AHSAN GILL
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SUMMARY:
• Over 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst with a strong understanding of business process flows, case tools, and business analysis in banking, retail, and healthcare domains.
• Well-versed in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC) using Waterfall, Agile (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with end-users, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), development, and QA teams.
• Good experience in preparing various artifacts such as Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), use case diagrams, and user stories. WORK EXPERIENCE:Fifth ThirdBank,Cincinnati,OH
(Remote) Oct 2020 to Present
Sr. Business Analyst
• Proficient in creating prototypes, wireframes, demos, and walkthroughs at various phases of the project.
• Experience in data mapping, data alignment, and data cleansing.
• Good experience in managing product development cycle including requirements, documentation, resource management, system integration, testing compliance, and product launch.
• Expertise in creating Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to control numerous project artifacts.
• Experience in defining test cases, creating test scripts, and conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Good experience in utilizing Jira to maximize traceability of all epics and user stories.
• Proficient in change management, impact analysis, feasibility analysis, and risk analysis.
• Good experience in online banking, retail banking, mobile banking, credit card, risk management, and credit risk/market risk.
• Extensive experience in writing SQL queries to extract data and perform data analysis.
• Experience in using Unified Modeling Language (UML) for creating use case diagrams, business process models, class diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, and workflow diagrams.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), MS Visio, MS Outlook & MS Project.
• Assisted the Project Manager in preparing the project schedules, milestone tracking, and resource allocation using MS Project.
• Prepared financial reports by collecting, formatting, analyzing, and explaining information. Investors Bank, Short Hills, NJ Aug 2018
to Oct 2020 Business Analyst
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Created ad-hoc reports and dashboards using Tableau and Power BI.
• Prepared reports and communicated with the team on various metrics such as velocity, burn down, and quality via expert use of Jira and Confluence. • Designed and developed various types of reports using Tableau. • Worked closely with the development team to implement the application and was responsible for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT). • Conducted meetings with client groups to determine user requirements and goals. • Used tools like MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio in project coordination. • Analyzed existing reports and defined business requirements and business process flow.
H&M, New York, NY Jul 2016 to Aug
2018 Business Analyst
• Actively participated in product kickoff and immersion sessions and adhered to Agile methodology sessions with stakeholders.
• Assisted senior Project Manager and the project team with day-to-day project planning, project scope, scheduling, reporting, and coordination tasks.
• Wrote SQL queries and performed the documentation for the databases.
• Communicated project milestones, plans, risk assessments, and status reports to the project team, business customers, and partners.
• Identified and documented risks and their impacts and provided recommendations to mitigate the risk.
• Assisted QA team in executing test plans and wrote test cases.
• Created Gantt charts, WBS, risk matrix, critical path and alternate path analysis, and project schedules using MS Project.
throughout the SDLC.
• Acted as a liaison between the business team and the technical team within different phases of the project life cycle to effectively accomplish the software development process.
• Conducted interviews, meetings, and JAD sessions during the process of requirement gathering.
• Investigated and resolved issues within the supply chain module as well as Warehouse Management System (WMS) software.
• Applied Supply Chain Management (SCM) methodologies to ensure coordination in the supply chain.
• Used Jira and Confluence for issues management and requirements management.
• Provided input (scope, goals, risks, constraints, timelines, and interfaces) to the Project Manager for project planning and control.
• Interacted with stakeholders and gathered requirements as per the business needs. Change Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Mar 2015 to May 2016 Business Analyst
• Involved in all phases of the iterative approach of the Agile methodology.
• Analyzed the project charter and business case to ensure that the proposed solution met the business requirements.
• Participated in weekly walkthroughs, inspections, and verification meetings with various stakeholders in the project.
• Involved in business analysis methodology after assessing the corporate and HIPAA compliance procedures.
• Reviewed and edited requirements, specifications, business processes, and recommendations related to the proposed solution. • Created workflow diagrams, flowcharts, activity diagrams, and use-case diagrams using MS Visio.
• Prepared a project charter and successfully obtained approval from upper management.
• Participated in sprint planning sessions to create user stories for development and testing teams. • Created test plans, test cases, and test scenarios, and conducted functional/non-functional testing. EDUCATION:
• Diploma in Science from Edwardes College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
• Project management professional from San jose, ca.