Valentina Azu

Jacksonville, FL 609-***-**** adgtbn@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/valadeniran

IT Business Analyst

Forward-focused with corporate business and technical skills. Tremendous analytical skills and detailed oriented who delivers strong and sustainable efforts. Consistently applies business analysis and critical thinking skills to develop new systems and enhance existing operations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Florida Blue – Jacksonville, FL

Business System Analyst December 2019 – July 2020

In this role, I served as a Liaison between the Development team and stakeholders to translate requirements via user stories by holding requirement gathering meetings with Stakeholders and clarifying questions for the Development team

Provide support during development, implementation and testing of projects

Produces detailed functional requirements and User stories

Develop user acceptance criteria, test plans and cases, conduct functional and User Acceptance Testing

Assist business users during system implementation ensuring user satisfaction

Develops system related documentation that includes mapping documents, and provides system training

Conducted Testing on User stories, create test scripts and assist in UAT Testing

CREDIT SUISSE - Morrisville, NC Jan 2018 – April 2019

Business Analyst

Built a Platform for Traders to report daily estimated profit and reconcile estimated profit and actual profit

Engage in Scrum and Sprint Planning Meetings. Conduct UAT Testing with IT and End Users.

Created Business Requirement Documents for Technical Project

Create and execute UAT Test scripts

Collaborated with Software developers to research and resolve production Issues

TOLL BROTHERS - Horsham, PA Sep 2015- Dec 2017 Business Analyst

Successful converted paper sales form to an electronic form for the sales team, trained sales team on how to use electronic signature technology

Updated requirements throughout the SDLC Software Development Lifecycle.Data Configuration.Provided IT Solutions to stakeholders in terms of project planning, defining responsibilities.Engaged in Daily Scrum Meetings.Collaborated with QA on UAT Testing.

Worked closely with Software developers to provide high level technical solution.

Conducted Training efforts for project stakeholders and end users

Effectively worked with business users on production issues

ACTAVIS PHARAMACEUTICALS – Rockland, New Jersey Mar - Jul 2015

Business Process Analyst

Utilized SAP ERP system and the BW / HANA modules for financial activities.Determined all GL accounts for reconciliation based on analysis of business transactions. Reconciled transactions from Revenue Management System along with data pulled from repository to financial data at the account, customer, and all product levels. Reviewed all financial transactions such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable for relevance to Government pricing.

Followed reconciliation procedures for reporting errors and all documentation for compliance and auditing purpose.

NIGERIAN BULK ELECTRICITY COMPANY – Abuja 2013 - 2014

Finance Officer

Supported Finance Manager in daily activities. Updated payments in internal accounting system. Served as Liaison between the Company and Bank Account Officer. Contributed to the preparation of monthly income and expenditure statement. Budget comparison and cash flow reports. Financial Planning and Analysis. Prepared and entered journal entries and adjustments into the accounting system. Prepared financial year end schedules, including debtors and creditors. Performed accounting requirements as needed, up to and including Trial Balance are complete.

Kept employees updated on Finance Policies, ensuring compliance

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, Elizabeth, New Jersey 2010 - 2013

Finance and Admin Officer

Worked as the Finance coordinator for New Jersey division. Recorded all financial transactions daily and monthly. Met with staff weekly to administer and provided guidance with ongoing projects. Performed month end close. Paid and updated various vendor records.

• Supervised activities for up to 6 employees to ensure accuracy and timeliness of various projects.

• Recruited and trained Interns all year round for various project

• Created and maintained yearly office budget. Maintain filing system for payment documents.

• Analyzed Client database to peer up with specific internal programs. Effectively maintained client database and assist with fund-raising efforts.

• Weekly Presentations to Clients and Potential Clients to orient on programs administered by the office.

• Performed financial analysis for various programs and forecast again next quarter.

CITCO FUND SERVICES, Jersey City, New Jersey 2007 - 2009

Senior Fund Accountant

Brought on board to leverage broad competencies in hedge fund accounting for over $600M in assets, including Equities; long / short, equity swaps, forwards and futures. Prepared monthly proof packages and investor capital account statements for clients and routinely kept management up-to-date with fund developments. Daily reconciliation of cash accounts to prime broker reports

• Fully responsible for calculating monthly and weekly net asset value reports prime broker and / or portfolio manage reconciliations and management and incentive fees calculations according to fund

• Forecasted monthly economic allocations of profit and loss for partners.

BISYS RK, Roseland, New Jersey 2005 - 2007

Fund Accountant

Provided accounting for various hedge funds and fund of funds for more than $400M in traded assets, including equities: long / short, credit default swaps, bonds, forwards. Calculated income and expense accruals, determined economic allocations of profit and loss for partners, calculated performance-based incentive fees and prepared standard work papers to assist year-end audit preparations while preparing financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

• Calculated net asset value (NAV) and performed reconciliations for prime brokers and portfolio managers.

• Computed tax allocations and adjustments as well as preparation of tax reporting for clients and Federal and State K-1 preparation.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Concentration: Finance

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bloomberg, Aexeo, System Configuration, Tally Solutions, Rally, Data Mapping, SAP, Lifecycle Management, Process Flow, SDLC, Service Now, Agile, Waterfall, SQL, Scrum, and MS TFS, JIRA

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