TARUN SREETHAR

Business Analyst

adxpl7@r.postjobfree.com

469-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Around 8 years of experience as a Business and Operations Analyst, well versed in conducting functional requirements analysis, utilizing strong prioritization and analytical skills to achieve the company goals and implementation of operational assessments.

Experience in handling projects in the finance domain, automating systems to streamline the process, integrating systems, and project implementation.

Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), competent in handling projects in both Agile and waterfall models and operating as the primary interface between Business Users and Developers.

Proficient in requirements gathering, writing Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), and translating Business Requirements into Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.

Strong working background in Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, KYC (know your customer), Compliance, Legal and Risk management.

Expertise in Agile Scrum methodology including the creation of User story maps and User stories, Backlog grooming, Product Backlog Prioritization, Monitoring Sprint Backlog, and Burndown Charts.

Experience in developing Business Intelligence assists using tools like Tableau and Oracle.

Experienced in facilitating Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Review, Daily Stand-Up, and Retrospective.

Excellent presentation and customer relationship management.

Commended for high-quality product delivery and leading client interactions.

Skilled at performing Gap analysis and Impact analysis, along with good knowledge of process workflow tools and techniques.

Experience in handling product demos to Clients and conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions and Joint Applications requirements session (JAR) sessions.

As part of a Scrum Team, actively participated in, User stories and acceptance criteria, daily stand-ups, Frequent demos, and retrospectives.

Proficient at coordinating various technical and managerial teams to develop processes and verify adherence using the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Proficient in creating UML diagrams like Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Component Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, and normalization techniques.

Expertise in Agile Scrum methodology including the creation of User story maps and User stories, Backlog grooming.

Proficient in designing UI Mock-ups and creating Test Cases.

Involved in Quality Assurance for software application development.

Excel in leadership and management and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Proficient in time management, and an expert at managing multiple projects in parallel with internal programs.

Good Understanding of Data Analysis through SQL Queries.

Education: Bachelor’s in ECE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies:

Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, ALM

Microsoft Tools

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Oracle, MS Visio, MS Outlook, Office 365, SQL Server, Microsoft Project

Databases

MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle Database

Operating System

Windows 7, Windows 10

Other Tools

JIRA, Confluence, UAT, GAP, Use Cases, ER Diagrams, UML

Diagramming Tools

Smart Draw

Modeling Tools

Power Designer

Prototyping Tools

Moqup, Figma

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

ChartHop, New York, NY Aug 2021 - Present

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Designing the Business process model – flow chart and data flow diagram using Visio to identify potential improvements for the company’s processes and encourage best practices and standardization to promote process agility.

Use Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates to automate the deployments of Virtual Machines (VMs), Virtual Networks (VNets) etc.

Coordinated with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to verify all business requirements and activity diagrams to demonstrate workflow.

Implement Security controls/solutions (WAF) to mitigate against security vulnerabilities such as DDOS and SQL injection on Microsoft Azure platforms.

Developed knowledge base documentation encapsulating current processes, user guides, support documentation, and reference guides.

Gathered business requirements through interviews, surveys, and observation from the sales team for improvements to the UI of the ChartHop platform.

Prepared Business requirement document (BRD) and Functional requirement document (FRD).

Worked extensively with businesses to rewrite existing use cases and requirements for clarity and consistency.

Experience in developing Business Intelligence assists using tools like Tableau and Oracle.

Identified and established communication channels with all key stakeholders, contributors, business, operations, and technical resources surrounding assigned projects.

Participated in Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Epic and Story Estimation, Sprint Review, Demo, and Retrospective.

Expertise in Agile Scrum methodology including the creation of User story maps and User stories, Backlog grooming.

Integrated with stakeholders for verifying the requirements, managing change control process, updating existing documentation & Project Tracking with respect to user stories using the project management tool JIRA.

Designed and deployed VNets, NSG’s, ASG’s and Firewalls to enforce security standards in Microsoft Azure

Worked with the Quality Assurance team to create Test Plans and Test Cases and conduct unit, integration, and system testing.

Managed issues and risks by keeping their log up-to-date and escalated defects and issues as needed using JIRA.

Collaborated with Business Heads to determine the current best practices for requirement gathering.

Environment: Agile, Jira, Smart Draw, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, UML, Moqup, Windows 10, MySQL, Power Designer, ALM.

Lead Squared, Bangalore, India Jan 2019 – Jul 2021

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed and defined BRD requirements for critical business applications projects focused on Web-based systems.

Work with Developers to understand requirements and Use cases.

