Professional with more than 13 years of experience in the area of Banking / Financial Services.
11 plus years of experience in the area of Life Insurance, Group Insurance.
Exposure to Policy admin systems: INGENIUM, GROUP ASIA, LIFE ASIA, V3LOCITY suite (Core Admin; Digital; Claim Center)
Recognized proficiency in business process mapping, requirement study, defining the various specifications for application implementation, and client interaction for resolving queries.
Strong knowledge of SDLC processes, requirement gathering, requirement elicitation, gap analysis, gap sheet preparation, BRD, FSD, TRD, ST, UAT
Test Plan Preparation, Test Pack Review, Test Pack preparation
Commendable interpersonal, communication, analytical & organizational skills with proven abilities in team management.
Demonstrated expertise in mapping client / business requirements, application design, development, implementation, integration, testing and deployment of complex financial systems.
Extensive work experience in Functionality Testing and Integration Testing. Identifying Scenarios from the requirement.
Self-Review & Peer to Peer review of test cases. Status Reporting. Defect Tracking/ Monitoring/ Defect Retesting and Reporting
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Consultant(Product Owner - Vitech Systems)
Infosys Limited
09.2021 - Current
Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
Proactively identified risks associated with project timelines or deliverables, implementing mitigation strategies when necessary.
Collaborated with engineering teams on technical feasibility assessments, resulting in realistic scope definition for projects.
Business elicitation sessions for understanding business processes and mapping them to required business standards
Facilitated communication between development teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and expectations.
Preparing, discussing and closing gap sheets
Preparing BRD, FSD, User Story, Defining Acceptance Criteria
User Acceptance Testing, Test Pack Review, Test Execution, Bug Reporting
Led agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions, significantly reducing time to market.
Managed stakeholder expectations through regular updates and strategic communication, building strong relationships.
Conducting sessions / mock ups to run business user through the proposed system flow
Enhanced product vision by collaborating closely with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements.
Prioritized bug fixes and enhancements based on user impact, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.
Conducting Structured walkthrough of functionality with business user team
Stakeholder communication & alignment of project status/issues via review meetings and update tracker sheets
Domain: Group Insurance
Major Projects Handled: Symmetra Insurance, IA Financial Group, Beneva, Standard Life – SIC
Senior Product Specialist (Business Analyst)
Cognizant Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 09.2021
Liaisoning with the business unit and regional business leaders in order to understand the priorities, requirements and needs of the organization and customers, and to provide solutions that enable the business unit to achieve its goals
Engaging and coordinating Business Analysis sessions for understanding business processes and mapping them to required business standards
Ensuring requirements fit with the projects overall objectives and dependencies on other projects, and ensure that Product requirements are understood and captured
Completing training documentation and training programmes to be handed over to operations teams and working with Release teams to minimise the impact of project change on operational users, clients and other stakeholders
Stakeholder communication & alignment of project status/issues via review meetings and update tracker sheets
Ensuring bug fixes are rectified and risks and issues are managed working with testing team and technology
Working with operational and product partners to produce accurate and relevant business analysis documentation within agreed timeframes
Coordinate for all stages of project management including elicitation, requirement gathering, system design, development, testing, training, roll out and post-implementation support
Domain: Life Insurance
Major Projects Handled: Day1 Product Launch(Guaranteed Savings Plan, I select Term Plan, Health Plan)
Deputy Manager– Business Analyst
DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance
12.2017 - 06.2018
Identify changes / enhancements required to existing systems as per user requirements, evaluate impact, prepare change specifications, obtain business user sign-offs, obtain user sign-offs and implement changes in the live system
Analyzing Business Requirements Specification, detailed process flow
Working with operational and product partners to produce accurate and relevant business analysis documentation within agreed timeframes
Ensuring bug fixes are rectified and risks and issues are managed working with testing team and technology
Domain: Life Insurance
Major Projects Handled: SMS / Email Communications automation, IVR calling module for financial Policy Servicing requests
Deputy Manager Business Analyst
Max New York Life Insurance
04.2017 - 12.2017
Conduct individual interviews and group meetings with key business users / leaders as needed for requirements gathering and requests for change
Interacting with business stakeholders for requirements gathering, analysis, documentation and preparation of BRD/FSDs
Interacting with the technical team to ensure that the requirements are clear and well understood
Review Test strategy & test specifications, assist in Functional testing and provide UAT support
Domain: Life Insurance
Major Projects Handled: GST, Product launch – Day 1
Business Analyst
