Business Analyst--- Sample resume

SUMMARY
 4+ years of experience in working as a Business Analyst, understanding client requirements, summarizing client
needs, and translating into technical options and solutions that meet end user business needs.
 Broad experience with SDLC requirement gathering and deployment using Agile Scrum, Rational Unified Process
(RUP), Waterfall.
 Proficient in creating UML diagrams like Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Collaboration, Class, State, Workflow, Process
flow, Data flow and Deployment Diagrams using tools like Rational Rose, MS Visio.
 Proficient in creating mapping spreadsheets, Source to Target mapping documents including transformation rules.
 Ability to plan and coordinate all testing phases including making test plans, conducting User Acceptance Testing
(UAT) and creating & executing Test Scripts/Test Cases and highly involved with Regression, system testing and
integration testing.
 Generated Traceability Matrix to ensure that all the requirements are covered by the test cases.
 Developed and documented business requirements which includes wire frames, Mockup Screens, Prototyping and
Business workflows.
 Ability to develop high quality documents and presentations for multiple audiences including business and detailed
requirements specifications.
 Proficient in creating BRD (Business requirement Document), TRD (Technical Requirement Document), FRD
(Functional Requirement Document) and UAT Documents, and Use Case Narrative.
 Expert in partnering with all levels of managers, developers, QAs, stakeholders, business users and technology
teams.
 Experience in AML & Trade Surveillance tools such as Actimize and good understanding of related topics.
 Broad knowledge of banking industry (Retail banking, Investment banking, Private banking, Portfolio management,
Asset management) and financial services.
 Expert in knowledge in various capital market instruments and securities including Equities, Fixed Income, Risk
Management (Credit and Market Risk), Mutual Funds, Derivatives (OTC market, F&O), Hedge Funds, ETF’s,
securitization, Mortgage backed securities, Asset backed securities.
 Understanding of Corporate Finance, Quantitative analysis, P&L, Balance sheet analysis, accounting, financial market,
derivatives, fixed income, equity, financial modeling, data forecast & sensitivity analysis.
 Excellent knowledge of pricing capital market and money market securities such as fixed income securities, equities
and derivatives how they are impacted by the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Dodd Frank Act, Anti-Money
Laundering, OFAC and Customer Identification Program (KYC/CIP), Basel III compliance using industry standards and
regulatory guidance, etc.
 Understanding of Treasury/Cash Management, fee refunds and CRA activities, Clear understanding of Accounting
Controls, principles and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP), IFRS.
 A seasoned professional with planning, execution, monitoring and resource balancing skills and with the ability to
support multiple projects.
 Good analytical, communication, problem solving, decision making, presentation and organization skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Agile Scrum, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Rally, JIRA, Rational Requisite Pro, MS-Visio, Enterprise Architect,
Rational Rose, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Access, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case, Informatica,
Just in Mind, Mercury Quality Center, UML (Use case diagram, Context diagram, Activity diagram, Sequence diagram etc),
Oracle, PL-SQL, SQL Server, UNIX, Windows.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CGI Federal Inc., Lebanon, VA Jan 2016-Till Date
Business Analyst
Project:Enterprise Contract Administration Tracking System
Enterprise Contract Administration Tracking System is an enterprise-wide contract management database application
designed to assist and automate the complete life-cycle management of business customer contract processing.
Information from the original contract and all pertinent sales information are contained in ECATS for tracking and
reporting purposes. ECATS is a System of Records for business contracts. This data is used to generate reports for several
organization including, Sales, Marketing, Compensation and Finance.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in business analysis and project management, coordinating between the team members according to the
business requirements.
 Created and maintained procedures and documentation.
 Organized and conducted meetings, briefings, demonstrations, conducted JAD sessions, and wrote minutes of
project meetings.
 Worked with the project manager for planning and organizing the project activities, and in communicating with other
business center managers and stakeholders of the project.
 Actively resolved day-to-day technology needs of the business unit with a focus on the analysis of processes.
 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.
 Involved in project planning and coordination. Followed RUP Methodology.
 Provided overall project management to multiple projects successfully completing them on-schedule and on-budget.
 Prepared the Business Workflow using MS-Visio with input, output, Pre and Post conditions.
 Worked with the clients on the final signing process in the User Acceptance stages.
Environment: UML, RUP, Visual Basic 6.0, MS Office Tools, SQL Server 2000/2005 and Windows

Grove Software,Lynchburg, VA Feb 2013-Dec 2015

Business Analyst
Project: Customer Management, Vendor Management, Inventory & Warehousing Control Systems
Responsibilities:
 Involved in all the phases of the SDLC methodology throughout the project life cycle.
 Interacted with clients to define and finalize Business Requirements for the application.
 Maintained interactions with designed and developers to decompose application functionality, navigational flow, and
simplified end-user requirements.
 Defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Scenario, and Use Case narrative using the UML Methodology.
 Worked with internal and external users to define requirements and coordinated user management and developer
expectations.
 Successfully conducted JAD sessions, which helped synchronize the different objectives of stakeholders and helped
the developers comprehend user requirements.
 Created business flow diagrams, performed SWOT analysis, and assisted in designing the web structure.
 Developer graphical representation of reports such as bar charts, pie charts, etc, as per end user requirements.
 Designed use case diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams to analyze the system using UML.
 Performed requirements traceability and managed changes to the requirements for the application using Relational
Requisite Pro.
 Performed requirements analysis and prepared the technical and business documents.
 Maintained proper communication with developers ensuring that modifications and requirements were addressed
and also monitored those revisions.
 Provided guidance and assistance in UAT and also developed user manuals.
Environment:Data Stage 5.2, Oracle 8i, Windows NT, SQL Server, Ms Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS
Visio, HTML, XML, UNIX, GIS Tools, Windows NT, Sybase.

SunTrust Bank, Lynchburg, VA Jul 2012-Jan 2013

Business Analyst
Project: Monitoring of Money Laundering
The goal of this project is to ensure efficient identification and monitoring of suspicious activities and transaction in the
bank and ensure timeous reporting of suspicious transactions to the Anti-Money Laundering (AML). This project followed
RUP methodology.

Responsibilities:
 Worked with AML Operation team to analyze monitoring patterns of clients with CDD profile.
 Ensured the information obtained is consistent with BSA/AML Policy and Procedures and satisfies regulatory
requirements.
 Assisted in the administration and review of Client Risk Scoring, Client Identification and KYC documentation
oversight/management requirements.
 Communicated extensively with the clients and with different levels of management to identify requirements, use
cases and to develop functional specifications.
 Identified and documented business needs for new market risk and credit risk module or re-usability and an existing
module by performing a GAP analysis.
 Prepared Business Requirements Document (BRD) and used Rational Rose for Functional Requirements Specification
(FRS) as per the Business requirements and Post Trade MBA work flow.
 Used Visio to create Use Cases, activity diagrams, class diagrams, workflow process diagrams and prepared Use Case
Narratives.
 Constantly interacted with stakeholders to develop Functional Requirement Documents into use case for the IT team.
 Created timeline and managed the schedule and the stakeholders to complete the task in timely manner.
 Interacted extensively and frequently with the Developers to ensure the realization of requirements.
 Involved with the QA team to determine and develop test approaches and methods for unit testing, integration,
functional testing, load and usability testing according to application complexity and test requirements.
 Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Environment: MS Office, RUP, SQL Server, MS Visio, MS Project, Share point, RequisitePro, UML, RUP, J2EE, Windows

EDUCATION
Master of Nonprofit Leadership Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Concentration in Finance