Shivendra Malik
**********@*****.*** 571-***-****
Business Analyst (Willing to re-locate)
A position to blend my experience and education allowing me to develop my analytical skills that can help create value for the company and the efficient solution which in return would help the organization to achieve the best solution in business for best return on investments.
SUMMARY
A Business Analyst with 6+ years of experience and thorough understanding of Financial Services [State Street Corp], Secondary Mortgage [Fannie Mae], Primary Mortgage [Caliber Home Loans], Investment Banking, Asset management and Education Industry [Madison Area Technical College]
Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Feasibility Analysis, Design, Implementation, Deployment and Testing
Experienced Joint Application Design (JAD) facilitator and meeting coordinator/ excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
Experienced in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
Worked with Commercial Of The Shelf (COTS) product Workday at MATC
Sound Proficiency in analyzing and Creating Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Business Flow Diagrams and Sequence diagrams using MS Visio
Excellent skills in writing Business Analysis Documents such as Business Requirement Document (BRD), System Design Specification (SDS), Functional Specification Document (FSD) and Non-Functional Specification Document
Proficient in documenting requirements using Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams etc.
Experienced in conducting GAP and SWOT analysis
Worked closely with various stakeholders, Product Owners, Third Party Vendors SMEs and staff to understand and document Business, Functional and Software requirements
Possess excellent Analytical skills and Technical skills in gathering business requirements from business stakeholders and converting them into Functional requirements, Use case document, User Interface Specification, Technical Design, Test case document and User manuals
A quick learner who possesses excellent oral and written communication skills along with being optimistic, good listener and the ability to get along with people from different backgrounds, helped build a positive and productive team environment
Experienced in requirement gathering by conducting one on one interviews, developing questionnaires, brainstorming, or role-playing to get a better understanding of client business processes and creating Requirement Traceability Matrix
Possesses strong Time Management and Problem Solving Skills with a desire to become a subject matter expert
Creative and strong personality; capable of forming and maintaining a productive team environment
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: MS Windows, UNIX, MAC OS
Mobile Devices: iOS
Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle DB
Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall
Workflow Tools: MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, TOAD, Rally, Rational Clear Quest (SharePoint), HP ALM,
DOORS, TFS, VSTS, Google Docs, Sketch
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CALIBER HOME LOANS, Irving, TX Aug 16 – Aug 17
Business Analyst
CALIBER HOME LOANS is a full service national mortgage lender and agency. Caliber originates loans through various channels, including retail, wholesale, correspondent and consumer direct.
Project Description:
Caliber Home Loans are in the process of re-writing code, changing the backend and moving towards service oriented architecture for their homegrown proprietary LOS (Loan Origination System) called H2O online. The intent is to move the entire business logic to the backend so that the entire application can be exposed through an API. Assigned to work in a team to implement restructuring of interfaces within the H2O application using the waterfall methodology.
In addition to this, a mobile application is also being developed to allow partners of caliber to retrieve a snapshot of loan data. Here my concentration was on both the UI and API aspects using the agile methodology.
Responsibilities:
Reviewed existing business artifacts and documents for ex. BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), BRD (Business Requirement Document) etc.
Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives and resolve any impediments
Led daily meetings and shared any new developments throughout the project
Facilitated KT (Knowledge Transfer) sessions on general mortgage knowledge and functionality with the team
Involved in requirement gathering using TFS (Team Foundation Server), which included interviews, brainstorms and meetings with stakeholders.
Understood and documented the AS IS flow from business using MS VISIO
Communicated with several business owners to understand and document business logic and functionality
Communicated with the several different members of my team prepared KT (knowledge transfer) sessions on mortgage and functionality’s of each screen
Identified and created all necessary Business Use Cases from requirements, created UML Diagrams including Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and Class Diagrams using Microsoft Visio
Prepared a BRD for the H2O LOS (Loan Originations System) to document the business requirements
Communicated directly with the product owner to elicit business requirements
Assisted in creating wire frames using Sketch for the partner mobile application UI
Documented user stories and acceptance criteria for the UI using Google Docs
Coordinated with the partner desktop team to ensure the functionality resembles the mobile app and to report any new changes being carried out and how that might affect the development of the partner mobile application
Coordinated with the UI development team and was the main point of contact between UI and API teams
Responsible for writing meeting minutes and sharing with BO, Developer lead and PMO
Documented user stories and ATC’s (Acceptance Test Criteria’s) using TFS (Team Foundation Server)
Continuously worked with the product owner to prioritize the backlog for the Partner mobile application
Led internal review’s of ATC’s with the PMO and developer lead and addressed any pertinent questions
Reviewed ATC’s with product owner in a form of approval before moving further with development and testing
Led daily stand up meetings with both UI and API teams
Assisted QA Team in defining the Test Plans, Test Cases and automation of the Test Scripts
Facilitated in performing Unit, Integration and System testing
Conducted UAT (User Acceptance Testing) to ensure whether all the user requirements were met by the application
FANNIE MAE, Herndon, VA Apr 14 – Jul 16
Business Analyst
FANNIE MAE operates in Secondary Mortgage market to ensure that mortgage bankers and other lenders have funds to lend to homebuyers at low rates. It exists to expand affordable housing and bring global capital to local communities in order to serve the U.S housing market.
