Business Analyst Data

Anitha Muthoju,

Functional Analyst/Business Analyst/Data Analyst

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

18+ years of Information Technology experience in Requirements Gathering, Analyzing, designing, developing, integrating and upgrading and Managing business application systems, systems & database design and strong client/server development skills.

Expertise in entire System Development Life Cycle(SDLC) and applied them in Web technologies, Client Server technologies and Enterprise Resource Planning Technologies

Expertise in Scrum Frame Work and Supported Scrum Team in reaching the Sprint Goal

Guided the team and organization in use of Agile/Scrum practices

Expertise in Requirement Gathering, Creating Detailed Functional Requirements(DFR’s) and Use Cases

Expertise with PeopleSoft Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Cash Management, Treasury, General Ledger - Order Management, Production Management, Quality Management, Inventory, Purchasing, Bills & Routings, and Cost Management

Expertise in Agile/Scrum methodology, and the development of associated project artifacts (i.e., user stories, acceptance criteria)

Expertise in conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation plans

Expertise in HP Quality Center ALM tool and DOORS tool

Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.

Expertise in training business users with User Productivity Kit(UPK)

Strong communication skills, Observation Skills, Analytical Skills, well organized, and able to work individually or in a group.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Package: PeopleSoft (GL, AR, AP, Project Costing, PO, Inventory, Purchasing, eProcurement, Billing, Order Management, Asset Management, Cash Management, HR, Benefits, Absence Management, Payroll), SAP EIM, EPM, HYPERION, SALESFORCE

CRM: SalesForce, Peoplesoft CRM, ServiceNow

Reports: Crystal Reports, Query, nVision. OBIEE, SSRS

Query Languages: TOAD, PS Query, SQL

Databases: Oracle, DB2 UDB, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Greenplum

Tools: PeopleTools, Integration Broker, Visual FoxPro, HP ALM, DOORS, Serena, Section 508 procedures, SCRUM, JIRA, Confluence, Rational Tools

Languages: PeopleCode, Java 1.2, RMI, JDBC, Networking, EJB, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, FoxPro, Pro*C, Shell Script

Client Server: Visual Basic, Power Builder

Operating Systems: UNIX, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000/NT/95/98, MS DOS

Internet Tools: HTML, DHTML, Applets, Servlets

Application Server: Tuxedo, Web Logic

VISA: US CITIZEN

CLEARANCE: Public Trust MBI Level 5, DHS/CBP Full BI, Census Bureau MBI

CERTIFICATION:

CSM – Certified Scrum Master

PSM I – Professional Scrum Master

SA – Safe Agilist

Founder President for IRS Certified 501©(3) non-profit organization Ujwala Foundation and I do Charity and Cultural promotion.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Leidos for Social Security Administration.

Woodlawn, MD

Computer System Analyst III 09/2023 to 03/2025

Working for ODIS/OHO at SSA for CPMI MI Reports conversion to HACPS MI and actively involved in Analyzing and validating the reports.

Requirements gathering, Writing User stories on VersionOne with Acceptance Criteria and entire Framework.

Validated HACPS MI Reports and ETL reports and documenting the process in VersionOne

Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilities and thoroughly followed section 508.

Expertise in conducting risk assessments, control testing environments, and developing mitigation plans

Involved in Daily Scrum meetings and updated the status of the project on daily basis to all the stake holders and team members

Updated Product Backlog Items to include new or revised requirements and backlog item

Working with QA team in getting the testing scripts done and following the testing cycle

Excellent working knowledge of SQL’s and query tools like TOAD

Environment: SQL, GreenPlum, HYPERION, TOAD, Version One, Jira, Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Maven, ServiceNow, Validation, ITIL standards, Agile, SCRUM, SharePoint

Census Bureau at Suitland, MD

Functional Analyst 06/2019 – 09/2023

Elicited and understood the client’s business needs and mission, defined requirements, written user stories, and managed a product backlog and developed prototypes for the proposed solution

Studied existing business processes, programs, and/or legacy systems in their native environments and performed a comprehensive analysis of existing problems and understand the areas for improvement

Expertise in Business analysis, Quality assurance, and Workflow tools and/or practices

Facilitated reconciliation of differences voiced by the customer with those in the system proposal, reducing scope creep or impacts to the delivered system’s quality

Expertise in PeopleSoft HCM, Payroll, Benefits and Recruiting modules

Expertise in identifying communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.

Created a test approach document, Test plan, Test cases in ALM (Application Lifecycle Management

Environment: - PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0, Absence Management, Recruitment, Benefits, NA Payroll, Time and Labor, ServiceNow, HYPERION, PEGA, ALM, STAT, Service Now, TOAD, SQL, Oracle, AWS.

