Project Analyst

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Sowmya Srinivasan

MBA graduate with 7 years of experience in IT Industry, looking for opportunities in Software Product Management, Business Analysis.

Skills Summary

Experience in business analysis, product management, software project management, and test management across Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Healthcare and Compliance.

5 years of experience in leading scrum calls, backlog grooming, sprint planning and review.

Close to 2.5 years of experience in team handling and project management. Handled teams with 10-12 members across multiple locations.

Experienced in requirement gathering, requirement elicitation, user story walkthrough and preparation of use cases, business requirement document etc.

Effective communicator with excellent presentation, communication & problem solving skills

Good interpersonal skills, commitment, result oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new technologies and undertake challenging tasks

Professional Experience Summary

Business Analyst – Team Product Owner

Real Page India Pvt. Ltd. – Feb 2018 to Present, Hyderabad

oInvolve in requirement elicitation discussions, workshops, interviews and brainstorming sessions with the stakeholders to understand and define the business requirements.

oLead implementation discussions with the technical team and worked on creating prototypes for prospective clients.

oWork directly with technologists to develop use cases and functional specification documents.

oWork with architects & development managers to assess the current architecture and business processes to enhance the current application.

oWork with visual engineering team to help translate the requirements and use cases to the design/mock-ups.

oDeveloping a clear understanding of existing business functions and processes

oResponsible for getting sign off on milestones and deliverables from the client.

oUsing information gathered to write up detailed reports and draw conclusions

oCreation of high-level business process workflow diagram

oGAP analysis for product enhancements and bench marking

oWork as Scrum Master leading the scrum calls, planning and review meetings.

oInvolve in requirement discussions and project timelines discussions

oInvolve in gathering information from end users using surveys and questionnaires.

oVisualize the information flows between systems using data flow diagrams and clarified boundaries that speed up the scoping and elicitation process.

oInvolve in providing detailed research about ‘as is’ documentation on the existing products from a technical and functional perspective.

oInvolve in gap analysis using metrics. Prepared the metrics based on the SLAs and tickets reported by the QA, clients and end users, bug reports etc.

oIdentify the data points actively in use within the system and helped determine the use of new data elements.

oIdentify and documented the root causes and areas of improvement and have also been involved in providing customer centric solutions.

oConduct requirement workshops with the stakeholders and analyzed cross product impact.

oUse metrics and KPIs to measure the performance of projects and specific solutions.

oCreate user stories and acceptance criteria, managed the product backlog in TFS and JIRA, created process flows and analysis models, wireframes, mock-ups and user guides.

oPrepare business requirement documents to be officially signed off by the client and to be referenced by the team.

oPrepare traceability matrix to track test coverage for all the requirements and user stories.

oArrange for requirement walkthroughs and detailed discussions with the team.

oInvolve in determining the set of requirements the solution must meet to be considered acceptable.

Senior Business Analyst

Allegis Services (India) Pvt Ltd. – Nov 2016 to Nov 2017

Client - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Hyderabad

oServed as the functional and business process expert, ensure that both business needs and end-user needs are understood and reflected in every solution delivered, distinguished by word-class quality.

oWork on requirement elicitation, user stories and acceptance criteria, Product Backlog Management, create process flows and analysis models, wireframes and user guides.

oDefine the project and scope of requirement.

oReview user stories with appropriate stakeholders to receive sign-off

oInteract with the technical teams across geographies to ensure that the requirements are understood.

oManage the QA team by helping them translate business requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, functional, and user acceptance testing.

oGathered requirement for reports; collaborated with the business users.

oProvided post go-live support to end users and manage handover to support.

Business Analyst – Scrum Master and Product Management

Tech Alliance IT Services Pvt Ltd. – Aug 2015 to Oct 2016, Hyderabad

oWorked closely with govt based project

oManaged projects related to Compliance, HIPAA, ERP for educational institutions

oInvolved in requirement elicitation with the client and worked on preparing the user stories

oInvolved in requirement review meetings and preparing project estimates

oManaged User Acceptance Testing (UAT)/business validation and worked as a part of the UAT test team from client location.

oWorked on simulation environments to mimic actual application behavior in live environment.

oInvolved in solution validation, assessing the severity of defects and their impact on the business.

oPrioritizing, planning change requests during UAT

oDefect analysis, prioritization and defect resolution before go-live and risk mitigation.

oInvolved in defect review board meetings

Business Analyst Lead, Sensaas India Solutions Ltd –Dec 2012 to July 2015, Hyderabad

oWorked at client location in Brussels

oLiaison between on-site implementation team and internal development team.

oReviewing peer plans

oWork with key project stakeholders and business people to formulate and communicate the business vision for the project, map out initial requirements and the scope of the project.

oInterpreting business needs.

oWorking with project stakeholders to identify, model and then document their requirements and business domain details.

oAid in writing user acceptance test (UAT) cases.

oIdentify and model process requirements, data requirements, business rules requirements and test requirements.

oInvolved in Functional, regression and user acceptance testing.

oWorked on multilingual testing (Dutch)

Credit Analyst, SCILL Standard Chartered Bank – Jun 2008 to Jun 2009

oPrioritizes and processes incoming credit requests, checks completion of package received from RM and ensures timely completion of credit underwriting / CA including any interim transaction requests

oConduct an objective and thorough credit analysis of the financial condition and credit - worthiness of existing and new to bank borrowers using analysis of historical and projected financial statements, biographical data, market information, credit reports and other data

oIdentifies key transactional risks & mitigates

oRaise relevant questions to drive deeper analysis of customers for annual reviews and new underwritings

oMaintain in depth knowledge of standard chartered credit and policies and practices and applicable local and US regulations to assist the Business in achieving compliance and satisfactory internal and external audit results

oContinue to generate ideas for improving lending process efficiency

oStructuring competitive credit proposals aligned with risk standards and with understanding the client s strategic and financial objectives/ needs.

Technical Skills:

Functional Areas

Product Management, Business Analysis, Knowledge Management, Testing

Tools

TFS (Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2016), Microsoft Test Manager, JIRA, Confluence

Domain Knowledge

Real Estate, Banking and Finance, Health Care, Compliance

Achievements:

1.I have received three SPOT awards in Real Page for successfully handling multiple international projects simultaneously.

2.I have received two Applause awards and one SPOT award in Tech Alliance for commitment and excellence in work.

Education:

Master of Business administration Jan2007, Dayananda Sagar Business School, Bangalore

CGPA 3.83/4.33. Batch topper.

BCom Apr 2004, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam,

GPA 3.5. Received Student of the year award.

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