Rizi Odudu
Waterdown,ON
Summary
Proactive Business Analyst with over 7 years of experience.
Seeking to obtain a challenging business analyst position with a reputable organization where I can leverage my analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to drive data-driven decision-making and contribute to the company's growth and success."
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst/Scrum Master
YMCA
Hamilton, ON
02.2021 - 02.2023
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
- Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
- Surveyed clients to ascertain requirements and expectations for product.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
- Delivered analysis of market, sales and consumer trend impact on long and short-term strategies.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Created data models to support decision-making processes.
Business Analyst
HSBC Finance Corporation
Ottawa, ON
03.2019 - 11.2021
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Communicating and collaborating with key stakeholders to identify projects needs.
- Document key and important deliverables
- Worked with cross functional teams to translate business requirements into user stories on agile projects.
- worked with Product owner to create and manage user story backlog and prioritize user story for each release.
Business Systems Analyst
OC Transpo
Ottawa, ON
08.2018 - 12.2019
- Organized system operating procedures to strengthen controls.
- Identified needed business improvements and determined appropriate systems required to implement solutions.
- Educated stakeholders on data protection tactics to reduce breaches.
- Collected, defined and analyzed business requirements.
- Trained business personnel in use of systems.
- Gathered, reviewed and reported on findings.
- Assessed business requirements to create focused solutions.
Business Analyst
Smartpoint Global Services
Ottawa, ON
05.2014 - 09.2018
- Gathered and documented business requirements for project.
- Determined Customers need and created Solution
- Gathered and documented requirements for projects.
- Demonstrated the ability to listen actively to business needs
- Analyze and validate business requirements gathered from stakeholders.
- worked with business owners to drive process improvement decisions.
Education
Advanced Business Analysis
Global Stride Consulting
Toronto, ONScrum Master
SMC
01.2023
Project Management
Google
High School Diploma -
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board School of Continuing Education
Ottawa, ON06.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Rivers State University
Nigeria10.2011
Skills
Soft skills
- Analytical
- Time management
- presentation
- Data Analysis
- User story writing
- Facilitation
- Requirement gathering
- Creative Thinking
- Adaptability
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Hybrid Methodologies(Waterfall & Agile)
Tools
Knowledge of BA tools like
- Balsamic
- jira
- Microsoft office, Excel
- Visio
Keywords
- Data Analysis
- Requirement Gathering
- Business Process Modelling
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Management
- Data Visualization
- SQL
- Agile Methodology
- Quality Assurance
- Risk Management
- Communication skills
- Business Intelligence
- Performance Metrics
- Root Cause Analysis
- Market Research
- Business Strategy
- Cost Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Forecasting.
Timeline
Business Analyst/Scrum Master
YMCA
02.2021 - 02.2023
Business Analyst
HSBC Finance Corporation
03.2019 - 11.2021
Business Systems Analyst
OC Transpo
08.2018 - 12.2019
Business Analyst
Smartpoint Global Services
05.2014 - 09.2018
Advanced Business Analysis
Global Stride Consulting
Scrum Master
SMC
Project Management
Google
High School Diploma -
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board School of Continuing Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Rivers State University
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