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Gabriel Obayanju

Gabriel Obayanju

Brisbane,Australia

Summary

Dedicated and results-driven Business Analyst with over 6 years of experience in eliciting, analysing, documenting requirements, and facilitating scrum processes for business development, improvement, and change management. Vast experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including agile and waterfall methodologies. Proficient in data analysis tools and methodologies with a proven track record of delivering strategic solutions that enhance operational efficiency and drive business growth. I am an exceptional communicator, skilled at bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Business Solution Analyst

RACQ
Brisbane, Australia
12.2023 - 05.2025
  • Clearly elicit business requirements, encompassing both functional and non-functional requirements across multiple SaaS applications. Collaborated with business stakeholders to document the system's functional design document (FDD).
  • Designed and implemented a multi-layered security model in D365 FnO, aligning with organisational policies and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Developed and managed role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure appropriate access levels for system users, with job titles/positions mapped to security roles. Configured security roles, duties, and privileges to segregate user access effectively, minimising risks and ensuring least-privilege access principles.
  • Facilitated birthright access provisioning by integrating D365 FnO with Azure Active Directory (AD), enabling automated access through group assignments.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyse business requirements and design tailored solutions for enterprise systems, including D365 FnO, D365 CRM.
  • Supported enterprise application migration initiatives, including data validation, system integration testing, and defect resolution.
  • Partnered with technical teams to oversee system integration, data migration, and automation projects.
  • Acted as a liaison between technical teams and business users to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements.

Business Analyst

Equifax
Brisbane, Australia
10.2019 - 11.2023
  • Implemented business process re-engineering, system upgrades, and digital transformation projects.
  • Documented detailed business requirements for Salesforce enterprise project. Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyse and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Skilled at using collaborative tools like Mentimeter, Slido, Miro, and Teams to effectively gather, analyse, and validate business requirements through workshops, stakeholder interviews, and user journey mapping.
  • Created functional specifications, user stories, test cases, and acceptance criteria in an Agile environment. Translated complex business processes into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria within Jira/Confluence.
  • Known for driving end-to-end project lifecycle support, from discovery and requirement gathering to UAT, and post-implementation review (PIR). I supported system upgrades, and documented impact analysis, and change requests.
  • Improved business performance through data-driven decision-making and system optimisation. I used BPMN tool, Visio, to identify bottlenecks and gaps within business processes and develop solution options for executive review.
  • Collaborated with quality assurance testers (QATs) to perform test cases for acceptance criteria.
  • Conducted robust user acceptance testing (UAT) and end-user training, resulting in improved adoption of new services/features.

Financial Viability Analyst

Equifax
Brisbane, Australia
11.2018 - 10.2019
  • Preparation of well-articulated, evidence-based reports that identify key issues, insights & recommendations.
  • Assigning assessment scores with respect to an entity's financial capacity.
  • Evaluated financial performance of investments, acquisitions, and other business opportunities to provide strategic recommendations.
  • Analysis of financial statements to determine projected financial risk.
  • Recommendation of risk mitigation factors for clients to consider before making business investments.
  • Analysed and processed project specifics before capital deployments.

Business Analyst

Stellar Professionals
Sydney, Australia
12.2016 - 11.2018
  • Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate them into project scope and requirements.
  • Collaborated with operations, sales, and supply chain teams to digitise key retail processes including inventory management, customer loyalty, and point-of-sale systems.
  • Facilitated UAT cycles and coordinated testing of complex scenarios for system users.
  • Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
  • Served as the liaison between end users and software development project teams, ensuring the completeness and appropriateness of new functionality development, business intelligence, analytics, and reporting.
  • Supported Agile teams with backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Produced user stories, acceptance criteria, and wireframes to support development.
  • Conducted knowledge transfer sessions with relevant team members or clients, ensuring they understand the system.
  • Collaborated with the deployment and operations team to plan and execute the software release.
  • Collaborated with UX/UI designers and architects to create wireframes, prototypes, or mock-ups.

Education

Master of Applied Finance -

University of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW
09.2017

BSc - Economics

AAUA University
02-2013

Skills

  • Requirements gathering
  • Business process mapping
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Analytical skills
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Agile and Scrum methodologies
  • Quality assurance and testing
  • System integration testing
  • Business process improvement
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Project lifecycle support
  • Change management
  • Business process reengineering
  • Digital transformation
  • SWOT analysis
  • Gap analysis
  • Financial data analysis
  • Problem-solving

Tools

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Visio
  • Miro
  • Lucidchart
  • SQL
  • Salesforce
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • ServiceNow
  • Microsoft D365
  • PowerApps

Accomplishments

Led multi-functional teams: successfully led multi-functional teams as the business analyst on a change management project, improving process efficiency by 30% within six months

Enhanced data security: implemented a new D365 FnO security model, reducing data breaches by 20% in the first quarter

Optimised Access Control: Streamlined role-based access systems, reducing user access errors by 35%.

Project lifecycle management: coordinated several project lifecycles, boosting stakeholder satisfaction ratings by 15% annually

Certification

  • Certificate in Cybersecurity Analysis
  • Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Business Solution Analyst

RACQ
12.2023 - 05.2025

Business Analyst

Equifax
10.2019 - 11.2023

Financial Viability Analyst

Equifax
11.2018 - 10.2019

Business Analyst

Stellar Professionals
12.2016 - 11.2018

Master of Applied Finance -

University of Newcastle

BSc - Economics

AAUA University

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