Neha Srivastava

SUMMARY

A Technical Business Analyst demonstrating expertise in requirements gathering, data analysis, UAT coordination (User Acceptance Testing) and Project Management

Extensive experience in managing an internal and external user base as well as vendor resources and consultants.

Experience running and coordinating senior management meetings, including creating presentations and deriving key actions/deliverables

Expertise in data analysis leveraging experience in Database development (SQL), Enterprise Reporting (Crystal Reports) and production support (MAS 500, WMS, TPM and EDI)

Detailed experience in performing Gap and Impact Analysis

Proven analytical, organizational and leadership skills with a track record of delivering exceptional results

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

SKILLS Requirements Gathering, Documentation, Agile Development Methodology, Regression and Functional Testing, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, SQL Server 2000, Crystal Reporting, Sage MAS 500, Radio Beacon, KnowledgeSync, EDI/ IBM B2B (Electronic Data Interchange), TPM, Performance metrics (KPQP), and Project Coordination, Delphi 7, Visual Basic 6.0, VBA

EXPERIENCE Popcorn Indiana, Westport, CT May 2013 - Present Technical Business Analyst

Responsible for redesigning and re-implementing the data flow between the ERP (Sage MAS 500) and TPM system (trade promotion management)

Lead in migration of EDI from Gentran over to IBM Sterling B2B. Worked with consultants to successfully migrated 20 partners using standard document (850, 856, 810, 304, 214, 210, 997) over a period of 3 months

Front to back owner of the firms delivery from a single manufacturing set up to a distributed outsourced model. Worked across internal and external user bases, IT vendors and internal management to deliver on the firm’s strategic objective

Lead Production Support and Systems Enhancement Analyst, responsible for management reporting, production stability, and data management between ERP, WMS, Interface, MEI, and EDI

Creation and modification of BIE (MAS 500 Reporting tool), Crystal reports, and ERP forms using SQL database

Successfully executed on several automation projects to enhance Popcorn Indiana’s ability exchange between customers

Key IT contact across Accounting, Sales, and management for any production / customer / process related issues that occur on a day to day basis across several platforms (ERP - Sage MAS 500, WMS - Acceilos One, and EDI interfaces)

Function as a business analyst to capture user requirements and provide estimates for enhancements

Created a management report (using SQL and Crystal Report) which analyzed Popcorn Indiana’s freight shipping costs the resulted in $1MM+ in savings for the firm by allowing management to rationalize vendor sourcing

NYC & Company, New York, NY May 2012 to July 2012

Technical Project Manager - Consultant

Managed requirements and delivery of the CRM migration project including BAU enhancements

Gathered requirements from respective departments to solve business challenges for the Marketing division

Identified, coordinated and managed assignments for 7 project resources

Created a project plan that highlighted key delivery milestones, dependencies, and resource allocation

Created a process chart in Visio to illustrate dependencies, process flow, and critical path items

Presented key deliverables, risks, issues and status to senior stakeholders, including the Regional Head of Technology

Knight Capital Group Inc., Jersey City, NJ Dec 2010 to Feb 2012

Business Analyst / Project Manager - Intern

Focused on Knight Capital's build out of new functionality in its Equity Settlement and Clearing Platform

Communicated/Liaised with the desk to understand, document new requirements and resolve existing defects

Extensive use of SQL for data analysis, reporting, and automation

Created presentations for management and users meetings to illustrate current/future state flows and process improvements utilizing MS-Visio and PowerPoint

Created excel based reports for business users to demo new functionality before it is ported to code using VBA, Pivots, and data gathered via SQL

Managed the issue reporting system (Fogbugz) and prioritized outstanding tickets based on business priority and defect criticality

Coordinated UAT cycles with Operations, encompassing pre-UAT testing, UAT coordination, and production sign off

Created release notes based on items completed in Fogbugz and approved through UAT cycles

Assessed, re-defined and implemented the Change Management Process for GSS technology

Thomson Reuters, New York, New York June 2010 to Nov 2010

Business Analyst - Intern

Focused on a web-based Self Entitlement tool that allowed automated entitlement management and review

Reviewed requirements for the current sprint using Agile Development Methodology and identified areas of improvement and clarity

Completed analysis for data migration to the new administration application using SQL and Excel

Conducted UAT sessions to obtain sign off and documented bugs identified during testing

Created and performed performance metrics (Key Product Quality Performance) to baseline performance and identify areas of improvement

Infrasoft Technologies Ltd., Mumbai, India July 2007 to Aug 2008

Software Programmer

Designed modules to handle the Point of Sales interface for Reliance Bank using Delphi 7

Developed and maintained the component for Islamic Retail Banking as part of the core Infrasoft package using Delphi 7

Quartet Enterprises, Goa, India Jan 2006 to July 2007

Software Developer

Team Size - 3

Inventory System – Apex Packaging Pvt. Ltd.

Created systems using Delphi 7 and MS SQL Server 2000 which included Purchase, Receipts, Stores, Invoices and Costing modules of an ERP system; each module provides a set of standard reports as well as the data analysis report

Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) Certificate Generation System – Syngenta India Ltd.

Completed analysis, design, coding, and testing of system using Visual Basic as front-end, MS Access as back-end and Crystal Reports for report generation

EDUCATION Master of Science - Financial Engineering, December 2011

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

GPA 3.3/4.0

Master of Science - Computer Management, 2005

University of Pune, Maharashtra, India

Bachelors of Science - Computer Science, 2003

University of Goa, Goa, India

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