Seasoned Business Analyst offering 12 years of industry success. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making. Focused and accomplished in developing business intelligence to improve business procedures and streamline implementation. Vast knowledge of business best practices, regulatory standards and optimal control systems. History supporting growth and driving success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Business Analyst
Canada Revenue Agency
06.2021 - Current
Implementing records protection, retention and disposition policies of the Agency in line with the security policies of the Agency
Initiating new business process; documenting the AS-IS process and re-defining the TO-BE process using Microsoft visio
Requirements elicitations by interviews, document analysis, questionnaire and requirements workshops
Developing and maintaining strong relationship with team members, internal and external management and Business owners
Stakeholder engagement: engaging and managing relationships with the Agency clients, vendors and external 3rd party to provide necessary resources and advice and resolve
Business Analyst
RBC Advice Center, Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
02.2020 - 06.2021
Developing and maintain strong relationship with team members, internal and external management
Working with stakeholders to define concepts, articulate business requirements; clarify functional and non-functional requirements in order to translate them into application and operational requirements
Responsible for requirements elicitations by interviews, document analysis, questionnaire and requirements workshops
Gathering requirements from the stakeholders (clients) on RBC products like client cards
Credit cards, online banking, Loans and mortgages etc
Managing traceability matrix of responsibilities and documents
Creating artifacts and documents using various tools and applications
Coordinating JAD workshops and meetings sessions with the banks internal team
Proactively monitor client’s portfolio and records to identify underperforming portfolios/funds/individual assets and recommend alternatives
Using discretion in managing time with client’s meetings, analytical work and research
Managing internal and external client expectations
Ensuring appropriate follow up, delivering on agreements
Business Analyst
Skip the Dishes Inc
10.2018 - 02.2020
(Technology Company with online platform connecting customers to restaurants, staff strength of over 2,000 and over $312M revenue in 2018)
3rd party management - responsible for planning, organizing and overseeing operational logistics of third-party couriers on the network, implementing optimal orders distribution and establishment of work procedures
Worked with different developers both internal and external developers from 3rd party vendors
Engaged stakeholders at different levels; senior managers and operations staff
Coordinated activities with other supply-chain work units such as Customer Care and Restaurant Care & Applying Skip’s technology and tools to optimize the efficiency of the network continuously
Managed multiple priorities and re-prioritizing tasks as appropriate
Mapped and Implemented the strategy to significantly reduce orders rejection rate by couriers
Communicated with team members using Jira
Managed changes and working in a team to address issues and challenges, raising tickets as necessary and managing all issues to reduce the company’s loss due to issues on the logistics network
Defined the functional and non-functional requirements and documenting the Requirements Catalogue
Business Analyst
Stanbic IBTC Bank
, Nigeria
02.2013 - 09.2018
Africa’s leading financial institution with AAA Fitch rating and a member of the Standard Bank group ranked as the largest in Africa with 2019 revenue of 1 billion dollars and staff strength of over 4,000)
Worked effectively in a fast-paced environment to drive consensus and determine outcome Supporting retail and corporate banking in the management of risk arising from internal and external activities, processes and people
Supported the banking management team to define, analyse, and prioritize the features and functionalities of key digital banking platforms
Captured requirements and creating "user story" in utilizing Jira and Confluence
Prioritized multiple projects to meet various moving deadlines
Mapped business process using Visio to create a cross-functional workflow
Gathered and consolidated requirements to gain a consensus on proposed process change Engaged stakeholders and gathered requirements using focus group discussion, workshop, or one on one methodologies
Analyzed stakeholders using the RACI matrix
Mapped requirements to the systems specifications
Conducted JAD workshop sessions, focus groups, interviews, and document analysis to gather all necessary requirements
Designed the business requirements catalogue documenting the functional and non-functional requirements
Carried out the collections and quantitative analysis of country-wide data using Cognos and Tableau.
Business Analyst
Sterling Bank PLC
Lagos
03.2009 - 05.2012
Understand the business needs of multiple stakeholders, interpreting their business needs and translating them into requirements
Defined stakeholders, timeline, and deliverables for the project
Analyzed stakeholders using the RACI matrix
Engaged stakeholders and gathered requirements using focus group discussion, workshop or one on one methodologies
Worked closely alongside other business analysts in the team to ensure consistency in approach and guidance
Worked with departmental managers to develop more efficient ways of completing various business processes
Business process mapping
Prioritized requirements using the HML matrix
Mapped requirements to the systems specifications
Assisted the test teams to create test plans; outlining what should be tested by IT and users
Conducted JAD sessions, focus groups, interviews, and document analysis to gather all necessary requirements
Designed and documented the acceptance criteria
Managed changes, issues, updates and traceability matrix
Obtained sign-off of projects from project sponsors
Supported testing strategy and providing input to the coverage of test scenarios and conditions ensuring that all requirements in scope are tested
Coordinated and managed staff trainings and acceptance ensuring all issues, changes and updates are resolved as necessary.
Education
Role Based Business Analyst Training Program - Business Analysis
Agile IT Technology
United States
06.2020 - 09.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Digital Marketing
Robertson College
10.2018 - 10.2019
MBA - Business Administration
Federal University of Technology Akure
Nigeria
04.2007 - 11.2009
Bachelor of Science - Library & Information Studies
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
11.1995 - 05.2000
Skills
Business Analysisundefined
Timeline
Business Analyst
Canada Revenue Agency
06.2021 - Current
Role Based Business Analyst Training Program - Business Analysis
Agile IT Technology
06.2020 - 09.2020
Business Analyst
RBC Advice Center, Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
02.2020 - 06.2021
Associate of Applied Science - Digital Marketing
Robertson College
10.2018 - 10.2019
Business Analyst
Skip the Dishes Inc
10.2018 - 02.2020
Business Analyst
Stanbic IBTC Bank
02.2013 - 09.2018
Business Analyst
Sterling Bank PLC
03.2009 - 05.2012
MBA - Business Administration
Federal University of Technology Akure
04.2007 - 11.2009
Bachelor of Science - Library & Information Studies
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