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited
02.2015 - 04.2017
Conduct individual interviews and group meetings with key business users / leaders as needed for requirements gathering and requests for change
Interacting with business stakeholders for requirements gathering, analysis, documentation and preparation of BRD/FSDs
Interacting with the technical team to ensure that the requirements are clear and well understood
Review Test strategy & test specifications, assist in Functional testing and provide UAT support
Domain: Life Insurance
Major Projects Handled: Loan processing in Endowment Plans, TDS – Tax Deduction at Source, PMS – Persistency Management System – Ad-hoc Enhancements
Lead Software Test Engineer
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited
08.2014 - 02.2015
Identify changes / enhancements required to existing systems as per user requirements, evaluate impact, obtain business user sign-offs, conduct ST, support UAT obtain user sign-offs and implement changes in the live system
Analyzing Business Requirements Specification, detailed process flow
Working with operational and product partners to produce accurate and relevant business analysis documentation within agreed timeframes
Ensuring bug fixes are rectified and risks and issues are managed working with testing team and technology
Domain: Life Insurance
Major Projects Handled: Policy Servicing Workflow, Loyalty Addition Setup for all ULIP plan
Test Analyst (Outsourced) 3i Infotech
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited
05.2013 - 07.2014
Product Launch – Online Term Plan/ SSMB – Smart Stage Money Back Plan, SMIP – Smart Monthly Income Plan
Implementing the changes required for issues identified during UAT testing
To draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for various internal/external stakeholders
Understanding Requirement from BR
Preparing Test Pack post studying FS
Executing test cases for the functional specification
Assisting Testers in executing/understanding the functionality
Preparing bug report
Analyzing the requirements from the User
Walkthrough meetings with Developers
Defect Analysis
Providing project Sign-off to Test Manager
Project 2 - Enhancement to support Monthly mode across all the existing/newly launched Unit Linked Insurance Plans
TSA – Level 2
Teleperformance
10.2010 - 05.2012
Providing Technical Support and issue resolution services to Adobe’s vendor teams and/or directly to key Enterprise customers, leveraging appropriate internal and external resources to bring cases to closure
Following established processes and policies in all customer interactions and escalations
Accountable for personal achievement against performance targets including case resolution and turnaround time, open case ageing, first contact resolution rate, and case quality and customer satisfaction
Participating in Business Intelligence processes including taking an active role in Knowledgebase document creation, incident case notes logging and recording, bug logging etc
Responsible for ongoing knowledge and skills development and also for identifying developmental needs and addressing knowledge gaps
As a front line customer-facing employee to work as an ambassador of the Adobe brand
Recognizing that customers are experiencing an interruption, hence partnering with the customer to provide top-tier support to quickly and efficiently resolve their technical issues
Education
B.E. - Telecommunication
MVJ College of Engineering
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2009
H.S.C. - C.B.S.E
Holy Mission Secondary School
01.2003
S.S.C. - I.C.S.E
International School
01.2001
Skills
Business management
Strategic planning
Team leadership
Project management
Client relations
Decision making
Conflict resolution
Cross-functional collaboration
Negotiation skills
Leadership skills
Customer feedback
Presentation skills
Business analysis
Change management
Requirements gathering
Team collaboration
User acceptance testing
Business process improvement
Business process mapping
Gap analysis
Stakeholder management
Systems analysis
Software development life cycle
Test case scenarios
Release planning
Agile methodologies
Requirements analysis
Stakeholder communication
Business requirements
Documentation
Agile framework expertise
Product backlog management
User story creation
Design thinking
Feature prioritization
Sprint planning
Meeting facilitation
Retrospective analysis
Leading scrum meetings
SQL
MS-excel / office / power point / Visio
Cognos
Mantis
Ingenium
V3locity
JIRA
Professional Summary
Banking, Financial Services, Life Insurance, Group Insurance, Business process mapping, Requirement study, Application implementation, Client interaction, SDLC processes, Requirement gathering, Gap analysis, Test Plan Preparation, Defect Tracking
Personal Information
Passport Number: K6089543
Father's Name: Ajit Kumar Sinha
Date of Birth: 10/05/86
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Single
Languages
English
Professional Working
Certification
Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner / Product Manager
Infosys Certified Product Owner
Infosys Certified Insurance Consultant
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Consultant(Product Owner - Vitech Systems)
Infosys Limited
09.2021 - Current
Senior Product Specialist (Business Analyst)
Cognizant Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 09.2021
Deputy Manager– Business Analyst
DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance
12.2017 - 06.2018
Deputy Manager Business Analyst
Max New York Life Insurance
04.2017 - 12.2017
Business Analyst
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited
02.2015 - 04.2017
Lead Software Test Engineer
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited
08.2014 - 02.2015
Test Analyst (Outsourced) 3i Infotech
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Private Limited