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Kevin  Janak

Kevin Janak

CBAP, CSM, CSC
Toronto,ON

Summary

Business Analyst/Business Systems Analyst with 6+ years of experience in the field of Business Analysis Successful in translating Business Requirements and user expectations into detailed specifications employing Unified Modeling Language (UML) using Rational Rose/MS Visio Possess Strong Communication and Presentation Skills substantiated in past assignments with developers, project managers, Subject-Matter Experts, Stakeholders, system implementers, and end-users Experienced in creating Epics, Features, User Stories, BRDs, SRS, and FRDs Ability to gather Business and Technical Requirements using elicitation techniques such as JAD, RAD sessions, reviews, interviews for different business processes Expertise in eliciting the document, validating, and transforming business requirements into Techno-functional Requirements at various stages of SDLC Experienced in conducting Requirement Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Use Case Design, Designing Test Plans, and developed database schemas based on the logical models Skilled in facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) meetings with excellent interpersonal skills Experience working on SharePoint data loading, editing, and publishing Well experienced in performing GAP Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements Experience in customer/client interactions at various levels to get a better understanding of the client’s business process (Root Cause Analysis, Business process mapping, Iterative problem definition), system’s functional and technical requirements Extensive experience in Change Management processes (Identify, Analyze, Evaluate, Plan, Review, and Close) Expertise in conducting User Acceptance Testing for various web-based and database related applications

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Business Analyst Consultant

Intact Financial Corporation
Toronto, ON
05.2022 - Current
  • Diminished process gaps and encouraged optimal productivity by closely supervising workflow of claims analysts and mail clerks.
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Coordinated with external stakeholders to align data migration scheduling to minimize business process disruptions.
  • Liaised with customer project teams, replying to inquiries and providing information on ongoing processes.
  • Created data mapping documentation for use in migration efforts.
  • Researched and resolved complex issues discovered during migrations.

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

TCS (Client: CIBC
06.2018 - 03.2022
  • MS Office, STAR UML, Jira, Confluence, MS SQL, Balsamiq, SAS, Python, PeopleSoft, Mainframes, and Salesforce integration
  • Acted as liaison between business units, internal partners/external vendors, and scrum team by providing timely updates to all stakeholders and taking a proactive role in product delivery
  • As a Business Analyst, created BRD, SRS, and Use Cases
  • Conducted interviews and requirements elicitation sessions with end-users to gather requirements
  • Developed use cases, activities, and sequence diagrams for a clear understanding of the vision document
  • Created Data model document by interacting with the technical team and understood the data structure
  • Analyzed the IMPACT and GAP between proposed and existing processes
  • Performed GAP analysis of business rules, business flows, system flows, and user requirements
  • Tracked and maintained Stakeholder requested enhancements and changes using RTM
  • Prepared Business process models; used Visio to create use case diagrams
  • Designed mockups and wireframes to communicate visual data flow to the end-users
  • Collaborated with Web Application Engineers, used Python scripts to load the data into AWS Cloud Cassandra database Conducted Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives
  • Met with customer operations managers to identify issues and areas of potential improvement
  • Supported business needs with technical design documentation
  • Explain system integration topology and related transactions
  • Implemented Change Management techniques to monitor and fine-tune the project changes in obtaining the desired production results and meeting project deadlines
  • Established strong working relationships with the critical business users involved in testing to interpret and decompose the user acceptance testing requirements and needs

Jr. Business Analyst/QA Analyst

TCS, Investment Banking, Life Insurance Migration
03.2015 - 02.2018
  • MS Office, Citrix, HP ALM, Mainframes, Crystal Reports, Data stage, and Windows
  • Participated in Project meetings
  • Set up one on one and group meetings with end-users to gather requirements
  • Documented requirements and presented to the clients for sign off
  • Used the DataStage Designer to develop processes for extracting, cleansing, transforming, integrating and loading data into staging tables
  • Tracked and managed changes to the requirements using Change management process
  • Created Use cases, Business flow diagrams, and Process flow diagrams using MS Visio
  • Interacted with QA team and Business users to prioritize the testing of business modules
  • Acted as a liaison between business and testing teams to address issues raised during the testing phase
  • Provided consolidated reports of testing efforts to monitor progress
  • Participated in solution validation with business users and stakeholders

Education

BBA -

Saraf College
06.2013 - 06.2016

Skills

HP-ALM, Jira, Balsamiq, Confluence, Waterfall, Agile, Prototyping, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, SQL, PeopleSoft, Workday, WebLogic, WebSphere, Windows, Python, Data stage, Mainframes, Linux, Unix, MS Office, Postman, API testing, BI Reports (Crystal, Tableau, PowerBI), Salesforce, and SAS

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Certification

CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional

Timeline

Business Analyst Consultant

Intact Financial Corporation
05.2022 - Current

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

TCS (Client: CIBC
06.2018 - 03.2022

Jr. Business Analyst/QA Analyst

TCS, Investment Banking, Life Insurance Migration
03.2015 - 02.2018

BBA -

Saraf College
06.2013 - 06.2016
Kevin JanakCBAP, CSM, CSC