Project Description:
Single Family REO (SFREO) is the current sub-ledger accounting system for both Real Estate Owned (REO) and Non-REO properties. The system runs at the end of the month and relies primarily on upstream application for all input data. SFREO calculates and books journal entry to General Ledger, which replaces the corresponding Journal Entries, created by the upstream applications. The system interfaces with several other systems providing loan data, transactional data, charge off data etc. I worked as requirements/data analyst in several releases of the SFREO application.
Responsibilities:
Led requirements gathering for SFREO application released
Independently conducted various requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders in order to elicit business requirements
Implemented Oracle SLA (Sub ledger Accounting) and GL (General Ledger) for the SFREO release
Conducted walkthroughs with stakeholders for requirements review
Facilitated UAT test case walkthrough with the stakeholders
Validated all test cases and the attached evidence (SQL Scripts and actual results) performed by the UAT team
Lead the defect review sessions to identify the production defects to be addressed in the current and future releases
Generated and gathered all necessary documentation required for PQO checkpoint for e.g. RTM (using ALM and Clear Quest), Scope Document (using DOORS), Test Cases with steps (using ALM), Business Requirement Document (using DOORS) etc.
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Madison, WI Jan 13 – March 14
Business Analyst
MATC is a technical and community college, which serves to 12 counties in South Central Wisconsin. The school offers more than 175 associate degrees and technical diploma programs, as well as trade apprenticeships and other certifications.
Project description:
Madison College is implementing the Workday Human Capital Management and Finance modules. Workday is a securely hosted integrated HR/Payroll and Finance system. This will improve its HR and Finance processes by adopting the best practices. It also allows to better address emerging compliance needs, and to off-load some administrative work via the new self-service functionality. As this is hosted off-site, it allows Madison College to have a smaller on-site footprint for the HCM and Finance modules. It replaces an existing HCM/Finance system that is approximately 13 years old and is due for replacement.
Responsibilities:
Review, analyze and evaluate Absence Module and Time Tracking Module business systems
Continuously worked with the product owner to prioritize the backlog for the Workday Application
Maintain clear communications within the team sharing the changes to a user story or its acceptance criteria
Worked closely with the scrum master and product owner to facilitate the sprint grooming and planning session
Performed thorough GAP analysis to create the to-be system flow
Performed data mapping using SQL
Extensively Used SQL for accessing and manipulating database systems
Experience writing complex SQL Queries and Procedures
Participate as a team member to achieve successful business process reengineering
Act as a liaison to the organizational prioritize backlog team to communicate change management implications of Workday Core Team discussions and decisions
Worked directly on WRS (Wisconsin Retirement System) using Workday
Communicate status accurately to management and teams
Worked with internal teams and with Workday vendor team to properly configure Workday HCM and Workday Finance
STATE STREET CORPORATION, Boston, MA Aug 10 – Dec 12
Business Analyst
STATE STREET CORPORATION (SSC) is one of the world's largest global financial services companies. It focuses its services on institutional investors and investment management.
Project Description:
The Application Processing Unit (APSU) in State Street maintains and supports around 84 applications on various platforms. Prime function of the project was to convert three existing applications (Danger Point, Sandside and Canadian Client Borrowing) to have their current features along with the enhancements requested by the users. This project was carried out using waterfall methodology.
Responsibilities:
Performed critical Gap Analysis on Danger Point, Sandside and Canadian Client Borrowing.
Wrote requirements on how the three applications can be Merged into one
Designing and creating SQL Server tables
Assisting in SQL Server optimization including indexing and query optimization
Facilitated UAT test case walkthrough with the stakeholders
Used Tableau to create different views, visual analytics and data mapping
Created Requirement Traceability Matrix to make sure the current project requirements are being met.
Analyzed business requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, activity diagrams
Generated all necessary documents for e.g. Business Requirement Document, Scope Document etc.
Helped the lead in creating UML activity diagrams, Use Case diagrams for the three applications
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BUFFALO, NY
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 2010