Fairfax County, VA

12000 Government Center Pkwy,

Fairfax, VA 22035.

Functional Analyst 10/2018 to 05/2019

Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.

Identify communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.

Strong relationship and negotiation skills, customer service orientation, demonstrate effective communication and interaction with clients, peers, and vendors.

Documented all the processes in accordance with the Information technology standards

Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.

Expertise in Business analysis, Quality assurance, and Workflow tools and/or practices.

Environment: - SAP EIM, PEGA, ALM, Oracle 9i, ServiceNow, CMS, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, Billing, ServiceNow, AWS, SQL.

Customs Border and Protection (CBP), DHS.

Falls Church, VA

Functional Analyst 08/2016 to 9/2018

Lead the developed Project plans and monitored the program workstreams to track progress against milestones

Coordinated working sessions and provided on-going communications and program updates from kick-off to completion to stakeholders and core team members

Mentored team members in Agile values, principles, and practices

Mentoring and Managing the Development and QA teams and assisted the Management with the Project Management Framework

Used ALM HP quality center for Requirement Management and track the defects

Environment: Java, SAP PI, SAP, Peoplesoft HCM, Absence Management, Informatica, Security, HP Quality Center(ALM), PEGA, SQL, MS Office, ServiceNow, Confluence, DB2, JCL, COBOL, JIRA, SCRUM, SharePoint

GDIT Inc.

Center for Medicate and Medic Aid(CMS) Columbia, MD

Sr. Principal Functional Analyst 09/2012 to 06/2016

Working with CMS/PMBR to get requirements and doing RTM(Requirement Trace Matrix)

Active participation in Requirement elicitation meetings and took a active role in clarifying all report requirements

Developed Project plans and monitored the program workstreams to track progress against milestones

Supported the Product Owner by assisting with product backlog maintenance as needed

Utilized tools JIRA and Confluence, to facilitate Agile ceremonies, including: sprint iteration planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, sprint retrospectives, and status reporting

Environment: OBIEE, Informatica, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Security, HP Quality Center, Serena, SQL, MS Office, Java, PEGA, SCRUM, SharePoint, Deltek cost

Worked through the company Actuate Technologies LLC from January 2006 to September 2012 at the following client sites:

FINRA, Rockville, MD

Lead Business Analyst/Project Manager 07/2011 to 03/2012

FINRA is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States which oversees nearly 4,420 brokerage firms, with 162,575 branch offices and 629,280 registered securities representatives. FINRA's chief role is to protect investors by maintaining the fairness of the U.S. capital markets.

Working with Business People and Functional resources in getting the change request documentation.

Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.

Involved in the testing process on TRIAGE product with reference to Investor Complaints, Arbitrations, Internal Tips and Employee Tips

Translated complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications

Expertise in working on entire SDLC(System Development Life Cycle)

Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilities

CARLYLE, Washington DC

Functional / Lead QA Consultant//Project Manager 02/2011 to 06/2011

The Carlyle Group is an American-based global asset management firm, specializing in private equity, based in Washington, D.C. The Carlyle Group operates in four business areas: corporate private equity, real assets, market strategies and fund-of-funds, through its AlpInvest subsidiary.

This is a new PeopleSoft implementation with focus on AM, AP, AR, Billing, GL and CASH management modules.

Working with Business People and Functional resources in getting the test analysis document.

Designed the test plans and designed the Version one’s testing strategy.

Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.

Tested the applicability of Value added Tax (VAT) on the Europe implementation.

Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilities

Excellent working knowledge of SQL’s and query tools like TOAD, PS Query

Environment: PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, eProcurement, Accounts Payable, Project costing, Asset Management, General Ledger, eSettlements, AR, Billing, HP quality center 9.2, Version one, SQL.

Neighbor Works America, Washington DC

Functional Lead Consultant/ Data Analyst 09/2010 to 02/2011

NeighborWorks America is a nonprofit organization that supports community development in the United States. The organization provides grants and technical assistance to 235 U.S. community development organizations. NeighborWorks America provides training for housing and community development professionals through its national training institutes. This is a conversion project from MainFrame systems to Peoplesoft financials with AP, AR, PC and GL modules.

Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations

Performed business requirement analysis and development to facilitate re-engineering efforts

Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.

Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilities

Excellent working knowledge of SQL’s and query tools like TOAD, PS Query

Environment: PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, eProcurement, AP, Project costing, AM, GL, UPK, HP quality center 9.2, SQL.

