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Solomon Anucha,

Summary

Experienced Business Analyst with six years of expertise in software development projects. Proficient in eliciting, analyzing, and documenting requirements to drive successful software solutions. Skilled in facilitating communication between stakeholders and development teams to ensure alignment with business objectives. Committed to delivering high-quality results through a combination of analytical insight, strategic planning, and effective collaboration. Proficient in the use of Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies to bridge the gap between business needs and technology solutions.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Analyst

Bill Gosling Outsourcing
01.2023 - Current

Process Improvement/Modernization Projects (Contract-Full time)

  • Engage Business to elicit and gather detailed business requirements through individual interviews and group sessions to embrace a problem's different dimensions, potential solutions, and requirements clarifications
  • Document As-Is and To-Be process flows, requirements specification, business rules, functional/non-functional requirements, use cases and wireframes to enable value driven and secure solution
  • Perform gap analysis to discover redundancies and uncover business opportunities and derive best solution approach
  • Conduct competitive market research to assist in requirement benchmarking, identify and document project scopes, risks/risks mitigations, constraints and dependencies
  • Create Use-case specifications to outline system functions, actors, business rules, and data elements for use-case scenarios
  • Document API requirements and create process flow diagrams and architectural design documents
  • Effectively track, manage stakeholders, and control changes in requirements throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC) and ensure that changes to business processes and requirements adhere to business rules and policies
  • Spearheaded the successful implementation of an enhanced System for streamlining internal workflows, resulting in a 20% improvement in operational efficiency and 15% increase in customer satisfaction index.

Business Analyst

TD Bank
11.2021 - 10.2022

Enhancement/Modification Projects and Data Migration Projects (Contract-Full time)

  • Collabotraed with stakeholders through comprehensive requirements elicitation techniques, resulting in a clear understanding of project objectives and minimizing scope creep
  • Assess the impact of proposed changes on existing systems, processes, and stakeholders
  • Identify potential risks and dependencies associated with the enhancements/modifications
  • Developed innovative solution designs that improved system efficiency by 30% and enhanced user experience, leading to increased productivity and positive user feedback
  • Facilitate communication and manage expectations among stakeholders regarding the proposed changes
  • Develop change management plans to ensure smooth adoption of the enhancements within the organization
  • Work closely with the testing team to develop test cases, validate the functionality of the implemented enhancements/modifications, and ensure that they meet the specified requirements and quality standards.

Business Analyst

Canadian Tire
05.2020 - 04.2021

Inventory System Upgrade project (Contract)

  • · Elicit and document requirements related to demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply chain planning, considering factors such as product lifecycle, seasonality, promotional activities, and lead times.
  • · Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and other external partners to incorporate market intelligence, promotional plans, and demand forecasts from multiple sources into the inventory process.
  • Conduct a comprehensive impact analysis to assess how the inventory system upgrade will affect existing processes, data, and integrations
  • Identify potential risks and dependencies associated with the upgrade
  • Document current business processes and workflows to understand how the existing system functions
  • Develop updated process maps to reflect changes and improvements resulting from the system upgrade.

Business Analyst

Keystone Bank Limited
09.2017 - 02.2020

New Systems Implementation (in including CRM and ERP solutions), Upgrades and Enhancement Projects, Business Process Optimization, custom-built, COTS, Maintenance Projects and enhancements and upgrades

  • Extensively Involved in all the phases of SDLC, Requirement Analysis and Business Specification, Development, Enhancement, Quality Assurance, Testing Methodologies, and Implementation
  • Assisted in developing AS-IS And TO-BE Process Conceptualization and Improvements
  • Participated in Analyzing, documenting, prioritizing, and scoping the requirement for the various phases of the project development
  • Assisted in creating software requirement specifications (SRS) and functional specification document (FSD) related to project
  • Instrumental in Conducting gap analysis with process flow diagrams/process maps, performed issues logging, prepared reports, and assisted in FTE analysis
  • Performed project risk analysis and implemented risk mitigation strategies
  • Took minutes of meeting and helped prepare agenda for elicitation/JAD workshops
  • Assisted in writing test cases and coordinating UAT and documented discovered bugs during testing
  • Created workflow diagrams and assisted QAs in developing test plans and test results.

Education

Master of Science - Banking and Finance

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Analysis and Process Management

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

Skills

  • Requirement Elicitation skills set
  • Business Process Improvement (BPI)
  • UAT and Defect Triaging
  • UI/UX: Balsamic
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Words, SharePoint, MS 365 Security, MS Excel, MS Visio
  • JIRA and Confluence
  • (SDLC)methodologies (Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), Iterative)
  • Joint Application Development (JAD)
  • Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN 20)
  • Knowledge of SQL, Power BI
  • Project Management, Business Case/Project Charter
  • Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills
  • Excellent Analytical skills
  • Outstanding Facilitation skills
  • Stakeholder Management Collaborative team player
  • Able to multi-task, establish priorities and meet deadlines
  • Risk Analysis and management
  • Business Data Analytics and Visualization

Certification

  • Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
  • IIBA Advanced Business Analysis's Certificate of Competency
  • ISC2 Cyber Security (CC)
  • CBAP - In View

Deliverables

  • Proof of Concept
  • Business Case Document
  • Business Requirement Document
  • Project Charter
  • Process Flow Diagrams
  • Use Case Document
  • Functional and Non-functional Requirement Documents
  • RACI Matrix
  • Requirement Traceability Matrix
  • Wireframes/Mock-ups
  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Product Increment
  • Test Cases documents
  • UAT document
  • RFP/RFI
  • Cheat Sheets/Training Manuals

Timeline

Business Analyst

Bill Gosling Outsourcing
01.2023 - Current

Business Analyst

TD Bank
11.2021 - 10.2022

Business Analyst

Canadian Tire
05.2020 - 04.2021

Business Analyst

Keystone Bank Limited
09.2017 - 02.2020

Master of Science - Banking and Finance

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Analysis and Process Management

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

Solomon Anucha,