Supported the development and review of the user acceptance test plan and created a user guide/manual to help users navigate various screens.

Agile methodology was used throughout the project and had daily scrum meeting and bi-weekly sprint planning and backlog meetings.

Established project work plans and facilitated review and monitoring mechanisms.

Documented and created use cases, activity diagrams, ER diagrams, and traceability matrix to trace missing functional requirements with respect to testing.

Generated new data mapping documentations and redefined the proper requirements in detail.

Prioritized deliverables and conducted GAP and cost-benefit analysis of the current state (as-is) and proposed state (To-be).

Expertise in Agile Scrum methodology including the creation of User story maps and User stories, Backlog grooming.

Performed UAT manually to verify the expected results.

Coordinated with project planning and implementation, including assessing needs and setting goals and objectives.

Coordinated and attended meetings to establish and maintain internal and external contacts as necessary.

Expertise in Agile Scrum methodology including the creation of User story maps and User stories, Backlog grooming.

Environment: UAT, GAP, Use Case, ER Diagrams

CashLink Global Services, India Oct 2017 – Dec 2018

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements based on the information acquired from various departments, especially from the CRM Team and banking sources.

Analyzed business requirements and developed User stories, Process flow Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and wireframes.

Created project documentation and process flows using Visio and Miro. Worked with multiple business owners to create compliance documentation and client letters.

Successfully coordinated the design and documentation of Functional Specifications and Technical maps for the Asset Management stream.

Managed Epics/user stories, story points, daily stand-up calls, Scrum of Scrum, and interaction with the product owner and delegate.

Generated new data mapping documentations and redefined the proper requirements in detail.

Expertise in various types of software development life cycle like waterfall and agile.

Defined iterations and tasks and reported burn-down charts.

Interacted with end users, SMEs, and developers to collect inputs, sanitize the requirements and conduct data analysis to define business requirements.

Worked with teams using Agile development methodologies

Gathered more insights about the business model, and current process workflow of the organization from existing artifacts.

Responsible for data governance, and data integrity within the data warehouse for ensuring that the data is standardized and normalized at the entry point.

Performed extensive "Gap analysis" of the Wealth Management application to document existing business process flows and derive requirements for the proposed functionalities.

Utilized agile methodologies to configure and develop processes, standards, and procedures by participating in various sprints, scrum meetings, and daily stand-ups.

Writing Epics and User Stories in JIRA as per the items identified in the Product Backlog.

Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) along with the QA team to ensure all the business requirements have been fulfilled by the application.

Assisting the product owner with activities like effort estimation, resource management, issue/risk analysis, milestone tracking, and associated documentation.

Environment: Agile, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, Jira, UML, Windows 7, MySQL

Larsen & Tourbo, Mumbai, India May2015 –Sep 2017

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Assist in the administration and review of Client Risk Scoring, Client Identification, Client Onboarding, identifying Key Risk Indicators(KRI), and KYC documentation oversight/management requirements.

Thorough understanding of various modules of AML including Watch List Filtering, Suspicious Activity Monitoring, CTR, CDD, and EDD.

Collaborated with SMEs, Compliance Team, Developers, and QA Team in the Planning, Analysis, Design, Development, and implementation of the KYC Project.

Use the AML tool Actimize to generate reports by collecting data from various databases to automate the whole process of CTR, transaction monitoring.

Create High-Level Design Document, Test Plan & Test Case Document, UAT testing, and Release Plan.

Conduct full analysis/Investigations on all types of accounts from Low to High-Risk countries/clients for client data like Retail and Institutional Clients during the client onboarding.

KYC Doc review during Client Onboarding. Understand risk factors.

Monitoring and scenario analysis of payment sources/channels, deposit, and wire transfer’s pattern.

Researched the various steps in the lifecycle and then constructed the system in a way that the high- risk customers would be easily identified and monitored.

Exposed to and worked with Subject Matter Experts in Fixed Income, T- Bills, T- Notes, T- Bonds, TIPS, Derivatives (Future, Forwards, options& Swaps).

Used Castor to create objects from XML documents. Involved in Logical & Physical Data Modeling. Database Schema design and modification of Triggers, Scripts, Stored Procedures in Sybase Database Servers.

Prepared High-Level Logical Data Models and BRD’s (Business Requirement Documents) supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the actors to analyze and document business data requirements

Developed business requirement specification documents as well as a high-level project plan.

Environment: Agile Scrum, Actimize, MS Office Suite, JIRA, Tableau, UML, My SQL, Justin Mind, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS Project 2013.

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