Financial Analyst/ScrumMaster

BUSAYO PHOEBE OGUNGBEMIRO (B.TECH, MBA, CSM)

**** ********* ******, ***. **, Bronx, New York, NY 10467 ******.******@*****.***; 646-***-****

OPEN TO RELOCATION

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Servant leader with 11 years of professional experience and a proven track record of devising and implementing strategic teamwork solutions that foster communication and collaboration. Accomplished at introducing and facilitating the adoption of Scrum principles, removing impediments and fostering self-organization.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT

●Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience.

●Excellent conceptual and working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall, and Agile Methodologies including Scrum and Kanban.

●Servant leader and liaison to upper management: communicates with stakeholders (internal and external).

●Exceptional skills in gathering, analyzing, and translating business requirements into functional specs used to design and implement business solutions.

●Proficient in facilitating Scrum ceremonies (Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint retrospectives) and leading Agile projects.

●Well versed in mentoring and coaching teams on agile values, principles and methodologies to promote continuous improvement, accountability, and transparency in practices and artifacts.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Operating Systems

Windows, Linux, Mac operating systems

Reporting tools

JIRA, Confluence, Mural

Business Modeling Tools

MS Visio

Reporting Tool

MS Excel, Outlook, MS Power point, MS Access

Project Management

MS Project, MS Office, MS Team

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST, Finance Dept., New York City Board of Education, New York. 8/19 - Present

●Helps team to solve problems through effective communication that support business goals.

●Performs quality assurance and accountability duties to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

●Work with cross-functional team to improve business process and provide value to the functions they support.

●Work with Accounts Payable Team to ensure timely review and audit of deliverables for payments.

●Error rate is below 2% as each team member cross-check documents to ensure discrepancies are resolved before approvals. Review contractors’ request and ensure they are certified.

●Regular meetings to prioritize distribution of funds for projects based on PO (purchasing orders).

SCRUM MASTER (CONSULTANT), Gateway Strategy Group, New York. 7/17 - 8/19

●Helped team members, stakeholders and customers understand the agile values, principles and practices.

●Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.

●Empowered team to self-organize, innovate and grow cross-functionally.

●Worked closely with Product Owner in Product Backlog planning, management and maintenance.

●Tracked team burn-down throughout Sprint execution and worked with team to maximize efficiency.

●Modeled core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise.

●Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments, and maintained focus on product backlog and project timeline.

●Communicated clearly, professionally, and regularly with clients, partners and vendors.

●Ensured Development Team leveraged tools, executed Sprint and Program Increment goals.

SCRUM MASTER (CONTRACTOR), Accenture, Florida. 2/16 - 7/17

●Delivered team and organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate the agile transformation.

●Communicated with external Stakeholders to gather requirements on directing client interaction to increase communication and accuracy with processes, transactions, and file requests.

●Facilitated meetings with both internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements for products.

●Created and implemented engaging activities that led to increased activity, results, and improved employee morality.

●Monitored the overall performance and delivery of cross-functional teams using agile metrics such as burndown/burnup charts.

●Provided accurate and clear Acceptance Criteria to Dev Teams for DOD (Definition of Done) resulting in more acceptable features after demos.

●Utilized internal resources assigned to Scrum Team to complete requirements and desired business value.

FINANCIAL ANALYST/SCRUM MASTER, TrustBond Mortgage Bank Plc, Lagos. 2/09 - 2/16

●Served as main point of contact throughout all phases between management and stakeholders to drive effective communication and achievement of product goals and requirements.

●Planned and attended weekly ALCO meetings (Assets and Liabilities Committee) as well as monthly review meetings. Analyzed and monitored performance; compared planned versus actual.

●Worked as a team and ensured 90% of loan requested was disbursed; housing units delivered for clients.

●Identified business problems and, as needed, provided practical and professional solutions.

●Functioned as an interface between business units, technology teams and support teams.

●Effectively analyzed financial statements, summarized reports; recommended actions to management.

CORE SKILL SET

Proficient with MS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Team Worker

Communication and Collaboration skills

Financial analysis/management skill

Organized and focused

Flexible and Adaptable

Team facilitation

Interpersonal skill

Creative and Analytic

Problem solving skill

Result Driven

Detail oriented

Multitasking

Learning Agility

EDUCATION: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Master in Business Administration (MBA) - Financial Management (Evaluated to US Equivalent) 03/24/2014

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech/HONS) - Agricultural Economics (Evaluated to US Equivalent) 02/24/2003

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS/TRAININGS/CERTIFICATES

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance.

Certificate of Appreciation: Top Help Desk Processor – NYC Board of Education.

Credit Analysis – H. Pierson.

Certificate of Appreciation: Perfect Attendance – NYC Board of Education.

Customer Complaints Resolution Skills – Project Realization Limited.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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