Ullico, Silver Spring, MD

Sr. Business Analyst/Testing Lead 04/2009 to 08/16/2010

Ullico Inc. consists of The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (Union Labor Life), Ullico Casualty Company, Ullico Casualty Group Inc., Ullico Investment Advisers Inc. and Ullico Investment Company Inc. These companies fall into three divisions: Life and Health (Union Labor Life), Property and Casualty (Ullico Casualty Company and Ullico Casualty Group) and Investment Services (Ullico Investment Advisers Inc. and Ullico Investment Company Inc.) Ullico Inc.'s mission is to provide financial security to union members and their families. The company provides specialty insurance and investment products to labor organizations, union employers, municipalities and institutional investors, as well as union members and retirees. Worked more on functional side with focus on testing and leading core team meetings.

Worked with the Business Intelligence Development Studio to define, edit, and publish report models that are used in Report Builder.

Extensively used the SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) to generate the Reports for different levels of users and based on the application usage.

Environment: - HP quality center 9.2, SQL, DB2, SSRS, BI, Excel and MS Access.

WorkStrategy, Columbia, MD

PeopleSoft Consultant 08/2008 to 03/2009

WorkStrategy provides web-based PeopleSoft HCM functional overviews and implementation training to its customers and partners. WorkStrategy has an upgradeable solution, built with PS technology, that creates a comprehensive spreadsheet view for customers and the product is eComp+.

Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations, Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily\

Extensively involved with the testing and maintain the status in the HP quality center.

Worked on rollout for Manager Self Service with emphasis on PeopleSoft eComp+

Generated reports using XML Publisher.

Environment: - PeopleSoft HCM 8.8, MSS, eComp+, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, Active Directory, Requisite Pro, SQL, Oracle, Excel and MS Access.

MuniMae, Baltimore, MD

Functional Lead Consultant 06/2007 to 09/2007

MuniMae is a diverse real estate finance company specializing in tax exempt bonds for the multi-family housing segment and this is a new PeopleSoft implementation and my role was to fix the issues in General Ledger.

Defined the documentation for the Accounts Receivable business process

Help defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.

Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations,

Worked on the Ledger processing and sending the journals through journal generator.

Extensively worked on the journal editing and posting in GL

Worked on reconfiguring the chart fields and edit combo rules

Environment: - PeopleSoft Financials 9.0, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Cash Management and Treasury Management, Oracle 9i.

IBM

Blue Cross Blue Shield, IL

Functional Lead Consultant 06/2006 to 02/2007

Defined the documentation process for the PO’s and Contracts execution for the end users.

Help defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.

Helped the User to associate the Suppliers with the Catalog Items.

Involved with training the end-users on creating requisitions, Creating PO’s and submitting Contracts.

Environment: - Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, PeopleSoft Financials 9.0, Billing, Contracts, AP, Purchasing, eProcurement and Inventory.

Washington Area Transport Authority (WMATA), Washington, DC

Functional Lead Consultant 01/2006 – 05/2006

Defined the documentation process for the PO’s and Contracts execution for the end users.

Help defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.

Performing customization in eProcurement to transparently include inventory items in search category only to prevent from purchasing goods that is already in stock.

Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, PeopleSoft 8.9, AP, Purchasing, eProcurement, General Ledger and SCM.

Worked through Computech Corporation Inc from June 2004 to December 2005 at the following client sites:

LEGG MASON, Owings Mills, MD

Functional Consultant 08/2005 – 12/2005

Defined the new Business unit 00600 for Legg Mason to accommodate the newly merged Citi Group transactions.

Designed the Functional documentation for the eProcurement and joining the Staples to Legg Mason ePro for Punchouts.

Enabled and worked on Commitment Controls in GL and eProcurement.

Environment: - People Tools 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, Purchasing, eProcurement, sProcurement, Accounts Payables and Supply Chain Management.

Fair Child Semi Conductor, South Portland, ME

Functional Lead Consultant 10/2004 – 07/2005

Involved in the Fit and Gap analysis/impact of the existing customizations to that of the functionality of the new release.

Involved with the documentation of the compare reports and making an assessment of the production database.

Conducted the User Acceptance testing and has given guidance to the users

Involved in Facilitating meetings, process mapping, and knowledge transfer

Environment: - People Tools 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, Cost Management, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Inventory.

State Offices, Albany, NY

Business Analyst 03/2004 to 08/2004

Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations, Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.

Provided application knowledge sharing

Environment: - Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft HR, Benefits, Benefit Administration, STAT, PeopleCode, SQL, SQR.

Marriott International Hotels, MD

Functional Consultant 11/2003 – 03/2004

Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.

Identify communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.

Worked on the explosion of BOM into various levels in Billing module.

Environment: - HP-UX, Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, Billing SQL, SQR.

Giant Eagle, PA

Functional Consultant 04/2003 to 10/2003

Fit gap analysis for various processes and helped users in finalizing various processes.

Worked on all the Books including STATES, BUDGET and TAX.

Environment: - Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, PC, PO, People soft SCM 8.4 – OM, Billing, Project Costing.

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