for shareholder year-end tax reporting

Reliant Global Technology, Inc., Houston, TX January2008 -March 2011

Financial / Budget Analyst. Reported to Director of Strategic Planning.

Essential Responsibilities:

Capital & operational budget preparation, implementation and analysis.

Participated as a scrum team member and stakeholder in the development of team rules and norms

Participated as a scrum team member and stake holder in definition of Done that was used to decide if work had met product owner expectations.

Prepared over 12 office branch portfolio reconciliation, audit schedules, financial reporting, & implemented budgeting software system conversion.

Analyzing accounting controls, evaluating & recommended revenue efficiencies which lead to increase in revenue from the agricultural & manufacturing sector by over 30%.

Developed, maintained, and ensured policies & procedures were in accordance with Central Banking Reserve Standards.

Implemented Loan management procedures and recommended profitable Products.

Recommended Finance options strategies that increased bank revenues.

Prepare internal control procedures for corporate office and made recommendations on documentation, and maintenance of records according to corporate policies.

OTHER SKILLS

Proficient in MS Office, Sage Cloud and Agile project management methodologies

Skilled ability to interface and influence processes at multiple organizational levels

Excellent relationship-building, networking and communication skills

EDUCATION

University of Houston Downtown

BSc. Accounting

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