Business Analyst

Location:

Reston, VA, 20191

Salary:

50,000

Posted:

July 30, 2012

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Resume:

Ekta

917-***-****

*********@*****.***

Summary

• Over 2 years of experience in the following areas: Ability to gather and document Business Requirements, experienced in writing Use Cases. Proficiency in SDLC life cycle, understands the workflow concept, ability to gather and document the 'As-Is' and 'To-Be' processes

• Requirement gathering through interviews, workshops, JAD sessions with clients, developers and QA Analysts and referring to existing system documentation and procedures

• Majorly involved in analyzing, designing, developing, maintaining, customizing and administering the ADP HR / Payroll system.

• Experienced in gathering and documenting test Scenarios and ability to train users to translate technical requirements and translate them to a business audience

• Web Testing in Retail/E-Commerce with different browsers and O/S

• Writing & documenting Business Plan, Requirements Document, Functional Specification Document, and Test Case

• Experienced in performed Data Validation after Database migration using Excel Functions e.g. Lookup & Reference functions

• Defining Test Cases, analyzing bugs, interaction with team members in fixing errors and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Deep understanding of enterprise data warehouses.

• Strong experience in RUP Business Modeling process.

• Expertise in UML (class diagrams, object diagrams, GAP Analysis, use case diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and collaboration diagrams) as a business analysis methodology for application functionality designs using IBM’s Rational Rose.

Technical Skills

Languages: Visual Basic.HTML, SQL, T-SQL.

DBMS: SQL Server (2005/2000/7.0), Access 2003, DB2, MySQL,

Analysis/ Design Tools: Erwin, ER Studio, MS Visio, Rational Rose, TOAD, Oracle Designer 6/8, Rational ClearQuest, Rational ClearCase, Quality Center.

Operating System: Windows NT 4.0/3.51., Solaris, Linux

University of Connecticut

M.S in Technology Management – Major: Project Management.

University of Mumbai

Bachelor in Computer Science.

Professional Experience

Fannie Mae, Reston, VA Dec 2011 – April 2012 Business Analyst

Fannie Mae is a government sponsored enterprise (GSE) of the United States government. FNMA's primary method for making money is by charging a guarantee fee on loans that they have securitized into mortgage-backed security bonds. Investors, or purchasers of Fannie Mae MBSs, are willing to let Fannie Mae keep this fee in exchange for assuming the credit risk, that is, Fannie Mae's guarantee that the principal and interest on the underlying loan will be paid regardless of whether the borrower actually repays.

Responsibilities:

• Performed GAP Analysis to analyze the difference between the current systems and the FIPA system. Worked with internal users to help define system requirements.

• Utilized Agile/Scrum Unified Process (AUP) to configure and develop process, standards, and procedures.

• Created the Mortgage Induction Manual that is now a walking encyclopedia for any new comer in the project including the IT members of the clients

• Design high level process flow to achieve CEOs vision high level process flow for the entire mortgage project.

• Assisted project team in preparing Functional Specification Document (FSD), developed non-functional requirements, and documented Business Requirements Document (BRD).

• Created the SQL scripts for demonstrating the prototypes and for verifying the result sets

• Developed Traceability Matrix for maintaining/updating current and new system requirements using MS Excel.

• Created and managed Use Case project templates.

• Work closely with management to support various projects through the Agile/ Scrum methodology and knowledge management including analysis, requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation and training.

• Ensure data integrity between systems using MS Query and comparison tools. Perform data analysis and create customized reports. Analyze recurring problems by finding and implementing permanent solutions.

• Used problem and change management software to document work requests for release activities.

• Coordinated with teams within the organization to collect release requirements.

Software/Hardware: RUP, UML, QA, MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, PL/SQL, Oracle DBA, DB2. Windows 98/2000/XP, basic UNIX, HTML, basic DHTML, basic XML, MS Office Suite-Excel Macros, Project, Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Rational- Rational Rose, Rational XDE, RequisitePro, Quality Center.

Wal-Mart, Bentonville, AR March 2010 –Nov 2011

Business Analyst

The company is an important supplier to the retail, foodservice and industrial segments of the food industry, exporting to 4 different continents. In addition to shipping directly from our processing facilities, we replenish over 18 forward warehouses across North America to enhance service to our customer base.

Responsibilities:

• Identified requirements and for business needs, communicated gaps and issues to management.

• Designed future state business process for HR/Payroll/Time and Attendance.

• Roles and responsibilities & security setup from management to end user.

• Conduct workshops for overall business processes and system process to ensure change management.

• Analyzed Business Requirements and created Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Navigation Flow, Business Flow Diagrams and Work Flow Diagrams for applications and created Activity Diagrams / State Chart Diagrams using MS Visio and created conceptual model, behavior diagrams.

• Worked on Fixed Income, Derivatives, Brokerage and Financial Services.

• Defined Functional Test Cases, documented, Executed test script in Facets system.

• Assist the QA personnel in the creation of Test Cases using Rational Test Manager.

• Involved in performing version control and defect tracking activities using Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest.

• Primary customer contact for internal notices, content management, community portals

• Participated in meetings with Developers, Project Managers and Quality Analysts to discuss business requirements, test planning, resource utilization, and defect tracking.

• Develop user manuals, presentations and training manuals as per project specifications and timelines.

• Managing requirements and mapping them to test plan and test cases.

PayMate India Pvt Ltd. Mumbai, India April 08 – Jan 09

Business Analyst

Roles and Responsibility:

• Gathered the functional requirements for the proposed system.

• Participated in brainstorming sessions and walkthroughs with subject matter experts (SME).

• Organized and conducted meetings, briefings, demonstrations, conducted JAD sessions, and wrote minutes of project meetings.

• Involved in the requirements gathering throughout the Product Development life cycle

• Worked with the project manager to estimate best/worst case scenarios, track progress with weekly estimates of remaining work to do, conducting informal meetings ad hoc and as needed.

• Followed the RUP methodology for the entire PDLC - Product Development Life Cycle.

• Worked with my team to Initiate Use Case Analysis using UML, which provided the framework for potential use case deliverables and their inter-relationships, and allow for maximizing software reuse.

• Analyzed team performance with the Project manager and implemented the changes if any in order to raise the efficiency of the entire team.

• Applied Unified Modeling Language (UML) methodology to create use case diagrams and sequence diagrams

• Created use-case scenarios and storyboards in MS Word and MS PowerPoint for better visualization of the application.

Wipro Technologies, Mumbai, India April 06 – March 08

Business Analyst

Roles and Responsibility:

• Identified high-level requirements for developing and documenting detailed business requirements.

• Converted business requirements into functional requirements.

• Involved in the meetings with Business process owners, SME (subject matter experts) and Marketing Team for Requirements gathering during the Definition Stage.

• Gathered requirements and followed the methodology for the entire Product Development Life cycle.

• Gathered Business Requirements, wrote Business and User Requirement documents.

• Experience in running requirements workshops

• Experience in Merchandising, Pricing, Campaign Management.

• Refined the requirements (use-cases) and Business Process Models to detailed level appropriate for technical analysis and system design.

• Analyzed the reporting process and suggested modifications in the process to avoid errors.

• Developed Process Models, detailed Business Policies and modified the business requirement document.

• Prepared the Business Workflow using MS-Visio.

• Did UAT- User Acceptance testing at the end of the Product Development Life Cycle

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