Natarajan Sivasubramaniam
Sr Business Analyst | Project Manager
Schofields,NSW
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Business Analyst | Project Manager
Westpac Banking Group (through Infosys)
Sydney, NSW
09.2021 - Current
- Conducted requirements gathering and analysis for various projects, working closely with stakeholders to identify and document business needs, functional requirements, and technical specifications.
- Modeled business processes and workflows using tools such as BPMN and UML, ensuring that requirements were accurately translated into design and development.
- Conducted stakeholder analysis and mapping, identifying key stakeholders and their interests, and managing communication and relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
- Led teams through the software development life cycle (SDLC), using Agile and Scrum methodologies to plan, schedule, and allocate resources for project delivery.
- Managed project budgets and financials, tracking costs and forecasting expenses to ensure projects were delivered within budget constraints.
- Conducted gap analysis and change management, identifying areas for improvement and managing the implementation of changes to existing processes and systems.
- Oversaw backlog refinement and user story splitting, ensuring that user stories were clear, concise, and actionable, and that backlog items were prioritized based on business value and ROI.
- Used tools such as Jira for project management, tracking progress, identifying and resolving issues and risks, and communicating status to stakeholders.
- Created data visualizations and reports using Tableau and Power BI, providing insights and recommendations to business stakeholders and project teams.
- Conducted user acceptance testing on data models and reporting, ensuring that deliverables met business requirements and were fit for purpose.
- Managed release cycles and coordinated release activities with cross-functional teams, including development, testing, deployment, and support teams.
- Developed and maintained release plans and schedules, ensuring that releases were delivered on time and met business requirements.
- Conducted risk assessments and impact analyses for each release, identifying potential issues and ensuring that appropriate mitigation strategies were in place.
- Coordinated release readiness reviews and milestone sign-offs, ensuring that all stakeholders were informed of release activities and that all necessary approvals were obtained.
- Managed release communications, including release notes, user guides, and training materials, ensuring that stakeholders were aware of changes and understood how to use new features and functionality.
- Conducted change management activities, including assessing change requests, evaluating potential impacts, and ensuring that changes were properly documented and communicated.
- Coordinated change approvals, working with business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure that changes were properly tested and approved before deployment.
- Managed the deployment of changes, ensuring that they were properly implemented and validated, and that rollback plans were in place if necessary.
- Conducted post-implementation reviews, assessing the effectiveness of changes and identifying areas for improvement.
Sr Business Analyst | Project Manager
ANZ Banking Group (through Wipro)
Sydney, NSW
11.2017 - 06.2021
- Conducted requirements gathering and analysis for various projects, working closely with stakeholders to identify and document business needs, functional requirements, and technical specifications.
- Modeled business processes and workflows using tools such as BPMN and UML, ensuring that requirements were accurately translated into design and development.
- Conducted stakeholder analysis and mapping, identifying key stakeholders and their interests, and managing communication and relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
- Led teams through the software development life cycle (SDLC), using Agile and Scrum methodologies to plan, schedule, and allocate resources for project delivery.
- Managed project budgets and financials, tracking costs and forecasting expenses to ensure projects were delivered within budget constraints.
- Conducted gap analysis and change management, identifying areas for improvement and managing the implementation of changes to existing processes and systems.
- Oversaw backlog refinement and user story splitting, ensuring that user stories were clear, concise, and actionable, and that backlog items were prioritized based on business value and ROI.
- Used tools such as Jira for project management, tracking progress, identifying and resolving issues and risks, and communicating status to stakeholders.
- Created data visualizations and reports using Tableau and Power BI, providing insights and recommendations to business stakeholders and project teams.
- Conducted user acceptance testing on data models and reporting, ensuring that deliverables met business requirements and were fit for purpose.
- Managed release cycles and coordinated release activities with cross-functional teams, including development, testing, deployment, and support teams.
- Developed and maintained release plans and schedules, ensuring that releases were delivered on time and met business requirements.
- Conducted risk assessments and impact analyses for each release, identifying potential issues and ensuring that appropriate mitigation strategies were in place.
- Coordinated release readiness reviews and milestone sign-offs, ensuring that all stakeholders were informed of release activities and that all necessary approvals were obtained.
- Managed release communications, including release notes, user guides, and training materials, ensuring that stakeholders were aware of changes and understood how to use new features and functionality.
- Conducted change management activities, including assessing change requests, evaluating potential impacts, and ensuring that changes were properly documented and communicated.
- Coordinated change approvals, working with business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure that changes were properly tested and approved before deployment.
- Managed the deployment of changes, ensuring that they were properly implemented and validated, and that rollback plans were in place if necessary.
- Conducted post-implementation reviews, assessing the effectiveness of changes and identifying areas for improvement.
Business Analyst
Three UK (through Wipro Ltd)
Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
10.2011 - 10.2017
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Generated business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
- Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
- Drafted reports on company financial metrics to assess successes and account for deficiencies.
- Surveyed clients to ascertain requirements and expectations for product.
- Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
- Delivered analysis of market, sales and consumer trend impact on long and short-term strategies.
- Collaborated with teams in product line transition to streamline manufacturing footprint.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs.
- Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.
- Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.
- Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.
- Developed and maintained data warehouses and data marts to support business operations.
- Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
- Developed complex dashboard and reporting tools to track business performance metrics.
- Developed data mining algorithms to identify and classify patterns in data.
- Created data models to support decision-making processes.
- Generated standard and custom reports to provide insights into business performance.
- Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
- Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
- Optimized data access and storage to improve performance of analytics systems.
- Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
- Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
- Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
- Implemented business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
- Assisted with creating data cubes and OLAP models to improve data analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Madurai Kamaraj University
04.2006 - 11.2009
Skills
Business Analysis
undefinedAccomplishments
Awarded by Westpac for Best delivery in AHT Program that comprises of 55 Infrastructure Transformation Projects in 1 year.
Have managed 21 successful releases/changes in 2022
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Sr Business Analyst | Project Manager
Westpac Banking Group (through Infosys)
09.2021 - Current
Sr Business Analyst | Project Manager
ANZ Banking Group (through Wipro)
11.2017 - 06.2021
Business Analyst
Three UK (through Wipro Ltd)
10.2011 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Madurai Kamaraj University
04.2006 - 11.2009
Certified Scrum Master
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