Business Analyst

David Walters

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Coral Gables, FL 33156

Cell: 972-***-****

Email: *****.****.*******@*****.***

BUSINESS ANALYST

Highly motivated, innovative, organized, self-starter with strong professional consulting experience in business and system analysis, design, quality assurance testing in the Consumer Products and Health Insurance Industries. Skilled in implementing cost effective and high performance technology solutions to solve complex business demands in fast-paced environments. Extensive qualifications in business process engineering and software development life cycle, providing business solutions that enhance productivity, improve quality, drive sustained business performance, and maximize revenue potential. Adept at building effective, productive working relationships with clients and staff. Proven communication, analytical, interpersonal, presentation, and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented with ability to filter out extraneous information and focus on business needs to drive a project forward. Extensive experience in the data conversion area for ERP implementations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access; SAP ECC, SAP MM, SAP PP; Mercury Quality Center; Lotus Notes; Adobe Captivate; Requisite Pro, Manual Test; Mercury Star Team, SQL Server 2005; Borland Testing Suite; Crystal Reports; ASP.Net, SQL, HTML, XML; VB.Net;

Process: Process Design; Joint Application Development (JAD) Session Planning & Facilitation; Requirements Elicitation & Gathering; Software Application Design; Quality Assurance Testing; Programming; Data Mining; Data Conversions Design; Unit Testing; Implementation Testing; Data Validation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACCENTURE, Dallas, Texas July 2007 – Current

System Integration Analyst

Analyzed, designed, assisted with build process, tested, and assisted with implementation of innovative ERP solutions using SAP applications for top-tier global clients to solve complex business and technical issues. Gathered requirements from client teams and translated into usable designs that meet their business needs. Translated expertise of business and system analysis, software design and implementation, quality assurance testing, and configuration across a range of industries.

Cargill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Liaised between business subject matter experts, data standards teams, and data conversion teams to effectively translate requirements and business processes into data conversion designs. Identified and recommended solutions to business issues, functional gaps and technical impacts. Provided traceability to identify discrepancies between designs and business requirements.

• Worked with client teams to translate business requirements into SAP functional designs in the procure to pay module.

• Streamlined, elicited, and managed requirements and action items

• Designed source list functional design along with process and application and data standards team.

• Assisted and lead data mapping sessions with Legacy Systems subject matter experts

• Managed the data mining and cleansing efforts for the Legacy Systems during the data conversion process.

Highmark, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Managed the defect management process for a medical insurance company. Assisted with the implementation of the Quality Assurance program for the medical testing center.

• Instituted a reusable test model that minimized implementation risks and/or delays, met project budget requirements, and effectively and efficiently utilized the available project resources.

• Lead and managed the defect management process. Worked in conjunction with testers and programmers for the timely completion of defect fixes/

• Worked and trained third-party contractors to deliver timely and ready resources for testing

• Assisted with implementation of Quality Assurance process, which included peer reviews, and management review processes.

PepsiCo, Chicago, Illinois

Established relationships with client teams to design, coordinate, test, and implement contract and purchase order processing. Worked across multiple teams develop and coordinate testing efforts, wrote and tested various scripts across SAP MM & PP.

• Wrote and developed functional designs for SAP Contracts and Purchase Orders from legacy systems

• Developed test scripts to test various application areas

• Assisted with the end-user training for business users.

LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS, Fort Worth, Texas August 2006 – December 2006

Information Technology Resource Analyst – Intern

Assisted with hardware and software solutions, this included installing new software and working with procurement team to purchase new solutions. Worked across multiple supplying companies to validate current user bases.

• Assisted with IT problem resolution by coordinating the installation of software and hardware

• Developed a database for system user validation

MARY KAY INC, Addison, Texas May 2006 – August 2006

Business Analyst

Helped with the requirement gathering and process design for system implementation. Helped design and implement social networking site, used for market research.

• Designed and implemented college social networking website for the marketing research department

• Created documentation that defined new system requirements

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

• Dean’s List

• TCU Scholar

• Emerging Leaders

• National Society of Collegiate Scholars

• Dallas Analyst Action Committee

• Great Place to Work Committee

EDUCATION

BBA, Business Information Systems & Marketing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

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