ASHRITHA POCHAMPALLY

Business/Data Analyst

acv5cy@r.postjobfree.com 925-***-****

Professional Summary:

Over 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst with successful delivery of multiple projects. Have a detailed and thorough understanding of various domains including Finance, Insurance, Banking and HealthCare.

Documented the Business Requirements and various reporting schedules for Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) projects.

Proficient in gathering and defining the Business Requirements (BRD) and functional requirements.

Experience with data analysis, data mapping and dimensional modeling

Experience in conducting JAD sessions, interviews, meetings with business users & development teams.

Developed Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams, State Diagrams and Activity diagrams using UML.

Conversant with DFAST Reporting and assessment of Capital Plan Reviews and Approvals

Strong knowledge of Regulatory Compliance Data Warehousing projects from the perspective of Data Mapping and Gap Analysis

Understanding of various aspects of business like documentation of NB (New Business), policy administration, Claims, Products Pricing, Quality, Risk Analysis, AML guidelines and KYC Norms

Expertise in project management tools like MS-Project for status reporting and planning.

Wrote Stored Procedures, Stored Functions, and Database Triggers using SQL Queries.

Expertise in Analyzing Business specifications, designing and developing strategic Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, Test Reports for both manual and automated tests.

Excellent problem solving, analytical, judgment, organizational and leadership skills. Strong Project management skills including strategic planning, problem solving and decision-making abilities.

Good knowledge of Wealth Planning software

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies

UML, RUP, Agile, Water Fall Tools, Agile -Scrum, Agile -KANBAN

Test Automation Tools

QTP/ALM, QC, Clear Quest, Test Director, Android Driver

RDBMS

Oracle, SQL Server, Mongo DB

Scripting Languages

Java, UNIX Shell Scripting, VB Scripting, Ruby

Web Services &

SOAP, RESTful, AWS, XML, HTML, JUNIT

Defect Tools

Bugzilla, JIIRA, Lean Testing, HP ALM, Mantis

Operating Systems

Windows, Ubuntu, UNIX, LINUX

MS Office Tools

MS Visio, Outlook, Excel, Word, MS Access

Utilities

Eclipise, GIT, Justinmind, Gliffy, TechWhril

Professional Experience

Northwestern Polytechnic university Teaching Assistant Dec 15- Jan 16

Worked as a Lab assistant for Data Quality class

Observed and Supervised various aspects of a thermal power plant construction

Studied detailed construction drawings of the superstructure and foundation structures

Supervised the piling work for the plant and another foundation structure works

Observed the construction of cooling towers and chimney using the slip-form technique

Observed the fabrication and installation of steel columns and girders for the power plant

Programming experience in C, C++, MATLAB, HTML, SQL, VB Applications in Excel

Experience with Data Modeling of Reinforced Concrete structures

United Health Group, Hyderabad India Business System Analyst Aug 13 – July 14

Defined the scope based on the company's need to meet the customer product expectations.

Implemented a quality management plan to ensure that work is being performed according to required quality standards.

Gathered requirements through stakeholder meetings.

Analyzed, developed and modified the Reporting and Analytics framework to make it more user friendly and improve the functionalities of the site

Analyzed reporting functionality of multiple applications to identify and write requirements

Created documents including High-level Business Requirements Documents, Detailed BRDs, Functional Requirements Documents (FRD), Epics, User Stories, acceptance criteria, wireframes and process flows.

Worked with the Sr. Product Manager to prioritize requirements and define the scope for various releases.

Facilitated stakeholder meetings and release plan meetings. Involved through entire SDLC of project

Performed validations on Life Sciences

Monitored product quality and analyzed customer feedback

Analyzed the impact of changes made across various applications/ products on the Reporting and Analytics Framework

Planning and monitoring project milestones

Performed User Acceptance Tests at the end of each sprint to accept user stories and Post-production verification of functionalities. Verified compliance with HIPAA

Study and analyze the Data Warehouse tables for writing requirements. Analyzed data using SQL, Excel.

Worked on process to eliminate Crystal Reports and conversion to SSRS reports to be available through a common reporting and analytics platform.

Stored and shared documents in the SharePoint tool to facilitate consensus decision making during remote Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions.

Worked on Care Management, Contract Management and Access Management for hospitals

Environment: Windows, MS Office(MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Visio), HP Quality Center, RUP, UML, SQL, SWOT analysis, SQL Server.

C3I Life Science, Hyderabad Business Analyst May 12 – July 13

Coordinated participation and sign-off on various business partners and customers.

Prepared requirements document for Commercial Auto, Worker’s Compensation, Umbrella, Business Owners Policy, Commercial Output Policy, and Commercial Property Package.

Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors, users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.

Created and managed Project Templates, Use Case Project Templates, Requirement Types and Traceability Relationships in Requisite Pro.

Planned and defined system requirements to Wire Frame with Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies

Used MS Visio for Process modeling and Business Process flow diagrams.

Created business requirement documents and integrated the requirements and underlying platform functionality

Establish documentation for agile methodology for implementation with a very water-fall-centric development team.

Made sure that test cases and test process guarantee accountability to business and systems requirements and involved in end-to-end testing phase

Environment: MS Visio, MS Project, UML, RUM, XML, RUP, Business Objects, Mainframe, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point.

Genpact Ltd, Hyderabad, India Business Analyst Apr 2011 - May 2012

Identified high-level requirements for developing and documenting detailed business requirements

Involved in meetings with SME (subject matter experts) and users for requirements gathering.

Utilized RUP (Rational Unified Process) to create use cases, activity, class diagrams and workflow process diagrams.

Analysis of the various credit enhancements used by the companies and their inclusion in valuation of the company

Worked closely with software engineers, internal and external customers to gather comprehensive testing criteria and plan requirements to ensure accuracy and timeliness of projects.

Performed informal benchmarking to analyze how competitors conducted business.

Performed Gap Analysis.

Performed Smoke testing before starting the major testing effort.

Conducted the final user-acceptance testing and usability testing.

Assessed potential risks in the project and analyzed issues of importance with project managers.

Analyzed team performance with the QA manager and implemented the changes if any with respect to raising the efficiency of the entire team.

Participated in data analysis for verification purposes.

Environment: Rational Team Test 2000, Rational ClearQuest, Rational Test Manager Sun OS 5.8, Oracle, PL\SQL, IIS 6.0

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