Business Analyst Co-Op

Radhika Shaligram

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EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst Co-op Green Beverly May 2024 – Nov 2024

• Led process optimization, cost analysis, and automation initiatives, enhancing reporting efficiency and KPI monitoring.

• Designed Tableau and Excel dashboards to improve STP rates, support CRM and SAP migrations, and provide actionable insights.

• Partnered with Cross Functional teams to define requirements, Generating Reports and implement scalable solutions.

• Chaired project meetings, managed risks/issues, and prepared executive updates.

• Utilized Agile methodologies and tools like Asana to manage scope, resources, and dashboard delivery, improving metrics comprehension. Conducted market research and A/B testing to optimize solutions and align deliverables with user needs. Associate Analyst Cognizant Technological Solutions May 2022 - June 2023

• Performing daily analysis to assess changes in credit risk reserve thereby reducing delay in ad-hoc investigations.

• Developing dashboard to visualize borrower attributes and determine proxy reserve to manage capital risk pipeline.

• Collaborating across teams to build programs that perform automated data engineering and report generation while increasing efficiency by 60% through internal tools.

• Involved in the firm’s quarter-end reporting including detailed capital and credit risk analytics for various portfolios.

• Explored insurance responses to current and future risks, including life insurance strategies for organizational wealth.

• Provided training to several new joiners and interns on the team to ensure consistent workflows. Business Analyst Intern L&T Infotech February 2021 – May 2021

• Conducted data variance analysis, statutory reporting, and SQL debugging for an insurance client, ensuring accurate data extraction from MySQL Workbench while adhering to SDLC practices.

• Developed an Exception Monitoring Pipeline using AWS Step Functions, Lambda, and other AWS services, generating Power BI reports for enhanced decision-making.

• Applied advanced data cleaning and normalization techniques to maintain data integrity, support data modeling, and optimize retrieval processes in the insurance domain.

• Designed and delivered customizable Power BI dashboards, translating complex data into actionable insights and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

PROJECTS

Business Intelligence - Tableau Data Visualization

• Developed strategic dashboards using Tableau to analyze Amazon's product sales and customer preferences.

• Performed data cleaning and clustering to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to market trends. Derived insights from the data to drive business recommendations for potential expansion of the company. Operations Management - Financial Modeling Project: Netflix

• Developed a comprehensive 3-statement model and conducted DCF analysis, including terminal value calculations, for Netflix.

• Created an LBO model, performed accretion/dilution analysis, and explored various valuation methods (DDM, FCF). Predictive Analysis - Machine Learning

• Performed exploratory data analysis to perform feature engineering and determine the most impactful predictor variable.

• Predicted which insurance policy holders will buy a new policy in the company through DataRobot. Innovation with Information Systems.

• Developed corporate strategy for a FinTech startup, analyzing market trends and investment opportunities. Conducted cost- benefit analysis to evaluate potential initiatives and presented executive-level reports with insights for stakeholders.

• Performed financial modeling (DCF, LBO) and industry research to support venture capital and private equity decisions, incorporating cash flow sheet risk analysis to assess financial stability and highlight potential risks. EDUCATION

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Master of Science in Information Systems (MIS) GPA: 3.75/4.0 University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology GPA: 3.5/4.0 SKILLS

Technical Skills: SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI, Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP), Microsoft Project, Financial Modelling, Strategy analysis, JIRA, SAS, Qlik Sens, DevOps, Qualtrics, Machine Learning, Mendix, NVivo, DataRobot, Lucid Charts. Certifications:

Getting Started with Power BI Desktop - (Issued by Coursera) Microsoft Excel: Data Visualization, Excel Charts and Graphs - (Issued by Udemy) Tableau Analyst Badge - (Issued by Tableau)

Cert Prep: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) - (Issued by LinkedIn).

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