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Vimisha Perathara

Cumming,GA

Summary

Solutions-driven business analyst with experience leading cross-functional teams in the development, documentation, and delivery of process innovations driving the attainment of business goals. Well-versed in identifying and documenting quality user business requirements for new product implementations and major enhancements. Aiming to create a positive approach and productive work environment by communicating with team members, solve problems and improve end users experience of using a product.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Analyst

Business Software, Inc
08.2019 - Current

BSI is a leading provider of U.S Payroll tax profile, tax location, tax onboarding, tax calculation, tax deposit, tax filing, W-4, year-end, and wage attachment solutions in the cloud. BSI offers innovative solutions that help businesses meet ever-changing payroll tax regulations and compliance standards, while streamlining payroll processes and reducing costs.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Conducted interviews and white boarding sessions with business stakeholders to understand and analyze requirement.
  • Prepared functional specification, design documents, use case documents and test plans.
  • Participated in reviews of testing plan and test case reviews to ensure test coverages.
  • Performed functionality testing to accept and certify features and enhancements.
  • Configured local application environment by setting up client installation and ODBC drivers.
  • Conducted API testing using SOAP UI and Rest Client.
  • Collaborate with system architects and business stakeholders and others using appropriate analytical testing and/or project management tools.
  • Analyzed customer tickets, worked with developers for solution.
  • Use appropriate analytic techniques to promote continuous improvement.
  • Performed system testing for software updates and made sure payroll systems remain in compliance with new state and federal guidelines.
  • Worked closely with Quality Assurance team to develop training modules and conducted group training sessions to educate staff on numerous topics pertinent to company's success.
  • Conduct training and oversee pre and post implementation review.
  • Coordinate release procedures and processes.
  • Identify and implement contingency plans.

Business Analyst

Lenawave LLC
01.2017 - 06.2019

Lenawave LLC is an Atlanta based product development and technology consulting service provider specialized in Web and Mobile apps. Their product, Notum is a mobile app product used by businesses and consumers every day that will provide consolidated and secured solution to share instant updates and solutions with the people you need to reach. Notum is a platform that streamlines the communication between a business and a customer that will save them time.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Conducted survey sessions on behalf of company with users and clients to gather information about product functionality and features.
  • Analyzed inputs collected from user community and clients to develop and maintain product road map.
  • Conducted brainstorming sessions with Subject Matter Experts and Project Stakeholders to elicit high level requirements.
  • Created and published Business Requirement, System Requirement and Non-Functional Requirement documents.
  • Created UML activity diagrams in MS-Visio detailing functional requirements and use case flows.
  • Converted functional and non-functional requirements to User Stories and captured in JIRA as product backlog.
  • Involved in sprint planning, backlog grooming and prioritizing user stories.
  • Worked closely with design team to develop UI design and report layout.
  • Reviewed UI and report design to validate various elements with database table fields.
  • Participated in test case reviews and performed manual testing.

Recruiting Intern

Object Net Technologies
06.2011 - 05.2012

The company engages in software consulting and provides staffing requirements. Partnered with hiring managers to identify workforce needs; define job parameters; outline desired qualifications; and source, screen, interview and select best-option candidates for skilled/technical trades, management positions and support staff openings.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Worked with Human Resources developing professional recruitment plans.
  • Contacted Applicants by phone, shortlisted applicants as per job requirement, discussing job requirements, conducted initial screening of candidates and setting up interview.
  • In charge of general administration and documentation of files electronically.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Human Resource

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Skills

  • Business & Requirement Analysis
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)-Waterfall, Agile
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Analytical skills
  • MS Office Suite (Excel, Power point, Word)
  • Lucid Chart
  • MS Visio
  • Use Cases
  • Creating Functional Requirement document
  • User Stories
  • Test cases
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Flowcharts, UML diagrams such as Activity diagrams, Use Case diagrams
  • SQL
  • Knowledge working in Oracle, MS-SQL and AS400

Certification

SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager

Timeline

Business Analyst

Business Software, Inc
08.2019 - Current

Business Analyst

Lenawave LLC
01.2017 - 06.2019

Recruiting Intern

Object Net Technologies
06.2011 - 05.2012

Master of Business Administration - Human Resource

Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Vimisha Perathara